The Tattooed Bad Boy

Chapter Twenty-Five

"Zoe..." I heard my name. 

I turned around and looked at the person who called me. I stood still. What was I even supposed to think of this? Was it not enough?

"Alyssa?" I frowned at her. 

She nervously fiddled with her fingers as she took a step closer. I watched her every move as she mentally prepared herself to talk to me. The way she bit her lip, the way she kept on fidgeting with her fingers, and the way she stood, all signaled that she wanted to talk to me about something. 

"I... How are you...?" she asked and I blinked a few times. 

How am I? Blaze just passed away, Hunter is still traumatized, and I forgot how to smile. My life has been  a mess since Zachariah decided that would be a fantastic idea to kill Blaze. I swallowed. I can't tell her about Blaze. Besides, she's not someone to trust anymore. She's not the Alyssa that used to take care of me like a big sister. She's not the Alyssa who laughed with me at my stupidity. She's not the person who used to be one of my best friends. 

"I'm fine..." I said, hiding the pain in my voice. 

Don't cry...

Just don't cry... 

"Awesome..." she pursed her lips. "I need to tell you something..." she looked at me. 

"Go ahead." I said as I crossed my arms over my chest, waiting for her to say what she wanted to. 

"T-Tony came over at my house yesterday..." she blinked a few times. 

I looked at her, slightly shocked. Why am I even shocked? Isn't this something I already expected? Perhaps not... Perhaps I thought that she would change.. But I should've known that she just might not.

"But I called the cops... And they locked him up..." she sniffed as a tear slipped down her cheek. "I told them that I knew everything, and that they should lock me up too, but Tony denied it. Tony denied telling me anything..." she looked at me. I stared at her as she wiped the tears from her cheeks. "I just thought I'd let you know...." she said and turned around to walk away, but she stopped midway and looked back at me. "I hope you can forgive me for what I did to you." she said and walked away, leaving me behind, staring at her disappearing figure. 

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"Hunter..." I breathed out. 

He turned around and looked at me. He had dark circles around his eyes and his hair was all over the place. I couldn't bare seeing him like this. There had to be something that could cheer him up. I walked over to him and planted a kiss on his cheek. I sat down next to him on the couch and he looked at me before lying down and resting his head on my lap. 

"Where were you?" he asked and I looked at him, remembering what happened earlier. 

"I went to the store..." I said. 

Hunter went silent and continued watching the television. I on the other hand, couldn't. I kept thinking about what happened earlier. I can't believe Alyssa did all that. I know that she loved Tony deeply, but I didn't know she could do all of this... 

"I met Alyssa..." I said and Hunter looked at me.

"What did she say? Why did she... Did she hurt you?" he sat up as he grew mad. 

I shook my head. "She told me that Tony was at her house..." I said and looked at Hunter. "She called the cops." 

Hunter just stared at me. "Why did she do that? And wasn't she supposed to be in jail too?" Hunter squinted his eyes at me.