All alone

Chapter 14

I looked at him, waiting to see what he couldn't tell me at the restaurant. He took a moment before he spoke again.

"My dad and I had the best bound ever. We were very close and I felt like I could tell him about anything. But, unfortunately it was all just an act to make my mom think that everything was okay. When I was about 15, things started to go downhill. I would notice that he would always be tired to hang out with me. Or he would say he was busy. And I believed it because of him being in the business. I mean it's a hard thing to do with the sales and meetings and etc. But, with him, something was off with him. Anyways, one day after school, I followed him. And what I saw was shocking. But, now that I think of it, I am not so surprised anymore. He was seeing another girl. She looked to be in her mid-early 30's at the time. Anyways, since she left her blindfold's open, I was able to see what was going on. And, you know how dad's always give their son's the talk. Well, that was my dad giving me the talk, but live. I was a little confuse though, like every young teenage boy would be, but the lessons that were given at school unraveled the confusion. My dad was cheating on my mom with another woman." When he said that, I was shocked. So, was it that easy to cheat on someone. Like without any consent or something.

I felt bad for Jake. He was only a teenager. Teenager. So, young but not dumb. I mean imagine if he was like eight or even five. God damn, probably even like two months. I feel bad for all those kids, whose parents cheated on the other. I softly put my hand on his shoulder to assure him everything was okay. He gave me a small smile. He opened his mouth and began to speak again.

"I didn't know what to do. I mean, I wanted my mom to be happy because he still made her happy, but I didn't want him near her. I also, didn't want to be the reason they broke up. Because, If I was the reason they broke up, I wouldn't know how to cope with myself. It didn't last long though. My mom found out three months later. My dad thought my mom wouldn't be home for the next 3 hours. But, unfortunately for him, my mom came back to get her planner. When she went in the room, she found my dad in the bed with the woman that I saw. When I tell you, my mom flipped; I'll tell ya, she flipped. That same time my mom found him with the other woman having an affair, I came home. I was pretending to be so angry, even though that wasn't hard to do, so that my mom or dad wouldn't find out. My mom divorced him right after, taking half of the money that they shared and took out all the money that she has in her own bank account and put it on the new one, making him ineligible to use it. She also let him keep the house. We lived at my aunt's house for a couple of weeks before she got a promotion. And that is how I ended up here." When he finished, I smiled at him as he returned the gesture. We kept walking with silence in the air. It wasn't awkward. It was a good silence. I kinda like it. I looked down to see he was still holding my hand. I secretly blushed. He caught me blushing as his sad smile turned into a smirk. I giggled as we continued walking.

"Your turn." he said breaking the silence.

"My turn for what." I asked innocently.

"You know." he said.

I cursed under my breathe once again and sighed. "Fine." he smiled in joy.

"But you can't say a word to anyone. I don't want anyone to know. Even Alison. I will tell her on another day."

I breathe in before I sang the song called Invisible by Hunter Hayes. It reflects my life so much because it is so true.

Crowded hallways are the loneliest places
For outcasts and rebels
Or anyone who just dares to be different
And you've been trying for so long
To find out where your place is
But in their narrow minds
There's no room for anyone who dares to do something different
Oh, but listen for a minute