affair II ; jack gilinsky

thirty-three

"i am not a psycho" max answered through gritted teeth, whilst the party carried on in the next room.

"you sure about that? because you hired someone to attack you, called the ambulance and acted like everything was jack's fault" caleb continued.

"shut up" max sternly told him.

"then he lied to the police," caleb counted on his fingers. "lied to the judge, lied to you and got jack six months".

"i said shut up!" max yelled, his chest rising up from anger.

"fine. you tell her why then" caleb pushed, although max silently stood and stared at the both of us.

"why, caleb?" i questioned - my voice slightly cracking.

he sighed and looked at me sympathetically, "it was so that he could have you to himself. he knew how much you loved jack, he knew that you wouldn't let him go unless he was physically locked away from you. he's had this plan since the very beginning".

suddenly, max hastily charged towards caleb and grabbed onto his shirt so that he was pinned up against the wall.

"stop talking!" max spat, but caleb rolled his eyes, completely unbothered by the altercation.

"hit me then and maybe i'll lie that it was someone else and get them into prison too".

"get out!" max harshly pulled him off the wall and opened the door. "now!".

he shoved caleb out of the bedroom and slammed the door behind him, before resting his head against it - taking a deep breathe.

i was surprised that i could still take into account what was going on. i was practically numb with every emotion, although hurt and anger seemed like they could explode right now with any sort of trigger.

max finally turned around from the door, looking at me with red eyes. tears hung on my waterline as he walked much closer.

"savannah," he whispered, whilst i looked up at the face that i now feel so much hatred towards. "savannah, say something".

without hesitation, i raised my hand and slapped him against his cheek.

"that's for lying to me," i said, then slapped him again. "that's for sending jack to prison,".

before the last slap could barely finish echoing around the room, i slapped him once more, "and that's for making me turn against the only man that i have ever loved".

pushing past him, i headed towards the door until he tightly grabbed onto my arm.

"no, wait" he begged.

"get off me!" i forcefully pulled out of his hold. "i can't even be in the same room as you, max! you're honestly crazy if you thought that i could ever fall for someone like you".

"you don't mean that" he shook his head. "you don't. i love you, i want to be with you".

"listen to yourself, you're pathetic" i scolded as i looked at him from head to toe.

"okay, but i'm not pathetic for caring about your happiness. jack wasn't making you happy, he didn't treat you right. i could do so much—".

"no, don't do that!" i pointed my finger at him. "you don't know a single thing about mine and jack's relationship!".

finalising my words, i pulled open the bedroom door and entered the living room again. the party was still at full swing with people drinking, conversing, dancing until i charged over to the stereo and abruptly unplugged the music.