A Cinderella Twist

Chapter 20- Ashton Eaton

So in honor of almost having 2k reads on this book (eeeeee!!!), I'm posting a super early chapter (midnight-almost-one-am baby ;P). Oh and this might also be swayed because I just finished writing this chapter and don't want to miss out on another week of not posting it LOL! 

But do enjoy because I think y'all will like this one...just saying ;)

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Chapter 20- Ashton Eaton

I knew it. I knew it. I knew I shouldn't have trusted her. "Ashton, what's wrong?" Laney asks but I am too lost in my own anger and hurt to care what she has to say right now. I still can't believe that the one time I open my heart she goes and steps all over it with him. How could I have not seen that happen or coming? I mean, both are from the same worlds. Of course she'll be with someone like him. But what were the chances of it being him when there are plenty of other guys like him around?

Man this was seriously screwed up. Daniela Mays with Dustin Hearth, my former stepbrother. What were the odds? Seriously?

"Ashton!" shouts Laney and I finally snap back to the present. "Finally. What's wrong? You look seriously shaken up," she tells me in a softer voice and I groan and finally park the car, emotionally unstable at the moment. I turn off the car and rest my head on the wheel. I feel a hand start rubbing my back and I release my breath but I keep my eyes closed.

"I saw him," I whisper and it remains quiet in the car.

"And?" Laney asks in a quiet voice.

"He was kissing Mays," I answered in a soft whisper and I heard a soft yet sharp intake of breath. You and me both Laney. Seeing him pressing his lie infested lips on hers made me burn with rage but the way she didn't push him away made me burn with disgust and cold humor. I knew these types of people would continue to destroy me. Why did I hold a small hope that maybe Mays was any different? Oh right. It was perhaps because she managed to make herself seem innocent and different when in reality, she was just like them.

"Ash," she begins but I hold a hand out to stop her.

"No. Not now," I inform her and she smartly shuts her mouth this time around. She leaves me alone to my thoughts and I'm thankful for that. I drive the rest of the way to her home in silence and she just gives me a brief head nod as she walks to her house. I pull out as soon as she enters the building.

When I reach my own home, I stay parked with my car shut off and I just sit in silence with only my thoughts roaring in the background. Memories I didn't want resurfaced came up after seeing Dustin with Mays. Memories that I thought I buried long ago.

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"Ashton, I want you to meet someone," my mother told me as she knelt in front of me and fixed my bowtie.

"Do I gotta?" I asked her as I rubbed my nose and she gently smacked my hand down.

"Yes sweetie. He's someone very important to me," she replied with small happy tears in her eyes. I gave her a soft smile and wrapped my arms around her.

"Alright then mommy," I replied and she hugged me back before she patted my head and let me go.

"Okay then. He'll be here any minute now," she told me before the doorbell rang. I kept close to her as she walked to the door and pulled it open. "Welcome, welcome. Please come in. Oh, is this Dustin?" she asked and I heard a deep rumbling sound come from the door as a tall man with a crisp and fancy suit walk in. He had graying blonde hair with a sharp business face and calculated, guarded eyes. I wasn't sure how I felt about him yet so I just looked at the boy who came behind him.