The distressed love

Chapter 5: Help

Marchaney's P.o.v:

The late night was kind of warm with a little wind. I walked out the gym tired and sore from the workout. Today my mind was back and forth, I thought about the girl Ryland and then I thought about my ruthless father.

My heart ached from the hate I knew my father had for me. The time passed on without me thinking about it, In the little amount of time I just walked. I didn't have anywhere to go, no where to sleep and rest my sore body. I didn't have any money.

I laid on the curb resting my feet and laying my head back on a tree that was behind me. The cool wind that blew through my hair making me sigh as my body was still hot from the previous movement earlier. I watched as cars drove by every couple of minutes. I watched as a pair of headlights slow up and come to a complete stop. I quickly stood up assuming it was my father coming back for me.

My guess was completely wrong when a girl with a grey hoodie came out the car and looked at me, though I couldn't see her face because of the dark shadow cascading over her face. She lifted her hood and it was Ryland staring at me, she smiled. The wind was blowing her hair all around and the fabric of her jacket flowing behind her.

"Why are you out here? Do you not have a place to stay?" She said with an raised eye brow

"I-I do its just not the right spot for me to be at the moment so I'm just gonna lay out here." I said acting as if it didn't bother me, when it did all the way.

"Would you like a place to stay at the moment?" She looked like she wanted to help me.

"Please" I said with a small smile upon my face showing my gratitude

Now many may say I'm weak , I'm not weak I'm just not cold hearted and evil. I have a tender side to me to, I respect women and I appreciate her offer. I didn't want to sleep out here.

She smiled at me and waved at me to come on. I walked to her car and got in the passenger side. The silence was a little uneasy yet calm. I wanted to ask her a question but she beat me to it.

"I know it may seem random but I wasn't following you" she chuckled slightly. Her laugh was beautiful, music to my ears. Cheesy, right?. But it was true.

"I was out for a drive, I was just clearing my head. I couldn't sleep you know?." She said feeling confident about the feeling in her yet her voice trailed off into the midnight stars. Me , I didn't know what sleep really was until I came out the hospital but that shouldn't count because I wanted to actually feel what that felt like to just be in the dark with the crickets chirping in my window and the wind slightly blowing through my curtain. I wanted to know what it felt like to wake up free and not worry.

We slowly came up to a little apartment complex that looked nice on the outside , real cozy like. Ryland stopped the car and sighed, she looked at me.

"Well this is it. We're here." She stated quietly as if she was talking to her self.

"I have an extra room, I don't have any night clothes for you to sleep in because well...I'm not a guy" she lightly chuckled at her own excuse. I nodded and took my seat belt off.

"You don't talk much do you?" She asked I could tell she was trying to lighten the mood that was swarmed around our skin. So I answered.

"I don't really have a reason to talk much, I don't know you enough to ask you personal questions" I said honestly because well I don't know her, it's not in my place just yet to ask.

"If I'd felt threatened I would have asked you along time ago, wouldn't I ?" I knew I didn't feel uncomfortable or threatened because when I first met her, I felt at ease.

"Yeah, your right .... I guess." she said smiling as she shook her head. she knew I was right. "Say....What do you do for a living? If you don't mind me asking you."

I couldn't say right off that I was unemployed. I lost my job due to the lack of companies we were selling, we sold at least five companies every one to two months. It didn't matter what kind of company it was it could be a shoe company, clothing company, even a food company. we sold it and made money. But every stock market we bought and sold again, the prices they wanted them for was to low. It could be half of the market if it was ours we sold it, but 2016 year didn't go so well.

My father was running a company empire that I didn't want to be apart of. There were multiple reasons why I didn't want to.

He was a fraud, he took people's money.

Every time he got threatened to get sued, they lost and .... he won. He had the best lawyer because they never got caught for the few times they got sued.

He treated me badly , he wouldn't even give me money for my hard earned work.

Most people were just to dumb to even recognize that there information was getting hacked and money was just up and leaving. Some did recognize but didn't lift a freaking finger to even expose this man. He was a thief and a money addict. I'm surprised woman have tried to get with him still even after assumptions and passing rumors. I admit my father is handsome but the women here ..... they can be gold diggers. I shake my head at the thought of this because nobody deserves a person who doesn't love them for them.

I had to tell her, lying would just make her not talk to me in the future if she found out...Right? I guess I have to do the right thing, I hear that makes a good impression. I hope so.

Though I don't understand why I'm so compelled to tell this woman anything about me. Just meeting her and I already feel like I've spilled to much. Would it be just my luck to have given myself away to a person I barely know... and end up in a hell hole of trouble.

"I-I'm currently unemployed." I told her honestly, I had no choice I wanted to at least get her to like me if I wanted her to be on my good side. I just feel like I made the biggest mistake by telling her that. I can change that soon though. I know I can.

"O-k, well what do you like to do? maybe while your here staying with me we can go job searching together. I need a job also. I live a couple of blocks away from my college campus." She looked determined, me.... me on the other hand I wasn't so sure.