i was absolutely terrified. of course, something like this would have to happen to me on my birthday. my ex boyfriend had committed a terrible crime, and somehow, he had slipped away from the scene.
nobody knew what to do, so we called our parents. we were told that the safest bet would be to go to a hotel. they told us that they would pay for us to stay there for as long as we needed to. the parents would be on their way as soon possible. lastly, we needed to reach out to all of the people i had invited to my party. we couldn't have them coming to the house either, i didn't want to any of my friends to get hurt.
"i'll drive to the westin, or something. we'll have to stay there until bailey has been arrested," holden buckled his seatbelt, and started the car. "hold on, it's going to be a bumpy ride."
i sighed, and took my phone out from under my thigh. "i'll... contact everyone."
ginger gave me a sympathetic look, "are you sure you want to do that? i can do it for you, if you want?"
i placed my finger on the home button, and shook my head. as soon as my phone unlocked, i was creating a "party" group chat, excluding the friends that were in the car with me.
"thank you for taking care of me, i love you guys a lot."
when i was finished adding everyone to the chat, i started typing out an apology.
masen
i have no idea if any of you have heard about what happened. i don't want to put any of you in danger, so i'm here to tell you that my party is being cancelled until further notice. i am so beyond sorry, you have no idea. i just want you all to be safe.
**
we had gotten super lucky. braxton and serena explained our situation to the manager, and he willingly booked us a few suites.
i crawled into the bed, and climbed under the covers in defeat.
"maybe we should order some food and watch a few movies? this is an AMAZING hotel room, and we still want you to have a good birthday." holden yanked the covers off of me, and took me out of the bed.
everyone agreed.
ginger held up my phone, and tossed it to me. "you're getting a ton of text messages, i think you should check them. also, everyone's parents are in the suite next to ours. we're going to protect you."
i nodded, and texted everybody a bland response.
masen
i'm safe, i'm okay. please be careful.
well, i was trying to send that response to everyone.
when i came across ethan's message, i decided that i wasn't going to send that to him. he knew better than to believe that i was okay.
ethan
hey, i just wanted to tell you
how sorry i am. i know how
much you were anticipating
your birthday. i really want
to check on you, and see how
you're doing. i know that
you're with your friends
right now but... would you
like some more company?
i could feel my heart pounding, but in a different way than it was before.
masen
i could definitely use more
company. i'll text you the address
of the hotel i'm at, right now.
**
a/n: thrhjdj this has actually become my favorite story that i've written so far!! no angels who??
