The deal

Chapter 13. Misunderstandings

Blake
I jumped into the back seat of my black Mercedes and instructed Bradley to drive me to Ally's apartment. He turned back and looked at me with a questioning look.
"What?" I asked him.
"What are you doing?" He asked back.
"I want to go to her apartment and check if she's there." I told him and signaled him to move forward but he didn't.

"What's going on Blake? This is very unlike you. I don't want to be nosy but you are acting weird." He said raising an eyebrow.

"I don't know." I sighed and ran a hand through my hair. "Fuck, I don't know Brad, it's just a huge need to see her and be sure that she's ok."

"Do you like her?" Brad asked and his question made my heart beat faster.

"I don't know. I haven't heard anything about her since Saturday morning and it's killing me." I undid my tie leaving it loose and unbuttoned my shirt top button.
Bradley chuckled and shook his head. "Man, you're loosing it, you know? But I like to see you like this."

"What the hell Brad?" I asked and he laughed out loudly.

Once we arrived to the building Bradley got off the car and ringed the bell of the same apartment where he picked up Ally on Friday night.
He stood there for a while, talked to someone at the door and came back.

"What?" I asked a little anxious.

"Well, nobody answered but the janitor told me he hasn't seen her come out today."  Bradley explained.

"Does he know her?"
I asked

"Yeah, he said she is the nice girl from apartment 5c, the one who brings him pizza whenever she can" Brad told what the janitor had said.

"Ok, I'll go by, wait me down the block." I said and got off the car.  I talked to the janitor and after a while I convinced him with a few bucks to let me in.
I took the elevator to the fifth floor and I looked for 5c apartment. I stood there and when I was about to knock I heard some yelling. I recognized Ally's voice and there was something familiar about the second one that made me hold my hand up without knocking. The yelling continued and I decided to hide since the male voice was approaching to the door.
I stood there and to my surprise the person coming out of the apartment was Jeremy Knight.  I felt like being stabbed in my stomach.

Jeremy pressed the elevator button and while waiting he was running his hand through his hair mumbling something I couldn't understand but he was clearly pissed of.

A lady from the next apartment came out and couldn't reach the lift. I took this opportunity to ask her.

"Excuse me miss?" I said and gave her my best smile which always works with ladies.

"Yes" she said and once she looked at me she gave me a flirty smile.

"Do you know your neighbor from 5c? I asked

"Of course, Jeremy Knight" She said.

"Oh, well I was wondering if you know if he is currently living with someone?" I asked and she made a sad face.

"Sadly yes, his girlfriend moved in with him three weeks ago." She said and I felt completely stupid.

"Well thank you miss. Have a nice day."  I said an winked at her which made her blush while she got into the elevator.

Dammit! She and Jeremy. I should have known... and she let me kiss her and slept in my arms as if nothing.

I went to the door and knocked it, I waited until she opened. When she opened the door she yelled at me thinking of course it was Jeremy who was back.

"What do you want know!"
She yelled and then stood frozen looking at me with wide eyes.

"Blake." she said.

"Bennett." I said a little harsh. She was taken aback by my tone but asked me to come in. I refused and gave her a card of a psychologist.
"Make an appointment today and I'll expect to see you at sharp 8 tomorrow in the office." I turned around and walked away. I didn't wait to see her face. I just noticed that she was wearing the same sweatshirt I lent her and that she never closed the door. I could feel her eyes following me until I took the lift.