Toxic Hearts

CHAPTER FIVE

Chapter five

I really wanted to spend sometime with dad so I travelled down with him to his residence. Though he had a wife and a son living with him, I didn't care, I belonged there to. His wife's name was Hannah while his son name was Steven. Hannah doesn't seem to like me because of her jealousy. Well, it was so fun at their side. I started hanging out with Steven. I met his friends and we had fun together. His best friend name was Max. Max was a tall dark guy but really handsome. He used to visit Steven at home, from there, we started talking and we became intimate friends. He asked me out though but I didn't accept. I didn't want to cheat on Jeremy.

It has been two weeks since I left my mom's place to stay at my dad's residence for summer, Jeremy hasn't called. I became worried. I tried his number many times but he didn't pick. I used to have sleepless night because of him. I was really missing him. In the next morning, my mom called and told me Jeremy visited our house but she told him I wasn't around. I was a bit relieved. But I had been calling him but he wasn't picking. I hung up the call. In the evening, Steven told me there was going to be a birthday party, he wanted me to follow him. I decided to follow and we went together. The party was lit. Everyone was catching fun. I was on the table with Steven but as soon as his girlfriend arrived, I departed to the other side. I was sitting alone watching the dancing scene and thinking about Jeremy. After a while, Max approached me. He bought two bottles of alcoholic drink. We decided to play truth and dare game to have fun. So he dared me to drink the whole bottle of the alcoholic drink. I refused at first, but I drank it after a lot of persuasion. I wasn't myself anymore. He rubbed my shoulders to calm me down, but I was too drunk. We took seductive pictures together. Well, we didn't do anything stupid because we left the party on time. In the morning, when I woke up, I was so tired. I flipped through my phone gallery, I saw the pictures I took with max and I decided to upload it my instagram account captioning "Having fun in summer". I got many likes and comments from friends. I felt somehow when I saw Jeremy's comment, "summer boyfriend huh?" I was so shocked when I saw Jeremy and Max insulting each other at the comment box. So I deleted the picture. I tried to call Jeremy to explain everything to him, he didn't pick up but he sent a message, "have fun with him". I became sad. I didn't know how to tell him I wasn't a cheat.

In the evening, I was so bored and I just decided to glance through Jeremy's profile. It wasn't funny again when I saw Grace and Jeremy kissing in a video, not only that, they took a picture in a pool. My heart was beating fast, I couldn't continue so I closed the page. "So Grace has been hanging out with Jeremy? I asked myself".

I couldn't bear the pain, so I contacted Philip to confirm if Jeremy and Grace have been seeing each other. He gave me a positive reply. I wept bitterly. I informed my dad that I would leave the next morning. He didn't want to agree, but I begged him. I knew Steven would miss me. Overnight, I packed all my belongings and left the following morning. My mom was really shocked to see me because I told her I would spend the whole summer with dad. She asked me what made me arrived so early, all I told her was nothing. I went straight to my room, locked myself and shed tears. I didn't have a best friend or a counselor to talk to. I was depressed. I was so helpless. When I couldn't bear it again, I left for Jeremy's house. It was Grace that opened the door. I became speechless. "Can I see Jer......? I asked". He appeared before I completed my statement. 'what are you looking for?" he commented. I couldn't look at his eyes. "Please Jeremy, can we talk?" I replied. The way he was acting doesn't look like he wanted to talk to me. We both went far from his house to talk. He was really angry at first. He told me he didn't cheat on me with Grace. He only used Grace to make me feel Jealous like I did when I took pictures with Max. He also told me everything that Jayden told him before he was arrested; I didn't have sex with him purposely, I did it to save my friend. I became happy when I heard all these. He grabbed my two hands and kissed them. He hugged me so tight grabbing me by my ass. We both lay under a tree, and we talked about getting married after school.