Infinite (Jai Brooks fanfic)

Chapter 19

I couldn't sleep. My eyes refused to close and my mind was extremely colorful and vivid right now. I had about a billion different thoughts going on in my mind right now. I sat on the bed and massaged my head. If I didn't return Ricky's money back to him, he would murder this entire family. I needed to give him that money back as soon as I possibly could. I felt anger flow through me once again. This was all her fault. That woman ruined everything. I thought that coming here would be a complete escape from her, but she only managed to make things so much worse for me. Now, I wasn't the only one in danger. I couldn't even contact the police. He would find out. I took a deep breath and picked up my phone. I searched through my old texts and found the text I received from him a couple of weeks ago. My hand was shaking as I typed the message.

To: Unknown

I'll have the money by tomorrow night. Where do I meet you?

After sending the message, I put my phone under my pillow. I was too terrified to see if he replied or not. I couldn't tell anyone about this. The only person that knew about all of this was Jai. I explained everything to him earlier. He said he would come with me just in case Ricky tried hurting me. At the time, I agreed with him. But there was absolutely no way I was going to take him with me. This was my problem and I was going to deal with it myself. I felt the vibration come from my phone. I slowly slid my hand under the pillow and unlocked my phone.

To: Ava

It better be the exact amount I asked for. Tomorrow night at 9pm, bring the money to the same alley as before. This time, you better come alone unless you want your precious family to suffer. Perhaps that little child should suffer first. What was his name? Adam? Yes, Adam.

My phone hit the floor. Tears were now falling freely from my eyes. He was planning on killing Adam first? At this point, my entire body was shaking from fear. Before all of this, there was only one person that I feared. That was my mother. Now, I feared Ricky more than I feared my own mom. My arms and knees went weak and I fell on the floor of my bedroom. I had a lump in my throat from all the crying. I shouldn't have come here. I ruined the chances of this family ever being happy in the future. I was living madness. I brought insanity to every house I entered. I felt pressure on my head. I needed to get some rest before I went completely crazy. I looked through my drawer for some of my sleeping pills but the bottle was empty. I slowly walked to the kitchen and looked for any type of pills that would allow me to sleep. After I found nothing, I was reminded that happy families don't need to carry sleeping pills. I sighed and went to the bathroom to wash my face. I froze once I saw my reflection. My face was completely pale. My lips were dry and chapped. My hair was frizzy and all over the place. My nose was red from crying and I had dried up tears on my face. I slowly touched my face and began crying again.

What did I do to deserve this?

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"So Luke told me that he likes me and I told him I like him too and it was really cute and then he asked me if I wanted to be his girlfriend and I told him that I wasn't ready and-"

I cut Beverly off. "Will you please let me finish my lunch? Can you stop talking for at least ten minutes so I can eat my lunch peacefully? I already didn't sleep and now you're annoying me more than you can imagine." I poked the pasta in my plate. I wasn't really hungry, but I didn't want her to talk anymore.

She sighed. It was one of those 'I am so sick and tired of you' sighs. "What's going on with you? Why do you always do that?" She took a bite of her pizza. "I thought we were friends."

"You thought wrong. Just because on the first day of school I saved you from Summer doesn't mean that I like you. It doesn't mean that I want to get to know you. And it most definitely doesn't mean we're friends."