Beneath The Mask

99. She's Gone!

I would like to dedicate this week's chapter tohurricanejaxie
MelissaBradbury nairasharma1998
GoodluckyGirl

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Daniel's POV:

Without answering my damn question, he grabbed the collar of my shirt and tried to pull me into a intimidating position, but since I was bigger and stronger than him, I didn't even twitch a bit from my place. I rolled my eyes and pulled his hands away from my shirt.

"I'll have you know that I can throw a meaner punch than you and not feel a thing in the world, but I won't do that for two reasons. One, I have some sense not to scare Catherine away, and two, cause I don't want to hurt my already injured hand. So I would highly suggest you apologise for what you did and we will go back out as friends.. no that's not right, acquaintance perhaps?"

He stared at me like I had gone mad before glaring at me. "You have the audacity to talk to me like that after what you just did?" He looked at me with disgust before turning towards a shocked Cath. "And you? I thought better of you Catherine. What has gotten into you?"'

"You're not the Catherine that I know. You're not the Catherine that I fell in love with. What's it with you and being.. being so close with these guys? You never lifted your eyes from the ground to see a guy before! You never did meet even my eyes and get anywhere close to a guy! You were like a love sick puppy, wagging your tail behind me, only me! And now you're secretly with a guy in a public washroom behind my back while I fight with a moron for you? Where are your morales Cathy? "

"Enough!" I shouted but Cath held her hand up, surprising me. "Let him continue. Don't I deserve it, James?" Her voice was monotone and devoid of any emotions in it. He looked at her in surprise. "What happened? Do you need help in remembering where you stopped?"

He shook his head as if he had snapped out a trance and looked at her in shame. I wanted to slap him hard for that alone, but I guess I had to see the situation from his light too. This was exactly what I didn't want to happen. Where are the securities when you need them here?

"What did he do to you? How.. How can you let him touch you like that?" He glared at me. And then Catherine began laughing hysterically, leaving the two of us to stare at her in confusion. I knew that she was hurting and her laughter contained so much of agony and pain that it literally hurt me to watch that. "Do you honestly feel hurt seeing him touch me?"

James nodded his head slowly as he watched her movements carefully. "I don't see the reason why though. You must have been so used to it by now James. After all I was the one who was sinned remember? The very reason why you threw me away in the garbage can? Or have you forgotten that too?"

He stilled for a minute and she shook her head with a sad smile on her face. "It doesn't matter anyway. I am so over it, and you should be too. I mean what gives you the audacity to come into my life and ask me what the hell am I doing with Daniel when you know nothing about the relationship between the two of us! In fact considering all your actions and views about me, I guess you don't know me at all!"

"That's not true. I.."

"Yeah? So what was I doing here with a guy in a washroom? And you found me hugging him in a very intimate manner, did you? What did you feel when you saw me do that? What was the first thought that crossed your mind?"

He clenched his jaw in anger. "I do not want to think about it."

"You thought that I had turned into a shameless girl that has lost all her morals just because she ran away to London and is friends with a bunch of boys."