The Betrayal Within

Chapter Fourteen

Song of the Chapter: Strange Clouds by B.o.B. ft. Lil Wayne

Recap (Jasmine's POV):

“I'm ready to get Francisco out of my life. He caused too much and I hope he has fun in jail. He deserved it.”

I'm done with him entirely. I'm not focused like I used to and without him in my life, I feel relaxed.

I went through my phone and deleted all of the pictures with me and him.

Screw Francisco López.

Two years later...

Paulene's POV

Two years had passed.

I think it was the calmest, but stressful two years I had.

Jasmine and I both changed our looks and our way of things.

I cut most of my brunette hair off to make it seem like it was a “P!nk” haircut. I'd also dyed it blue for the hell of it. I got a couple of tattoos and one new piercing on the cartilage of my ear. I wasn't scared for my tattoos, unlike Jasmine.

She physically changed a lot. She dyed her hair red and cut it slightly. I'd assumed that she was going to get one tattoo, but instead she had six.

And five piercings.

I swear this girl is a trooper.

She was exercising a lot and started to have a slim body. We'd argued so much that she wasn't eating right. One day, she wasn't eating and told me that she was eating at her other job and on campus.

She'd almost went to the hospital of starvation.

I'd force-fed her all of the food that I could find at our apartment.

The problem was that she wasn't even big and she was starving herself.

We had that heart to heart moment. I didn't want her to be just like me. I'm underweight for my age and it hurts when I have needles stuck inside of me or at the job when people try to fight me.

I had a boyfriend named Pete a few months back. He wasn't a mistake, but he was a total fuckboy.

Jasmine told me he was cheating on me with some other girl and wanted to hit on her too.

She punched him in the face.

Jasmine had a boyfriend a year after Francisco was sent to jail. But I call her ex ‘the rebound’ because I knew that relationship wasn't going to last long.

Surprisingly, it lasted for five months until she broke up with him. But continuously, she keeps going on dates and talking to guys that I know I wouldn't stand.

It's all because she wants Francisco out of her mind.

We haven't talked about him or Adam after she vowed to get over both of them.

But I know that she's still hurt, but still cares about Francisco.

“Paul, where are you?!” I heard Jasmine exclaimed. “You wanted me to play this game!”

“Coming!” I finally got out of my bed, but I saw my phone goes off.

From Officer Jeff (Wednesday, 2:12pm): Paulene and Jasmine, I have an update for you. Francisco López and Adam García are out of jail now.

Fuck.

I walked to the living room to see Jasmine getting up from the floor.

“You took too long, so now I have to pee.”