Our Little Secret

Chapter 70

Jack
"What a pain in the ass she is." Daniel mutters during our car ride. Of course I know who he is talking about, however I decide to ignore him and hope that he will drop it. Nevertheless it is Dan. "I mean, damn, she's quite the nagger. Man if I had to live with her-"

"Well you don't." I interrupt him abruplty. "I stand her so just let it go." I excuse my behaviour, meeting his gaze. I think Dan is starting to suspect me and I don't like it at all.

"Right whatever, man. Just remember who your real friends are." Dan says, emphasizing the word friends.

"I always do." I tell him and hold in a sigh. Daniel has started to get on my nerves quite a lot lately. Not that I can show it in any way, I need to keep my relationship with him stable and cannot have a fight with him, especially not over something like Sarah. Duncan relies on us both and he would be in deep shit if I screwed anything up and I am need of the money. Fucking shit up with Daniel will fuck shit up at work and that will just end badly.

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Sarah
"Did Jack go out?" Mum interrupts me in my reading. I am seated in one of our armchairs with my reading glasses on. I look up as she enters and frown, how bad is her memory? "His friend came by earlier and picked him up, remeber?" I remind her.

"Oh." She says understanding. "I thought they were going to hang out here."

"Thank God they didn't." I mutter, going back to my book.

"You're not very fond of Jack's friends, are you?" Mum says, her inner psychologist breaking out from its shell.

"Mum, please. I'm reading." I plead with a sigh, holding up my book.

"I'm just saying. Maybe you could get closer to Jack if you'd be willing to hang out with his friends a bit more." She continues, as always, penetrating me with her eyes.

"I hardly believe that they'd like that." I mutter, not looking up from the book.

"Have you tried?"

"Yes, as a matter of fact I have." I say in a clipped tone, putting the book down. "And it was one of the worst things I've ever endured. They are rude and disrespectful, not to mention a bunch of idiots with no future." I snap and mum's appearance has become full of disapproval. "Don't you dare tell me wrong, you know that it's true as much as I do."

"Maybe I do, Sarah, but unlike you, I have faith in these younglings. I don't believe that they have no future." Mum says, looking at me bitterly.

"Whatever." I mutter and mum shakes her head in a dissatisfied way. It might have been mean of me to talk like that, but it is true. Mum exits the living room without any further words and that is when I notice that Jack has been standing behind her and from the look of his face I can tell that he has heard everything I have said.

"Oh no." I breathe quietly. I barely have time to recognize Jack before he disappears up the stairs. Quickly I release my book and hurry after him. "Jack, wait!" I call after him as I run up the stairs. I finish climbing them soon enough to see Jack shutting his door with an incredible amount of force. I hastily make my way towards it and knock on it with my fist.

"Jack, please listen to me. That came out wrong..." I say desperately to the door, which Jack refuses to open.

"Come on, open the door so I can explain." I say and knock harder on the piece of wood in front of me. I don't get an answer now either, the only thing I hear is some muffled movement from inside the room.

"Jack, please." I plead with him. The only thing I receive back is silence and after standing outside the door like a maniac, for a long time, I give up and go back down again. Sighing to myself and feeling gloomy.