MY WORST FEARS (Completed)

Chapter 28

HELLZEL'S POV

I was suddenly woken up by the reverberating sound of my doorbell, not aware when I feel asleep on the chair. Laila was still fast asleep, this time facing the other side. The sleeping pills did work and I hoped she wouldn't wake up while Tania was there. I checked my wrist watch and it was already 3:46 am. How the heck hadn't Tania slept yet?

I rushed out of the room and headed to the front door. Before I opened the door, I saw Laila's purse and quickly grabbed it, shoving it into a nearby drawer.

Making sure that nothing would show her presence, I opened the door. Tania bent over, her hands on her knees as she panted heavily.

She wore tight black leather leggings, coupled with a pair of black combat boots. A white boyfriend jacket was thrown over her shoulders, doing a terrible job of covering up her bright red crop top that resembled a bra. Her hair was pushed backwards and when she hugged me, I smelled a hint of whiskey. Obviously she came from a club.

"What's so urgent that you had to wake me up? And why the heck would you think I care about Laila? I am certain she already has a boyfriend to worry about her"

Ignoring my words, Tania rushed into my house and sat on a couch. Although I know where her boyfriend was and that Laila was in fact in my house, I still had to pretend that I had no clue where she was.

Tania looked me dead in the eyes, suspicion evident on her face. I looked away.

"Come on! Stop pretending you're not into her, Zell. I’ve seen the way you look at her. You've never looked at Rymana like that, or any other girl for that matter" Leaning back on the couch, she seemed so sure of herself.

Like she knew how I looked at girls... Like she knew how different Laila was from every other girl. From Rymana.

Well, yes, she appeared to be different. And hell yeah, she was definitely unique, especially after seeing her. But I probably wouldn't say I liked her. She always talked rude to me and frankly, I never met any girl who talked shit to me.

Come to think of it, it was refreshing to have someone to argue with for a change…

"Why do you think I'd even want to help look for her? Maybe she's at her boyfriend’s place, fucking the hell out of him and you're here wasting my precious sleep?” I responded, even though I knew the truth. The thought of anyone fucking her made my heart stop. I couldn't imagine anyone doing that to her, especially her ass boyfriend.

"Her boyfriend’s at the club. I just saw him. He’s probably fucking some random chick right now She stood up and came closer to me. I tried my best now to make eye contact with her, but guilt was gnawing at me from the inside.

"She was supposed to meet me at the restaurant, but I didn't manage to get there in time. The waiter told me she had just stepped out, after causing some sort of commotion, and..."

At the mention of the restaurant, my mind rushed to the scene that had transpired there today. She was so furious at those girls… I wondered how Regina had recovered from that so quickly.

Looking at Tania, I wondered how she managed to get all this information in just a few days. I’m glad that she’s telling me all of this, but I still wonder how many people have trusted her with their information. How I trusted her.

"Earth to Zell. Are you listening to me?" Her tiny hands were on my shoulders, holding them in and iron grip. Tania was stronger than she looked.

"Yeah, yeah... I need some water. Can I get you some?" Tania replied with a curt nod, so I came back with two bottles of water.

"Why were you guys meeting up? Did you have something specific to talk about? Maybe something that can give us a clue as to where she is?"

Tania scratched the back of her neck, thinking hard as she strolled absentmindedly around the house. I thought perhaps that she was aware Laila was in my house and all she planned to do is to pretend to be worried until she found Lay in my house. I felt a slight rush of panic at this thought.

There’s no way she knew.

Right?

"She said her boyfriend had slapped her and that she didn't want to go with him back to his house. She wanted us to hang around".

What the heck? Her stupid ass boyfriend slapped her? And he dared stand in front of me, and take Rymana with him.

A/N
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