The secrets we keep

chapter 5

The walk back to Kevin's was slow.

My feet were practically dragging against the pavement as all the energy drained from my body  the minute I left Mr Forbes. 

The first thought that came to mind was to ring my aunt and beg her to let me come back. Although I already knew there was no way of that happening without a cheque turning up at her door every month. There was no use in trying anyway, I was only able to stay there in truth because Kevin and my mum allowed me too but I had a gut feeling that there was no way they would let me go back.

I felt as if I was being suffocated, all the air was leaving my lungs and I felt myself fighting for breath as I stopped outside the house and leaned back against the gates surrounding the property.

How was this happening? 

Tears prickled in the corner of my eyes and I had to restrain myself from falling apart right outside. I felt helpless, as if I was destined for this misery and there was no way to escape it.

At that moment I hated Tyler even more for leaving me with nobody to rely on. I cried myself to sleep for months after what happened last year and when my mum called my aunt and said she was coming to bring me home I wanted the ground to swallow me whole.

The only person I thought was my true ally in this town had betrayed me in the worst way and now I had to Idea how I was meant to get through it.

I walked through the gates and up to the front door, noticing both Kevin's and the car Tod drives were gone. To my dismay, as I shut the door behind me and turned to mount the stairs to my room I halted at spotting Kevin perched on the steps with a drink in hand.

His eyes were fixed on my face as he lifted his glass up towards me.

"Drink?"

I kept my eyes on him as I stayed put where I was.

"Where is everyone?"

Kevin stood up then and stopped at the bottom of the stairs, acting as a guard from me leaving.

"Your mother stepped out for a while and Tod's gone to pick Maddy up from her friends. I thought we could speak like adults about this."

I scoffed at him, shaking my head and storming through to the kitchen, resting my hands against the worktop.

Kevin followed a minute after, leaning against the door frame as I turned to look at him.

"I payed a visit to Ben Forbes, he was not impressed to see me." I said, watching Kevin lift his drink to his lips and drain it all in one.

He walked over to the Island and picked up an abandoned bottle of scotch, filling his crystal glass half way before looking back to me.

"It is a shame. He didn't take it well when I had to let him go."

The way the lies just bounced off his tongue without a second thought baffled me as I stared back at him, feeling a sudden superiority in knowing more than he thought.

"Really? Thats strange, he told me a very different story to that."

Kevin started pacing towards me slowly with his drink still etched to his mouth, stopping a mere few steps from my pinned position.

"That's exactly what it is, a story."

He remained calm but I could feel his eyes searching my face to distinguish just how much I was aware of.