Beyond Us- Book Three

•••Chapter Nine•••

~You don't have to say just what you did
I already know
I had to go and find out from them
So tell me how's it feel.~

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<Chris Brady> Days after Randy and I met Hillary, his damn feelings were being bruised. He shows regrets and hurt when I talk to him on phone. He had a useless argument with Cheryl and now he's home with me. Jesse was out of the house with Aiden and Randy was stuck on my couch being glued to his phone. The door bell rung and he just smiled.

"Go check it out." he said.

"You're in my house and I was going to check it out even if you didn't say it."

"Hurry," I kicked him in the left knee and he groaned holding it out. "Fuck you." he showed me his middle finger and I smiled at him.

"Do it now." I got closer to him and he kicked me too. The knock was still coming through and I rushed for it. I opened the door and there stood Randy's Palmer.

"Uh... hi. Randy is here." I said. She took a deep breath and looked at me.

"I'm not here to see him. Can we talk outside?" I looked back at Randy and he was still caught on his phone.

"Okay." I closed the door and walked out. "How did..."

"He said he'll be here if I want to talk to him but that's not the reason I came. I know you and Thora broke up years ago but I thought I should let you know what's going on."

"Okay." I simply said.

"She's at the hospital right now..."

"Is she okay? What happened to her?"

"Our house was almost on fire."

"You stay with her?" I asked and she folded her arms on her chest like the bitchy queen she was before. "Okay, you talk." She rolled her eyes again.

"She can kill me for being here with you but I do not care about that. She needs to be talked to, Chris. She's doing these weird things and it's getting out of hand."

"Fucking with guys in the elevator?" she took her hands off and stared at me. "She told me that. She wasn't kidding?"

"It's worse than that. Every little chance she gets, she picks up any guy at all and..."

"Don't give me the details." I clenched my teeth and she sighed again. "Where is she now?"

"The hospital. Can you help her get better? Remind her of who she was. I don't like her this way at all Chris. She's like a different person and her way of thinking has gone really bad. She dresses up like an amateur slut at night and comes home the next day looking like she was stretched on a thread mill." I leaned on the wall for support. My legs were going weak.

I knew from the first day I saw her again that she's change but I did not expect it to be this bad. I can only imagine how she looks like and what she does with these guys she goes out to meet.

"I know it's hard to take but you're the only one I could think of."

"Who is the Gabby?"

"Her, boyfriend." I clenched another fist and looked up at her. "He'll lose his shit if he finds out. Chris I know we're all living different lives now, we've been staying away from each other but Thora needs help. She doesn't see it that way and I can't deal with it anymore. Let's think of the kind of mother she'll be to her daughter."

"Is she Gabby's daughter?" I asked.

"Yeah." she gulped and I knew she was lying to me too. "Should I count on you?"