Taken As Hers

Chapter.16 I Am Afraid Of Babies!

Afterwards  Ela dropped me at my house, I went jogging.

Arnold was there,  but not Jack.

Emmy was not going to be home any time soon, I know that as clearly as the sky was blue today.

It was hard to say what I said to her yesterday.

Actually, I feel like the worst person in the world. I mean, I just rejected two girls right one after another.

I feel so guilty of Rachel. I wanted to know what happened to her, but I have to respect her brother's wishes. He doesn't want me near her, and never will. And I understand that more than anything. I will only create more problems by showing my face near her, didn't matter even if it's with good intentions.

So I just sent his brother a message asking if she was fine, and I hope she will get better. And also that I am sorry, and I won't even if he never forgives me.

And there comes Emmy. A chuckle escaped me at my stupidity.

She said she loves me, but that was never real.

I mean, when Arnold said, she just looks at me like a trophy, I never really believed him , I don't, even now. But the other things he told, makes sense now.

Emmy never loved me, she just got jealous, and possessive, when she felt like she lost me. So much that she went to the extremes.

If anyone knows she was one of them to know, that how Rachel's situation beats me on the heart.

She surely would have known that, the way she used that situation was not a small thing for me.

But I know she was very desperate and loves me so much, even if it's not in that sense, to do such a thing. So that's why I decided not to question her anymore on that betrayal.

When I went to her yesterday, I did not blame her for what happened. Except I said only one thing,'You know me better than that, to do that' in regards to that matter.  That was enough impact to eat her conscience.

And God! That gun, it's like it was a movie. I never thought, I will be in front of one, much less pointed at me. I was stunned.

The thought of what would have happened, if Ela was not there to stop it, and the thought of being with Rachel as she forced me to.

I still feel the jitters, thinking of the varied outcomes.

What does anyone do in a situation, when someone threatens to kill themselves because of you?

I did what I can only think of doing in that situation. Surrendering to her demands.
To say in that situation I thought 'That's it, I am forever trapped by Rachel'.

But, Ela stopped me, and in the process injuring herself.

And, that was the most horrible second thing; perhaps first even; ever happened. To see her as the target made me tremble in worry for her, and when she got shot and seeing her bleeding made me feel anguished.

What if the bullet really killed her, what then?  God, I can't imagine the consequences of that!

But that was stupid of me, right!... she was not some normal girl, no matter I saw it or not, she would have been in more dangerous situations than this. And here I am worrying, when she was on the range of a gun, by a normal girl.

I shook my head.

I stepped into my office.

And just a few minutes after, I heard a knock and my heart skipped a few beats.