Jenalyn: A Splitting Personality (#2) [Complete]

Chapter 42: Jenalyn

Wednesday, 9:13 P.M.

"Dane..." I cry into the phone, my tears sincere despite everything else that's about to come out of my mouth about to be a lie. "Dane, I messed up really bad and I need you..."

Rob and Evelyn both sit across from me- Rob trying to coach me on the conversation through some type of sign language he thinks I understand, and Evelyn looking sour and unimpressed.

"What fucking phone is this, Jena?" Dane asks on the other end of the phone, his tone already angry. "Where is your phone? And what the fuck is going on?" 

My heart pounds in my chest, and my hesitation only makes it worse. I quickly rack my mind for the plans Rob had laid out for the past hour for everyone except T.

"I messed up!" I quickly say with a sob, "I... I wanted to see Evelyn, and I came to Pennsylvania because I was going to surprise her. I knew you were away so I thought I could take her to do some cool things-"

Dane let's out a frustrated sigh on the other end of the phone. I can tell he's in the car. I can also tell that, as I go with my story, his speed increases with his anger.

"I checked to see if she was at Rob's first because I know that's where she usually stays, but she wasn't there-" I quickly go on before he has a chance to say anything and bring my anxiety to a tipping point. "So I went to your place, and she wasn't there either-"

Dane interrupts me with a growling voice, "Get to the fucking point, Jenalyn." he demands, his tone flat but forceful.

My heart still pounds in my chest, but I take a deep breath and let out another forced sob. 

"Ev told me on the phone last time I called her from California that she's been seeing T. So I went to look for her at his place, and he told me that she'd meet us here, at this place! It's one of yours, so I thought it'd be okay..."  I cry, trying to make my story believable. Dane has always known me too well- if he sees past this, we're all screwed. "T told me Ev wanted to meet him here for sex, but that he'd just drop me off and let her hangout... I- thought it'd be okay, Dane! I-"

"To the fucking point, Jenalyn!" Dane yells into the phone the moment I pause to take a breath. "What the fuck happened?!"

Tears stream down my face. I try to control the shaking in my body knowing the horrible string of events that Rob warned me might happen due to this cover story and the nature of it all.

I tell myself anything that happens whenever he gets here is better than what would happen if T were to tell Dane about what actually went down... 

"Um- well..." I start to say, only stopping to glance over at Rob and Evelyn for any sense of support. This isn't going to turn out well... "Evelyn wasn't here and I don't think she was coming..."

Dane's truck roars to life in the background of the call. "What the fuck did he do?" he growls into his phone, "Why the fuck did you go to some place with T on some shady shit?!" 

I sob into the phone, telling Dane I'm sorry repeatedly until he repeats his questions once more. Both Rob and Evelyn glare at me. They expect me to string together some fake story, when my fucking head is so insanely scrambled right now that it's a miracle I'm still even sitting upright. 

"I can't do it!" I wail, pulling the phone away from my ear much to Rob's dismay, and Evelyn's frustration. 

"You can't fucking do what, Jenalyn! What the fuck happened?!" I hear Dane roar, even with the phone pulled away.

Before I know it, Rob snatches the phone from my hand and puts it to his own ear with a frustrated sigh. 

"He tried to fuck Jena, Dane." he says matter of factly, getting right to the point. "He got handsy with her and threatened to tell you some crazy fucking story about her if she didn't fuck him."

I can hear the sound of Dane's harsh voice from across the room, but I can't make out a thing he says. Rob is only silent for a few seconds before he let's out another sigh and goes on. 

"Yeah dude, I think so." he says after a few moments. "She called Evelyn after, crying about how she fucked up and was afraid to tell you. I didn't give a shit, honestly... until Ev said she heard T in the background getting slick and throwing my name into the mix. So I showed the fuck up, got him under control, and made your bitch call you."

More silence on Rob's end. I can still hear Dane's growl through the silence, and watch as Evelyn rolls her eyes assumingly about whatever it is she can hear Dane growling, that I can't. 

"I came here with Ev, we were selling a few baggies down on South Street when she got the call." Rob says after a few moments. "It's the old house you used to room those Clerman Home girls at before shipping them to Chester."

There's only a short silence before Rob snaps the dinky flip phone shut and turns around to us with a long sigh. "He's on his way. We have about two hours to set up..." he says as he tosses the phone back to me. 

Evelyn let's out a sigh too, standing to her feet immediately and heading back out toward the living room.

"You better hope he doesn't catch on." she says with a snarky tone before exiting the room. "I'm going to the car to get my shit and switch it with her bags... I hope you're happy, Jena. I hope it hurts when Rob hits you and makes you tell Dane that it was T. You'll always know it was the both of you that did this! You ask for shit like this!"