Facade

Chapter 4

Mia's pov

I watched as Karen ran out the house. She was acting really weird. Why will she run if she's really going to cheerleaders rehearsal? Can't they handle few more minutes before she got there? I shrugged off the thought. If she doesn't want to tell me where she's going to, then fine. She has a right to her privacy. I was about going into the kitchen to continue scrubbing the stove when I heard a phone beep. I frowned and reached for my phone in my pocket. I pulled it out and looked at it. Hmm that's weird, no notification. Now that I think about it, the beep didn't sound like my phone. I looked around and spotted Karen's phone laying on the table. I quickly reached for it and ran outside hoping to catch Karen to give it to her. When I got outside, she was already turning away from our street into the express way. Hmm too bad, I thought. Anyway I'll just keep it for her.
  I walked back into the house and kept the phone back on the table. I was about turning around to go continue my chores when it beeped signalling a message received. I was about ignoring it when something caught my attention. The number who sent the message. It looked awfully familiar. I picked up the cell phone and studied the number. My breath caught in my throat when I recognized the number as Aiden's number. That's odd. Why will Aiden text Karen? They can't stand each other. They hate each other. They never get along. I've tried severally to try to get them to at least be civil to each other but to no avail. There was even a time I set them up for dinner. It was disastrous. Aiden was so angry at me that he didn't talk to me for weeks. Since then, I let them be. A beep broke me away from my thoughts and I looked to see another message from Aiden. I frowned and tried to open it but it showed a password lock. Good thing I know her password, I thought, and quickly typed it in. HOTBLONDE23. Typical I thought with a roll of my eyes. I smiled when I thought about what Karen will say if she saw me with her phone. I shook the thought away and focused on what I was doing. I clicked on the message and it opened to a nude picture of Aiden. My heart flew off my chest. No! No way! It's not possible. I scrolled up to see conversations between him and Karen.
"Hey love"
  "Hi baby, miss you"
"Can't wait to see you tonight"
"I love you too Aiden"

My breath came out in gasps. Tears sprang into my eyes. My heart was breaking into a million pieces. God no, please don't it let be what I think. No, Karen wouldn't betray me. She's my best friend right? And Aiden loved me, right? I shook my head. I didn't know what to think. I must find out. I ran outside and stopped short, remembering I didn't have a car. I only have twenty dollars which Karen gave me yesterday. I quickly stopped a taxi, giving him directions to Aiden's house. I leaned back on the seat deep in thoughts.

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Aiden's pov

I stood naked in my bedroom awaiting Karen. I knew what I was doing was wrong. I didn't love Karen and I never will. It's all about the sex to me. Since Mia said she wasn't ready, I agreed to wait. I had o could wait for her but I had become so sexually frustrated that even a man started looking attractive to me. I needed release and since Mia wasn't ready to give it to me, I turned somewhere else. Mia is happy and thinks I'm waiting for her, Karen has finally her crush's attention while I get my release. It's a win-win situation for everybody. What if Mia finds out? I thought. I shook the thought off my head. She can't find out. Karen won't be stupid enough to tell her. It'll be the highest betrayal considering that they are technically sisters even if Mia is adopted.
   I heard a car pull up the driveway. Finally, Karen is here. I grabbed her immediately she walked in, crushing my lips on hers. She was startled at first then started to kiss me back. I pulled her towards the bed while trying to get her clothes off.

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Mia's pov

I told the taxi to pull up few houses away from Aiden's house. I quickly got down from the taxi and handed the driver the twenty dollars. I didn't bother asking for change. I was too agitated to care. My legs were shaking and I forced myself not to crumble on the floor. I walked quickly to Aiden's house and sure enough Karen's car was there. God no! Does it mean - - - -. No it's impossible It doesn't mean anything! I told myself. Repeating the mantra in my head help me calm down a little. I got to the door and was about to knock when I stopped myself. I twisted the doorknob and sure enough, the door opened. I walked inside and every where was quiet. Hmm that's odd, I thought Karen was here. Just then I heard something upstairs. I quietly made my way to the stairs and climbed slowly, trying to be quiet. When I got upstairs, the sounds became louder. It sounded like Karen and she sounded as if she was dying. Was Aiden hurting her? I walked quickly towards Auden's bedroom where the sound was coming from. Don't ask me how I know its his room. We've been dating for two years. Of course I've been here before. I placed my hear on the door listening to the sounds.

"Harder, yes harder."
"Fuck Karen"

I'm not an idiot. I already knew what was going on from the start but some part of me didn't want to believe it. I needed to be completely sure. Now that I have, I thought about what to do. I was hurt, yes. I was heartbroken, yes. But I was broken. Years of torture from Davis and Helen didn't break me and two idiots can't. I won't let them get away with it. I let Davis and Helen abuse me and get away with it but never again. It's time to fight back. I wiped the tears off my eyes and composed myself to look as confident as possible. I brought out my phone and turned on the video camera. I took a deep breath and opened the door. Sure enough, Karen and Aiden were banging like rabbits. They hadn't noticed me yet so I brought my phone up and recorded the video. When I was sure I had enough to ruin them for live, I saved the video and sent it to my email address for safe keeping and also in case my phone was destroyed. You can't trust anyone these days. I looked back at the two people banging away and shook my head. I won't lie, the betrayal stung.
I took a deep breath to calm myself and cleared my throat loud enough for them to hear. Aiden turned and saw me. His eyes widened in shock and he immediately stood up from Karen. He grabbed the sheets trying to cover his nakedness. Karen was staring at me her mouth opened. She drew the sheets to cover her naked breasts.
  "Mia I - - - -" she started to say but I cut her off.
"Save it Karen. How long did you guys think you can go on before I find out?" I snapped. I leaned on the door post looking unbothered but deep down, I was dying. Aiden took a step closer and I held my hand out signalling him to halt.
"You two were the closest thing to family I had and you betray me like this" I told them with a sad voice. Tears spilled from Karen's eyes but I ignored it. Aiden looked remorseful but I ignored it. I was done being the scape goat. I brought up my phone showing them the video.
"By this time tomorrow, this video would be on the internet if you don't cooperate. I'm sure with your family's reputation, you wouldn't want that Aiden. Your father will disown you if he doesn't kill you. And you Karen, your parents will definitely disown you. So you are both going to do as I say or I'll send the video into the internet. You sharpened my teeth and I'll use it to bite you. I'll be in contact" With that said, I turned to leave. When I got to the door, I stopped and looked at the two idiots who were staring at me frozen in shock.
  "Don't even try to destroy my phone. I took precautions and backed up the video" I smiled sweetly at them before turning and walking out of the house and out of their lives.

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