The Addiction

The Addiction - Chapter 6 Prt 3

We both stare at my ringing device long enough for my heart feel like its in cardiac arrest. 

"Elize... What could he want with you? I told him to call me back in the morning." She questions as I swallow gradually, not wanting to give away any information through my body language. She looks back at me with budding animosity beneath her striking green eyes.

I can tell that something slightly shifted inside her as her words leaked like acid from her defined lips. 

"You better pick it up before it goes to voicemail." I advert my eyes to the enameled table as my trembling hands grab my cell phone with so much dread, that you would've thought I was being forced to hold a venomous snake. I click the answer button and anxiously wait for Elize's deep voice to break the uncomfortable silence between us. 

"Hey, Amanda. I thought you weren't going to answer for a second." Relief and resentment fills my mind as I hear the smoothness of his voice, but it's short lived.

"Put him on speaker, I want to hear what he's saying too." Chloe whispers. I nod my head as I reluctantly press the speaker button. 

"Amanda? You still there?" I hold my device closer to my mouth while trying to divert any eye contact with Chloe. 

"Yeah i'm here. I'm sorry." 

"Is there anything going on? You sound very out of it." He questions.

"No everything's fine. It's early in the morning so." My throat feels dry. I can feel Chloe's radiant eyes carving into me like a dagger as she waits silently. 

"You know, speaking of mornings, I have some bad news. I have strictly limited myself to reading mom novels every morning. I'm not saying they're particularly bad but I can see a very consistent plot line through all of them."  

"Oh, really?" 

"Yeah. Except this one which I just finished where the girl actually breaks up with the bad boy millionaire for the butler instead." I hear a slight chuckle over the phone and it takes everything in me to not laugh back. 

"That's interesting, but I'm busy at the moment. Is there something that is needed of me?" I respond, trying to sink into the maid role as much as possible. 

"Something that's needed of you? Well I would've suggested one thing, but you're miles away." 

Anxiety begins to ascend in my mind as Chloe's face twists into something unreadable. Elize, please stop talking. 

"I'm sorry, I can't talk right now," I ramble, hovering my thumb over the disconnect button,

"I'm going to have to end the call now." 

"Okay, bye then Princess. Remember to call m-" A icy chill rolls over my body as I end the call hastily, realizing that Elize had called me by my pet name. And I'm not the only one who noticed. 

Minutes go by without me or Chloe saying a word, her face giving off bitterness and angst. I rub my hands together in my lap as my legs bounced involuntarily, trying to figure out a excuse. This could be it, this could be moment where I'm exposed. I just didn't think she'd be so calm. 

Bam! I almost flinch off my chair from the plangent sound of her palm hitting the table. Her tan cheeks were now bruised with red and her emerald eyes appeared glassy as she pushes herself from the ivory chair, her pink lips forming a sneer like that of a angry snake. 

I swallow dryly as I stare into her eyes with fear. 

"I should've known! Damn it."

"C-Chloe I-" 

"Shut the fuck up!" She warns, striding into the kitchen and opening up the second fridge that was mostly for occasions. 

My heart accelerates as she pulls out a whole bottle of vodka, trying to open the top. 

"Chloe! Stop, stop, this is all just a misunderstanding!" I assure, but anger still poisoned her glare. This has to be the worst thing that could've happen to me today. If only I kept my phone in my room, this wouldn't have happened. I need to make up something quick before she drinks and possibly harms the baby. 

"Princess. Princess... why in the hell is he calling you princess?!"

I scratch around my brain for a response, and I say the first thing that pops into my head. 

" Princess is my n-nickname. I'm sorry, I should've told you. I only have close people call me that, and Elize and I've known each other for months." I lie. At least that false information had helped enough that Chloe stopped trying to twist off the cap. 

"Princess is your nickname?" She inquires. 

"Yeah... I'm sorry that made you mad." She shakes her head, clutching onto the bottle like a lifeline. 

"But... why did he call you first huh? He was supposed to call me this morning." 

"He usually calls me to make sure everything's alright. We talked before hand actually. He wanted to let me know to take you to see a doctor today for checkups." Almost as if a colored film was ascending from her, her posture suddenly turns slack. She buries her head in her arms on the counter, sighing heavily as I make the move of grabbing the forest green bottle. 

"See, this is the shit I mean." She huffs wearily,

"I react to the littlest things. I'm so stressed all the time and its all because of him. If only I didn't go and see him... if i only I didn't agree..." Her voice muffles as she presses her face deeper into her arms. I don't know how to respond because i'm terrified of what consequences my words might start. 

I instead remain silent as I reluctantly walk into the kitchen and put the pricey bottle in the smaller fridge. My heart spikes when I look up and see that Chloe is staring dead at me. 

"I don't want to go to the checkups today, I don't feel like I can go outside." She mumbles,

"But I have something I want you to do. I need something... anything that can numb me, you know?" She slides a trembling hand over her bulbous stomach and I almost have the urge to hurl. If I hadn't stopped her...

"Please, go to the doctor that Elize was talking about and ask if he has any pills for anxiety that's pro-pregnancy, okay?" 

"Uh yes. I'll do that right away." My throat dries as she staggers past me, her expression once again unreadable. I sigh heavily once she's in her room. So far, I've lied to her and Elize, I don't know how much praying and repenting it'll take for this guilty feeling to wash away. 

Author's Note:

Hello everyone! I won't be uploading next Friday because there's some problems I have to work out this week. I'm sorry, but be expecting a lengthy chapter next next Friday!