HAZE (On Hold)

Part 9

"Good morning, Ms Hailee, all ready for school?" Hailee turns to face her driver, "Morning Charles, I'm not going to school today. Do you happen to know my father's whereabouts at the moment? I would really like to speak with him."

"Let me just check with Anna, I'm certain she will know the current whereabouts of Mr Zane."

"Thank you, Charles." The driver leaves her to find his wife and returns moments later. "Mr Zane is currently in London, he is scheduled to return home next week. Do you require any further assistance, Ms Hailee?"

"Charles, I need some advice."

"Of course, Ms Hailee."

"I have a decision to make, but no matter what choice I make, someone I care about is going to get hurt."

"And what about yourself, Ms Hailee are you going to get hurt by the decision?"

"Yes, but I don't see any way around it."

"Ms Hailee, I'm sorry to hear that you are in such a predicament, but perhaps there is another way to go about it. Take some time to really sort it out before making a rash decision that you may regret."

"Thanks, Charles."

Hailee turns and heads back up to her room, she decides to get changed and head to the gym, to get a workout in and hopefully get her thoughts straight.

Laying on the floor mats afterwards, she stares at the ceiling and has a lightbulb moment. She heads back to her room, drops her sweaty clothes in the hamper before jumping in the shower and solidifying the plan in her head.

Once dressed she takes a seat in front of her laptop and begins typing away. An hour later she finishes sending her last message and smiles at the screen upon hitting the send button.

She takes some breaths, "God, I hope this works, I can't lose anyone else."

Hailee spends the balance of her day finishing off assignments for school and watching Netflix.

Her phone beeps with two simple messages, "I'm in." and a thumbs up.

Those two words cause her to scream out a loud, "Yes!"

"Everything okay in there, Ms Hailee?"

"Everything is great, Anna."

"Supper will be ready shortly, Ms Hailee."

"Alright, thanks, Anna."

Hailee heads to school the next day and begins to implement her plan by ignoring and not talking to Mandy all day. She even heads directly home after school rather than staying around and watching soccer practice as she has been doing since the beginning of the season.

Sitting in her room, she can tell the exact time that Aurora arrives home as per usual she has a group of her friends with her and it gets loud in the house. Soon afterwards, there is a knock on her bedroom door. She opens it and finds Amanda looking at her. They hug and take a seat on her bed, going about doing the stuff they normally do when together. As it gets closer to supper time, Aurora's friends head out, leaving her alone in her room down the hall.

Hailee opens her door wide so everything can be heard, "MANDY, DON'T! I'M NOT INTERESTED IN BEING YOUR GIRLFRIEND, IN FACT, I DON'T EVEN WANT TO BE FRIENDS WITH YOU ANYMORE. WE KISSED A FEW TIMES, BIG DEAL, DOESN'T MEAN I LIKE YOU LIKE THAT OR GIRLS FOR THAT MATTER, I WAS CURIOUS, THAT'S ALL. SERIOUSLY THOUGH YOU THINK THAT JUST BECAUSE I'M COVERED IN SCARS, IT MEANS I'M DESPERATE FOR ATTENTION? I'M NOT! AND YOU NEED TO LEAVE OR I'LL HAVE CHARLES ESCORT YOU OUT. LEAVE NOW!"