I woke up and saw Justin sitting next to the door, I immediately hear Mrs. Jensen voice.
"If he had been honest with us about the drugs-"
"Did you know they were gonna ask?" I lift my body up a little tilting my head as I cover my naked body with Clay's sheets.
"No, of course not. I removed myself, Matt." I grab my phone and my eyes widen, I was supposed to be taking care of Ellie! "If I were to interfere with a witness-"
"A witness? He's your son." I furrow my eyebrows while pointing at the time so Justin could close the door.
I noticed his mind is in a different place, so I started to quietly put my clothes on.
"If I were to interfere in any way, I would be fired. I would be disbarred, Matt." I look at Justin and saw the same little kid years ago, hugging his legs while biting his nails nervously. "Our boy did drugs, we didn't know. He hid a homeless boy for a week, we didn't know."
"I mean, what the fuck, Lainie?" As I hear the door closing I ran up to Justin just with my shirt and panties on.
"Today was Clay's statement..." I mumble not believing that I forgot today he was testifying.
"They don't want me here." His voice came out weak as he gulps.
"Yes, they do." I look around and groan standing up, putting my pants on. "I have to go, Justin. Ellie's waiting for me." He closes the door and opens the window.
"I love you." My heart broke into two, I'm not ready to let me love him again, even though I do. But I'm not ready to tell him... scared he might leave me like the last time.
"I know." I kiss his cheek, climbing out of the window, I landed perfectly and ran to my car.
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"Ellie! I'm home!" I took a quick glance seeing if she's at the kitchen. I see the lights on in the leaving room and frown.
I hear sniffing and my heart broke when I saw Ellie crying in Bryce's arms.
"Where the hell were you?" He asks putting Ellie to aside walking straight up to me. "She called me, saying you were supposed to be here, taking care of her."
And for the second time Justin made me feel like shit. The first time, is when we had sex in Jessica's bathroom, while she was upstairs alone with Bryce... and Jeff was dying.
The second time is now... I totally forgot about Ellie and let her down, like I let Jessica down... so many times.
"What's going on with you?" He asks crossing his arms, which made me feel so small near him. "Since Justin showed up, you're acting all weird and distant." He raises an eyebrow.
"Am not." I defended myself, or tried to.
"Yes, you are. You helped him when he fell and you left me, for him!" I scoff not believing this.
"Are you jealous, Bryce?" I confronted him annoyed.
"No, of course not." He laughs. "I'm just trying to protect you." I look at Ellie and my heart broke even more. "If you're seeing him or whatever, is your choice, but remember..." He takes a step closer, pointing a finger at my face. "He left you, he treated you like shit and never gave a damn about you, 'cause if he really did... He would never leave you with me." His words stroked my insides like lightning, making me stumble backwards without air.
I hear the door closing and I fell down coughing for some air as I sobbed. Ellie ran towards me and hugged me.
"I'm so sorry, baby. I'll never do that again." She nods her little head and wipe my tears away tilting her head a little as she looked at me with tears in her eyes.
