Before There Was You

16. The End Of Her

The chauffeur fetched me from the airport as soon as I depot in Boston.

I switch my phone on and find 10 missed calls and 3 voice messages from Stacey and I decide to ignore them.

As soon as I get home all the tears that I've been holding back just came flooding.
I've never cried like this before, I've never been so hurt and felt so betrayed.

I need to talk to my mum.
I take my phone and dial her numbers.

📲 Hey baby, how's Paris?-  She answered with her sweet soft voice.

📱Hi mum, I'm home, I came back.

📲What's wrong sweetie, are you okay?

When I hear these words I couldn't stop my tears.

📱Mum no, I need you.

📲 What's wrong sweetie talk to me.

📱This boy, this boy from school, mum he.. I can't tell you over the phone.

She kept quiet for a minute and her voice changed

📲 Cathy did he touch you? Did he-

📱No I'm okay, he didn't do that. It's something else, he didn't physically touch me.

She let out a sigh 📲Okay listen, we'll take a flight fist thing tomorrow morning okay. Your dad wants to talk to you.

📲 Are are you okay? I overheard the conversation with your mum.

📱I'll be okay dad, I just need you here with me.

📲Okay sweetie see you tomorrow , I love you.

📱I love you both.

📲 I love you baby- my mum replied and we hung up.

Talking to my parents has made me feel a lot better, when they get here this whole nightmare will go away and everything will be better

I check my phone and decide to listen to Staceys' voice messages

📲 Cathy I'm so sorry, I know it's all my fault but can you please atleast pick up your phone so I can hear if you're okay?

📲 Antonio managed to hack into these Jerks phones and he deleted the video on YouTube and on their phones, it's not there anymore and we reported them as spam. To make him pay for what he did, he also hacked to all of Martins' social media accounts and posted "I have a small dick."

📲Please tell me when you're home, I want to know if you're safe.

The video is deleted?
But what's the use now? It probably had thousands of views and they've already seen my body.

I decide to order pizza and once I'm done eating, I go straight to bed.
🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸

The next morning I'm feeling okay, not better, just okay.

The students are returning from Paris today so I'm definitely sure Stacey will come here.
I don't feel like seeing nor talk to her yet, I need time to heal.

I can't wait for my parents to get here. You have to understand that I share everything with them.

I get out of bed and open the curtains allowing the sun to radiate my whole room.
I open the windows for fresh air and I go to the bathroom to brush my teeth and wash my face.

What time is it?
11:30am. Damn I overslept.
I go to the kitchen and make brunch then I head to the living room and switch on the TV to watch cartoons.

I eat and once I'm done I switch to other channels as I was getting uninterested with the cartoons and I stop on the news channel for a minute.

"Todays breaking news: A flight from California to Boston with 450 passengers has crashed. We're not sure what caused the crash but an investigation has been put in place. There were no survivors. A group of police officers has been sent to their respective homes to send our deepest condolences" the guy from the news speaks.

My heart stops
California to Boston? No it can't be.
This is a tragedy.

My, my parents could've not been on that plane, could they?

I try to call my mum and the phone goes straight to voicemail. I call my dad and his phone sends me straight to voicemail too.

No please no, God no! I refuse this. I refuse it.

Okay let me think, they went on a business trip with Mr. Adams, my dads business partner.
My dad gave me his number in case of emergencies if I can't find them on their phones.

I dial Mr Adams number on my phone.

📲Hello - Mr. Adams answers.

📱 Hello Mr. Adams, it's Cathy Smith.

📲Catherine?

📱Yes, I'm sorry to bother you but I'm trying to get ahold of my parents and their phones are putting me on voicemail, are they in a meeting perhaps?

📲Uhm Catherine no, your parents took a flight back to Boston this morning and they left me here to deal with everything.

My heart stops and my spirit leaves my body sending chills to my spine.

📲Is everything okay? - Mr. Adams ask.

📱I don't know - I reply and hang up.

After a few seconds there's a knock on the door.

I quickly run to the door and as I open, a police officer is standing by the the door.

"Hello" I greet him softly.

"Good day ma'am, I'm officer Jacobs, is this Mr and Mrs. Smiths' resident?" he asks.

"Yes" I reply.

He removes his hat and I can already tell what he's going to say.

"I'm sorry to inform you but-"

And the rest of his words are vague as I break down and cry my heart out.

"No no" I scream and fall on the floor.

The only thing that Officer Jacobs can do is try to console me.

And everything goes vague as I collapse.

They're gone. My parents are gone.
They left me.

And suddenly the memories come flashing to me.
The last day I ever saw them, how my mum was so emotional that I was leaving, how she took the last good look at me and touched my cheek while she was reading my face.

How my dad gave me the last hug, how he held me so tight to his chest I almost ran out of breath. How his last hug made me feel like I was home.

The last words they ever said
"I love you baby" I could still hear those words as they lingered in my head.

"We'll see you tomorrow" and that was the end of it.

My soul is empty, my heart is ripped and torn apart. My spirit is crashed and my life is over.
This is the end of me.