His Ruthless Revenge (A Dark Bully Romance)

Chapter Twenty Seven

Chase

I pull my car into the driveway and switch off the engine, removing my key from the ignition as I sigh deeply. I'm absolutely exhausted and still feel like I'm trapped in some kind of fucked up nightmare I can't escape from.
I'd give anything to wake up right now and realise the last six hours of my life were part of my twisted imagination and not my actual reality instead.
I close my eyes for a moment and exhale slowly, trying to focus on the rhythm of my breathing like I've been told to do a thousand times whenever I get angry.

It doesn't work.

It never fucking works.

Grabbing hold of the steering wheel, I squeeze it as hard as I can. Desperate to unleash the insurmountable rage still simmering inside of me.
April can never know that I went looking for Finn tonight. She told me to stay away from him but there's no way I was ever going to do that.
That son of a bitch has come between us far too many times and I needed to put a stop to it. I hoped he might be working tonight and swung by the gym after I spoke with Louise. I was ready to rip his throat out the second I saw him but the bastard wasn't even there.
Guess I can hold off for a day or two while I try and work things out with April. She's my main priority right now but I can't let what that piece of shit did go unpunished. He'll be lucky if he's not in a coma by the time I'm finished with him and April will just have to deal with it.
Even the fact that I've just had to converse with Louise has made me feel sick to my stomach. Being near her makes my skin crawl and I despise that bitch for everything she's done to us. It disgusts me that I now have to be civil towards her when I just want her out of my life for good.
She was pleased to see me at first, thinking I must have changed my mind and decided I wanted to be with her instead. I told her she was fucking crazy and told her the only reason I was there was because of the baby.
She still seemed somewhat hopeful before I left, convinced that I might eventually come around to the idea of us being together. I didn't even try and put her straight at that point as I was far too exhausted to argue and wanted to get back home to April.

I'm still sitting in the driveway, staring at our house as I try and figure out how I'm going to fix the mess I've caused. All the lights are switched off inside and I wonder if April has gone to bed already. I can't blame her as we were both pretty exhausted after everything that's happened.
A part of me still can't believe that she orchestrated this whole thing like she did. I've been in love with this girl for six years and never thought she was capable of something so devious. The only thing that helps me rationalise it is she must have gone a little crazy as soon as Louise told her what happened between us. I can't imagine how she must have felt after she was shown a video of me fucking her worst enemy.

God, I hate her.

I never want to see Louise ever again and the fact that I'm now going to be tied to her for the rest of my life is fucking torture. The last thing I wanted to do was go and check on her tonight but knew April was right when she convinced me I should go for the sake of the baby.
Christ, I still can't believe I'm going to be a dad. I thought I was going to have the baby I truly wanted with April but that was just another lie she made up to hurt me.
It's going to take us a long time to trust one another again but I know we'll work through it. I'm willing to do anything for that girl and she knows it.
I drag my tired and aching body out of the car and walk up the path towards the front door. I accidentally step on something which shatters beneath my feet and I glance down to check what it is.
My hand finds a lipstick on the ground and wonder how the hell it got outside. It looks like April's but I dismiss it and don't give it another thought as I throw it away and let myself into the house.
Not wanting to wake her up if she's sleeping, I climb the stairs as quietly as I can so I won't disturb her. Pushing the bedroom open before switching on my bedside lamp so I can start to undress.
I soon realise that April isn't in there and wonder if she's gone to stay in the spare bedroom instead. I walk across the corridor and knock on the door, waiting for a response before entering.
"April?" I whisper, opening the door gently. "Baby, are you in here?"
The bed is completely empty and my heart begins to race as my mind tries to process what the hell is going on.
Where the fuck is she?
I rush downstairs and check the living room in case she might have fell asleep on the sofa but she's not down there either.
I search through the entire fucking house in a complete frenzy, slamming doors as I check each and every room and call out her name as my anxiety increases.
What if she decided to go and stay with her mum tonight? Here I am dismantling the fucking house and tearing it apart when I should be searching for a note she might have left me explaining where she is.
Her mum wasn't at the party tonight so I presume she doesn't have a clue about what's been going on and that's where April might be right now.
I try calling April's phone but it goes straight to voicemail and that's when I really start to lose it, sending a string of messages demanding to know where she is and apologising for running out on her to go and check on Louise.
April's the one who told me to go but I still apologise incessantly, pleading with her to come back as I leave countless voicemails which go unanswered.
I'm completely lost and don't know what to do next, re-entering each room as though she might magically appear at any moment.
Something catches my eye as I'm about to leave the bathroom and I stare at the mirror in absolute astonishment as I try and process what's scrawled across it.

I was never yours.

I stare at the words in front of me, lightly touching them with my fingers to make sure they really exist and aren't a figment of my imagination.
I suddenly remember the lipstick I stepped on outside, realising it must have been April's afterall and she must have thrown it away after leaving me her goodbye message.
I'm frozen in place for God knows how long, refusing to take my eyes off the mirror as I resist the urge to smash my fist straight through it.

She's gone.

She actually left me.

My legs give way beneath me as I crumble to the floor, cradling my head in my hands as I start to rock back and forth. My eyes flood with tears but I wipe them away in anger, frustrated with myself for being so weak and pathetic.

I don't know how long I stay like that on the bathroom floor, consumed by the excruciating pain inside my chest which spreads throughout my entire body. I'm sobbing uncontrollably as I begin to shake violently.
I feel like I'm being torn in two and it's unbearable because I know there's nothing I can do about it. All I need is her.
I make a vow right there and then to search the entire world and destroy it in my attempt to find April again. I won't rest until I hunt her down and hurt her like she's hurt me. I gave her my fucking soul and she pretty much ripped my heart out, spat on it and handed it back to me like it never fucking mattered to her.
She thought her revenge was bad but she has no idea what I'm actually capable of.
My revenge will be a thousand times worse than anything she could ever think of. My revenge will be ruthless and I know exactly who I'm going to start with.

Finn.

There's nothing to prevent me from destroying him now.

Part of me believes the two of them planned all this from the beginning and set out to ruin me together.
I'm going to annihilate him when I get my hands on him. I'm going to ruin him for thinking he could ever put his hands on what's mine and get away with it.
All I have to do is find her and once I find her... I'll have my revenge.

I'll start with Finn. Tonight will be his last and then I'll find her.

She can't ever escape me and most importantly... I won't let her.