The Secrets We Keep: A Choni Story

Chapter 32

Cheryl's POV
I wake up to the sound of scratching. I look over and see Toni writing aggressively in the diary her therapist gave her.

"$50000, bloody hell," Toni whispers to herself.

"$50000?" I ask.

"Oh! Hey princess," she smiles, "Did I wake you?" she asks.

"No, but you didn't answer my question $50000 for what?" I repeat myself.

"I um you see-" she starts.

"If you're planning on lying to me I suggest you stop now," I scolded.

"I wasn't I was trying to find a way to explain it to you without you getting mad," she explained.

"Oh sorry for assuming," I apologised.

"It's fine, um there's no other way to put it," she sighed, "Your mom offered me money to break up with you,"

"Oh, what did you say?" I asked.

"What do you think I said? I'm still here Cheryl I love you and I'll never stop loving you and that's a promise," she answered.

"How much?" I asked.

"At first it was $5000, then $10000 and finally $50000," she answered.

"Toni! You said no to $50000 for me?" I gasp shocked.

"I would say no to all the money in the world for you, Cheryl, I love you no amount of money could make me break up with you," she answered.

"I love you, too did she say anything else?" I inquired.

"Other than the fact that I'll regret declining her offer no not really, she did leave her number though," she replied.

"Okay, um I was thinking and I um want to go to the Spellman's to plan Jason's funeral," I sighed.

"Okay, do you want to go today?" she asked.

"Yeah let's go now can you carry me, I don't feel like going in the car," I answered.

Toni walked over to me pecked me on the lips and picked me up and within seconds we were in Greendale outside the Spellman Sisters. She put me down and stumbled back a little.

"Are you alright?" I asked concerned.

"Yeah I'm just a bit dizzy," she answered sitting down.

"Toni are you okay?" I asked noticing she was starting to sweat.

"Yeah, you know when I was in Greendale and you called asking when I was coming home and I asked you if you were okay and you said yeah I knew you were lying," she rambles changing the subject.

"Oh, I um had a panic attack, but don't worry Betty helped me," I answered.

"You should have told me," she sighed getting up.

"I was worried about you because when Jason drove to Greendale he 'died' after being shot in the head and crashing his car," I explained, "And I didn't want anything to happen to you," I sighed.

"Don't worry about me, princess," she said kissing me.

"I always will," I sighed pulling away.

"That's my job, let's go," she said walking to the house.

2 weeks later
Toni's trailer
Toni's POV
Today was Jason's funeral and Cheryl had been just sad all the time but put on the bravest face at school, I honestly think it tired her out because as soon as we arrived at my trailer or Thistlehouse she would practically collapse into my arms sobbing. I think the gravity of what happened is finally hitting her and I feel bad I hate to see my princess sad or hurting and she was both. When we went to buy her dress for the funeral she full-on and a breakdown in the store.