Time Tells All (Book 4)

Heart Broken

            Kelly’s Point of View 

            The wind blew through my hair as I ran, tears pouring down my cheeks, nearly blinding my vision. My heart was shattered. I’d never felt this kind of pain before. Sure, I’ve had people I loved die and have been betrayed but for someone I love to move on and forget like I existed was new to me. I had never had my heart broken by a boy, because Ethan died and I hadn’t dated much before him. I didn’t like this feeling at all.

            It felt as if I was trapped in a never ending black hole, sucking up all emotions that I had. My body was numb, despite the angry and sorrow I was feeling. It seemed like I had been stabbed in the heart, or it being ripped out from my chest. After everything I’ve been through, this was different. After everything I’ve been through, I wanted to break down. This was pushing my limits. This was the event that tipped the scale of my sanity. I wanted to collapse to the ground and cry my eyes out, but I knew he was following me and I couldn’t face him, not now and probably not ever. I hated him.

            There were only a limited few people I hated in this world, Kayden obviously being one, and right now, I hated Landon Hilton. My mind kept replaying those horrid moments where another girl’s lips were against his. It was obvious that she was just some hook up, seeing as she was wearing too short of shorts and a tank top that showed too much cleavage, and I wondered why he would be with a girl like that? He’s been through a lot like me, yet he decides to be with a slut who is probably sleeping with a bunch of other guys. Then a thought crossed my mind. What if they slept together? Would Landon be the guy to do that? Even if he had dated her for the month that I was considered dead, that was still soon if they were in a serious relationship to be sleeping together.

            It took everything I had not to go off on him. I wanted to stop running and give him a piece of my mind. I had to admit I would be afraid of what he would say to me. Right now, I wasn’t mentally stable to deal with this. I just thought I meant at least something to him, but I guess not. All I felt was pain and seeing as I had immune myself to a lot of pain, seeing that this was nearly killing me, said something about how I was feeling.

            The anger and sadness powered me to keep running. My eyes were burning from all the tears. The exit to the woods was in sight and I couldn’t wait to get home and lock myself in my room. Just as I made my way out of the woods, I felt his icy cold hands grab onto my arm, stopping me abruptly from running away. The anger was building up by the second, which caused me to whip around and slap Landon across the face, leaving my hand stinging from impact.

            His bright blue eyes widened, not expecting me to slap him or that I was actually alive, I couldn’t tell which. His cheek started to turn red and I couldn’t have been happier, though I wanted to do worse to him. Tears were still staining my cheeks and I couldn’t force myself to stop them. I’d gotten good at controlling my emotions over the past years, but right now, all I could see was red. My fists were clenched and it took everything in my power not to slap him again.

            “Kelly? How? What?” He stuttered, clearly confused at how I was here.

            “I never died you bastard, not that you cared or anything, it’s pretty obvious. I faked my death because of Kayden and Kyle.” I growled.

            Landon knew everything about my past, starting with when Kyle first kidnapped me and everything until I had faked my death, so he knew what I was talking about. He stared at me, still in disbelief, not seeming to believe that I was really here.

            “What do you mean I didn’t care? Of course I did, it broke my heart. Why didn’t you tell me about your plan? How could you make me believe you were dead for at least a month?” He snapped, turning the fault back onto me. I wasn’t about to let that happen, he was the one kissing another girl.