Maybe

40- Come Away With Me

Felicity's POV

"Do you still wanna go on?" Felix asks me he takes my hand in his. I look at him and he says softly "you don't have to, you know"

I nod my head and say "I know. But I want to"

"So for the next one week, I lived at Alicia's because Fran and I figured that Theodore would come home once Nick told him that I told my school counselors about that night. All of them knew it was true. And yet all of them tried to make me think that I'm the one who's going crazy. Nick helping Theodore with this hurt me more than him cheating on me did. Well, Nick didn't know that Theodore wanted to kill me. Wants to kills me. Nick still doesn't know. Nick was helping him because Theodore agreed to pay his tuition and his college fees if he decided to go to one. The deal was that Nick would help him find me and Nick would get the money. Didn't bother to even ask Theodore what he'll do with me after he gets me. Mom and dad were okay with me staying at Alicia's because it was our last week there. And she had been my best friend my whole life. I didn't tell her anything. By then I was convinced that everyone is only gonna try and find mental problems in me rather than believe me and actually do something about it. We bought a house here, dad got architectural contracts before coming here and mom found a job right after we moved here so everything was set. The only problem was that my parents didn't believe me anymore. The wouldn't let me drive anywhere without somebody with me and they wouldn't let me go out with my friends. You guys remember the bake sale?" I ask and everybody nods their head except Harper.

"That's why my parents were being weird and that's why the only time we invited you guys over was when they weren't home. They think that if I make friends or if I go out then I'll tell somebody what happened to me that night which according to them is not true. Before leaving Sacramento, my dad made me talk to four therapists. And the same thing happened as the school counselors so I had to get out of there before anybody could let Theodore know. He did come by the house once when I was at Alicia's but Fran told him that a girl named Felicity used to live here but she just moved out last week. The last two weeks were like surrounded by him for me. I couldn't talk to anyone or do anything that didn't make me fear that he'll walk in any second and kill me. We couldn't move anywhere that would require any public transportation because we thought he would be tracking that. He had reach everywhere. I don't what he's doing working as Frank's assistant when he has....other jobs" I complete the story. Kind of. They still don't know one thing but they don't have to know. If what my specualation is right then Felix doesn't need to know that part of the story.

"But how did Brynn find out about this? This is what she threatened you with, isn't it?" Isaac asks me.

"No. She doesn't know anything. Her dad's a cop and she pulled out some information about me from when I used to live in Sacramento. She found out that I have an ex-boyfriend named Nick and she said that infront of me. Seeing my reaction, she knew that I didn't want him knowing that I'm here and so she told me to stay away from Felix. But what would I have told the rest of you? Why am I ignoring him? So I stopped talking to all of you. I'm sorry" I mutter as I bury my face in my hands.

"Hey, you don't have to be sorry about anything" Felix says as he holds my hand once again. Can we just stay like this and not think about what might happen if Theodore finds me?

"Oh my god. Is it rude of me to say that I'm still processing your tragedy?" Jenny says as her mouth is agape. I chuckle.

"No Jenny. It's okay" I reply. I look at the clock on the wall and it's 12:20 right now. I can't believe I've been talking about this for the past two and the half hours.

***

The next two hours go by just like that. Everybody asking me questions about everything I just told them. Questions like how did I know Theodore's name. They asked me about Theodore, about Sacramento, about my parents, about Penelope and many other things. My throat is beyond exhaustion at this point.