The Girl With Many Names

▪︎ Chapter Thirty-Seven ▪︎

"Oh my God! That little piece of shit" Clover spat when she was done reading André's text "How could he lie like that?"

"Do you really think he's lying? What if he's not?" I questioned quietly as I felt my heart sink. It felt like everything between Blake and I up until that very moment was a lie and I couldn't stand it.

"What?! You can't seriously be trusting a word in that text, I mean it was sent by André who, if I might add, just tried to kill you." She questioned, increasing my confusion.

"I don't know, I don't know" I said, holding my head in my hands. "Where's Blake?" I asked, looking up at her.

"He left for the washroom while we were waiting outside and hasn't come back yet" she replied.

Okay, André did turn out to be a deceitful skunk bag, so maybe he was lying and Blake wasn't a Viper who only became friends with me to spy on me. Right?

I was wallowing in my thoughts when the door opened and in walked the devil himself looking like he had just gotten into a fight.

"Oh my God Dani, I'm so glad you're okay" he sighed, coming over to place a kiss on my forehead as he took a seat on the other side of my bed. Clover excused herself from the room, right after giving me a 'Be calm' look. I wish I could be calm.

"How are you?" He asked, genuinely concerned as he placed a hand on my cheek.

Nope, before letting his sweet little gestures push me off track, I replied "As fine as someone who just found out right after they were poisoned, that someone they trusted so much was lying to them"

"What do you mean? Who lied to you?" He asked, confusion etched on his face. I handed him my phone to read the text and watched his formerly confused look morph into that of anger, then into shock, back to anger and finally to fear.

He looked scared, like someone who had just been caught. That only meant one thing.....it was true, he really did lie to me, he was really a Viper and our friendship was just part of his plan. Could it though? Could it all have been a lie? As all these thoughts passed through my head, I felt even more confused.

"Tell me everything written in that text is not true Blake" I questioned, making him look up. I could see the fear in his eyes as clear as day and that should've been enough to answer my questions, but a part of me still wanted it all to be a lie. One couldn't fake all those moments of care and concern now could they?

"I swear, it's not what it looks like Daniella, André is just trying to create a rift between us" he replied, his eyes pleading.

"So you're not a Viper?" I asked.

"No, but...." he started and I felt my anger surface. But? There was a but?

"Are you or are you not a Viper Blake?" I asked a bit harsher this time.

"Listen to me Dani, it's not what you..." he tried again but I didn't want to hear any excuses.

"I can't believe it!" I exclaimed cutting him off again "I can't believe that the one person whom I trusted the most right after my family has been deceiving me all this while" As those words left my mouth, the realization dawned on me and a tear escaped my eyes but I wiped it away in anger.

"How could you Blake? You became friends with me to spy on me? Is that it?" At this I stood up and started pacing the room because I was boiling now.

"Listen-" he tried again, coming over to meet me.

"I hope you're happy now, you were successful weren't you? You found the family of the journalist and you even know where the chip is, congratulations" I rambled on in anger. I started to feel lightheaded but I wasn't done being angry.