sed-ction episode 17

💞sed-ction💞
🌸Love. Lies & Games🌸
Chapter Seventeen🍭🍭
By Goddy Francis 🥀 🥀
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My head hurts and it feels like some people are drumming my head. I try to open my eyes but I hold my head instead. Everything feels blank as I try to open my eyes. Every thing seems blur and I can hear little muffled voices. I sit up at once and hold my head in my hands gro-ning.
” God…”
I blink my eyes and look around this unfamiliar room. This isn’t my room. The wall is a light pink with pictures of Beyonce pasted on it. The pain is terrible, I feel like my head’s gonna fall off. And then I remembered what happened. How my head was slammed against my car window by Todd.
” You need to take this.” A familiar voice says.
I clean my eyes with one hand while the other holds my head. Diana smiles at me holding a glass of water and pills.
” What happened?” My voice is croak. I take the water and the pills from her as I swallow it dry , pushing the pills down my throat with the water.
” You passed out since yesterday. Some sorority girls who were going home last night said they saw you passed out close to your car. They alerted me.” She sighs and sits down on the edge of the bed.
I drop the glass of water on the nightstand and take note of her room. It’s kinda pretty considering it’s a sorority house. I look down at my dress and it’s still intacted.
” Did you notice anything unsual about me when you saw me?” I ask.
” No.”
I sigh ” What’s the time?”
” 10:14. Are you okay? If I remembered correctly you weren’t drunk. You’ve got little bruises around your face when I saw you. Who did that to you?”
” Oh God, is she awake?” Chloe walks in holding an ice pack. She smiles faintly at me and sits next to me.
” You’ll need this.” She says and rest the ice pack on my head. She asks me to lay back down and I did.
” Told you what happened yet?” Chloe asks Diana.
” Nothing.”
” Serena what happened? I was scared. Blamed myself for bringing you out to party. The faint mark on your face, what caused it?” Chloe asks.
I don’t know how to start explaining anything to anyone right now. Todd went really far trying to strangle me to death and smashing my face on my car window. Who knew he could be so violent. Todd should be in a mental asylum , because it doesn’t look to me that he is fine.
Who knew he could be so aggressive?
” You’re crying.” Chloe says and wipes the tears away.
” Serena, who hurt you?” Diana asks.
” Todd did.”
Silence falls on the room as Chloe looks at Diana before looking back at me.
” What? Todd was around my party?”
” I was about entering my car and he tried to strangle me to death. I fought him and plead for him to stop but he didn’t listen. He slammed my head against my car window.”
” What?” Diana is already on her feet reaching for her phone.
” Why would he do such a thing? What type of wicked act is that? Who hurts a woman by slamming her head against her car. That was inhuman, he should be in jail.” Diana says punching different numbers on her phone.
She puts the phone on ear and wait for the line to ring, instead the voicemail responds.
” He’s not picking his f-cking call. Why would he do that to you? Because you dumped his stupid ass? I mean who would wanna date a psychopath?”
She sighs and sits down. She runs her hands through her hair and sighs again. The coolness of the ice helps with the headache.
” It’s fine. Maybe I should have seen that coming. That Todd doesn’t take no for an answer and he doesn’t let you quit a relationsh¡p. I was just naive and stupid. You know i just realized that I was never in love with Todd. I was just mistaking likeness for feelings. It’s like I dated Todd out of pity. I wanted to please him, satisfy him, to the extent I didn’t see the monster in him.” A hot tear slip out of my eyes and Chloe wipe it off.
I feel pathetic. I should go home. Maybe have a warm bath, use another ice pack on my head, take pills again and cry myself to sleep. This is the part were I remember that I’m alone and always be alone.
” It’s okay. I know he’s my brother but he won’t go unpunished. Todd needs to be put behind bars before he hurt more women.”
” I should go home.” I say trying to sit up, Chloe help me up.
” You’re sure you can drive yourself? Chloe can get you something to eat and drink. You need to rest your head. You need it.”
” Thanks Diana, I’ll be fine.” I smile at her.
” I should drive you home to make sure you’ll be fine.” Chloe insists.
” Thank you, you don’t have to. I’ll be fine. He won’t come back to hurt me.” I assure her.
Deep down, I wanna be alone. Alone to my thoughts and cry about how my pathetic and vulnerable I am. I care too much about the wrong people and Todd’s one of them. I stand up with the help of Chloe and she gives me my purse. They walk me out of Diana’s room and we climb down the stairs.
The sorority house looks normal at daytime. The girls goes through their phones as they talk and laugh. Red cups are scattered around the house and some girls are still passed out.
I see that familiar dark skinned curly haired girl. She looks up at me and flash me a small smile. I smile back. Chloe and Diana walk me to my car and made sure I’m seated and already on the road driving home.
I park my car in the garage and get out. With tears in my eyes, I made my way to my house. I quickly shower and change my clothes. I search my drawers for any pain relief and luckily i found some. I can’t eat , my head hurts and I’m pretty sure I’m falling sick soon. I open both my windows and sit on the dresser chair as I stare at my reflection on the mirror.
There’s a faint mark at the side of my temple. I touch it and it hurts like hell. I whimper and breathe in. I can’t believe Todd would do this, he’s obviously not okay. He is psychotic and he needs help. My doorbell rings and I’m afraid to get it. What if it’s Todd and he’s here to hurt me again? The doorbell chimers again and I go to the living room in fear. I press my ear against the door to be sure if it’s not Todd.
” Serena.”
Oh God, Judah.
I quickly wipe my tears away and open the door. He looks down at me and observes for a split second. He walks himself in,side my house and I shut the door.
” What happened to you?”
” Nothing.” I lie.
” No, you can’t lie to me or fool me. I can read through your lies and your looks already betrayed you.”
” Why don’t you read through it then?” I ask sarcastically. He grabs my arm and pulls me to him.
He pushes my hair to the side and tuck it behind my ear. The faint mark is already visible to Judah.
” Did he do this?” He asks.
I swat his hand away from my hair.
” Did he do what? I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
” Don’t you f-cking lie to me. What did Todd do to you?” He yells at me. I jolt away from him and bite back tbe tears. Oh God, Serena don’t cry in front of him.
But that didn’t work, I’m already spilling out tears. Judah walks to my form and I’m whimpering as I try to muffle my tears.
” I’m sorry that I yelled.” He coos.
I am surprised as Judah pulls me to himself for an embrace. Who knew hugging someone could feel so good. I bury face against his chest and pour out all my tears that I’ve been keeping.
” It’s okay. What did he do?” He asks and runs his hand through my hair.
I didn’t notice when I wrap my arms around his torso. I don’t wanna pull away. He notices that and I feel him smile. Judah lifts me up like a baby and I wrap my legs around his body as I bury my face in his neck. It’s like I’ve known him forever. His pervert side is gone. And this is caring Judah.
His hands hold me carefully around my wa-ist and we go to my kitchen. With my legs still wrapped around Judah, he sits me on the counter and I’m not letting go. He takes that as an opportunity to rub soothing promises down my spine. I like that too.
” Thanks. I never knew I needed that. You should show me this side of you more often.” I tell him still resting my head on his shoulder.
He doesn’t reply but sighs deeply.
” Maybe I needed it too. I never knew hugging someone feels this good.”
I smile and raise my head from his shoulder to stare at his face. He isn’t lying, he hasn’t hugged anyone before.
” Should I feel special that I’m your first hug?” I ask him.
He chuckles and bites his bottom lip. I let my shameless eyes wander off from his eyes and I’m staring at his l-ips.
” Why do you care about me?” I ask him and look up at his eyes. One of the best things I like about him.
” I don’t know.” He admits.
I hug him again and nuzzle my face against his neck.
” You smell good.” I mutter.
” What did he do Serena?” Judah asks ignoring my compliment.
I think he always call me by my real name when he’s either angry, sad and maybe when he cares. I yawn , the sign of the drugs kicking in. It’s kinda weird that I’m not hungry and I’m already feeling sleepy.
” He hit me.” I whisper with my eyes closed.
” What else?” Judah whispers.
” Slammed my head against my car. I blacked out after that.”
” Okay. Are you hungry?”
” No, I just want you to keep on holding. Take me to bed with you.” I tell him and yawn again. I feel like a baby in his arms and I don’t wanna let go.
I feel him nod. He lifts me off the counter and begin walking to my room I presume. His hand wraps around my wa-ist securely as he opens my bedroom door. He shuts it and walk to my bed. Judah lay on the bed with me. I scoot closer to him and wrap my arms around him. My head lay on his shoulder while my legs entwine with his.
I don’t mind staying like this with Judah for the rest of the day. It feels right and I liked it. Even if Judah won’t admit it, he likes it too.
” Thank you.” I say and shut my eyes.
” Do you have any siblings?” I ask him with my eyes still closed.
” No.”
” So you’re just like me?” I ask him and absently trail my fingers on his torso.
” Yes.” He replies dryly. It’s obvious he hates to talk about it.
I sigh and open my eyes and I’m met with green orbs staring at me.
” You know I actually lost my family in one night. I went to party with Todd and I sneaked out. I returned and they’re all dead.” I don’t know why I’m telling Judah this.
” And… I wished i didn’t sneak out to go party.” I say.
” What would you have done? You would have been killed.” He states the obvious.
” It doesn’t matter. I feel lonely you know, sometimes. And I hate to think that there’s someone out there who’s watching my every move.”
” And you think they wanna hurt you?” Judah asks.
” Yeah. I don’t even care anymore.” I sigh and look away from him. I trail my fingers on his grey t-shirt and I badly wanna feel what’s underneath that t-shirt.
” What happened to your family?”
Judah sighs. He doesn’t like the topic. I see him as the man who don’t like talking about things that left bad memories.
” It’s fine if you don’t wanna talk about it.” I say and out of curiosity, I slide my hand underneath his shirt.
His skin is so warm and smooth. I trail it upwards to his chest and stop there.
” I won’t regret it, will I?”
” What?”
” Friends with benefits.” I say and look up at him.
” Depending on what you mean by regret.”
I shrug and slip my hand out of his shirt to wrap it around his torso.
” When did he hurt you? Todd.”
I sigh. ” Yesterday. I attended a sorority party. Never knew he was waiting for me.”
” It’s okay, you should go to sleep.”
With one final yawn, I’m already falling asleep. My familiar ringtone wake me up after falling asleep. I touch my bed for Judah and there’s no Judah. I reach for my phone on my nightstand as i open my eyes to look at the dialer. It’s Genevieve. Dad’s manager, aka my caretaker since I don’t have a family.
” Hey.” I say as I stand up. Where’s Judah.
” Serena. How are you? Are you okay?”
” Yeah, of course I am.” How long did I sleep? I check my phone’s time and it’s already afternoon.
I wear my slippers and walk out of my bedroom to look for Judah.
” Are you sure? I’ve been worried sick. I’ve been calling you this morning to check on you and you’ve not been picking my calls.”
” Oh I’m sorry, I was sleeping.”
The throbbing pain in my head has died down and I’m hungry. Judah is not in my apartment. How could he leave without telling me, who does that?
” Phoebe wanted to speak with you about something. Where were you last night?”
” I went to party.” I say and go to my kitchen.
I see three Mc Donald’s take out on the counter with a piece of paper on it.
” Serena, did you hear what I said?”
” Um… not really. You actually said Phoebe wanted to talk to me. Any leads yet, suspects?”
” I don’t know. She said you should drop by tomorrow after school, she has some information to share and it concerns Albert Winston.”
Todd’s father again. Jeez.
I pick up the paper and read through it. It was written, by Judah. I’ve seen one thing that I like about him, his handwriting.
‘ I’m out, I need to handle something. You should eat that and take a good rest.’
” Wow. He sounds like a boyfriend.” I mutter.
” Who sounds like a boyfriend?” Genevieve asks on the phone.
Woah, I didn’t just say that loud, did I?
” Um… it’s nothing. I am watching TV actually.” I lie.
” Alright, becareful, okay.”
” Thanks, Genevieve, I will. Thanks for calling.”
She hangs up and I take a seat on one of the stool. I open one take out and begin eating. My phone rings and I answer without looking at caller ID.
” Hello.” I say with a mouth full.
” Are you just waking up?” I know that familiar voice. I smile and look at the caller ID. Unknown number.
” Judah? You little creep, you could have just act rom-ntic and ask me for my number instead of sneaking through my phone. I mean there was a password.”
” I always have my way.”
I smile. “Thanks for the food. Three takeout was a lot.”
” You needed it.”
” Did you even fall asleep with me?”
” I watched you sleep.” He says and I’m blushing.
” That was nice of you. Thanks, for helping actually. I can’t even remember when last I felt comfortable around someone.”
” So you’re admitting you have a crush on me?”
I chuckle. He’s insane.” You know I should be the one saying that, not you. But it was nice though. Where are you? Where did you go?”
” Some place. You missed me already?”
Yes I do, but I won’t tell him that.
” Okay.” I say.
Judah hangs up and I’m left with my thoughts.
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” What do you mean by she’s lying? You can’t just hurt a woman and lie about it.” Genevieve yells at Todd.
It’s Monday and I’m yet to go to school. I got a call from Genevieve that I should come over to Phoebe’s for an emergency talk. Albert is present, including Todd. Todd doesn’t even look remorseful that he almost took my life two days ago. I didn’t see Judah through out yesterday and this morning. And I hate the fact that I missed him terribly.
Someone called Genevieve and told her what Todd did to me. And that someone might be Diana. She’s the only one who knew about my father’s manager slash my caretaker.
” I don’t know what you’re talking about. I mean, I have a frat party to host. Why would I leave the comfort of my party to hurt Serena in a sorority’s party. For f-ck’s sake she’s my girlfriend.”
” I’m not your girlfriend, Todd. We’re done. I told you that the day you tried to kill me.”
” I understand you Serena. We know you lost your family in one night and it was a dreadful sight to behold. It’s actually affecting you lately and you thought my son actually cost you pain…” what’s Albert saying.
He continues.” I raised a good son. My son will never hit a woman. You don’t even have any evidence.”
” You’re just as psychotic as your son. You wanna tell them that I’m imagining things and blaming it on your son. You and your retard son needs a psychiatrist. I’m still wondering how your wife Charlotte keep up with your abusive ass. Why would she be with you? Maybe you threatened to take her life the same way your deranged son almost took my life because I dumped his stupid ass.” I yell.
Albert glares at me. Not just any glare, a death glare. A warning glare. His eyes are filled with fury as he stares at me including Todd. I just told the world he hits his wife. Well played, Serena. Phoebe stares at Albert for confrontation.
” You’re already at our top list of suspects and then your son had to abuse her. He needs to be behind bars.”
” You don’t even have any proof. Maybe you should call my frat house and ask them were I was at that night. Do you have to go this far to frame me because I chose to ignore your slutty attitude with your stupid criminal neighbor. Her neighbor is psychotic and an ex-convict , he hurt her and she’s trying to cover up for him.”
Phoebe and Genevieve turns to look at me. ” You have a criminal neighbor? An ex-convict?” They asks in unison.
” He’s lying. You know what you’re doing Todd. You’re insane and abusive just like your abusive father.” I yell at him.
” Tell her to respect herself detective. She has said enough and I won’t tolerate anymore from her.” Albert says.
” I’m leaving.” I grab my bag and walk to the door.
” Serena.” Genevieve and Phoebe calls after me but I ignore them.
I rush to my car and slide in,side. I throw my bag on the passenger seat and ignite the car. My phone vibrates in my bag with a text notification. I reach for my bag and pull my phone out. I unlock my phone and stare briefly at the road. It’s a private number.
Chill run down my spine as I read the text message from this private number. It is just a one sentence. A one sentence that holds a lot of meaning.
‘ I see you Serena.’
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