Wait. Did that mean I got in?
“Didn’t you receive your acceptance letter? I assumed that’s why you were here”.
I couldn’t hide my smile. “I got in?”.
“You did”. He smiled. “Majoring in English literature, I’m hoping?”.
I nodded.
“Excellent I’ll see you in 4 weeks Miss Wilson now get out of my parking lot”.
A laugh fell from my lips as I watched him walk back inside. So, maybe he wasn’t all bad, but I still didn’t like the feeling that appeared in my stomach when I was around him.
He made me nervous but that was something I didn’t want to think about. I had just found out I had gotten into college. Today was a good day for me. I was driving down the highway on my way to the library when my phone began ringing from inside my bag.
It was then I realised I didn’t check in with Jake.
The ringing stopped before starting again. I would call him back once it was safe to do so. I was in a car accident once I wasn’t putting myself in a situation where it could happen again.
I took the exit and once I was on a new strip of road, I pulled into the side coming to a stop. I tapped his name bringing the phone to my ear.
“I’m sorry I forgot to message you”. I spoke.
“Are you okay?”. He asked.
“I’m safe if that’s what you mean”.
“I’ll always worry about you regardless of what’s happened Leah but no that’s not what I mean. Are you okay?”. He asked again.
“Sorry I shouldn’t have said that. I’m okay I’m just heading to the library. Have you been to sleep yet?”.
“Can you skip the library and come straight home?”.
And there it was. The dreaded feeling rose in the pit of my stomach.
“Why?”. I frowned. “Is everything okay?”.
“Everything’s fine babe but we have guests”.
Guests?
“We do?”.
“Your gran and George are here, and it doesn’t look like they are leaving anytime soon”.
“What?”.
“Yeah, I went to see him”. She didn’t need to know all the details.
“I’ve got a lot of explaining to do Leah, but you need to know I did my best. I wanted you to have the best childhood, I wanted you to have the best life. I tried sweetheart I really did”.
My stomach dropped because I knew she tried her best no; she did her best for me growing up but so much had happened I wasn’t sure what to believe anymore. She could apologies and explain herself a thousand times, but it wouldn’t change anything.
“Would you like some tea?”. I glanced at Jake. “I think I should make some tea”. I walked into the kitchen.
“What’s going on?”. He asked.
“I can’t do this right now. I need time to think before I get into it with her”. She had nothing left but to tell me the truth.
To lay everything on the table and finally tell me everything.
“You want me to get rid of them?”.
“We can’t just throw them out”. I sighed.
“I could tell them to come back?”. He suggested.
“No”. I shook my head. “I don’t know. What do we do?”.
“Stay here I’ll handle it”.
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