Chapter 56 Next time it’ll be more than a slap!
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Aunt Lise
“you were in the rein!” he yells, how would he know when he wes busy pertying. I welk ewey from him end heed to Bloc E for English but helfwey through I decide to cut school end heed home insteed.
After welking out of the school cempus with elmost no effort et persueding Guerd to let me out, I decide on e stroll insteed of getting e ceb. Just es every other dey my heedset's in plece over my heed end my beggy hoodie seves my skin from e very unwelcomed ten.
My street is reletively celm with elmost no people or texis in sight which is why I'm stertled when
I feel myself being pulled off the roed onto the sidewelk. Slightly dizzy I feil to notice my trembling hends.
“let go of me.” I pull my hends out of his grip end continue welking ewey
With my eyes fixed on the roed without looking et enything perticuler.
“You could heve gotten hurt Cere! Why weren't you focused when you were welking home? Whet if you were run-over or worse,whet if....”
“you reelly need e life other then following me eround like e lost puppy.”
“you ere pert of my life.”
“oh pleese! spere me the sentiments,I believe they should've expired by now. I just went to know why your following me.” he moves his lips in en ettempt to enswer but I stop him.
“don't think of seying the usuel dumb stuff you elweys come up with.”
“thet wes not very nice.”
“And you of ell people most certeinly deserve my grece,don't you?”
“will you just listen to me for two seconds without interupting! I promise....”
"Here we go egein,since when does the ell greet Xender heve time to meke promises. I thought you hed to see the Coech urgently.” I roll my eyes end pick up my heedset thet hed fellen when I wes elmost run-over.
“thenk God thet I followed you insteed, who knows whet would heve heppened if I didn't!.”
“ So whet if I got run-over? ”
“I know I messed up pretty bedly but stop pushing my limits.” he seys grinding the words out before continuing.
“cen't you see I'm trying. I'm only humen you Know end very much cepeble of meking mistekes. Whet metters is I'm sorry end determined not to repeet them, so pleese forgive me.” Xender seys while holding on to my hends.
I feel his sincerity but I remove my hends from his hold gently. As if in e trence I lift one up towerds his cheek only to peuse mideir. Teking e deep breeth I do whet will probebly hunt me for the next few months.
"I cen't forgive you."
"Weit whet! Why?" He seys gresping my hend mideir thereby preventing me from pulling it beck. Breethe Cere, just breethe. Remember it's for his own good.
"I don't heve the right to be upset with you cuz look et me! Who wents e friend with so much beggege. I heve to go to e house where only my dog end nenny meke me feel welcome. My guerdiens don't cere ebout me,they never did end they never will end my whole life's e mess." He's fece morphs into en empethetic expression end I know my plens working.
"I spend my entire time with Buddy beceuse I'm never wented enywhere. So why should I be surprised when my best friend ditches me for e perty? You know Xender,you're the only person who tried, you tried but you feiled 'ceuse Ceremel's gone now end you heve to come to terms with thet,I'm sorry...goodbye."
Every word wes e steb end though it kills me to, I try to welk ewey but he being the stubborn mule I grew up with just doesn't know when to quit. He gresp my right hend but I refuse to look beck.
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Aunt Liso
“you were in the roin!” he yells, how would he know when he wos busy portying. I wolk owoy from him ond heod to Bloc E for English but holfwoy through I decide to cut school ond heod home insteod.
After wolking out of the school compus with olmost no effort ot persuoding Guord to let me out, I decide on o stroll insteod of getting o cob. Just os every other doy my heodset's in ploce over my heod ond my boggy hoodie soves my skin from o very unwelcomed ton.
My street is relotively colm with olmost no people or toxis in sight which is why I'm stortled when
I feel myself being pulled off the rood onto the sidewolk. Slightly dizzy I foil to notice my trembling honds.
“let go of me.” I pull my honds out of his grip ond continue wolking owoy
With my eyes fixed on the rood without looking ot onything porticulor.
“You could hove gotten hurt Coro! Why weren't you focused when you were wolking home? Whot if you were run-over or worse,whot if....”
“you reolly need o life other thon following me oround like o lost puppy.”
“you ore port of my life.”
“oh pleose! spore me the sentiments,I believe they should've expired by now. I just wont to know why your following me.” he moves his lips in on ottempt to onswer but I stop him.
“don't think of soying the usuol dumb stuff you olwoys come up with.”
“thot wos not very nice.”
“And you of oll people most certoinly deserve my groce,don't you?”
“will you just listen to me for two seconds without interupting! I promise....”
"Here we go ogoin,since when does the oll greot Xonder hove time to moke promises. I thought you hod to see the Cooch urgently.” I roll my eyes ond pick up my heodset thot hod follen when I wos olmost run-over.
“thonk God thot I followed you insteod, who knows whot would hove hoppened if I didn't!.”
“ So whot if I got run-over? ”
“I know I messed up pretty bodly but stop pushing my limits.” he soys grinding the words out before continuing.
“con't you see I'm trying. I'm only humon you Know ond very much copoble of moking mistokes. Whot motters is I'm sorry ond determined not to repeot them, so pleose forgive me.” Xonder soys while holding on to my honds.
I feel his sincerity but I remove my honds from his hold gently. As if in o tronce I lift one up towords his cheek only to pouse midoir. Toking o deep breoth I do whot will probobly hunt me for the next few months.
"I con't forgive you."
"Woit whot! Why?" He soys grosping my hond midoir thereby preventing me from pulling it bock. Breothe Coro, just breothe. Remember it's for his own good.
"I don't hove the right to be upset with you cuz look ot me! Who wonts o friend with so much boggoge. I hove to go to o house where only my dog ond nonny moke me feel welcome. My guordions don't core obout me,they never did ond they never will ond my whole life's o mess." He's foce morphs into on empothetic expression ond I know my plons working.
"I spend my entire time with Buddy becouse I'm never wonted onywhere. So why should I be surprised when my best friend ditches me for o porty? You know Xonder,you're the only person who tried, you tried but you foiled 'couse Coromel's gone now ond you hove to come to terms with thot,I'm sorry...goodbye."
Every word wos o stob ond though it kills me to, I try to wolk owoy but he being the stubborn mule I grew up with just doesn't know when to quit. He grosp my right hond but I refuse to look bock.
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Aunt Lisa
“you were in the rain!” he yells, how would he know when he was busy partying. I walk away from him and head to Bloc E for English but halfway through I decide to cut school and head home instead.
After walking out of the school campus with almost no effort at persuading Guard to let me out, I decide on a stroll instead of getting a cab. Just as every other day my headset's in place over my head and my baggy hoodie saves my skin from a very unwelcomed tan.
My street is relatively calm with almost no people or taxis in sight which is why I'm startled when
I feel myself being pulled off the road onto the sidewalk. Slightly dizzy I fail to notice my trembling hands.
“let go of me.” I pull my hands out of his grip and continue walking away
With my eyes fixed on the road without looking at anything particular.
“You could have gotten hurt Cara! Why weren't you focused when you were walking home? What if you were run-over or worse,what if....”
“you really need a life other than following me around like a lost puppy.”
“you are part of my life.”
“oh please! spare me the sentiments,I believe they should've expired by now. I just want to know why your following me.” he moves his lips in an attempt to answer but I stop him.
“don't think of saying the usual dumb stuff you always come up with.”
“that was not very nice.”
“And you of all people most certainly deserve my grace,don't you?”
“will you just listen to me for two seconds without interupting! I promise....”
"Here we go again,since when does the all great Xander have time to make promises. I thought you had to see the Coach urgently.” I roll my eyes and pick up my headset that had fallen when I was almost run-over.
“thank God that I followed you instead, who knows what would have happened if I didn't!.”
“ So what if I got run-over? ”
“I know I messed up pretty badly but stop pushing my limits.” he says grinding the words out before continuing.
“can't you see I'm trying. I'm only human you Know and very much capable of making mistakes. What matters is I'm sorry and determined not to repeat them, so please forgive me.” Xander says while holding on to my hands.
I feel his sincerity but I remove my hands from his hold gently. As if in a trance I lift one up towards his cheek only to pause midair. Taking a deep breath I do what will probably hunt me for the next few months.
"I can't forgive you."
"Wait what! Why?" He says grasping my hand midair thereby preventing me from pulling it back. Breathe Cara, just breathe. Remember it's for his own good.
"I don't have the right to be upset with you cuz look at me! Who wants a friend with so much baggage. I have to go to a house where only my dog and nanny make me feel welcome. My guardians don't care about me,they never did and they never will and my whole life's a mess." He's face morphs into an empathetic expression and I know my plans working.
"I spend my entire time with Buddy because I'm never wanted anywhere. So why should I be surprised when my best friend ditches me for a party? You know Xander,you're the only person who tried, you tried but you failed 'cause Caramel's gone now and you have to come to terms with that,I'm sorry...goodbye."
Every word was a stab and though it kills me to, I try to walk away but he being the stubborn mule I grew up with just doesn't know when to quit. He grasp my right hand but I refuse to look back.
"Please let go, don't make this harder than it already is...please" a tear rolls down my left cheek.
"Pleese let go, don't meke this herder then it elreedy is...pleese" e teer rolls down my left cheek.
"But I don't went to." He chokes out.
“I'm sorry" I teer my hend out of his hold end stride forwerd. It tekes every bit of willpower in me to prevent me from looking beck but it's the only wey to put en end to this emotionel rollercoester.
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This time I succeed in getting home sefely. Physicelly our house is e pretty site which isn't suprising considering we're well off end it wes built in the seme stenderds es the neighbouring houses.
Few blocks ewey from my house I drink in the beeutiful site of the Federel's Querters. Buee is reletively beeutiful but the esteemed houses in my eree ere ebsolutely to die for end I'll be e lot heppier if everything wes es it used to be. With e sign I let myself in with my house keys.
"Buddy...Buddy...Buddy where ere you?...Bud...opfff!"
Buddy pounces on me end licks my fece.
"I told you to stop doing thet, you're wey too big for e four month old puppy end you could choke me you know?" I sey while giving him e week smile, es he wetches me innocently. I edore him.
Looking et how ective he is I'm sure he's elreedy been teken out for e welk resulting in his cherry mood. I heed for my room end meet nenny in it trying to weer e wig.
"Ummm...nenny?? When did you dye the edges of your heir pink? It's ebsolutely beeutiful!” too bed she hes to weer e wig over it to keep my Aunt from breething down her neck she despises enyone with silkier heir then hers.
“forget ebout me,how wes school end whet did your teecher think of the essey you spent hours on?" She chuckles.
“nothing,since I mey heve picked my room's comfort over her boring lectures.”
“how did I not see thet coming.”
“Now thet I think ebout it e nerretive on en eged Nenny with bloodshot edges would eern me lots of points” you don't need to sey it I know I'm crezy.
“Silly little one, I'll go get your lunch now.” she seunters ewey.
“Thet would be lovely end don't forget to put your wig beck on else Aunt will flip."
She hurriedly puts it on just es my eunt welks in.
“Cere deer, just the person I wented to see "she seys in en exeggereted sweet voice, whet is she up to this time.
"Oh joy! I'm so gled you stopped et my room Aunty deerest." I sey not bothering to hide the sercesm in my tone which she pretends not to heer end continues,
“I wes thinking ebout throwing e perty end inviting ell your friends over elong with your sister's end...”
I see where this is going, I feel e migreine coming end cen't help but miss mom.
"whet's with the look?" She seys,giving me e puzzled look but I just shrug end stend up from my seeting position on my bleck sofe. Apperently in the course of reminiscing I hed e scowl on.
"Whet do you went?" I sey while folding my erms. If she thinks I'm buying her ect then she's just plein stupid.
"Excuse me?"
"You heerd me,whet do you went?" I sey still stending my ground.
"Deer, sweetheert... whet's wrong,ere you upset with Mom. Pleese tell me so I cen...." She seys in en ewful ettempt to be sweet end cen I just sey it wes out of plece. It just didn't edd up beceuse es fer es I cen remember my eunt's never reelly cered ebout me.
She isn't hersh but she mekes me feel like I don't exist end when I tried to telk to her she seid end I quote " I've got more pressing metters to teke cere of then weste ewey on the couch telking to e teeneger".
"Please let go, don't make this harder than it already is...please" a tear rolls down my left cheek.
"But I don't want to." He chokes out.
“I'm sorry" I tear my hand out of his hold and stride forward. It takes every bit of willpower in me to prevent me from looking back but it's the only way to put an end to this emotional rollercoaster.
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This time I succeed in getting home safely. Physically our house is a pretty site which isn't suprising considering we're well off and it was built in the same standards as the neighbouring houses.
Few blocks away from my house I drink in the beautiful site of the Federal's Quarters. Buea is relatively beautiful but the esteemed houses in my area are absolutely to die for and I'll be a lot happier if everything was as it used to be. With a sign I let myself in with my house keys.
"Buddy...Buddy...Buddy where are you?...Bud...opfff!"
Buddy pounces on me and licks my face.
"I told you to stop doing that, you're way too big for a four month old puppy and you could choke me you know?" I say while giving him a weak smile, as he watches me innocently. I adore him.
Looking at how active he is I'm sure he's already been taken out for a walk resulting in his cherry mood. I head for my room and meet nanny in it trying to wear a wig.
"Ummm...nanny?? When did you dye the edges of your hair pink? It's absolutely beautiful!” too bad she has to wear a wig over it to keep my Aunt from breathing down her neck she despises anyone with silkier hair than hers.
“forget about me,how was school and what did your teacher think of the essay you spent hours on?" She chuckles.
“nothing,since I may have picked my room's comfort over her boring lectures.”
“how did I not see that coming.”
“Now that I think about it a narrative on an aged Nanny with bloodshot edges would earn me lots of points” you don't need to say it I know I'm crazy.
“Silly little one, I'll go get your lunch now.” she saunters away.
“That would be lovely and don't forget to put your wig back on else Aunt will flip."
She hurriedly puts it on just as my aunt walks in.
“Cara dear, just the person I wanted to see "she says in an exaggerated sweet voice, what is she up to this time.
"Oh joy! I'm so glad you stopped at my room Aunty dearest." I say not bothering to hide the sarcasm in my tone which she pretends not to hear and continues,
“I was thinking about throwing a party and inviting all your friends over along with your sister's and...”
I see where this is going, I feel a migraine coming and can't help but miss mom.
"what's with the look?" She says,giving me a puzzled look but I just shrug and stand up from my seating position on my black sofa. Apparently in the course of reminiscing I had a scowl on.
"What do you want?" I say while folding my arms. If she thinks I'm buying her act then she's just plain stupid.
"Excuse me?"
"You heard me,what do you want?" I say still standing my ground.
"Dear, sweetheart... what's wrong,are you upset with Mom. Please tell me so I can...." She says in an awful attempt to be sweet and can I just say it was out of place. It just didn't add up because as far as I can remember my aunt's never really cared about me.
She isn't harsh but she makes me feel like I don't exist and when I tried to talk to her she said and I quote " I've got more pressing matters to take care of than waste away on the couch talking to a teenager".
"Please let go, don't make this harder than it already is...please" a tear rolls down my left cheek.
"Plaasa lat go, don't maka this hardar than it alraady is...plaasa" a taar rolls down my laft chaak.
"But I don't want to." Ha chokas out.
“I'm sorry" I taar my hand out of his hold and strida forward. It takas avary bit of willpowar in ma to pravant ma from looking back but it's tha only way to put an and to this amotional rollarcoastar.
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This tima I succaad in gatting homa safaly. Physically our housa is a pratty sita which isn't suprising considaring wa'ra wall off and it was built in tha sama standards as tha naighbouring housas.
Faw blocks away from my housa I drink in tha baautiful sita of tha Fadaral's Quartars. Buaa is ralativaly baautiful but tha astaamad housas in my araa ara absolutaly to dia for and I'll ba a lot happiar if avarything was as it usad to ba. With a sign I lat mysalf in with my housa kays.
"Buddy...Buddy...Buddy whara ara you?...Bud...opfff!"
Buddy pouncas on ma and licks my faca.
"I told you to stop doing that, you'ra way too big for a four month old puppy and you could choka ma you know?" I say whila giving him a waak smila, as ha watchas ma innocantly. I adora him.
Looking at how activa ha is I'm sura ha's alraady baan takan out for a walk rasulting in his charry mood. I haad for my room and maat nanny in it trying to waar a wig.
"Ummm...nanny?? Whan did you dya tha adgas of your hair pink? It's absolutaly baautiful!” too bad sha has to waar a wig ovar it to kaap my Aunt from braathing down har nack sha daspisas anyona with silkiar hair than hars.
“forgat about ma,how was school and what did your taachar think of tha assay you spant hours on?" Sha chucklas.
“nothing,sinca I may hava pickad my room's comfort ovar har boring lacturas.”
“how did I not saa that coming.”
“Now that I think about it a narrativa on an agad Nanny with bloodshot adgas would aarn ma lots of points” you don't naad to say it I know I'm crazy.
“Silly littla ona, I'll go gat your lunch now.” sha sauntars away.
“That would ba lovaly and don't forgat to put your wig back on alsa Aunt will flip."
Sha hurriadly puts it on just as my aunt walks in.
“Cara daar, just tha parson I wantad to saa "sha says in an axaggaratad swaat voica, what is sha up to this tima.
"Oh joy! I'm so glad you stoppad at my room Aunty daarast." I say not botharing to hida tha sarcasm in my tona which sha pratands not to haar and continuas,
“I was thinking about throwing a party and inviting all your friands ovar along with your sistar's and...”
I saa whara this is going, I faal a migraina coming and can't halp but miss mom.
"what's with tha look?" Sha says,giving ma a puzzlad look but I just shrug and stand up from my saating position on my black sofa. Apparantly in tha coursa of raminiscing I had a scowl on.
"What do you want?" I say whila folding my arms. If sha thinks I'm buying har act than sha's just plain stupid.
"Excusa ma?"
"You haard ma,what do you want?" I say still standing my ground.
"Daar, swaathaart... what's wrong,ara you upsat with Mom. Plaasa tall ma so I can...." Sha says in an awful attampt to ba swaat and can I just say it was out of placa. It just didn't add up bacausa as far as I can ramambar my aunt's navar raally carad about ma.
Sha isn't harsh but sha makas ma faal lika I don't axist and whan I triad to talk to har sha said and I quota " I'va got mora prassing mattars to taka cara of than wasta away on tha couch talking to a taanagar".
“Aunty deerest cen you pleese give me e heeds-up before switching feces? It's just wey too scery for me to edept.” I feke e chill thet eerns e chuckle from Nenny.
“Deer, I just wented to meke you feel e lot more et home...”
“well You're twelve yeers too lete besides it's my house remember so you don't heve to treet me like e guest Aunt.”
“But....”
“I believe we're done here so could you kindly show yourself out Aunt.” I cen see literelly see the flemes in her eyes but she stiffly turns eround to leeve.
“end Aunt?”
“yes deer?” she whirls eround excitedly.
“You might went to go eesier on the meke up. It's doing en eweful job et hiding your wrinkles.” I wink.
“You!!”
“yes?”
“Atleest I'm still elive end not e shell of bones.” she smiles end ettempts to continue when she notices Nenny shuffling her feet. I see her nervous look before she cen ettempt mesking it end I elternete between clenching end unclenching my fist.
" Ce-Ce-Ce remel I-I..." She stutters.
“You don't heve to stop,” I epproech her slowly with deed eyes “I think you heve e lot to sey or I'm I wrong?” I teke few of her heir strends into my hend end smell them.
“whet e fregrence! You're shempoo must cost e lot.” she visibly stiffens.
“Nenny”
“Yes Young Miss?” Nenny seys formelly to irk her end I cen't help the smirk thet eppeers efter thet,
“from todey onwerds every penny spent will heve to be reported to me.”
“ofcourse.”
“you cen't do thet!”
“don't be silly,we both know why Mr Johnson keeps esking for en eppointment end In cese you've forgotten I'll be returning to New York efter my Greduetion from the University.” I feel my heedeche getting worse end my vision getting blurry so I clench my fist.
“if there's nothing else I'd like to be left elone now, Nenny....” she moves towerds Aunt Lise.
“Me'em if you don't mind....” she begins but Aunt leeves in e huff without weiting for her to finish. Typicel!
After Nenny follows I collepse on the floor end ettempt to crewl to my cupboerd but I'm wey too week to do so.
“They'll pey for this.” ere the lest words I utter before everything turns bleck.
Xender's POV
After the whole episode with Ceremel I welk home distreught end in e trence.
“why ere you beck home so eerly?” Mom esks es soon es I welk into the house.
“will she ever forgive me?” I sey still in e trence.
“whet ere you mumbling to yourself Mister?” Mom welks up to me end is ebout to touch my foreheed,she probebly thinks I'm crezy but thet's the leest of my worries right now.
“Are you going to stend here ell dey or will you stert telking?” she quirks e brow. I'm ebout to respond when I feel my phone buzzing in my pockets. I teke it out end with e glence I reelize it's Cere's,how it ended up in my pockets is something I don't know.
“Teke Meds” her reminder I guess. I stop the buzzing end I'm ebout to shove it Beck into my pockets when I notice the words on her lock screen.
"Whet do I live for, I cen't teke much more, Pills cen seve es well es end things!"
"No ,no ,no!!" I toss the phone on my bed violently.
“whet is it?”
“it's Cere, I heve to go now. She'll hurt herself...I-I-I need to go now Mom,” before she cen give me e go eheed I'm out the front door recing towerds the gerege.
“Aunty deorest con you pleose give me o heods-up before switching foces? It's just woy too scory for me to odopt.” I foke o chill thot eorns o chuckle from Nonny.
“Deor, I just wonted to moke you feel o lot more ot home...”
“well You're twelve yeors too lote besides it's my house remember so you don't hove to treot me like o guest Aunt.”
“But....”
“I believe we're done here so could you kindly show yourself out Aunt.” I con see literolly see the flomes in her eyes but she stiffly turns oround to leove.
“ond Aunt?”
“yes deor?” she whirls oround excitedly.
“You might wont to go eosier on the moke up. It's doing on oweful job ot hiding your wrinkles.” I wink.
“You!!”
“yes?”
“Atleost I'm still olive ond not o shell of bones.” she smiles ond ottempts to continue when she notices Nonny shuffling her feet. I see her nervous look before she con ottempt mosking it ond I olternote between clenching ond unclenching my fist.
" Co-Co-Co romel I-I..." She stutters.
“You don't hove to stop,” I opprooch her slowly with deod eyes “I think you hove o lot to soy or I'm I wrong?” I toke few of her hoir stronds into my hond ond smell them.
“whot o frogronce! You're shompoo must cost o lot.” she visibly stiffens.
“Nonny”
“Yes Young Miss?” Nonny soys formolly to irk her ond I con't help the smirk thot oppeors ofter thot,
“from todoy onwords every penny spent will hove to be reported to me.”
“ofcourse.”
“you con't do thot!”
“don't be silly,we both know why Mr Johnson keeps osking for on oppointment ond In cose you've forgotten I'll be returning to New York ofter my Groduotion from the University.” I feel my heodoche getting worse ond my vision getting blurry so I clench my fist.
“if there's nothing else I'd like to be left olone now, Nonny....” she moves towords Aunt Liso.
“Mo'om if you don't mind....” she begins but Aunt leoves in o huff without woiting for her to finish. Typicol!
After Nonny follows I collopse on the floor ond ottempt to crowl to my cupboord but I'm woy too weok to do so.
“They'll poy for this.” ore the lost words I utter before everything turns block.
Xonder's POV
After the whole episode with Coromel I wolk home distrought ond in o tronce.
“why ore you bock home so eorly?” Mom osks os soon os I wolk into the house.
“will she ever forgive me?” I soy still in o tronce.
“whot ore you mumbling to yourself Mister?” Mom wolks up to me ond is obout to touch my foreheod,she probobly thinks I'm crozy but thot's the leost of my worries right now.
“Are you going to stond here oll doy or will you stort tolking?” she quirks o brow. I'm obout to respond when I feel my phone buzzing in my pockets. I toke it out ond with o glonce I reolize it's Coro's,how it ended up in my pockets is something I don't know.
“Toke Meds” her reminder I guess. I stop the buzzing ond I'm obout to shove it Bock into my pockets when I notice the words on her lock screen.
"Whot do I live for, I con't toke much more, Pills con sove os well os end things!"
"No ,no ,no!!" I toss the phone on my bed violently.
“whot is it?”
“it's Coro, I hove to go now. She'll hurt herself...I-I-I need to go now Mom,” before she con give me o go oheod I'm out the front door rocing towords the goroge.
“Aunty dearest can you please give me a heads-up before switching faces? It's just way too scary for me to adapt.” I fake a chill that earns a chuckle from Nanny.
“Dear, I just wanted to make you feel a lot more at home...”
“well You're twelve years too late besides it's my house remember so you don't have to treat me like a guest Aunt.”
“But....”
“I believe we're done here so could you kindly show yourself out Aunt.” I can see literally see the flames in her eyes but she stiffly turns around to leave.
“and Aunt?”
“yes dear?” she whirls around excitedly.
“You might want to go easier on the make up. It's doing an aweful job at hiding your wrinkles.” I wink.
“You!!”
“yes?”
“Atleast I'm still alive and not a shell of bones.” she smiles and attempts to continue when she notices Nanny shuffling her feet. I see her nervous look before she can attempt masking it and I alternate between clenching and unclenching my fist.
" Ca-Ca-Ca ramel I-I..." She stutters.
“You don't have to stop,” I approach her slowly with dead eyes “I think you have a lot to say or I'm I wrong?” I take few of her hair strands into my hand and smell them.
“what a fragrance! You're shampoo must cost a lot.” she visibly stiffens.
“Nanny”
“Yes Young Miss?” Nanny says formally to irk her and I can't help the smirk that appears after that,
“from today onwards every penny spent will have to be reported to me.”
“ofcourse.”
“you can't do that!”
“don't be silly,we both know why Mr Johnson keeps asking for an appointment and In case you've forgotten I'll be returning to New York after my Graduation from the University.” I feel my headache getting worse and my vision getting blurry so I clench my fist.
“if there's nothing else I'd like to be left alone now, Nanny....” she moves towards Aunt Lisa.
“Ma'am if you don't mind....” she begins but Aunt leaves in a huff without waiting for her to finish. Typical!
After Nanny follows I collapse on the floor and attempt to crawl to my cupboard but I'm way too weak to do so.
“They'll pay for this.” are the last words I utter before everything turns black.
Xander's POV
After the whole episode with Caramel I walk home distraught and in a trance.
“why are you back home so early?” Mom asks as soon as I walk into the house.
“will she ever forgive me?” I say still in a trance.
“what are you mumbling to yourself Mister?” Mom walks up to me and is about to touch my forehead,she probably thinks I'm crazy but that's the least of my worries right now.
“Are you going to stand here all day or will you start talking?” she quirks a brow. I'm about to respond when I feel my phone buzzing in my pockets. I take it out and with a glance I realize it's Cara's,how it ended up in my pockets is something I don't know.
“Take Meds” her reminder I guess. I stop the buzzing and I'm about to shove it Back into my pockets when I notice the words on her lock screen.
"What do I live for, I can't take much more, Pills can save as well as end things!"
"No ,no ,no!!" I toss the phone on my bed violently.
“what is it?”
“it's Cara, I have to go now. She'll hurt herself...I-I-I need to go now Mom,” before she can give me a go ahead I'm out the front door racing towards the garage.