“Becca!” The sound of banging woke up in the middle of the night, and with much reluctance, I climbed from my bed and made my way towards the front door. At 2:00 in the morning, there had better be a good reason for soone to wake , but when I looked through the peephole, I was shocked.
Allison stood on the other side, beating her fist against the door as if she owned the place and wanted in. I was done with her bullshit, and more than anything, I just wanted to be left alone.
Yanking the door open, I stared at her with narrowed brows and clenched fists. “What the f*ck do you want?”
“What do I want?! What the f*ck are you doing in my apartnt?” she scoffed, trying to push past .
The feeling of anger boiled over in , and I had finally had enough.
Shoving her back, I watched her stumble. “You assaulted !” she shrieked. “I’m—”
“Shut the f*ck up, Allison. I want you to think about this for a mont because you’re really getting on my last f*cking nerve. This isn’t your apartnt. It’s Jas’ apartnt, and you are not married and haven’t been in years... you’re trespassing. Want to continue?”
She stood, opening and closing her mouth before stomping her foot. “You’re ruining everything. I don’t understand why you won’t just f*cking leave. You’re not welco here.”
“Leave?!” I scread at her. “I f*cking tried, and he made stay! So if you have a f*cking problem, take it up with him, and leave alone, damnit.”
My outburst seed to catch her off guard because there was nothing but a stunned expression on her face as she seed to take everything I said into account.
“That’s not true—”
“Just stop it,” I said, cutting her off. “How you’re acting is pathetic, and honestly, you need to take shit up with him because none of this, from the beginning, was . It was all him.”
“I don’t believe you—” she laughed. “There is no way..”
“You don’t have to believe it, but it’s still the truth. You need to leave alone.”
She stepped towards , but I held my grip on the door, prepared for whatever she was about to do. I wasn’t a fighter; I had only been in one physical fight in my entire life, but if this woman wanted to go, then we could go.
“I’m going to let you in on sothing, Becca,” she spat with a smirk on her face. “If you don’t stay away from him, and find yourself on the next flight ho, I will destroy your entire future... starting with Yale.”
Fear ran through with her words. It was the one thing I was worried about her doing from the beginning, and Jas had kept reassuring that nothing like that would happen. He told I had nothing to worry about.
“F*ck you, Allison. You can’t scare ,” I replied through gritted teeth.
“Oh, no? The thing is, I can... especially with all the information I recently found out about you. Do you think they would want to be affiliated with a student who was caught in such a scandal if it made the news?” she said, crossing her arms over her chest.
She was right, though. They wouldn’t want to be part of anything like this, and if she wanted to, she could ruin my life. Just as I told Jas could happen.
“If that is sothing you want, then perhaps you should convince your ex-husband to stay away from because he is the one who is chasing . Not the other way around.”
With my grip on the door, I slamd it in her face and locked it.
The tears that poured down my face were uncontrollable as I slid to the floor and cried. There was no way I could allow myself to lose everything I had worked so hard for because of a man. Even if I was in love with him, was all of this honestly worth it?
“Becca...” A soft voice said from the other side of the door. “It’s Allegra, sweetie. Please open up.”
As much as I didn’t want to, I didn’t want to be left alone. Slowly moving aside, I reached up, unlocking the door so she could co inside.
“Oh, sweetie—” she said when she took in the sight of .
“What are you doing here?” I asked her. “Don’t you have a full night of fun?”
“What?” she laughed. “No, girl. I left not long after you, and the neighbor called to tell about the commotion. I ran into Allison on her way out, and she got a taste of what I had to say.”
The look on Allegra’s face made chuckle through my tears.
“I don’t know what I’m doing. That’s so wrong. They have been divorced for years. I don’t understand it,” I replied, wiping my face with the back of my sleeve.
“You did nothing wrong, Becca. Honestly, I was surprised by how Jas acted at the event. He is a strong-willed man and usually puts his foot down with things.”
“Yeah, well, I guess I’m not enough to stick up for,” I scoffed, shaking my head.
“No, I don’t think it was that. I think it was the fact there were so many eyes upon him, and he didn’t want to cause a scene at the event. He is one of the top contributors every year,” Allegra sighed, shrugging her shoulders.
Perhaps that was the truth, but at the end of the day, he should have said sothing last night and he didn’t. Instead, he agreed he shouldn’t have brought there.
“Well, according to Jas, he agreed with the notion he shouldn’t have taken there last night, and instead of coming here after the event... you can see he went ho.”
Standing, I made my way towards my room, with Allegra following behind . I wasn’t sure what to do, but now that Allison knew I was in this apartnt, I didn’t want to stay here.
I didn’t want to have her constantly harassing and following around. It was a complete invasion of privacy, and I knew she would keep to her word and try to ruin things with Yale for .
She was just that kind of person. A sadistic, twisted individual who took pleasure in tornting others even if she won’t get anything from it.
Pulling out my suitcases, I started going around the room, collecting my things. There was no way I was staying here, and considering Jas hadn’t arrived yet and it was almost 3:00, I doubted he would be.
“What are you doing?” Allegra asked as she watched pack.
“I’m leaving. Allegra, I am not playing these gas with him. I care about him, yes, but I don’t have ti for this drama. This wasn’t what I signed up for when I ca to Miami.”
It wasn’t what I signed up for. I didn’t ask for him to want .
Even if I didn’t stop it from happening.
“Becca—” she said again as she grabbed my wrist to stop . “Don’t do this.”
“Why, Allegra? Is he here right now comforting ? No, he isn’t. You are, and I’m grateful for it, but this is just too much for . I should have enough money to book a ticket back ho,” I replied, zipping up my bag, and pulling it off the bed past Allegra and towards the door.
“Don’t be silly. You don’t need to book a ticket,” she said again as I collected a few things from the living room.
“So you’re expecting to keep putting up with all of this, then?”
Rolling her eyes, she smirked. “No, smartass. I’m suggesting that instead of letting them ruin the rest of your sumr, you just co stay with until the day you leave. You can ignore him if you want, and , you, and Neal can have fun instead.”
“The last ti we tried to do that, he followed to Velvet,” I sighed, rembering the night he showed up in Velvet and told I was his.
Just thinking about that night made want to cry. Everything about the way he treated and possessed broke my heart because it was one thing about him I fell in love with.
Who was I kidding, though? How could I honestly talk about love with him when I had only been here a few weeks?
“I don’t know. He will know that I am there.” I sagged my shoulders in defeat. “Why can’t my life just be easy?”
“Life isn’t ant to be easy, Becca. Now co on. We can take your stuff up to my place, and the good thing is... I have the room still ready for you,” she said with a smile.
“Isn’t Neal using it?” I asked, with confusion.
“No, he is in another room. I do have more than two rooms, Becca,” she replied teasingly, causing to smile.
Of course, she did. I suppose part of just wasn’t thinking straight.
“Okay, let’s go then,” I said, forcing a smile to my face. “You’re right. I shouldn’t let this drama get to , and I only have like two weeks left, anyway. So I should make the most of it.”
With excitent, she took my large bag and began walking down the hall. However, I found it hard to take the step I needed to pass the threshold to the apartnt.
Turning around, I let my eyes cast over the place, and the enjoynt I had experiencerd being here with Jas ca back to . He had done nothing but treat like a princess, even though I never asked him to.
The idea of having to let go of him tore at . The conflict weighed heavily on my mind as I tried to understand what the hell I had gotten myself into.
Was I really going to be one of those girls that clung to a man who had more drama than a TV sitcom, or was I going to stand up for myself and remind people I knew my worth.
Taking a deep breath, I pushed through my feelings and closed the door behind . When I turned, I found Allegra was waiting patiently for at the end of the hall, and while I never would understand why she was so kind to , I was grateful.
Without having her around, I don’t think I would have been able to handle all of this. Dealing with the drama from Tally and Allison was ntally exhausting, but every ti sothing happened, Allegra was there to pick up when I fell.
She was becoming the friend I had always needed, and I was grateful for that.
Perhaps, with her by my side, I could get through everything after all.
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