Chapter 11

Julie:

Waking up this morning, I felt like my whole body had turned into a rock, but I had to get up. I had to have a serious conversation with that woman who called herself my sister. I went to the bathroom, took a shower since Alex was no longer in the room, and Angel was gone. After dressing up and doing my hair, I packed everything in my bag and carried it downstairs, only for it to fall in the middle of the stairs. Alex and Mary came rushing to see what was going on.

“Hey, Julie, are you alright?”

“Yes, I’m fine. It’s just my hand; it fell asleep. So what time is it?”

“It’s 11:15,” Mary replied.

“Oh my God, I need to hit the road. My flight is in 30 minutes. I need to run.”

I quickly went over and gave Angel a kiss, saying I would be back before she knew it, giving her the present I bought to keep her busy before she started crying. Alex got in the car after I waved my goodbye to Mary, and we started driving.

The drive to the airport was silent. The second I saw the airport, I could feel tears trying to surface, but I punched them back. I gave Alex a quick kiss on the cheek, which happened to have cut half of his lips. I stepped out of the car as fast as possible, went to the back to take my bag, but Alex beat me to it. I tried not to think about that almost-kiss that had happened a few minutes ago. I took my bag from him, said thanks, and started walking. However, he stopped me when he pulled me back.

“Hmm, look here, Alex, I’m really sorry for what happened in the car, okay? It wasn’t a big deal, and I would appreciate it if we could both just go back to normal, okay?”

“Okay, but that’s not why I stopped you. I just want to make sure you’re not going to do anything stupid when you get home.”

“That, I didn’t see coming. But I promise I wouldn’t harm your fiancé, even if I get the chance.”

Waving goodbye, I checked in and got on the plane just in time before the gates closed. Sitting on the plane, I tried as hard as I could to punch Alex out of my mind, but it was becoming mission impossible. My lips were still burning from the time our lips touched. Now, I wondered how it would feel to have his full, plump lips on mine. God, Julie, wake up; he is your sister’s fiancé. Thinking about Angel just made me cry. I was going to miss her so badly. I couldn’t just take her home without my parents giving me a lecture on how I couldn’t take care of a child, let alone myself.

Arriving home, I took a cab. When I came home, Sara was the only person there. Going to my bedroom, I put all my stuff away. Going back downstairs to make something to eat, Sara was also in the kitchen. I acted like I never saw her.

“Hey, Julie, we need to talk,” she said.

“Then talk, Sara. I’m not keeping you from talking. It’s not like if I say I don’t want to hear it, you would shut up.”

“Well, it’s easy. All I want from you is to stay as far away as possible from Alex. He and his parents will be coming tomorrow for dinner, and I don’t want you home or even in the same room as him.”

“Haha, look, Sara, this is my house too, and you can’t tell me you don’t want me here. If you guys want to have dinner without me, why don’t you do that at his place?”

She was now standing in front of me. “Look here, Julie. Alex is my everything, and I don’t need you running your mouth about things I have done. Got it.”

“Oh, Sara. Look, maybe I have already told him what you did to Kyle and to me and how you said some nasty things to Nate and Jay just so you could have them. You think I wouldn’t find out what you told them? Oh, how I sleep with guys for money; isn’t that kind of your hobby or the other hobby of you never wanting me to be happy? So why would I care what happened to your relationship with Alex? Even if I don’t tell him, he will still find out. But I’m glad I already told him this last week when we were in Texas. Do you know we both had to share a bed? Well, I didn’t mind having his hot and sexy body on top of mine. His physique was incredibly chiseled, with a chest so firm that it seemed to demand attention. The way his eyes gazed down at me as I stood there in nothing but my underwear was undeniably sexy and irresistibly hot. It was as if his intense gaze had the power to make my mouth water, and I could feel a wave of desire surging through me, causing my underwear to become increasingly moist.“

She hit me across the face really hard. I let out a moan in pain. Standing up, I hit her back, causing her to fall on the floor. Sitting on top of her, I started hitting her. In the past, I was always too scared of her to hit her back when we fought. Since the day I had Angel, my courage had doubled. She was now bleeding. Spinning us, she started hitting me. She got a few good hits, but what I did to her was worse. I kicked her in the stomach, and I stood up.

“Look, Sara, I will stay away from your fiancé if you stay as far away from me, got that.”

I walked upstairs and into my room, closing the door behind me. Going into my bathroom, I checked my face in the mirror. It was bleeding, but not as hard as hers. I never thought I could do that to her, knowing her. She would put on as much makeup as she could to cover those wounds and bruises, but I didn’t care. Since I wasn’t one to wear makeup, my mom was definitely going to give me a hard time about beating my sister up before her wedding. Who cares? She got what she asked for.