Chapter 15 - Hate Him More

JASMINE

It was another morning and this time, my cell was opened with the others and I was allowed to move out for school.

"Why do you still look like this? Are you not going to school today?" The guard asked as soon as he laid his eyes on me.

I stared at myself and back at him, wondering how I could explain it so that he would get angry and decide to beat me up or lock me back in the cell. As much as I had been trying to avoid it, I knew I wanted to see Finn and with every opportunity I got, I would make sure I used it judiciously.

"I have not been going to school for a while now so I did not expect that today would be any different since no guard had come to open my cell door in the last three or four days especially for school." 

He looked into my eyes and into my soul as if searching for something before finally reacting. "Why would David not do his job the way he was supposed to?!" It was subtle but as the guard spoke, I could feel the anger in his voice and with the one sentence he said in response to my explanation, I could guess why I had not been going to school. "Just get dressed and you have five minutes. This is only because you didn't know and others are dressed. I have other things to do so I need to leave here as well."

"Okay, Sir." I turned around, moved left and right, unsure of the next direction I wanted to take.

"Your time starts now." He said before finally walking away.

I heaved a sigh of relief. I was beginning to wonder how I was supposed to change in his presence. Although, if I had no other choice, I would do it. However, no guard had deliberately planted themselves in such situations before so I doubted it was supposed to happen anyway.

I was as quick as I could be and so I would not give the guard the opportunity to knock all over me, I made sure I was out before the said time, possibly three minutes only out of the five minutes I had. I preferred it that way. I always tried to minimize the punishment I got from anyone.

The doctors had done enough and since I had gotten to rest from them for a few days, I wanted to feel okay in my body before giving them the opportunity to take away life from me slowly again.

"Hi, Jasmine." I turned to see Finn standing a few feet from me, a big smile plastered on his face. He moved closer, reducing the distance between us and his hands danced freely and happily beside him. The only thing that differentiated him from a child who had been giving their favorite things was that he was not skipping. Else, it would have been a whole round of drama in the presence of every other person but it seemed as though he did not care. 

"You haven't been in school for a while now. Why? I noticed every single day that you were not around. I even tried looking to come to the dungeon but I don't know why, it was so heavily guarded this time and I could not get in.

I am just glad you are very fine." He turned me from left to right, assessing me. "You are so fragile, Jasmine. I am scared to touch you just in case something happens, you know?" 

My heart broke into many million pieces. I honestly don't need him to see me so fragile that he could not touch me but I knew that it was all a lie. I looked it, I looked like life was taken out of me daily so there was absolutely no way Finn was not going to notice. As a matter or fact, it was one or the first things I would expect anyone to notice.

"I'm sorry." I apologized to him. "I didn't mean to be fragile."

He stared at me in confusion. "Why are you apologizing? What are you apologizing for? It's fine. I know this is as a result of something the pack is doing to you and I apologize, okay? You do not deserve it and honestly, I am already thinking of ways to pull you off their evil ways."

"Thank you very much." He smiled at me and my heart was full.

I did not know why he started talking to me our of nowhere but whatever it was, I knew I would not be able to thank it enough.

"Hi, Jasmine." Finn and I turned towards the direction of the voice, one I hated but was now getting used to each time I heard it.

Finn and I were just preparing to get to class when he showed up and I honestly wanted to keep walking but it was hard to, seeing the look he wore. I decided that I would listen to him for one minute and if whatever he said did not appeal to me, it was back to ignoring him like he never existed.

"Nathan." Finn said, disgust rolling off his tongue.

"Finn." Nathan replied with the same amount of disgust rolling off his own tongue as well.

"Hi, Jasmine." Nathan turned back to me.

"Nathan?" I was getting impatient and frankly only wanted him to get to the point. 

"I got you these." It was not until then that I noticed the bags he held on both hands.

"What are they?" Finn stood with his arms folded beside me, frustration etched on his face.

"Just gifts from me to you." 

"No, thank you. I do not want them." 

He stared at the gifts and back at me. "Why? I took my time selecting these things because I thought you'd like them." 

I chuckled. 'Took his time?' "If you had taken your time to find out things about me like you said, you'd have realized that I can't take these because I can't take them with me because they would mean trouble for me." 

He looked confused but I'd rather not give him the satisfaction of explaining. He was the Alpha's son, there was absolutely no way he did not know I was locked up in the cell by his father. The thought of it only made me hate Nathan more and there was absolutely nothing that could redeem him of that.