Alone

Chapter 52

"Back the fuck up for a minute. You're leaving?"

"Yeah."

"Where? Why? How? When?"

The four of them sat on the couch with clear confusion written on their faces.

"I agree, it's impulsive and it sounds fucking crazy, but I need to get away from here."

The silence was deafening, and I knew they weren't quite happy with my decision.

"I've spoken to Dr. Anna, and she's given me the green light, in fact she thinks that this is the best thing to do. This place has too many bad memories, and it's hurting me."

"I agree with her." Ani said after a few moments of quietness. "I hate seeing you like this and if you have to leave then I support it."

"Me too." Jacob said, twiddling with his thumbs. "As long as you keep in contact and get me a shit-ton of snacks when you definitely come back." He gave me a sad smile.

I hated seeing them like this, but I needed to do this for myself.

A few days back, I had bribed Jacob into telling me what had happened after they found me. The nagging voice in my head was one of the main reasons why.

After much compelling, he kept it short saying that they quickly took me to the hospital while the police got ahold of... him. He had been put in prison for life and wasn't going to get out in this lifetime.

Hearing him say that put me at so much fucking ease.

"As much as I don't like this, Ani and Jacob are right." Caleb said in agreement.

Automatically all of our gazes fell on Christian who was brooding silently in the corner. I knew it was going to be hard to convince him.

Caleb abruptly got up and pulled Ani with him. "We'll be leaving right now, I have a little surprise waiting for Ani."

Jacob gagged behind them which made me smile. They were disgustingly cute. 

After a lot of back-and-forth between the two of them, they finally decided to solidify their relationship and take it to the next level. As mushy as it sounded, the two of them were perfect together. But they were, of course, not without their own problems.

With his arm around her shoulders, he placed a kiss on her forehead and guided her towards to the door. Ani gave me a smile and a small wave.

Stopping at the door, Caleb said over his shoulder, "Jacob, get your ass to the car or you can find another way to reach home."

Taking the hint, he got up quickly and made his way to the door, but not before saying, "As much as I love third-wheeling with them, tonight you have to come over for a sleepover. We are going to spend with every minute with you till you get sick of us."

He paused to see if I was going to object, not that I could do that anyway. "Oh and Christian, you're also invited, if you want to come." Giving him a wink, he skipped away before either of us could say a word and left us speechless.

I cleared my throat and turned to Christian who hadn't said a word the entire time. I knew he definitely opposed the idea of me leaving.

"Is this what you want?" He questioned.

"If it wasn't then, I wouldn't have asked in the first place. I want to leave, no, I need to leave. This place is extremely tainted with things that I want to forget, I know that staying here isn't going to help me. If money is what you're concerned then, it shouldn't be a problem. I have enough saved up to take care of myself."