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Chapter 17

Olivia's POV

It's Saturday night and I'm busy getting dressed for a party that I did not intend to go to, but now I am because Mia and Tessa are looking for something fun to do and I also don't feel like staying in alone. One of the college girls is hosting a party at her house as her parents are away on a business trip. I have tutored her a few times for math but she's part of the in-crowd in school, so I have never really been in her company outside of school.

I decide to get dressed in a light blue ripped skinny jeans with a white cropped top, an oversized denim shirt with buttons and plain white vans. I don't think showing your ass in that type of setting is clever if there are a lot of hungry frat boys lurking around. I sent Domenico a text earlier informing him that I will be attending a party. He did not respond yet so he's probably busy. I take my small crossbody bag that contains my phone, cash, house keys, card and lip balm and I head over to the girl's flat.

I'm not driving under the influence so we will be taking an Uber to the party and besides nobody would like to be parked in when trying to leave. I was about to knock but the door opened before I could.

"Are you ready girls?" I ask them with a smile as this will be our first time attending a college party.

"Yes, no taking open drinks from anyone. We always stick together, even when going to the bathroom" Tessa says, and we all nod in agreement. We have heard too many ugly stories of what happened to girls and that is one of the main reasons we decided to get dressed in pants instead of short dresses and skirts.

"Guys, the Uber is already waiting downstairs" Mia announces as we make our way down.

We enter the Uber, and the house is almost thirty minutes away from where we live. We didn't expect the ride to take that long but we're here now anyways, so we might as well make the most of it. We enter the property and as we thought there were a lot of cars in the street. Good thing we decided to come with an Uber. People are drinking and having conversations on the outside. As we make our way inside, we are met with Cassy, the girl that invited us. "Hey guys, thank you for coming. Drinks are in the kitchen and bathrooms are everywhere around the house. Enjoy the night, I will be around if you need anything".

"Happy Birthday and thanks for inviting us" I say as she was about to leave.

"Thanks Doll" she says, as she leaves to attend to a drunk guy that was throwing up all over the place. I don't understand why people would throw parties at this scale, where drunk people come, trash your house and you have to constantly make sure people are out of harm's way.

The girls and i took turns making drinks and we all accompanied who's turn it was. When we went for our third drink, I started to feel the alcohol buzz, but it was not bad at all. We were chatting and dancing and then a group five boys approached us. They introduced themselves to us as Braden, Jace, Calvin, Tyler, and Sean. We all instantly clicked, and they mentioned that they are not attending the college but were invited by Cassy as Braden is her cousin.

They were hanging with us for some time now and it was my turn to start making us drinks. Jace said that he will accompany me to go get drinks. Mia was talking to Calvin and Tessa to Sean, so I did not want to disturb them. You never know if they might meet Mr. Right. Calvin and I made our way to the kitchen, got drinks, and came back. The house was getting too hot, and we needed some fresh air, so all made our way to the back porch. Luckily there were enough space for us to sit and chat with each other and we did just that.

By twelve o'clock I decided to drink some water to pace myself because I'm starting to really feel the buzz now. The girls still looked fine though because I make sure to check on them. "Are you still fine?" Jace ask while taking in the seat next to me. "Yes, I'm just pacing myself" I say as I smile at him and gulp down my water. "I actually need to go to the bathroom" I say as I get up from my seat and look at Tessa and Mia by, they looked too occupied. "Do you need me to walk with you?" he asks.

"No, don't bother I'll be quick" I say and turn around and enter the house. I walk through the whole lower part of the house and find a bathroom, but there's a long queue. As I was about to make my way upstairs, I hear the one and only witch of a stepsister.

"Look who's here, little miss Sugar baby" the friends around her starts to chuckle at their friend's comment.

"What do you want Sophia? Why are you always harassing me and what did I ever do to you?" I ask her because I am fed up with her attitude. She got everything she always wanted. She got my house, my dad and all the money and attention. I even made sure to always stay out of her way, but still she prefers to make sure to stop me wherever we run into each other. The taunting must stop. I'm so pissed turn away from the stairs and decide to go get me a drink so I can calm down, but guess what, the bitch decide to follow me.

"What do you want from me?" I ask her as I'm busy mixing my vodka and soda. I take away my attention from the counter as she and her friends surround me. I stand there with my arms crossed waiting for a response from her.

"Your whole existence irritates me. Why did you decide to go to NYU? Why didn't you leave New York so I don't have to ever see you again?" She asks or more, demand from me to answer her.

"I don't know, maybe because this world we live in does not belong to you" I say looking her in the eyes. I turn pack to my glass and gulp the vodka and soda down and make refill my glass before making my way back to the porch where my friends are. She does not bother to follow me again.

I forgot to pee, and I really need to relieve myself because my bladder feels like it's going to burst. Before I exit the back door, I turn around and go check to the downstairs bathroom, but the line is not any shorter than before. So, I head upstairs and open every door to check for a bathroom. I try to touch the first doorknob but see two knobs appearing in front of me and I start to get dizzy spells. I eventually feel the doorknob in my hand and turn it to open the door and see it's a bedroom.

I decide to check if there's a bathroom in here. I walk in and put the light on as I walk to the second door in the room and it's a bathroom and it's not occupied. I enter, the bathroom, put the light on and lock the door. I don't want anyone entering while I'm in this condition. I look in the mirror and may face is blurry in front of me.

My heart sink in my shoes, I instantly know someone has put something in my drink. I see the toilet next to me as I try to hold myself up. I relieve myself then search for my phone with my eyes closed while scratching in my bag. I find it and pull it out but it's blurry and I can't she anything.

The last number I called was Tessa's, so I press the green call button twice and hear it ringing but no one answers. I sit there and decide to pull my pants up and close the lid and sit on top of it.

I hear a hard knock on the door but decide to keep quiet. I try to call Tessa again but still no answer. It is no use I call Domenico because he's not here and I can't see shit.

I hear someone beating with probably their fist on the door. I don't have a lot of contacts on my phone, so I take a chance and scroll down and press on who ever it is but that one says, "the subscriber you have dialed is not available at this time, please try again later".

"Hey, I need to use the bathroom, open up" a guy with a ruff voice says. I continue to ignore him because the door is the only barrier protecting me from him. There are more toilets, why use this one.

I'm starting to feel so weak. I decide to sit on the floor with the bath as support for my back. My phone starts to buzz, and I don't know if I pressed the "answer" button, but I couldn't hear anyone. Which means I probably rejected the call. A few seconds later I the buzzing starts again; I then press again but try to move my finger to another side of the screen and I decide to put the phone on the floor and lay down next to it. I could feel myself losing consciousness and the person is still beating on the door. "Baby, where are you?" I hear a voice that's most probably coming from my phone.

"Help" I say as I try open my eyes, but I can't. "Baby, stay on the phone, I'm on my way" I hear Domenico say then the last thing I hear is the crashing sound of the door.

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