Black Rose

27.

"Get away from me!" I screamed through my tears that were falling. "You're a fucking bad person!"

The palm of my hands swiped across my face as I wiped my warm tears away. Alex chewed on his bottom lip, keeping his eyes on me.

"And you're just now realizing that?"

I- what?!

Before I could even get another word out Keiara swung her car door open and grabbed me. I didn't fight her away. I got in the passenger seat of her car as she got in the drivers side. Keiara quickly locked the doors as Alex tried to open my door. He banged on the window, yelling words I couldn't understand. Keiara beeped her horn, but he still didn't move. He definitely moved when she began to drive off though.

"What happened?" Keiara broke the awkward silence as she drove down the dark street.

I argued with myself in my head. Telling her this will only give her more bullshit to say about him, but I really need advice.

Advice it is.

"He does freaking illegal dog fights and street fighting!" I exclaimed, moving my hands around to make my point.

Keiara's eyes gazed over my body as she pulled up to the random red light in the middle of nowhere.

"Is- is that a ring?"

I slowly nodded my head, already knowing she was going to say something bad. "Yeah, and before you try to go all ballistic and shit-"

"Ballistic and shit?" Keiara raised her eyebrows. "How can you marry someone you don't know?! He killed your dog!"

I rolled my eyes to the back of my head and tried my best to tune her out. The only reason I'm still in her car is because I need a ride.

Giant drops of rain hit the car loudly as Keiara's windshield wipers squeaked against the window. My phone continuously vibrated in my pocket, annoying me. After the fifth vibrate in a row, I huffed and put my phone on do not disturb.

How could Alex agree with me when I called him a bad person? Maybe he agreed just to avoid an argument.

But how can he cause harm to my one and only friend yet claims to love me? I just do not understand.

Keiara angrily parked in front of the hotel and looked over at me.

"So you're married and live in a hotel now?" She chucked. "Why don't you live with your husband?" Rolling my eyes, I unbuckled my seatbelt and prepared to get out of her car until she uttered something else. "And if you never had sex with him then why did your damn baby die?"

I stopped what I was doing and slowly turned around meeting her gaze.

"Thought I didn't know?" She shook her head. "Poor child.."

My blood boiled in my body. How can someone be my 'friend' but be so careless? My hands balled into fists as I tried to contain my anger. Containing my anger is almost impossible. When I'm angry, I'm angry.

I could hear my heart thumping in my chest as my hands shook. My body temperature was also rising. Without pondering my next move, I made my next move. Keiara's head hit the head rest from the impact. I scurried out of her car and into the hotel. Thunder shook the hotel as I stomped inside the elevator. So many thoughts were going through my head at the moment. My fist was red and throbbing, but that pain isn't as bad as the emotional pain. I collapsed on the ground as soon as I made it in my hotel room. I couldn't make it to the bed; all the built up tears just bursted out of me.