Convoluted (Book 1)

Chapter 14- Christopher

All the color left Vanessa's face. She leaned back so that I could see who it was.

"Answer the door and act like I'm not here," I whispered to her.

"What? Why?"

I sat down in the living room. She opened the door.

"What are you doing here Fred?" she asked.

"Have you seen Chris?"

He tried to come in, but she blocked the doorway.

"What's wrong?"  he asked.

She didn't answer.

"Is he here?" he asked.

I came to the door.

"Let him in Vanessa; go in the room and rest."

She looked at me as if she wanted me to change my mind. I had to handle this since he was my best friend.

I told Fred to sit down. He reached his arm out to me to do our handshake. I shook my head. He looked confused.

"I'm going to ask you this question once, and I want you to be real with me." 

"What is it?"

"Did you pay Kim to have sex with me?"

He exhaled deeply. He was guilty.

"Let me explain." 

"Just answer the damn question!"

"Yes, I did."

"Why would you do some shit like that?"

"Because..."

"Because what? What was so important that you had to betray me?"

"Vanessa."

As soon as the name left his lips I ran over to him, wrapping my hands around his neck.

"Vanessa huh?" 

I could feel his pulse throbbing. I wanted to kill him.

Vanessa emerged from the room begging me to let him go.

"No! Not until he explains himself!" I yelled.

His eyes were beginning to tear up. I released my grip a little. We never argued or had any sort of confrontation, but he knew what I was capable of.

"Look, she would call me crying when you would be out late or when you weren't showing her enough affection. She questioned if you were cheating so I put a plan into play so that she could find out."

My grip tightened again causing Fred to croak. Vanessa screamed.

"I should knock the teeth out of your mouth," I said as I let go of his neck.

I grabbed Vanessa, putting my arm around her waist.

"You see this woman? This is my wife!"

Fred glanced at Vanessa as he tried to maintain his breathing.

"I don't want you near her or me! I don't wanna see your face again. You're dead to me!"