If It's With You

029- Rage

Unknown: Hey Nick, you probably wondering who this is but it’s me, Allison, and if you want Muna alive, you know where to find me.

It felt like my world was slowly shattering as I stared at the photo under the text. It was a photo of Muna with a tape covering her lips and her wrists tightly tied behind.

Her hair which took her hours to straighten earlier with my help, was all over her face and in a hazardous state. Her eyes were closed.

Muna had fallen victim to whatever game Allison was playing, and with whoever. Because there was no way she planned and executed this alone.

Ms Allison had taken the seat I reserved for Muna earlier, and she had been acting weird all through. But I decided to pay her no mind.

I saw the ugly emotion that filled her eyes when my father told her about Muna. The conversation had taken me by surprise especially since he said less in the presence of Muna. I didn’t really care about what he thought, but it seemed like Muna’s charm caught him too.

I could feel it building up in me and this time, it felt worse than what the eight-year-old me felt. It felt like I was going to burst into flames of anger.

I heard some steps inching closer to me, “What’s going on, son?” My father who was the first to notice the emotions swimming across my face, asked. “Let me take a look,” he took the phone from me and seconds later, he asked, “Why the fuck does Mrs Chase have your girlfriend?”

With my teeth clenching even harder, I glanced at my dad and at the same time, Andrew took the phone from his hand, muttering. “Girlfriend?” He glances at me saying, “You have a girlfriend, Nick?”

Once he saw the photo on my phone screen, his eyes instantly shot to me. “Isn’t this Muna? Wait, girlfriend? Muna is your girlfriend?” He said the last line as if it was the most horrifying thing he had heard. He took another glance at my phone screen, “What is going on? Why does Allison have Muna?”

Realizing that my reckless affair had gotten Muna in a trouble, I dragged my hands down my face.“Fuck!” I spat. “Fuck!” I spat even louder, and a sudden urge to pounce on something rushed through my veins. “I need to go,” I said, storming off.

“What’s going on, Nick? Talk to us,” Andrew said as he hurried behind me. “Is Muna in a fucking trouble?”

Ignoring him, I headed to the valet and handed him the ticket. A few minutes later, he appeared with my car but before I could get into it, Andrew shoved his body in front of me.

“Get the fuck out of my way, Drew!” I fired.

“What the fuck is wrong, man? You need to talk to us right now. What happened to Muna for Christ’s sake and why does she have her?”

“I fucking fucked her.” I spat to his face, and he flinched. “She had an affair with me! And now her crazy ass got Muna because I called the fucking shit off!”

A heavy silence befell us and as I stood still at a spot, I realized that I just relayed that I fucked Allison in my father’s presence.

He was going to be really mad because not only was Mr Chase a close acquaintance of his, but they had known each other for a very long time. This would mess everything up for everyone.

But that was the least of my problems right now, I needed to make sure nothing happened to Muna.

I slightly glanced at my father, who was standing by my side. And with the look on his face, I felt the guilt that he had lived with since after he hit me dissolve in the air. Something was building up in his eyes, it might be the disappointment he must be feeling right now. A profound shock and disbelief spread across his face.