Chapter 102 OVER MY DEAD BODY

Chapter 102 OVER MY DEAD BODY


Kennedie

My ears were ringing and tears were rushing down my eyes at a rate that I could not control.

I was hardly a religious person, but I could not help but pray hard to whatever God that was out there that this was all a fucking mistake. That I had heard wrong.

Earlier today, I was being eaten from the inside out with guilt over the kiss that I shared with Marvin. Even though it was against my will, it still felt like I was cheating.

What Andrew did to me really crushed me and I could not bear to be like hi, so I wanted to find Desmond and tell him myself. Whatever decision he made would be up to him.

What I did not expect was to see him with the ex he told me meant nothing to him, and to hear all of that.

Was this the reason why he said he could not love me?

I was such a fucking idiot.

My hand was still gripping the doorframe tightly, my broken phone long forgotten.

It felt like something inside of me had just died… I don’t know what it was yet, not fully but I knew that it was so painful.

“Desmond… what is happening here?” I asked. My voice was barely a whisper like reducing my voice would make any of these things any less true.

I saw Andrea from the corner of my eyes. She was all smiles like this was some big comedy show…. I felt even more embarrassed.

I looked at Desmond again and he could not even keep eye contact with me. All along, he had been playing me for a fool.

He….

“Kennedie,” he said, trying to move towards me.

I move back so fast like his touch burned me. That would have been better, to be hurt by him because whatever I was feeling right now was a million times worse. I just wanted to disappear.

“Don’t.”

He just stood stupidly with his head bowed and had the guts to look devastated. Like he was a victim.

Why do I always meet people like this?

“Is all of this true?” I asked again.

“Princess, it’s not as simple as you think. All of this-”

“I did not ask for a fucking long explanation!” I exclaimed, tears were flowing more freely now “I just need a simple yes or no Desmond is it true or not?”

“Yes”

My heart was broken all over again. I already knew the answer was going to be yes, but somehow hearing it straight from him, it pierced me deep.

“Why did you help me in the first place?”

“Princess listen to me”

“Why huh?!” I was full on glaring at him at this point “why did you make me feel like things would be different with you? Why- just why did you make me fall for you?”

He scoffed “fall for me?”

I blinked “yeah, I fell in love with you and you betrayed me”

“You did not feel so in love with me when you were kissing fucking Marvin!”

“You don’t get to do that” I said.

“Can’t i?” he asked “maybe you are the liar here. Maybe you are-”

My hands connected with his cheek before I even realized what I was doing. The force was so hard that it sent his face to the side.

“You are an asshole Desmond, and I will never forgive you” I spat.

His eyes turned dark “I told you not to hit me again” he said, his voice dangerously low.

For a second I got scared, really scared. But I could see the way he held himself. He did not make a move towards me.

“You are worse than Andrew you know that right?” I asked.

He looked away “I’m sorry”

“You lied to me and you took my hotel, when you knew how important it was to me”

“That place was a fucking dumpsite… I helped you”

“All for what then? For your own selfish reasoning” I said.

“I’ll give you the hotel back” he said.

I glared at him “oh you fucking better” I said.

“I know you don’t believe me now but trust me Kennedie, I care about you”

I laughed bitterly “trust?”

Was he seriously saying that right now? The galls

“Trust me Desmond, I don’t even want to look at your face again”

Andrea claps slowly.

“Beautiful performance.”

I turned to her. “You are still fucking here?”

I hated that I felt this much anger directed at a girl because of a man. I did not even have this much animosity pent up to Judith and I think she is a fucking evil witch from Oz.

She turned to me “you don’t understand Desmond, not like I do”

“You know what, he is all yours” I spat.

“I was not asking for your permission” she countered.

I was livid, and my mind was giving me unwelcomed thoughts about wring my hands around her neck and choking the fuck out of her… not like I was actually going to do that.

It was tempting but no.

“You bitch-”

“For the love of god please Andrea can you just leave?” Desmond asked.

She scoffed “seriously?”

I shook my head “no you stay, I’m the one that’s leaving”

“Princess-”

“I need to see those transfer papers by the end of this week” I said.

As I reached closer to the door, that’s when it all came to me…. That box that could not open, my blood.

My dad did always say that I was his most precious thing.

Could this be...?

They all probably thought the special mineral was some physical out of this world thing so much that he was able to keep lying to me for it. But I knew what it was, and I’ll be damned if I allow myself be used for whatever it was these people needed me for.

I did not care about their lies... I wanted no part of it.

I sneered at the both of them “and for that special mineral, you can have it over my dead body”

And with that I was gone.