Chapter 16
"Raphael Adams!"shouts dragging the attention of Juliette as she snaps her head in our direction her facial expression goes from shock to a form of recognition as her eyes drifts over to Selena then disgust when her gaze goes back to me as she looks at me before turning her head back continuing her strut.
"Wait Julliette"I call out realizing she's slipping away but she doesn't stop instead she walks faster but I easily catch up with her
"Hey"I start
"Piss off"she bursts, eyeing me walking further away from me making me stop on my tracks.
Feisty.She really has changed.I like it
During the next class I watched her from afar.Something in her demeanor has changed,she wasn't the fiesty beauty of a few hours ago.She seemed like something is bothering her.Her brows etched together switching every now and then and the corners of her lips curled downwards from time to time her fluid bodily gesture had stiffened to a great degree as well.Something was definitely wrong.
Or I'm just being a lurking creep who is overthinking everything after all her mom did get into an accident
I turn my gaze but to the professor knowing fully well that I have no idea of what he is saying and have no intentions to care.
My mind dances circles of the idea of her not being okay and I can't help but throwing a glance her way again but unlike before her seat is empty.
I move my gaze around cautiously as to not drag attention to myself and spot her stillieught** taking the exit from the other door at the far end if the class.
Gotcha
I slip away from the unnoticing class and find myself tailing her behind till we reach the parking lot and she's gone
This has to be a new record of her disappearing.
"Looking for someone?"comes an unexpected voice behind me
I turn around and find myself standing inches away from an annoyed looking Juliette with her arms crossed and eyebrow raised
"No" I reply with my response sounding more like a question
"Look here Raphael I don't know if you have any kinks for following people around but I will only say this once.LEAVE.ME.ALONE"she says in between teeth putting more emphasis on the last words before brushing passed me
"Do you still hate me that much?"I find myself asking for a reason even I can't explain
To that she turns around once and says"you ruined my life once but you can't ruin it twice"before entering her car I didn't know was there
"What I don't want to ruin it?"I ask
She drives towards me and gives me a middle finger "shove your lies down some else's throat please"With that she speeds off
As the days passed, I found myself inexplicably drawn to Juliette, even though she continued to push me away at every turn. It was as if her fiery defiance only fueled the desire to break down the walls she had built around herself. I can't understand why I feel this way, but something about her internal struggle and the way she carried herself intrigueshim.
I tried to keep my distance, knowing explicitly well I had hurt her in the past, but I cant shake the feeling that I need to be there for her now, especially after her mother's accident.
It's a gloomy day and it is raining cats and dogs outside almost like the earth decided to lash out on us humans for being horrible creatures.
I arrive ten minutes late and still our professor is nowhere to be found and I have a feeling that he stood us up.Seating in my usual position,I watch everyone and everything from the window as a form of distraction, allowing the rain to soothe my nerves.
As I watch I see people running for shelter from the rain, some with an umbrella others with whatever they can use as an improvised umbrella.However a particular someone catches my eye.For some reason they seemed to stand out to me everyone else was running but this guy was walking as casually as ever.They walk confidently in the rain like they had some sort of mission, their movements were fluid and precise unbothered by their soaked clothes.They wore a mask and face cap concealing their identity and they moved straight to the parking lot then to Julliette's.That's when intrigue peaked.They look left and right observing their surroundings to see if anyone is watching but of course they didn't look up.They never do.
In a quick minute they take out a black envelope and slip it into her car windshield carefully and after that they walk out casually then enter a taxi that drives off
What's up with that?
I glanced at Julliette sitting a few seats away from me.Her eyes wandered away as she played with her pen irritably,she didn't seem as bothered as before but she sure seemed like she was trying hard to distract herself from something or someone.
By the end of the class the rain had stopped and we could finally go home.Of course Julliette was the first to leave,gone before I could even turn around to give her a last glance.Something came to mind and my curiosity came in full swing.I decide to follow her.Cautiously I follow her behind making sure to blend in,I follow her to the parking lot close enough to see her but far enough from her view.
She goes to her car and attempts to open the door when she sees the envelope.She turns around searching if anyone is near and I duck not wanting to be seen, still maintaining a good view.Her hands gets shaking as she takes the envelope out of the windshield still looking around then she opens it slowly revealing what should be an album of photos.
She screams fraily as she sees the content inside then covers her mouth with her hand as her hand becomes more shaky,she looks around like she's waiting for someone to come out and then back at the photos with shock written on her face.
What did you see that could possibly make you this frightened?
She takes out her phone from her purse and dials a number and places the phone in her ear and she starts talking frantically as she bursts into tears.
This is the first time I've ever seen her cry.
Whatever she saw must be really bad to make her be in this state.
She cuts the call and throws the photos in her car and gets in driving off and I can see her wiping her tears in the car from where I squatted.
What are you hiding Julliette Wayne?