I gritted my teeth, staring at the phone angrily as I dialed up Preston's number. He needed to knock some sense into Adam’s idiotic head. I get that he doesn’t remember me and that he doesn’t know me as well as he did before the accident but this was no excuse. What he accused me of doing was so ridiculous. It made me want to bang my head against the wall and make the bump on my head it worse.
Straight after I settled my butt on the couch with my ice cream in hand, I gave Adam a call to tell him what I found out.
“Hello?” His voice was raspy and he cleared his throat, repeating his greeting again.
“Adam, Kiara’s working for Dom.” I cut straight to the chase, not wanting to beat around the bush. I was horrified at how close Dom got his people to Adam’s family. The kids were in the same room as Kiara and I let that happen.
“Case, that’s ridiculous. Kiara’s a sweet girl and she would never be acquainted to that bastard.” Adam sounded confused and disbelieving.
“You need to trust me, I saw her with one of Dom’s men in the park. She’s with them,” I hissed at him, pulling the tub away from my head to take another spoonful of the ice cream, trying to cool down my burning heart. This guy’s pissing me off so much I want to shake him ‘til his head falls off.
“Case, I know you’re heartbroken but I never thought you’d resolve to this. I know I can’t remember you that well, but I know I would never have fallen in love with someone who would go as far as breaking someone’s relationship to get what she wants. I’m disappointed in you, Case.” He ranted and that was when I huffed in frustration and hung up on him. If he wasn’t going to trust me then I was just wasting my breath trying to convince him. Might as well call Preston or Jerry.
I know that he lost his memory and all that but that didn't give him the right to doubt my motives. I was itching to scream all kinds of profanities at him but I decided that I wasted enough breath over the hopeless matter.
I waited for Preston to pick up the call but it went straight to his voicemail. I almost threw my phone against the wall out of annoyance. I quickly tried Jerry’s number instead. If this doesn’t work, I’m driving down to their place. There was no way that I’m letting that bitch anywhere near the Jones ever again.
I dialed up Jerry’s number. As I finished saying my quick prayer to God, someone finally answered the phone. I passed on my gratitude hastily before greeting the person on the other line.
“Hello?” I asked eagerly.
“Casey?” Pio’s voice came through and I sighed in relief.
“Yes, it’s Casey, Pio. Is your Papa or Preston there, sweetheart? Can you give them the phone?” I asked him softly, trying not to scare him.
“Pres-ton is here,” I almost cooed at how he tripped over his words as he tried to pronounce Preston’s name but I snapped back to focus.
“Can you please give him the phone, Pio? I need to talk to him,” I coaxed him, hoping he was having his ‘good boy’ moments and would listens to me.
Before Pio could answer, I heard Preston’s voice call out.
“Pio? Who’s on the phone?” I heard Pio answer him, mentioning my name before the phone gets shuffled and passed.
“Case? What’s up?” Preston asked me and I felt like I could finally breathe again.
“Thank God, I’ve tried calling everyone. Why didn’t you answer your phone? No, that’s not important right now. Kiara’s working with Dom, don’t let her near the kids and don’t trust her!” I said in a rush.
“Whoa, whoa. Are you sure about this? Because someone who doesn’t know you that well might think you’re accusing people out of jealousy,” Preston joked uncertainly and I groaned aloud.
“Don’t I know that,” I grumbled under my breath and started explaining how I found out. “I saw her talking with one of Dom’s men in the park and I instantly jumped her. She’s with Dom, I’m sure of it.”
“Have you told Adam about this? I mean he’s the closest to her.” Preston asked me seriously this time and I instantly knew that he believed me.
“I’ve tried. He was the first person I called when I found out but apparently, that amnesia isn’t just messing with his memories, it’s also messing with his trust in people. He thinks I’m jealous and is trying to break them apart by the claims I’m making. Which, let’s be honest here, is ridiculous! Apparently, now he’s 'very disappointed in me'. I mean, sure, you’ve lost your memories, but I have never lied to him ever since I came clean about walking out on him, doesn’t that at least earn me some credits?” I ranted to Preston as I tried to extinguish the fire burning in my system by spitting them out.
“Calm down, Case. I’ll go talk to him, alright? I’ll make sure he understands that you’re not that type of girl. Maybe you guys just need a re-introduction to each other. I mean, looking at the brighter side of things, Kiara is basically out of the picture now and you guys can rekindle the relationship you had. Yay for Cadam!”
At the mention of ‘Cadam; I pulled my phone away from my ear and double-checked who I was calling to make sure I wasn’t speaking with Penelope. She was probably the only one who has ever gave me the ‘ship’ talk.
When I pressed the phone back on my ear, I heard Cali ask Preston, “What’s wrong with Kiara?”
Preston immediately went with, “Kiara is bad. Remember kids, Kiara - bad, bad, bad. Okay?” I almost laughed at how he was telling the kids to stay away from Kiara.
“Does this mean Casey is going to be Adam’s girlfriend again?” I heard Cali whisper in the background and I gaped in shock. I thought she had always thought I was still together with Adam.
“Possibly, little one,” Preston chirped happily as he got back on the phone with me.
“I’ll make sure she doesn’t get anywhere near the kids and I’ll try to talk to Adam. I’ll tell him to give you a call after I’ve knocked some sense into him.” Preston reassured me. I slumped back on the couch, resuming my consumption of the frozen sweet.
“Thanks, Pres. I’ll call you some time soon.” I thanked him.
“Alright. Be careful, Case. I know you’re not going to stop doing that competition no matter what I say but just be careful, alright? Take care of yourself.” I smiled at how worried he was over me. I felt like he didn't need to be but I didn’t want to get a big head and start thinking I was unbeatable. I still needed to train and go over my moves.
“Okay, Pres. You be safe too. Tell Adam that if he plans to continue seeing Kiara after finding out about all of this, I’ll personally castrate him.” I said darkly, still shoving another spoonful of ice cream into my mouth while passing on the threat.
“Okay, now you sound like a psycho ex-girlfriend.” Preston muttered, making me grin.
“See? I told you! There’s a huge difference between being a psycho ex-girlfriend and simply stating facts!” I exclaimed before Preston finally had to go and we hung up.
I was still feeling butt-hurt at how untrusting Adam was towards me. I had half a mind to start driving down to his house just to give him a gruesome slap for doubting my motives.
How could he think that I was merely acting out of jealousy?
Of course I wouldn't deny that I wasn’t a tiny bit happy that his girlfriend turned out to be a bad person. But it was only a tiny bit of happiness. Okay, maybe a huge bit but I wouldn’t admit that to anyone else but myself.
I closed off the tub of half-eaten ice cream and stored it in my freezer again before stretching. I felt my sides cramping up and immediately stopped, pressing on the cramped spot to will it to relax.
“Ow, ow, ow,” I mumbled before sighing when I felt it relaxing. I looked at the clock hung on the wall and decided that it was time to train. I haven’t trained in so long but thankfully, there were moments such as earlier that has kept me on edge. At least I could think of that fight as a spar of some sort that’s helping me train.
I went up to my room to change into my training clothes and proceeded to the gym room to get started on that punching bag.
Three hours later and I was drenched in sweat. I didn’t want to finish late since I have school tomorrow. I’ve been neglecting most of my studies so far. I didn’t want to throw my education away even if my current situation was pretty much chaotic. I didn’t want my parents to be alerted on the shit that was happening and make them worry about me.
I took a quick shower, feeling my strained muscles complain as I walked to my bathroom. After taking a quick shower and feeling clean, I turned off the shower and toweled myself dry. I was halfway done putting my pajamas on when my phone rang.
Adam’s caller ID flashed on my phone screen and I had the strong urge to decline the call. I was still butt hurt about what he had said earlier. I was too tired to deal with his judgmental shit right now. All I wanted to do was go to bed and be prepared to face hell tomorrow.
But I decided that he has earned himself a few points for at least reaching out to me. I answered the call, deciding to stay quiet and simply listen to him. After a quiet moment of silence, I started to think that maybe he might have butt dialed me. Then I heard her voice and my blood ran cold.
“Adam, baby, what’s for dinner?” Her voice was louder than Adam’s when he answered her. I came to the conclusion that he didn’t butt dial me after all. But he didn’t call me to apologize either. In fact, I don’t think he called me, period. My guess was proven right when Kiara’s low voice filled the line.
“He told me what you said, bitch. Why do you have to spoil our fun, Cassandra? Don’t be such a jealous bitch.” Kiara sneered lowly, presumably so that Adam wouldn’t hear.
Not like he would care what his perfect girlfriend had to say about the girl that risked everything for him.
I gritted my teeth. “Listen here you bitch, if you hurt him or any of his family members, I-” The line went dead before I could finish and I screamed in frustration.
I called Preston for the second time that day to make sure he gets his brother away from that leech.
I didn’t even wait for Preston’s greeting before speaking. “Preston, get your brother away from that bloody witch! He’s with her in the same house, about to have dinner together! Call him and get him away from her!” I barked into the phone. Even though I was furious at Adam, I still cared about the idiot. I didn’t want him to get hurt just because he wouldn’t trust me.
“Case? What are you talking about?” Maddison’s voice answered and I groaned. What the hell was today? Answer your boyfriend’s phone day?
Too bad you don’t have a boyfriend.
Bitch conscience.
“Hey, sorry that you had to hear that.” I greeted Maddison as nicely as I could before continuing in a rushed tone, “Can you give the phone to Preston?”
I could tell that she hesitated but finally muttered an ‘okay’ She called Preston and gave him his phone. At least one of their girlfriends was a decent person.
“What’s up?” He repeated his greeting from earlier and I rolled my eyes before repeating the things I accidentally barked at Maddison. I could tell that Preston got the urgency in my tone He started muttering profanities under his breath and quickly hung up on me.
I sighed tiredly and threw myself on the bed.
I’m tired and I’m so done with worrying about Adam. I told him to stay away from Kiara and what did he do next? Have dinner with the bloody witch.
Way to rub your lack of trust in me in my face, dude.
That was my last annoyed thought before I finally fell asleep, forgetting to set an alarm to get up early the next morning.