Chapter 50

G R I F F I N

I have been through a lot of shit in life.

I have been called a freak since I was young and I honestly no longer mind being called one. I left my old hometown because it was getting to chaotic in there for me.

Freak.

I am a freak.

She had the most beautiful face I have ever seen in my entire life. When I saw her for the very first time in Yale, I know she was attracted to me as much as I was highly drawn in to her too. Beautiful was such a common word for such an extraordinarily gorgeous face, If it isn’t because of that stupid curly-haired guy who comes around, then I would have gotten my chance.

I know she likes me and I can tell from the way she looked at me the first time we crossed path before the school year started. She had the most innocent and the prettiest smile. She had the perfect hair. She had the most stunning eyes. She was a complete charmer and she enchanted me.

When I found out about her name, I was totally enthralled.

Lindy.

Such a wonderful name for a man like me.

She was the talk of the campus because of her stupid-ass boyfriend who was a famous asshole. I can’t believe why she is with him, with a guy like that. He doesn’t deserve Lindy at all. Lindy deserves to be with me and no one else.

The way she looks at me tells me that I am the one she loves and not that guy from a stupid boy band. The way she looks at me is vividly clear that she is into me but she just can’t say it because she is trapped in his own glitz and glamour world.

Lindy deserves to be with me alone and I will do everything I can to have her.

Before the school year started, I met another girl named Bailey. The first time she talked to me, I know she was up to something. She seemed like a lunatic to me base from those bewildered eyes.

I know because I am one.

“You like her?” That was Bailey’s first question to me.

“What does it to you?”

“She’s my roommate.”

I turn to her and she was smiling at me. Her eyes tell me that she already has a plan. A plan that she has been planning for so long and she looked as if she needed me to accomplish it for her.

“What do you want?” I asked.

She smiles, “You like her, don’t you?”

I looked away.

“I know you do. I can help you.” She continues.

“I don’t need your help.”

“Oh trust me, you do.” She sounded sure so I turned my head back towards her and she was still smiling. “I am willing to help you as long as you are willing to help me.”

My brows creasing, “Help you with what?”

“You know her famous boyfriend Harry Styles?”

“That stupid fucker. Why?”

“I want them separated.”

I paused for a second, “Why?”

She laughs humorlessly, “Because he owes me. I want him to feel the kind of pain I felt years ago. I want him to suffer. I want him to know how it feels to lose someone so important to him.”

Her eyes were filled with vengeance, “You want revenge.”

“You can catch up. Good.” She smiles at me.

“What did he do to you?” I ask her as I tilt my head to the side. “You seem to hate him so much.”

“I loathe him a lot.”

“Why?” I demanded an answer.

“I don’t need to tell you.”

“Then how can I trust you if you wont tell me?”

She arched her brow, “Tricky bastard.”

I chuckle under my throat, “I have to know what I am getting myself into.”

“Very well. Harry was the reason why my older sister died.” She grits her teeth in anger. I can feel the raging anger inside her base from those dark eyes. She seeks revenge and death and I can smell it from here.

“You want him dead.”

She laughs, “The world will be sad but it would be a nice story on the tabloid.”

“You’re crazy.” I spat.

She laughs again, “Offensive, coming from a man like you, psycho. Look, I help you get Lindy. You help me separate them.”

“What are you going to do with Harry after that?” I ask.

She hums. “Torture him?”

“As long as he stays out of the way between me and Lindy then I will agree to your plans. And, as long as you aren’t going to hurt Lindy, I will lend you my help.”

Bailey smiles widely, tricky and questionable, as she answers, “Don’t worry. Your sweet Lindy won’t get hurt.” Her mischievous grin told me that she cannot be trusted and that she had more plans she never really told me.

She extends her hand to me and I accepted, “Deal.”

It was hard to get some alone time with Lindy because of that stupid fucking Jake who’s always around her everywhere she goes. I don’t know what Bailey told Lindy because she seems to be so frightened of me and I am sure that Jake had mentioned me to her too since Lindy keeps avoiding me.

One night, Bailey told me that she keeps seeing Lindy and Harry video calling each other every day and he had told her to stay away from me. With those words, I got triggered and I got so intensely jealous because Lindy is only mine.

Only mine and no one else!

Out of anger, I listened to Bailey’s plan when she ordered me to pay Lindy a visit in the dorms to scare her to teach her a lesson. I was blinded because of my anger and that triggered me to threat her life.

Bailey incited me to do something bad to teach Lindy a lesson and to remind her that I am the only man for her. She was the one who handed me the knife and told me where her dorm room was. She told me that she made sure Lindy was alone and that it was the perfect time for me to threaten her.

Out of my anger and jealousy, I barged into the dorms as soon as the security started roving around. I rushed to Lindy’s dorm room and threatened her life with the knife I was holding. I was blinded by my anger and my intense jealousy that I almost killed her if she wasn’t able to get away from me.

I jumped out of the window and sprained my ankle when I landed.

Since that day, I have been hiding.

I have been following Lindy everywhere.

I have been watching her every move.

I have been secretly taking photos of her in my phone.

That stupid fucking Jake is taking the limelight, when it should be me being with her.

I wanted to get rid of Jake and kill him but then I was surprised one day that he claimed Lindy was pregnant and he was the father.

I felt like it was the end of the world for me but things changed as soon as I found out that it was a lie and he had been placed in prison to serve his sentence.

Serves him the fuck right.

Bailey’s always the one provoking me in anger and tells me words about Lindy that makes me angry. She tells me that she saw Lindy with Harry’s older sister and how it hurt me most when I saw them together along the streets. That fucking boy needs to know his lesson but then Bailey warned me not to touch him.

So I didn’t.

Things went by and Bailey asked me to make red boxes with gold ribbons from the materials she bought. I didn’t know what it was for but she never told me.

“I need two of them. Okay?” She instructs.

“Are you going to give Harry and Lindy gifts?”

“Yeah they are having a baby. It’s like a congratulatory gift.” Her eyes and mischievous smile were all stained with evil.

I clenched my fist just thinking about it. “It’s my baby! It is my baby that Lindy is carrying!!” I screamed at her.

Bailey laughs hysterically, “Gosh you are something. You are indeed a psycho. Anyways, I need them boxes.”

“What are you going to put inside?”

She smiles and hands me cash, “Go and buy some baby clothes. The same size and style. Do you understand?”

I accepted the money, “What’s in this for me?”

“If we send them threats like mysterious gifts then it would cause stress to the pregnant Lindy. One worst thing to another worst thing. If she gets more worried about who this Jolene is and we are building up her anxiety and fear, then she will have miscarriage.”

My brows creasing, “You’re going to put her life in danger.”

“The better. She needs to be dead anyways.”

I stood from my seat and grabbed her neck with my hand as I pinned her back hard against the wall. She grunts as I spat, “You fucking hurt her, I swear to God I will kill you. Am I clear?”

I pulled out the knife she gave me and pointed it on her eyes, “Do you fucking understand?!” I screamed at her face while clenching on her neck tighter.

“Y-Yes!” She says breathlessly as she holds both of my wrists with her hands while she coughs and struggles for air. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to say that. I was joking. I want her baby dead and once we do that, you can impregnate her. The better right?”

She smiles and her words run through my head. “I am helping you to get her. Help me and I will help you.”

I release her and she was gasping for air, “Jesus Christ Griffin…” She says breathlessly as she coughs. “Remember the name Martha Stewart.”

My brows creasing, “Who the hell is that?”

“Lindy’s best friend. She told me about her before, once and saw her Facebook account. If one of us get caught, I made sure we put the blame on her best friend.”

“How did you do that?”

“I got her fingerprints and we will put them in the box.” She smiles.

Bailey was smart and pure evil.

“How did you get her fingerprints?” I asked.

She groans, “It doesn’t matter! Just get things done so we can continue the plan now that Jake’s out of the picture! You can finally make your move to Lindy! Don’t you want that?!”

I didn’t answer but I know I wanted it.

I only wanted Lindy.

“Also.” Bailey adds. “If one of us get caught, we can’t bring up each other’s name. One of us had to finish what we started.”

I nodded. “Deal.”

Weeks passed and she told me she will send the second gifts to Harry and Lindy. She never told me what was inside and I wasn’t the one who bought it too. I was the only one who made the boxes for her and since I am really good in copying other people’s handwriting, she told me to follow her older sister Jolene’s handwriting.

She never really told me where her anger was coming from but I know it was something that revolves around Jolene. Whenever she says Harry’s name, there is this look in her eyes that screams the word ‘revenge’.

I helped her with her plan until one day, police came to my hidden lair and caught me.

Bailey no longer reached out to me as soon as I was and bailed on me.

I got so mad that I was caught and did what Bailey told me to do. I told the police about Martha Stewart and she got the blame for it while Bailey was still out freely. As I sit on my cell, I look back to the times that I worked with Bailey and I realized that I was only fucking used due to her own needs.

I didn’t want to think that because she is finishing our plan.

One day, around five in the afternoon, Bailey surprisingly visited me and disguised herself as Lindy’s close roommate. She told the police that she wanted to make sure that Lindy’s suspect was safe. She enters the cell and Martha, who was also in another cell, saw her approaching me.

Bailey paused right in front of Martha, “Oh hi Martha.”

“Who are you?” Martha asks.

“Someone you don’t really want to know.” She answers before she walks closer to me and smiled, “Hello Griffin. It’s good to see you here.”

I stand on my feet, “How’s Lindy?”

“Lindy? You know Lindy?” Martha butts in.

“Don’t worry, psycho lover. She is fine, for now.” Bailey answers me and ignores Martha. I didn’t like her words.

“What are your plans from here?” I ask.

“Plans against who?” Martha asks.

Bailey giggles, “Now that you’re in here, there’s no one who’s going to stop me from doing my real plans. You were so easy to manipulate and very useful too. Thank you.”

In a split second, I grabbed her collar and pulled her to the bars, “You fucking hurt her, I swear to God Bailey. I swear to fucking God!”

Bailey smiles, “What can you do? You’re stuck here.”

“What are you two talking about?” Martha calls out.

Bailey moves closer to me, “Don’t worry, it will be an easy death.” She grits.

“Why you--”

She bites my hand causes me to releases her as I groan in pain. She laughs, “Ciao!”

I watch her as she annoyingly waves at me while walking away from my cell. I grabbed the bars and moved it back and forth, “Bailey!! Get me the fuck outta here!!!” I screamed at the top of my lungs as tears begin to fill my eyes.

My hands were literally shaking in anger and I cannot believe that she used me. All this time, she used me and my feelings for Lindy to get what she wants.

I think thoroughly, why she wants to get revenge but then I am sure that Harry was the one who did something to her. Why is she getting Lindy involved

“You little fucking slut.” I mutter to myself.

“What the hell was that Griffin?” Martha calls out.

She used the feelings I have for Lindy.

“What was she talking about? Who was that?!” Martha calls out again.

“That was Bailey. Lindy’s roommate.”

“Where is she going?”

I turn my head to her, “To kill your best friend.”

“What?” Martha turns pale.

“I have to get out of here before she kills Lindy.” I mutter to myself. “Let me out of here!!!” I screamed but I was then reprimanded by the police.

Around eight in the evening, where the police were silent outside, I look over to Martha who has had a hairpin over her head. “Hey.” I call out to her and stared at her swollen eyes. She has been crying after what I told her.

“You have to help me get out of here.” I added.

“Why would I trust you? And how can I help you?”

“Gimme that hairpin on your head.”

“What?”

“I need to get out of here and save your best friend. I don’t want her dead too. Now do you want to help me or not?”

“How can I trust you when you were the one who placed me in here?”

“That woman told me to do so. I thought she was on my side. She used me.”

Martha looked shock.

“The hair pin. Faster before it gets too late.” I hurried.

Martha ended up handing me the hair pin.

I have to save Lindy from Bailey.