Chapter2
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Jennifer's POV
I couldn't believe my eyes. No matter how hard or how many times I blinked, it did nothing to rid the sight in front of me.
What was going on? Had I walked into the wrong room?
No matter how much I wanted to believe it, I knew that wasn't the case. I was in the right room, because last time I checked neither Daniel nor Blair were twins or had lookalikes that were a hundred percent copy of them.
I stared at the room one more time. At this point, I wanted something that would hint at the fact that I was hallucinating or perhaps, just misunderstanding the entire situation.
My eyes scanned the room, and as I trailed the scattered pieces of clothes to the bed, one thing became clear. None of this was a joke. All of it was real..
I felt the world around me crumble into pieces. For the next couple of minutes, I struggled. My chest tightened, and every breath I let out felt labored. My vision blurred and for a minute I thought I was going to pass out. I even felt numb and wanted nothing more than for the ground to open up and swallow me whole.
"No.' I shook my head in disbelief. Apparently, I wasn't the only one, because the look Daniel wore hinted that he was confused as well. The only person who looked to be collected was Blair.
"Jennifer?" Daniel's voice pulled me away from Blair's face. I wasn't exactly sure why a part of me thought that if I looked at him, maybe I would understand. But I was wrong, very wrong.
"What are you doing here?'
"What am I doing here?" I scoffed at his question. "Is that really what you're asking me?" Unbelievable.
"No no no." He shook his head furiously that anyone would think his head would roll off his neck.
"It's not like that. This isn't what it looks like. I can assure you. Just let me explain and..."
"I don't want to hear it." I shut him off immediately. He made to speak again, but all it took was one finger from me to get him to keep shut again. "I don't want to hear a thing."
A mix of emotions flickered on his face, but I willed myself to not dwell on it. Daniel must have seen the irritation because with the speed of light, I watched him grab a hold of his boxer briefs, before putting it on immediately.
More sad emotions washed over me but it didn't take me too long for me to get them replaced with disgust.
"Jennifer." Daniel's voice sounded hoarse as he slipped into the rest of his clothes. He missed a few buttons, but he didn't care.
"Please hear me out."
With each step he took towards me, I took an equal one back. He was taller than me, so it was only normal that he would get to me in a matter of strides.
"Jennifer, you have to believe me. I swear." He pleaded, his eyes glistening with what seemed like tears.
"I didn't mean to. Blair, she seduced me. She's only trying to pull us apart, are you really going to let that happen?"
My eyes flicked to Blair in question, and she wore a bored expression.
"You know I did it for you, right?." Blair's voice rang out in the room. I might be mistaken, but this was the first time she had spoken since I barged in here.
" I basically did you a favour by showing you the kind of man you were going to get married to. Just imagine you caught us after being married to him."
"What?" I couldn't believe my ears, but Blair wasn't done with me yet.
"If I hadn't texted you, you wouldn't have found out."
She shrugged and equal parts of pain and rage stung my chest
"How could you, Blair?" I rushed out the words without thinking. "What did I ever do to you to deserve this?" I guessed being her stepsister was just enough reason.
Something about the way she smirked made me all the more mad. Just a couple of seconds ago, she was trying to feign looking out for me, but I knew better. She had done all of this to spite me and nothing more.
"Dont listen to her." Daniel's voice pulled me back to the present. "Just listen to me....."
The rest of his words hung on the tip of his tongue as I snatched my hand from his grip, hating the feeling of his hands on me now.
I couldn't believe this was the same man from minutes ago. The same one that threw me a surprise that had butterflies dancing in my belly.
"He's truly good at surprises" I scoffed inwardly, disbelieving and hurting.
The low hum of music slipped in through the open window, and I was briefly reminded of the party that was being held for me. For us.
Fuck it.
With one more glance at the duo, I stormed out of the room. With each step I took, I heard more and more of Daniel's pleas, but I blocked each and every one of them.
I had barely walked out of the room before my phone pinged. I would've ignored it just like the other notifications I'd been getting since tonight, but the moment I saw whom the caller ID belonged to, I picked it up immediately.
As quickly as I could, I headed straight to the hospital.
"Miss Jennifer." His grave tone didn't exactly sit right with me. "Please have a seat."
With a small nod in his direction, I took the seat in front of my doctor. Without a word, he slid a brown envelope in front of me. My eyes flickered between him and the envelope. I'm unable to move or think at this point with how lightheaded I felt.
After what seemed like forever, he finally pulled out a letter.
"Your results from your yearly checkup just came in." I could literally taste the sympathy in his voice.
"You have just 3 months to live. "
Shit.
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