Chapter 12
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I had such a fun time on my first date with Michael. I was really looking forward to the next one we shared. It was late by the time our date ended. We had ended up talking all night long.
Nearly. To the break of dawn. Hanging out in my room. When I woke Michael was snoozing with his arm resting under his head. A lock of his curly dark hair hung on his cheek.
It was so hard for the poor guy to get comfortable sleeping there. I feel like a creeper just enjoying laying there at his side. Watching him rest. Feeling pleased that I helped him get to slumber land peacefully.
He needed the rest. I hear someone knocking on the bedroom door. I wondered who it was. I glance over at the clock it was only ten am. It was nearly getting close to being noon. I open the door and there stands Toby. He hands me a letter.
"Sorry to wake you. Michael asked me to stop by here. So here is his paycheck" Toby informs me. I nod as I take it from him. "How is he holding up?" Toby asks me. I shut the door behind me.
"He is restless. I try to keep his mind from negative thoughts. He is scared. Worried about what everyone thinks. And what they say" I admit. I did not want to say more than what I should. What Michael told me was private. He trusted me for a reason. And I was not going to ever break that trust.
"I hope they lay off the man" Toby says to me.
"Me to" I agree. "He has done nothing wrong" I tell him. "I better go before we wake Michael" I tell Toby.
"See you around" he sighs. He looks annoyed with me. I stop him.
"What was that look for?" I ask him.
He shrugs. "Nothing. Just everything is always about Michael. Whenever I try to talk to anyone these days. Michael this. Michael that! Never mind. I better go" he mutters under his breath.
"Toby!" I sigh. He waves then heads out on his way.
I go back in the bedroom with Michael. He was still sleeping like a baby. I lay back at his side trying to be sure I did not wake him up. He yawns, and his pretty eyes flutter open. He smiles at me. He leans in kissing me on the lips. I close my eyes allowing myself to enjoy the moment of having him all to myself.
"Morning. How did you sleep?" he asks me.
I grin. "Just fine. And you?" I ask him.
"You know that I always sleep best when you are near me" he tells me as he smiles. He scoots closer to me.
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Pulling me in his embrace. My lips are returned to his. I feel my body sigh happily with every sweet kiss I get. No crowds. Just us. Michael and Renee. I wanted so badly to tell him. To admit I loved him. My heart raced thinking about how I should say it to him. Maybe he was not at that place yet. Maybe that was bad idea to rush this.
I feel his hand sneak up my shirt. Cupping my breast that still had a bra covering it from the night before. I could feel his fingers on my flesh. Goosebumps sprinkle a trail when his fingertips leave my flesh.
He groans softly as our kisses deepen. Normally this would be the part where I would wake up. But here I was. In his arms. It was all very very real. Suddenly the intercom goes off.
"It is Kendall! Wake up, lazy asses! Meet me in the kitchen!" she demands. "Do not ignore me! I know you can hear me!" she pushes the button again.
Michael groans. "Thorn in my side" he mutters. "We can come back tonight where we leave off here. What do you say?" he asks me. I nod.
"I would love that" I agree.
He smiles looking pleased. "We better go before she screams some more" he laughs.
He goes to get off the bed.
"Can I freshen up? Then I will meet you both there?" I question him. He nods.
"Go for it" he says as he winks at me. Then he heads out of the room.
I change out of my dress that Kendall let me borrow. Then get into some comfy clothing. I brush the tangles out of my hair. Then brush my teeth as well while I was in the bathroom. I take out the contacts that I managed not to lose when I fell asleep with them on. Thank god they were the twenty-four-hour comfy kind. My eyes start to water after I pluck them out.
"Achoo!" I sneeze.
I blow my nose on some tissue then rush out to the kitchen where I was to meet with Kendall and Michael. I hear them talking in the kitchen. I stop a moment to see what it was about. I did not want to interrupt them.
"How are things going with you and Renee? You had your first date?" she asks him.
I smile as I hid where they can't see me.
"Things are going well. I figured I owed her the date since the wedding was ruined. She has done so much for me. And really been a great friend you know?" he tells her.
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My heart sinks.
Friends? Still?
Just friends is how he saw us? This had been a pity date??
I feel myself holding in my breath. Pain fills my heart hearing those words again replaying for me. Friends. But he said he wanted to see where this was going? Maybe just to shut me up? Keep me focused on him? I thought we grew so close this morning? I was so confused right now.
"Renee is a great girl. She really goes above and beyond" she tells him.
"She really has. She is nothing like the girls I normally date. She is different. Not sure how to describe her" he chuckles.
"She is not like the others. Do not hurt my girl Michael" warns Kendall.
"I would never hurt her. I told her we could see where this is going. It is fun. I have really had a great time with Renee" he replies.
Fun. I was a fun friend. Lovely.
"Renee is sensitive. You need to figure out where this is going before she is gone" warns Kendall.
"She will never leave me. She is loyal. Always has been there for me" Michael scoffs.
"True but Michael she clearly feels more than what you seem to be" warns Kendall.
"I know that Kendall. I always have saw that. I know Renee cares a great deal for me. I never acted upon it because our friendship means a lot to me" he tells me.
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Tears blur my vision. Friends. He knew I liked him before all this. He lied to me about a lot of things. I thought Michael never lied to me. Here Kendall and Michael were trying to figure out a way not to break my heart. Poor little nerdy Renee. The geek who followed him around for years. Michael was a good actor. Kendall I never knew she could act. But she could. Good for her.
I rush out of there before they could hear me crying. I did not want to cry in front of them. I was not going to leave. Or bail when Michael needed a wife. I was a true-blue friend till the end. Even if that meant I would end up with a broken heart.
I cover my face in my hands once I was seated out in the garden by myself. Tears splatter to my cheeks. I had to distance myself some from Michael. What happened in the bedroom this morning was not going to keep happening in the bedroom later that night.
To see if he can fall for his nerdy friend. I would relive him of his duties. I did not need a pity date. Or for him to feel sorry for me. I did not want that. He was never going to love me the way that I loved him. I just had to face those facts. I hear someone else crying close by. It was not my tears. I gasp. I stand up.
"Hello? Who is there?" I call out.
"Help! Please help me!" someone whimpers to me.
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I head to the same place where a girl was raped at the wedding. I find a maid there of Michael's. Her dressed was ripped. Her cheek was bruised. Her legs trembled. I fall down to Monique. I was horrified to find her this way.
"What happened?" I demand to know.
Tears shine in her eyes. "Someone struck. I was raped. Call 911" she begs me.
I nod. "Did you see who did this to you?" I ask her. She shakes her head.
"They made sure I did not see their face" she whispers. She winces in pain.
I call 911 on my phone. Michael and Kendall find us.
"What the hell happened?" Kendall demands to know.
I glance up at them. "She was raped" I tell them. "she did not see who it was" I warn them before they asked me again.
"It wasn't me! I was with you Kendall! And before that I was with Renee!" Michael exclaims looking horrified. We hear sirens of cop cars pulling in.
I think I have an idea on who did this. And I was going to put an end to it now. Michael was going to be cleared by the end of this day. And I was going to be free of this fake marriage once and for all. I take go to take off.
"Renee where are you going?" Michael calls after me.
"I will be back!" I tell them.
"Renee stay here!" he begs me. "I don't want you getting hurt" he worries. "Renee! Kendall stop her!" he yells. "Someone stop my wife from leaving" he desperately calls out by the time I get to my car.
Before the cops can stop me for questions I pull out of there. Look out Nancy Drew. A crime was going to be solved....
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