CHAPTER 11
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CAROLINE'S POV
How is this happening? He shouldn't even be alive. He died 3 years ago. How is he alive? My eyes grew wider and wider thinking about all these questions. Am I having a really scary nightmare or something?. The guy stood in front of me is a hated person. Nobody liked him. Neither Elly nor Phoebe. He was that clichè bad boy of the school and honestly every girl's dream guy. But he wasn't my dream guy...he was like a brother to me. No one liked it when I talked to him. My mom, dad, Elly, Phoebe. NO ONE. And I think I get why. Because he went to jail...Now before you start judging me, I didn't know this when I got to know him. To me he was just a random guy who I wanted to talk to because he didn't bully me like all the other guys including NICHOLAS. He was kind, gentle, loyal and nothing like how people described him. After I got to know about his past I tried to avoid him, but I couldn't. I got too attached to him and deep down in my heart I was telling myself that he is a GOOD PERRSON. Elly, Phoebe and I always got into fights because of this. They didn't trust him like I did. They thought he was dangerous and told bad things about him but I didn't believe them. I trusted him and believed EVERYTHING he said. Alas, he proved me wrong. He was a bad person...and he died. He got shot by some mafia or g**g leader in front of my eyes and the police said that he was a part of the g**g and betrayed them. Therefore he got punished. I never knew the full story... but after the scene I saw in front of my eyes I couldn't deny it. HE WAS A BAD PERSON WHO GOT INVOLVED IN REALLY BAD THINGS. A million questions were running in my mind but I had 1 main question. HOW IS HE ALIVE?
"Cici?" he took a step towards me.
"Stay there! Who are you?",
"Caroline it's me, Damian",
"NO YOU'RE NOT! DAMIAN DIED IN FRONT OF MY EYES 3 YEARS AGO." I screamed.
"I didn't die Cici. My death was faked!" he said causing my eyes to grow wider.
"WHO faked your death?"...
He didn't answer me for a few moments until Phoebe started talking,
"You need to be truthful to her at least NOW, Damian. You already lied to her 3 years ago." Phoebe said rolling her eyes at him.
Why did Phoebe and Elly looked at him like nothing happened. A guy came back from the dead FOR HEAVENS SAKE!.
"I faked my own death Caroline... I realized that I was involved with bad things and it was effecting YOU and your friends. So I surrendered to the police and faked my death so that the g**g would believe it. These past three years I was in jail. Not dead. I'm out now and I wanted to see you." he finished leaving me breathless.
Wow! He's telling that as if it's the most normal thing in the world. I just stared at him.
"Caarrroline?" the others asked in unison.
"Mhm?",
"You, okay?",
"OF COURSE NOT! HE FAKED HIS OWN DEATH AND HE IS TELLING THIS TO ME AS IF IT IS THE MOST COMMON THING FOR A PERSON TO DO."...
"And also. How are you letting me talk to him. You guys never liked him and asked me to avoid him all the time. But now you poured ICE COLD WATER on me so that I'll talk to him? ARE YOU GUYS SERIOUS RIGHT NOW?" I shouted.
Some may think I'm overreacting but I don't think so. This is FRUSTRATING.
"Apparently there's more to the story and he will only tell it to you. So we'll leave you to it." Elly said pulling Phoebe and Leo.
"Umm, you really think we should leave her alone with this guy?" Leo asked.
"Excuse me, I'm not SOME GUY. I've known her for longer than you and I care for her. So you can back of" Damian retorted.
They were both glaring at each other.
"At least he didn't leave her and fake his death like you did Damian!" Elly replied angrily.
Wow. Is that like her angry girlfriend tone. Possessive much. Dumb me. Am I seriously having time to think about this now?.
"Okay, That's enough." Phoebe said pulling them away.
Damian and I stood there awkwardly and I decided to break the silence.
"Explain" I demanded.
"Caroline, I befriended you for a reason. I had a hidden agenda. But eventually I actually became close to you and realized that betraying you would be the worst thing to do. My parents were killed when I was 10 and I was kidn*pped by the g**g who killed them. I was forced to do bad things to live. But once I got to know you I just couldn't betray you. So I surrendered and faked my death. I decided to talk to you after I'm permanently out of this g**g life. So here I am" he finished
My god. He went through all if that at just 10? How hard that must've been for him. All I want to do now is to hug and comfort him. But not yet. Not until I know the full truth
"What was your hidden agenda?" He looked down sheepishly
"You have to tell me the truth Damian."...
"Phoebe" my eyes widened at his answer.
"WHAT! What does any of this has to do with Phoebe?",
"I don't know either Cici. The job given to me was to to kidnap Phoebe. I tried to befriend with her but she was too cautious. But you were more easy going so I targeted you",
"So you used me?",
"Initially that was my plan Caroline but not after I got to know you." he smiled to himself thinking about me. "You were this cute little girl with a massive amount of energy. And let me tell you you've changed.",
"No s**t Sherlock" I replied sarcastically.
"So yeah, that's how all of this and I need to ask you a favour. You can't tell this to Phoebe cause' I think she might still be in trouble.",
"WHAT! How do you know that?",
"It's just a feeling. They wanted her BADLY Caroline. I don't know why but I don't think they're gonna let her go that easily." I nodded in agreement.
"I talked about this to the cops and they said they will help us. We just need to find WHY they wanted Phoebe".
"Well, I WILL help. Because I'm not gonna let anyone TOUCH her." I replied protectively.
He chuckled.
"What? Why are you laughing?" I asked pushing his shoulder.
"Nothing. I just thought maybe you didn't change THAT much. Cause' my old Cici would've said the EXACT same thing."
"Can you like stop calling me Cici?"
"Can't just change everything just like that! I called you that for 2 WHOLE YEARS! Not gonna change that"
I pushed him and he pulled me down with him. We laughed so hard and for a moment there, it was just like old times. I turned excitedly to him,
"Hey, if I'm a freshmen you should be a senior right?" I asked.
YUP. He's 3 years older than me.
"Yeah?" he replied.
"So are you gonna come to school?",
"Yes".
"YAAYYYY" I screamed jumping into his arms, wrapping my arms around his neck while he just laughed.
"I missed you Damian" I whispered.
"I missed you too Cici. And I'm not gonna leave you again okay."...
"Also", he pulled away,
"I talked to your mom. She told me about your dad and I told her about my past and he allowed me to be your friend."
I turned at him.
"Did you like asked my mom's blessing before talking to me?" I asked laughing.
"Yeah. I also asked your dad. I'm pretty sure he agreed" I rolled my eyes.
"How do you know that?" I asked
"His heartbeat rate remained normal" he replied
"If he was angry I'm pretty sure the beating would've increased" I rolled my eyes.
I teared up a little about the memory of my dad. But right now, I was just happy that I got my old friend back.
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