Dark love

Chapter 3

Silas pov

We sat in silence for a few minutes until my dad spoke again,

“I didn’t know you were friends with her Jen?”

“Yeah we were friends at school until everything happened, she had helped me after mum died. And I couldn’t even pick my phone up to call her, I didn’t know what had happened, we were all just told an accident happened then she moved schools” she says while a tear falls.

I felt so bad for Jen, she had no idea what her friend was going through and wasn’t there to help her through it and I can see the guilt about it in her eyes.

Jen stood and went to her room silently

Jacob pov

Once my daughter said the name I knew who it was. I didn’t know she went to the same school as Jen though, i could’ve found her years ago if I had known. I need to find this girl. I need her to forgive me for what I’ve done to her and her family.

Questions keep flooding my mind

Where did she end up?

Was her foster family good to her?

Is she okay?

Was she badly injured? I couldn’t even find out her injuries.

I couldn’t help the question as it flown from my mouth

“Son what brought this girl up?”

“Oh she works at a blacks bar as a bartender, Jen tried talking to her but what I could gather the girl wasn’t for listening to what Jen had to say, I think she feels abandoned by her friend”

“Okay, I’m sure it was all fresh when she seen her for the first time in years, she’ll calm down and speak to Jen”

“Here’s hoping, jen’s been quite upset about it all since talking to her, at first I thought she bullied Jen and was going to deal with it but after jen explained, I understand why she’s upset with her, I would be aswell if I comforted someone with a loss and then the same thing if not worse happened to me and they just never spoke to me again”

As Silas stood to go to his room I couldn’t help the tear that left my eye as he left the room, men like me don’t cry but I killed innocent people, I still see it in my dreams, how they were cuddled on the couch with a movie I’ve never seen before playing on the tv.

I need to find her

I need to fix this

Scarlet pov

I woke up the next day and ran a bath, I couldn’t help replaying the conversation with Jen in my head, was I mean? I’m justified tho right? I helped her through a lot and she just abandoned me, in my foster homes I’ve been beaten, starved and at one molested. I could’ve used her support through everything but she just abandoned me. Sarah hasn’t changed. She’s still a b***h, but I’ve changed I won’t tolerate it.

The day went by quite fast, I bathed, sat and watched tv, I’ve not been able to watch over the hedge since what happened but still love cartoon or animated films. As I watched tv I sat and sketched, I couldn’t help sketching the hunk of a man I seen with Jen, he was gorgeous, dark hair short at the sides and long at the top, muscles everywhere, pointed jaw, beautiful eyes, with an amazing shade of green, very tall, I’d have to crane my neck to look at him, he would more than likely have to pick me up to kiss me. What am I thinking? I don’t even know the man.

I’m good at sketching, it’s going to be my major once I put enough away to go to college, I want to be a designer.

After a few movies I ordered Chinese food, after I finished I went and got ready for work and called a taxi, yet again once I was ready the taxi showed up outside, I got to work early before there were a lot of people queuing outside. Once I made it inside there were people inside, but once I looked properly I seen it was jen with the people from last night, but some are new, and much older. I got to the staff rooms and put my bag away, once at the bar an older man approached me for a drink, I took his order, while pouring the beer, he asked

“ dear do you not remember me?”

“I’m sorry I’ve been away for some time, have we met?”

“I’m jens father”

Once he said those words I froze, I thought he looked familiar but couldn’t think so I just ignored it, just as I was about to respond the doors opened and lots of people came rushing in towards the bar, I turned to jens dad, handed him the beer and said

“Here, it’s on me, sorry I didn’t recognise you it’s been a while, but I’m working and have to go, have a nice night”

Turned and headed for another customer

Throughout the night Jen’s dad kept approaching me for a drink and trying to start a conversation, during one he said “if you need anything, money, place to stay anything call me and I’ll help you with whatever you need”

Passed me a napkin with his number and walked away, I threw it in the bin. Jen and the hunk of a man have been staring at me, I started at 5pm and it’s 11pm, we close at 2 tonight, and every time I look over towards their table both of them are looking at me. It’s getting uncomfortable.

Jen eventually comes to the bar and tries to talk to me, I ask for her order and she says nothing just wants to talk to me, I turned and walked away. I cannot afford to be fired for standing around talking and I don’t want to talk to her. She eventually leaves the bar. I look at where she went and everyone is staring at me. I mean everyone around their table just looking at me. I turn and continue to take the orders.

The rest of the night goes by quick and it’s 2.10am and jens table hasn’t left, the person I’m working with, I can’t remember there name goes and talks like friends, and lets them stay. I’m ready to leave, He told to go and he’d lock up once they leave,he’s my supervisor because im new so I do as told. As I get outside and call a taxi. Jen comes out and tries to talk, again.

“Scar please”

“My name is scarlet, friends who don’t abandon me get to call me scar” I instantly felt bad as the tears well her eyes and I have to look away down the road, pretending to be looking for my taxi

“Scarlet, I know I should’ve tried to call, but we were all told u had new phone etc as everything was lost in the accident”

“Accident? An Accident? You call me sitting watching a movie with my family and then waking up in hospital unable to move with wires sticking out more places than I could count, and being told my family were all dead including my baby sister, and my dog. and being told I’d be going to live with a family at the other side town and wouldn’t be able to go back to school, a family that didn’t even want me in there home, I supported you and through everything with me you couldn’t call me? I could’ve called you but you should’ve called me, I called you the day I heard about your mum, everyday, I even went to the wake to be there for you, you just abandoned me”

“I know and I’m sorry, I should’ve tried harder to find and get a hold of you. Can you ever forgive me and we can start over?”

Just as she said the taxi came into view I looked at her at said “no” got into my cab and got home some toast and went to bed.