Never an Ever After

Both worlds

SONG FOR THIS CHAPTER:

APOCALYPSE-CIGARETTES AFTER SEX

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

RONAN

That morning rumors surrounding Ellora is surfacing all over the campus, once I reached her locker, I know I have been late. Because Ellora is facing her dirty locker and she looks like she wants to vomit. Anger filled me, I wanted to punch all the students who is laughing at her expense right now and they didn’t even bother to try to cover it up for her. They wanted her to feel how ashamed she should be. But the truth is, there is nothing for her to be ashamed of. She got that f*****g body only goddesses and angels can have. A body that will sweep all these girls on earth. But my Ellora is shy and timid, she doesn’t like attention but I f*****g gave it to her.

As I was standing on the side with Cloud my focus is set on her.

“What are you planning to do?” Cloud asked beside me.

I fished my phone out and dialed someone who is so helpful to me inside the walls of this campus, he answered on the first ring “Find out who did this to her.”

“Yes, R. Been there since this morning.” He answered, always so diligent.

It’s Angus, he’s been my secret intel for two years ago; One thing o learned if you are in power is you need more people in and out of your circle in order for you to sleep better at night, not that I needed that sleep anyway.

Ellora runs away and she didn’t even see me.

I will f*****g make sure that whoever did this will pay for doing such dirty thing to my Ellora and for exposing some parts of Saint Mary’s.

Technically, I owned the Saint Mary’s church. Cloud, James and I established this fight club since we figure out about this place. I wanted a released, Cloud needed the money and James? Well, he needed the attention. Fight club happened two years ago and we’re making big money out of it. At first, it’s just us and some Hamptons boys who start the club and fight for bets. In time, some secret organizations and even politician recognized our secret club. And we become even more big. More money, more power, more authority and more protection. That is why, we still haven't been caught by the local authority even though there are plenty of police complaints about the place and what we are doing, because we have the local authority on our back. We got them on our payrolls. And about the government, we have my father as my wing. He knew about this, and he lets me be because I told him it helped me with my pent-up anger for all these years, and Dad may have felt like he’s walking on a thin ice with me ever since that night I’ve been kidnapped. I don’t want to be a stuck-up brat who is spends money on his parents for the things he wants to get. No, I never used the incident on them to get what I wanted. It's them who always have the need to get back at me because until now he still blames himself for what happened to me.

Mom doesn’t know about this, she may cry and kill me at the same time if she figured out about this.

Another thing we avoid getting to know at Saint Mary’s is Dad’s political opponents. We can't afford for them to know and use this against Dad and even James' father.

That is another reason why I need to find who leaked this information about Ellora being there and have the audacity to snap some photo from last night.

I wanted to assure Ellora that she has nothing to be afraid of, but the way she called my name send me in spiral. Everything slowed down as I looked into her eyes. But she’s blaming me why this happen to her and she even think that it is my doing. It’s so funny that she thinks low of me? but, I can’t blame her. I will do the same thing in order for everyone to see who she belongs to.

Fortunately, there is football practice this day and I can release my annoyance and anger today. The moment the practice ends, I am exhausted.

“Good job, Hawthorne and Butler. I hope I see that eager and madness to the both of you in the finals.” Coach Martin compliments us as I lie down in the grass to breath.

James sat down beside me “Yes, coach!” After Coach Martin left us players, James lie down beside me catching his breath too “Any news who leaked the Saint Mary’s?”

"And it's really Saint Mary's you thought, not Ellora's picture." I emphasized. But I know that he doesn't really care about Ellora, because if he had, he’s going to act like it for a long time,

He chuckles “Same thing.”

I sighed “I made someone find out right away, I will get the result early this evening.”

He clicks his tongue “May I know who is this intel of yours and you seem to trust him enough for so much information for all these years.”

It is. I trust Angus with all these and he made himself worthy of it. Angus is in a year with us and needed money more than anyone here in NU. Good thing, cloud trust him too because he is Cloud’s step brother.

“He called a secret intel for a reason, idiot.” I called out James, it’s not that I don’t trust James, but I have been having this information about him and his family, and I don’t want to move recklessly as long as I do not have solid evidence on the information I’ve been holding.

“Debatable.” He chuckles, one thing about James as he grew older, he became so happy go lucky. “About the finals—” I know where is this going, James wanted to be drafted in NFL in finals, unfortunately there is only one slot available in NU for NFL.

“I know, it’s all yours idiot.” I said. I don’t see myself as a football player as a profession, I only have two options; One, become a politician like my father. Or two, be on mafia like my uncle. Which is i liked both. So, I'm learning that I'm going to do the same in the two worlds that I plan to go to if I can do both at the same time. I am hungry for power. I want to get all the power this world can offer like it got mine eight years ago.

Unlike James since were only kids, it’s his dream to be a football player, and I will give him that.

James tapped my shoulder “Thanks, man. I owe you.”

Off course fucker, you f*****g owe me.