Obsession

Moving Day

I knew deep down what was happening. Ben was moving me out of my apartment and into his home. I was angry. Why was he trying to control me? Why is he still so angry? It wasn't my fault.

I tried to call Ben but he didn't answer any of my calls. I texted him, calmly at first but then I was seriously threatening him to answer me.

-Ben call me-

-Call me Ben Pls-

-Ben, I need to talk to you-

-Call me NOW!-

- I am serious you better call me or else-

-You know what fine. See if I ever talk to you-

-Don't call me. Don't talk to me. I hate you-

He was reading my messages. I didn't want to say I hate you but he left me no choice. I was so angry with him. I didn't do anything wrong. I got dressed and figured I would go to the apartment and see if I could stop them. By the time I arrived, they had already left. My room was wiped clean and the only thing left was the furniture. My pictures and stuff all gone. I sighed and went back to the living room.

"You guys can sell the furniture and keep the money for rent," I said.

"Oh our rent is paid in full until the end of the school term," Kim said. Melody came over and picked Lily up off of my lap. I had only introduced Lily to them once but they all liked each other.

"That son of a-," I stopped before completing my sentence because Lily turned around and looked at me. I smiled and reached out to tickle her. Kim came over and put her arm around me.

"It will be okay," she said. "He is going overboard but you two said you would move in together and he is probably just so worried about you."

"Yeah, he probably wants to keep you far from here," Melody added.

"But he won't talk to me and that hurts," I said. "And you know we still don't know all the facts about, you know." Kim handed me a business card.

"I called the station again and left four messages and finally went there in person," she explained. "Detective Leon Miranda, he was the lead detective and I told him you need to speak to him. He had to leave but said you should give him a call." I gave her a full hug and thanked her.

"I should go," I told them.

"Don't you have class later," Melody asked.

"Yeah," I told her.

"We will watch Lily, you go to class," she said.

"Ben will kill me," I said without thinking. We all looked at each other and then suddenly laughed. "Ok fine," I told them she would probably be hungry in another 30 minutes and told them what she usually likes doing. I headed to class and tried not to think about Ben and what had just happened. Luckily no one talked to me about what happened but the stares I got from strangers told me that they all knew. I was a bit distracted in class. I looked at my phone a few times but no callback and no text from Ben. How was I supposed to trust him when he does this.

After I was done with all my classes I went back to the apartment.

"Hey," I heard Melody say as she held Lily.

"Hey, how was it," I asked her.

"Lily is super cool and such a good girl," she said.

"She sure is," I said as I held my hands out and watched Lily hold out her arms for me. "I should get going."

"I can't believe you don't live here anymore," Melody said. I didn't say anything. I felt bad enough it wasn't in my control and nothing I could do about it at this point. Kim and Melody both gave me a hug and I left. Once we reached the door to Ben's house or I guess our home now. I noticed a post-it note on the doorbell.

-I stopped by to leave you a roast and vegetables- It was signed by Ms. Winters. This lady seriously had no shame. She knew he was taken and I know she knows I had been spending more time here lately. I bet she is going to be shocked when she sees I moved in. I opened the door and I noticed there were some boxes laying on the living room floor. I guess my stuff arrived. I noticed Lily was yawning so I went to go put her to bed. I changed her into her pajamas first and sang to her before she drifted off to sleep. I went into the guest room and all my stuff was gone. I knew there was only one other place to look. I went over to Ben's room and noticed a new dresser and sure enough, my clothes were in it. I walked over to the closet and more of my clothes were hanging on the left side while his clothes were hanging on the right.

"Oh, Ben," I thought. I grabbed a towel and headed into his shower. My mind was racing. I thought back to the business card Kim gave me. I thought back to what Liam and Ms. Winters said to me. There warnings about Ben's true motives. I thought about the first kiss we shared and the first time we slept together. I thought about his kind and caring face. How he is with Lily and who he is an amazing father. I thought about those moments where he gets so angry he becomes a different person. The way his tone and demeanor becomes dark. I didn't really know Ben at all and he hardly knew me. Then it hit me. Ben doesn't know anything about me. He doesn't know anything about my past or my family. He stopped asking after the interview when he said he knew I would be an excellent fit for him and Lily. He really did only care about what I looked like. I fell to the shower floor and brought my knees to my chest. I began to cry so hard my head began to hurt. I wanted to run away again but I knew this time it was too late. I was already in love with this man and somehow I knew I wasn't going to get a happy fairy tale ending.