Chapter 7
JAXON POV:
I was furious after the incident that had happened with Rosalina. What a heartless person she is who without any hesitation she just accepted all her unforgivable sins. What is wrong with her?! She did not even bother apologizing and rather began rambling in a somewhat psychotic tone. But for some reason, the pain in her eyes was as vivid as the view of scenery before one’s eyes. After I revealed the truth rather than a shocked expression, her face was varnished with disappointment. I shrugged off the thought and continued my journey.
I wanted to clear my mind which was messed thanks to Rosalina. I think going to a bar may help.
JEREMY POV:
It was a hectic day for me. Classes, practice, and assignments were all eating my head out. After a long and comforting shower, I sat on my bed with my phone just to enjoy my leisure time before diving into sleep.
I was scrolling through my social media when I suddenly saw Jaxon's post. It was a pic of him with a bottle of vodka and a caption saying.
"Thanks to you everything is fucked but imma fix it."
My eyebrows furrowed in frustration at the repetitive action. I quickly got a hold of my phone and called him. The phone rang a few times and got cut. I called him 5 times but he kept denying my call. I called again and he finally picked up.
Jaxon: "WHO THE FUCK DARED TO CALL ME WHEN I AND MY FRIEND ALCOHOL ARE HAVING F-FUN?!?!?!
Jeremy: Hello Jaxon it's me, Jeremy.
Jaxon: OH BRO!!!!! HOW ARE YOU??? HAHAHAHA.
Jeremy: Jaxon!!! Where are you?!?!!
Jaxon: MEEEEEEE?? I am hanging out with alcohol. He is my bestf-frienddddd
By his tone, it was crystal clear that he is wasted. I cursed under my breath and quickly asked him to stay where he was and hung up the call.
I grabbed my jacket and checked his location on my phone. I and the others decided to download a tracking system in Jaxon's phone without him knowing as he often gets drunk and it's hard to locate him as he goes to different bars at different times
After spending an ample amount of time searching for the bar, I finally discovered its location. I entered it and started to look for Jaxon.
My heart dropped as pure sorrow constricted within me.
There was Jaxon with his head put down on the bar counter sideways. He was crying and smiling at the same time. Jaxon is like my brother and seeing him in this condition hurts me.
I paced to him and shook him. Anger began to accumulate within me for his stupid activities resulting me in shaking him vigorously as he was not responding.
I got angrier and shook him hard and he looked at me with tears in his eyes. My eyes softened immediately.
"Jem?" He said with a faint voice and a small yet painful smile on his face.
"Jaxon. What happened? Why are you here? Again?" I asked calmly
"R-Rosalina is such a slut." He said in a stern voice followed by a hiccup
"Why?" I asked curiously
"I revealed the truth to her. But she…She did not even bother to explain. She fucking even didn't care and just excepted the truth without hesitation." He said crying
I sighed in disbelief
"Let's get you home," I said and proceeded to take him.
This was going to be a prolonged session.
Rosalina POV:
I woke up with a headache due to excessive crying and my vision was a little blurry. I see a few people entering. I shook my head to clear my hazy vision. As my vision came back to its proper form, I look just to see my parents looking at me with a worried expression.
"Rosa, are you feeling better than before?" My mom asked.
"Wow, I feel so honored right now. My parents have time for me!!" I said sarcastically clapping.
They both had guilty faces on their faces. My father cleared his throat to clear out the awkward tension and spoke.
"We have a piece of good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?" He said
"Bad news," I said
"You are not going to be staying with us anymore." He said
"You sure that's bad news?" I said in a sarcastic tone yet again.
"Rosalina!" My mom said sternly
"What?!" I said
She gave me a threatening look which scared me a bit causing me to zip up.
"Fine. Fine I am sorry please continue" I said rolling my eyes
They sighed. My parents and I were very close before but as time went on they got busy with their work and we got distant.
"So what's the good news?" I asked
"Well, your school only had a month left until you get your results and graduate. So right after graduation, you will be leaving this state to continue your further studies."
I quickly looked up at him with sparkling eyes. For a moment I could not believe what he was saying so I asked.
"Really?"
"Yes, my girl. You are going to finish your course there!"
Although I showed a calm and happy face, I was squealing in excitement inside. Studying abroad and settling there has always been my dream. And now that will be fulfilled. Finally, I can start fresh, and finally, I will be able to free without being bullied. Finally, I will get rid of everything that burns a good day into ashes.
"Thank you, mom and dad"
HENRY POV:
We all heard what had happened with Jaxon and we are feeling very hurt seeing him mentally destructing himself day by day. He is our youngest and seeing him suffer this way hurts each one of us. So we decided to go and visit Rosalina and politely ask her to leave Jaxon alone.
We arrived at the hospital and Nick asked for Rosalina's room number. We began our search for it. It didn’t take long before we found it, and entered with somewhat slow steps.
As we go inside silently, we see Rosalina looking at the window, her cheeks stained with the flood of tears coming out of her eyes. She noticed the presence of people and hurriedly wiped off the tears. She looked at us and her face turned from a cold to a dark one, clearly telling that our presence here is not welcomed. She kept looking at us with cold eyes when suddenly Tristan spoke.
"Rosalina look we are not here to fight with you. We just want to talk to you about something and once we are done we will leave." He said.
She still did not speak a single word. It was like a statue sitting in front of us. Simon got impatient and spat in a raised voice
"Speak up dammit!!" He said
She looked at him then at the others and nodded her head as a signal for us to start.
"Okay. So we just have one request. Jaxon is the youngest among us and we don't like to see him hurt as elder brothers. We would like you to stay away from him." Nick said
She kept silent and suddenly chuckled. We all looked at her confused. Then she spoke.
"Do you think I run after him? If I did, have I ever come to you to take help to get back with him? Do you ever see me going to him by myself and talking? No right. Because I don't want to. I am not so cheap that I would go up to him and do so." She said
"Hah! Not cheap. Says the one who sleeps with different guys every night." I said rolling my eyes.
"Henry, I never cheated on Jaxon. Your friend never trusted me. The photo you saw was a photoshop if you look clearly." She said
"Oh really it did not look like that to me," I challenged
"It's either your eyesight is very bad or mines very good." She said
"Oh really? And why do we believe you?" Simon said
"I don't ask you to believe me. It doesn't matter whether you do or not. Throwing it on your face is what matters! The photos are photoshopped. Also, I have collected some information." She said and took a pause
"I have proof of my innocence.."
