“What do you mean?” I asked.
“Nothing. Forget it. I just…I don’t like the way he does things, and something tells me he’s still pulling the same bullshit as before. Anyways, I hope I’ll get to see you soon, and I think you’ll be much better off here,” she said.
Alice meant it. I did believe her and I wanted to know why she hated my dad so much. I could tell from the way she spoke of my dad that she wasn’t all that fond of him. But she didn’t say anything further.
“Anyways, I better be going. I’ll let you know when I’m on the road,” I told my mom.
“Sure dear. Be safe,” she said.
I needed to get on out of here. I hung up, sighing as I felt like everything was spinning upside down. I didn’t want anything to do with him, or with the bullshit he had going on here. The fact that I put trust in him to help me, only to find him schmoozing with the principal pissed me the hell off.
But, it’s not like I could do much else. I quickly rushed to the dorms, and that night, I got my bags ready.
I didn’t have much left. I even left with some of my items missing. When Tabitha and the others took from me. A part of me wondered if they were hiding shit in their own rooms, without me noticing.
I didn’t have much time to focus on that though. I was going to take a late bus tonight, and I felt like once I got the hell out of here, things would be much better.
Thankfully, JJ was off tonight, and she had her own things going on. Usually, JJ was always hanging about at the dorm, and while I welcomed it most days, tonight wasn’t one of those days. I felt like if she heard about this, this would only make me look weak, and I didn’t want to deal with that. however, as I was about to leave, I heard the sound of a knock at the door.
“Hey Jules. It’s me,” my father said.
I immediately stopped. There was no way in hell he was going to talk to me tonight. I didn’t have a lot of time left, and I was still pretty fucking pissed.
“Jules, please talk to me, I want you to talk to me, and I want you to tell me what’s going on,” he said to me.
I shook my head.
“Fuck off dad. I know where your loyalties lie, and I’m not dealing with that anymore. I know I don’t belong here. I know that you’re just here to try and make it up to me so I don’t squeal to everyone about your relationship with everybody else. So fuck off,” I said to him.
I was so pissed. I didn’t have the desire or the drive to discuss this with my dad. But my dad stood there.
“Fine. Have a good life,” he simply said.
He walked off, and I soon started to feel the heavy sensation flooding through me. I know my dad thought he was doing what’s best for me, but he didn’t bother to come to my aid at any point, and instead he did…this. I shook my head. There was no way I could fully forgive him after all that happened.
Suddenly, I heard another knock at the door.
“Go away dad,” I said.
“I’m not your dad, unless if that’s some new nickname you want to give me,” the person teased.
I looked over at the peephole, stepping forward to see who was there. I then noticed Phoenix there, standing at the entrance of the doorway with a look on his face.
I started to dry my tears, moving slightly, trying to keep a straight face, but within my mind, I felt like there was a lot that I didn’t know what to do with, and a lot that I was trying to figure out what to do now.
Chapter 21
I opened the doorway, hesitant about this, mostly because I didn’t know how this would go.
“What do you want?”
“Oh, how sweet. I thought I would at least get a ‘hi Phoenix’ from you or something,” he snapped.
I grimaced, feeling annoyed by those words.
“Well hi there Phoenix. What do you want?” I said.
“You know what I came here about. You’re running away from your problems,” he said.
“Oh like you wouldn’t do the same. Things are shit here Phoenix. I’m ruined, and I can’t keep going on like this,” I told him.
“Well, should’ve thought twice before sleeping with Dane of all people. I warned you that he was bad news,” he said to me.
“I know, but I thought he was different. Besides, you’re always a dick towards me, so I never thought you actually liked me,” I snapped back.
“I was a dick because I see you making a lot of bad decisions and I…I don’t want you to continue down this pathway. Gosh you’re a mess,” he said.
“Well too late for that now. you’re obviously just here to give me shit, and not care about the fact that I’m leaving tonight,” I said to him.
“Wait, leaving tonight?” he said, his eyes widened with surprise at those words.
I turned to him, scoffing before speaking.
“Yes. Tonight. I’m not going to stay here. I don’t even have help from my dad, and he encouraged me to stay here. obviously, not a single fucker cares about me, so I’m about to head out,” I told him.
I didn’t think anybody cared. But then, I started to notice that Phoenix was looking down, laughing at everything that was happening.
“God you’re an idiot,” he said.
“What the hell did you say?”
“I said, you’re a goddamn idiot for not realizing anything,” he said.
I looked at him, trying to figure out what the hell this bastard meant by that, when he smiled at me.
“What are you talking about? I know what
