I put everything back in the box and headed back to my car at the coffee shop. I was so excited thinking about all the different possible things he could have planned that I was surprised I was at my house already. Before I could even get to my room, Stella came rushing out of her room towards me.
“Spill! What is he planning?” Stella grabbed me by the hand, dragging me to our couch in the living room.
“I have no idea. He sent me to our coffee shop and bought me breakfast. Then the next clue was Miss Dolly’s Boutique and he bought me the cutest white dress to wear tonight.” I set the box with the dress on her lap and Stella dug in without hesitation.
“Girl! That boy can be an asshole, but damn he has style.” She held up the white dress and I had to agree with her. “I wonder where he is taking you.”
“No clue, but will you help me get ready?”
“Of course!” Come on, let’s get a move on.” She grabbed me by the hand, dragging me towards her bedroom.
“We have four hours until I need to meet him. I’m taking a nap first.” I went to go lay back on the couch, but I should have known there is no telling Stella no.
“Four hours is cutting it close Madison. You need to shower, shave, paint nails, pick out cute underwear and matching bra, oh and don’t forget to shave down…”
“Ok! I got you, let’s go.” I can kiss my nap goodbye.
It has always taken me a hour or less to get ready, but somehow Stella managed to make it take up almost all four hours. I have to admit though, she did a great job from my hair to my make up. The shoes she gave me had me instantly falling in love with them too. They were a blood red with gold spikes on the heels.
“Do you want us to give you a ride to his house?” Stella and Brad were waiting at the door when I came out of my room. They were planning to go see, Post Malone, at the arena down town.
“If it isn’t going to make you guys late, that would be great.” I was full of nerves wondering what Jude had planned. I needed a few more minutes with Stella to calm my nerves down.
“Ok ladies, let’s roll.” Brad gave me a smile and motioned towards his car. Lately he’s been growing on me since he’s been treating Stella better now. He’s even agreed to wait until she was ready to have sex, which in my opinion he earned a few points with me. Most college guys would either cheat or run for the hills, but he’s been actually pretty cool about it.
We talked about how excited they were for the concert which help me take my mind off of what Jude has in store for me. When we pulled up to the house though it was packed with cars. It looks like their was a huge party going on.
“Is this what he had planned?” Stella said confused and I was right with her.
“I honestly don’t know, but why would he buy me this dress for a house party?” This didn’t seem right.
“Do you want us to come inside with you?” Stella asked, but they would be late to their concert. I waved them off and told her I text her later tonight.
Did you ever have a feeling something was going to go terribly wrong? Usually whenever I had this feeling, I was spot on. Something just didn’t seem right. It was weird that he didn’t want to pick me up or tell me to meet him somewhere. Why the nice dress just to meet him at his house where there is a house party going on? Well, I guess we will see. I took a deep breath and headed inside. More than ever do I wish I trusted my gut.
Chapter Thirty One
Madison
I walked in their house and there were people shoulder to shoulder. I spotted Knox over in the kitchen. Things have been weird between us since he found out about me and Jude. I decided I didn’t want anything ruining tonight, so I planned to keep to myself for now. I knew one day soon me and Knox would have to talk because I valued our friendship and I didn’t want to lose it.
“Hey there stranger!” Ezra came stumbling over. I was surprised he was drunk already. He was usually the sober one out of the group.
“Hey! Someone is enjoying the night I see.” His eyes were glassy with a smile he couldn’t wipe off his face.
“Yeah I’m cutting lose tonight. Where’s Stella?” Well this is going to wipe the smile right off his face I thought to myself.
“Brad got them tickets to go see Post Malone at the arena.” His smile did drop for a few seconds, but you could tell when he did smile again it was fake.
“Great for her. I’m going to go mingle for a bit, I’ll see you in a bit yeah?” He turned away before I could even ask if he seen Jude around.
I ventured more into the living room when I noticed a crowd of people standing around the television. Everyone was silent and soon others joined to see what was going on. When I was able to sneak up front, I realized exactly why everyone was quiet. Right there on a big television screen for all these people to see was video evidence of Mr. Montgomery raping me in his office. My heart was pounding so loud that it drowned out any other noise besides Mr. Montgomery moaning. I remember that day because that was the first time he raped me. I could see the bruises that were growing in color on my arm, the right eye starting to swell, and the patch of hair that was ripped out during my struggle
