ALWAYS AND FOREVER

Cross Pov

She hung up on me, the bitch fucking hung up on me, I stared at the phone in my hand in disbelief, I tried calling it again and the phone has been turned off, I turned to face her parents and mine in anger, I couldn’t believe what just happened.

“So, y’all telling I came all the way from New York for this? To be humiliated? Mom? Dad?”

I asked, trying but failing so hard at controlling my anger, I shouldn’t direct it towards them but I was pained, I was beyond pained, not even in a million years did I imagine that this, something so embarrassing will come to my family, and here I was, I came all the way from New York and the bitch decided to ditch me, even if it takes moving heaven and earth I will find her and make her pay, the guests were already talking, the event was supposed to start by seven and it way passes nine pm still nothing, of course, they would start talking and before long they will find out what happened, that’s if they don’t already know.

“Son, calm down,”

“Don’t fucking tell me to calm down mom,”

I yelled.

“Cross, mind your language,”

My dad said and I dragged my hands through my hair in frustration before turning to him.

“Dad? Do you think my language is the problem here? Do you know what this might cost our family? The kind of ridicule, this shouldn’t have happened, if y’all knew sue wasn’t in for this y’all shouldn’t have gathered people here, you should have made sure she was okay with it,”

I said turning round to make sure I pointed at every one of them, my parents, her parents, and siblings, they are looked down and shocked, but I didn’t care, please, this was on them, she was right about one thing she said, and yes it was on their parents, but that didn’t mean he would let her get away with it.

“We will try and find her, please calm down, I understand you are angry and rightly so,”

Her older brother said. I knew him, we met at similar events a hell lots of times, he was around my age, we weren’t enemies but we weren’t friends either, we just greet each other in passing.

“No one knew she was going to back out, she was in on it, at least that’s what she made us all believe if she had given even a small hint of not wanting this, I swear this wouldn’t have happened, we will find her, just calm down,”

Her mother said almost in tears, but I didn’t let her use her emotions against me, that’s what women always do, they emotionally blackmail you into giving in to their shots only my mom had that power over me, that’s why I am trying very much to avoid her gaze.

“I am out of here, y’all fix this, but one thing is sure I am going to make her pay for this, she should better pray that I don’t find her first,”

I said making my way out of the room.

“Don’t do anything stupid, young man, leave everything to her family, they know how best to deal with her, you just go back to New York,”

My dad said, stopping my leaving.

“Well, it doesn’t look like her parents can handle her, if not we won’t be having this discussion,”

I said bitterly.

“Young man, watch your language, irrespective of the situation on the ground, I will not have you insult me in my own house,”

Her dad said, I felt sorry for what I said, but not enough to apologize, I knew my manners and how to respect people but this whole situation wasn’t normal, so no one should expect me to react any other way, I had every right to be angry.

“I am out of here,”

I said and left the room, people were gathered in small groups whispering when I came out of the room to the big living room that was used for events when they saw me, they all sort of went mute, and as soon as I passed, I could hear their voices again, walking aside the mansion, I met people with the same expression, the kind of expression I hated and never wanted to be directed at me PITY, I saw pity in their eyes and it pissed me off, even more, I walked all the way to where the car was parked, the driver looked up when he saw me coming, I signaled for him to give me the keys.

“Don’t give the keys to him,”

My brother called running towards us, I tried to collect the keys from the man but the side seemed to listen to my brother instead of me, cuz he kept the keys back in his pocket.

“What the fuck is wrong with you? Give me the key,” I yelled but he didn’t respond.

“Cross, I understand how you feel, I feel the rage too, but please don’t do anything you might regret, you are the rational one among the two of us,”

My brother said.

“I am not going to do anything, I left an injured child at the hospital, I need to go back and see how she is, the only reason I came here is not happening so there is no need for me to be here,”

I said stretching my hands to the driver for the keys.

“You were the one that hit her?”

Max asked in shock.

“No, I am not, I mean I wasn’t even the one driving,”

“Aha, that’s true, but let the driver take you, you are in no state to drive,”

He advised, Max who has always been a trouble maker and who always gets himself in shits, told me to calm down, I never thought this day will come but because of one little witch, it did.

“We will take care of things here, and head home, please don’t leave Arizona without seeing our patents Cross.

“Fine,” I said and got into the car, I am just gonna get to the hospital, get Dean and get the hell out of Arizona, my parents will be fine, Max spoke to the driver and he got into the car and drove me back to the hospital, I met Dean still seated at the reception, I looked around and the girl’s parents were still not in sight, maybe they were speaking to the doctor, I thought. Dean looked shocked to see me.

“Man? Are you guys done? so fast?”

“No, she ran away,”

I revealed, not wanting to beat around the bush.

“What do you mean by that?”

“You heard me, the bitch ditched me and ran away, her parents are trying to look for her but I couldn’t stay there, has Anna’s parents still not arrived?”

“About that, Cross, I don’t think they are coming,”

He revealed.

“What do you mean by that?”

“Hmm, it a long story, the doctor came in and said, Anna is pregnant and I think her parent disowned her or something, cuz after you left I kinda called them again but they switched off their phones and when Anna came out of surgery, the only thing she said to me was that, her parents are not gonna show up, that we should have left her there to die, she hasn’t said another word to me,”

“But how is she doing?”

“She is fine, but not talking to anyone, not even the doctors,”

“Great, this night just got worst didn’t it,”

“I am Afraid it did,”

“And I came here so that we can leave but looks like we can’t because there is no way I am leaving a kid with a kid alone when they have no one,”

I said sitting down next to him.

“We should go talk to the doctor together and know when she will be discharged don’t you think?”

Yeah, sure, and you need to change too, go meet the driver at the parking lot, he will give you something else to wear, I will go see the doctor myself,”

I said as I stood up again.

“Okay, don’t think about it too much Cross,”

“Think about what? The bitch who ran away? Don’t worry I am gonna deal with her,”

I said in a determined voice.

“I pity her though, she just got herself in a mess, but take it easy please,”

“Go and change man, you reck of blood,”

“Right,”

He said and left, I headed towards the doctor’s office after asking the receptionist who pointed me in the direction it was.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“God give me strength,”

I prayed as I walked into his office…