There's some swearing in this chapter so please don't read further if you're offended by this.


‘You f***ing jerk!!!’ Shadee never swore, but this was something she couldn’t control at the moment ‘You filthy, good for nothing, low b***ard!!! How could you?!? How could you do this to me?’



There was some rapid detangling and Dirk jumped quickly to his feet, still swaying slightly due to the effect of the alcohol he had drank.

‘Oh my God!’ he slapped himself with one hand, while he supported the weight of his body on the night table with the other ‘Shadee, I’m so sorry! I never meant to do this. It’s just that-’



‘You know what? Just save it! I don’t want to hear anything you want to say!’

The girl turned on her heel and slammed the door furiously, tears of anger and shame streaming down her face. It wasn’t like she loved him and felt betrayed by her true love. The fact that annoyed her most was the fact that he had cheated on her with Marissa. The door opened with a crash and a naked Dirk stumbled out of the room, with Marissa on his tail, trying to cover him up with a sheet.

‘Shadee! Please, don’t leave!’ he fell on his knees and made a few more steps forward with his hands clasped together ‘I LOVE YOU, SHADEE!’



The girl shook her head and turned to face the pleading man at her feet. She was quite puzzled to notice that he was crying. This definitely softened her a bit, but she didn’t say a think and just watched him through cruel, narrowed eyes.

‘This girl means NOTHING to me!’ he gestured back towards a dumbstruck, hurt Marissa ‘I don’t even remember her name! I swear to you, it was just sex! It’s you that I love, you’re the only person I have ever had these feeling for! Please, don’t leave me!’



Shadee kept her harsh appearance, but inside her a battle was started: she knew Dirk actually loved her, she had always known this but had been too deep into her own sentimental problems to give him any attention, she also knew that it was partly her fault that her boyfriend had cheated on her that night. But she also knew that that was the perfect timing to end her relationship with him once and for all. She had a reason, a very good one on top of that, and she could quit everything before Dirk could get even more involved. She had reached her decision.

‘It’s the end, Dirk.’ She said quietly, biting her bottom lip in a defeated way ‘I’ll never be able to forget what you did to me, I’ll never be able to forget the image of you on top of that – that – that w**re!’



For the final time, she turned around and started descending the stairs, oblivious to Dirk’s cries of despair and the fact that he was following her downstairs where everybody could witness the painful scene. Without turning back, Shadee went straight out through the tall, red doors and stopped. The cool air did very good to her heated face and seemed to clear her thoughts a little.



In the distance, she thought she could distinguish the outline of Sebastien’s rented car and headed towards it. She hadn’t counted on loosing her ride back home.



‘Hey, Seb.’ She greeted her friend who was daydreaming on the driver’s seat, his feet dangling out of the car. Spread all over the back seat, Holly was snoring loudly, filling the car with an unmistakable odor of alcohol.

‘Oh! Hi.’ Sebastien answered, caught off guard.

Shadee crawled on the seat next to him and simply said nothing for a few seconds, looking at the big villa, but not really seeing it.



She didn’t exactly feel in the mood of telling Sebastien what had happened between her and Dirk. Probably a few minutes later, but not just then…




‘Could you please give me a lift home?’ she didn’t even look at him while asking.

‘Yeah, sure. But we’ll have to get Holly home first. She’ll be better off in her own bed…’ he threw the sleeping girl a glance to see what she was doing, then closed the car’s door as soundless as he could ‘Buckle up. It’s not exactly the best car.’

‘So…um…what happened to Holly after you went out?’ Shadee tried to start a neutral conversation.



Seb turned the ignition key and shrugged ‘She puked in the grass then passed out in the back of the car. It’s better that she took all that alcohol out. She’s still gonna have a huge hangover in the morning nonetheless.’

He backed up into the street and started driving towards Holly’s house, down the street.



‘How about you and – and Dirk?’ he gulped ‘Why did you leave so early?’

‘Um…yeah…uh…’ Shadee had hoped he wouldn’t ask that question, but now that he had, she didn’t have an alternative ‘I found him with Marissa…you know… SEBASTIEN!’

The car stopped so abrupt that, had she not been wearing the seatbelt, she would have hit her head against the windshield.



Holly rolled back on the seat with a grunt and instantly fell back asleep.

‘That f***ing ba***rd!’

Sebastien opened the car door, sprinted out and started to run the short distance towards the villa so quickly that Shadee barely had time to recover from the shock.





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