Chapter 30
The next few days went by in a blur. I spend the weekend in bed watching tv and reading books. Taylor and Rocky were keeping an eye on me and brought me food and snacks. Taylor mentioned in a conversation that Vince had tried to call her but she ignored his calls. There were a few missed calls on my phone from him too. Blake was popping in and out too, trying to keep me entertained by playing board games and watching tv with me.
Monday came around and Blake had told Patrick I was taking a few days off as I was unwell. I got a nice email from Patrick wishing me a speedy recovery and Lilly called to check up on me as well
Taylor had taken Monday off to stay home with me. We watched movies and ate a lot of junk food. After work both Rocky and Blake were over and we played more board games. It wasn’t until Wednesday that I realised that someone was always around me.
Taylor on Monday, Rocky on Tuesday and Blake today. He had asked me to go over to his so I could have a change in scenery. He had a little office set up on his dining table and I was sitting on his couch drinking coffee.
“How long do you guys plan on supervising me?” I asked him.
He laughed and looked up from his laptop screen “you catching on to that huh?”
“Well, Taylor and Rocky staying home with me I understood. But this, I mean I’m thankful for what you’re doing, but you didn’t have to take a day off work just to babysit.”
“Well I’m not taking a day off work and I’m not babysitting. As you can see, I’m working and your keeping me company. So I don’t understand what your saying” he replied and smirked.
“Okay since when do my 2 best friends trust you so much that they have left you responsible for my well being?” I asked.
Blake got up from his spot and came and sat next to me.
“Can I ask you something?” He said and I nodded sipping on my coffee.
“Why do you not trust me?” He asked. He was facing me and had his arms crossed infront of him.
“If you haven’t noticed, I don’t trust many people, it’s not just you. I have a lot of trust issues and in life I’ve learnt to keep my circle small. Trusting Vince was a big step for me even though I’ve known him half my life. But Blake, you warned me. How did you know something wasn’t right?”
“Well, I’ve know Vince a long time Rose. We went to college together. He was always a dick! If you remember I mentioned Kyra was seeing some big shot lawyer. Turned out he had spend some nights with Kyra back in college too. But the flame died out only to reignite recently. The reason I warned you
was because his done this before” he said and sighed.
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“What?!” I asked. Shock evident in my voice.
“Unfortunately, I know 2 other girls that his tried to force himself on. One I know a little more closely then the other but you were a lot more lucky then they were. They never pressed charges against him or anything and I think that’s given him more encouragement. He dated both the girls and then wanted things that the girls didn’t wanna offer and he just made his own way. Someone mentioned that his got a thing for virgin girls” Blake looked away ashamed of what he has just said.
I couldn’t believe what Blake was saying. Was Vince really such an animal?? How did we not know about this? Was Taylor not aware of her brothers
behaviour?!
“Rose….” Blake said pulling me out of my thoughts. “What did Vince mean when he said that he thought you were like your mother and that you’d take your clothes off just like her”
Fuxk! I was hoping that Blake had forgotten about that.
I looked down at the cup in my hands and debated on whether I was going to tell him.
“What’s the big secret Rosy? You can trust me. I want to help” he said and put his hand on my arm and squeezed a little.
On cue his phone started to ring and I let out the breathe I was holding. He got up and picked up his phone and laughed.
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