Chapter 32
Jim’s POV
I couldn’t shake off the troubled feeling hanging over me no matter what. With a sigh, I closed my eyes and leaned against the headboard.
Everything suddenly turned messy after the news of Melina and David’s divorce, and that worries me. They have become more like my own family over the years of my friendship with Kol. I am well aware of how badly this decision is going to affect Kol from
now on.
I don’t know how the holiday would go, and most especially what my friendship with Kol would become after that kiss and what happened tonight.
All these thoughts of uncertainty were enough to leave me troubled and weighed heavily on my chest. I opened my eyes when I heard a click.
Kol turned off the TV and was still drinking from his bottle of whiskey.
“Want some?” he extended the bottle to me.
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“No, thanks. I’m already tipsy” I shook my head in decline.
I had enough drinks at the restaurant earlier, plus taking a few
swigs from his strong whiskey left me drowsy. I fell asleep
before I knew it.
***
I woke up in the morning in Kol’s bed, still in my polo shirt and unzipped jeans. Bright sun is streaming in from the window and
I could hear Kol speaking.
“Really?” a scoff followed. My eyes struggled to open as a light
wave of hangover hit me hard.
“Living together? You can’t be fucking serious right now” Kol
was on a call which had woke me up even though he was
speaking quietly.
He hunched over, looking very tired and disoriented. He had
nothing on except his boxers and his hair was as messy as his
mind, probably.
He massaged his temples while listening to the person on the
other side speak, his face filled with nervousness.
“Okay,” Kol hung up the phone after that and stared blankly out
the window, his eyes unfocused.
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“Who was that?” I asked causing him to jolt. He was surprised
because he didn’t expect me to be awa
“It’s my Dad” His blue eyes settled on me as he decided whether
or not to tell me anything else.
“He is at his girlfriend’s house,” he said to me anyway. I was
stunned at the statement.
David got a girlfriend? How long had they been planning to divorce without hinting anyone? They were like the perfect couple who understood each other well.
Melina, the popular beauty who is rich and charismatic beside her soft–spoken and calm husband, David who seems to admire her greatly.
“Fine this really expalins the divorce” I deadpaned.
“Fucking David” Kol cursed as he looked back out the window. We fell silent, processing the strange news.
Then Kol’s tired face broke into a smile, a smile I know too well. He was brewing something bad in his head already. I’m in for it, no everyone is in for it. He would try to take out his frustration in the worst way possible.
“Thinking about it now, isn’t it a good thing that he is not around?” he chuckled humorlessly and asked.
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“What do you mean?” I asked back dreading to know what he
was thinking.
“I mean we now have the whole house to ourselves! For the
entire summer, we can do whatever we want”
Summer
That word alone held a lot of memories I have been dreading to
revisit. What happened last summer with Lacy was still fresh in
my head and thinking about it now, I just knew that whatever Kol
was planning would be exciting and dangerous.
“Fuck dude, this is about to become the best summer of our
lives “he exclaimed excitedly and got out of bed.
“What about Lacy? Not after what you-”
“I don’t care about Lacy or whatever she thinks” he cut in
irritated.
Yeah, you do. I think. I know he was only pretending not to care
about her even though he did.
I know how devestrated he was at the dormitory after he had
broken up with Lacy through a text. I knew how affected be was
after they stopped talking.
He could deny it but he had lost something–a spark he’d gained
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over the summer. He was sour–faced, moping around the dorm room and keeping to himself–more irritable than usual…which
in Kol’s case is saying something.
“We’re family” he had said by way of explanation. “It’s fucked.
up.” He blamed himself for what happened between them, and
between us, and eventually I learned to drop the topic.
Now with the prospect of being alone in the house with Lacy all
summer, I have the distinct feeling that some unresolved issues
might come to the forefront.
But if Kol wants to deny it, that’s his business, I guess.
“I got phone calls to make” He added.
“To who?”
“A party to start the summer of course,” Kol said into the phone.
Lacy’s POV
My nineteen–years–old self is about to attend the biggest
summer pool party I have ever witnessed, right in my house. Kol
had somehow managed to prepare the party and invited about a
number of people including my two best friends.
I was anything but excited as I looked around the young adults
clad in bikinis and swim shorts.
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I looked over
ver at Nancy who huffed and took another sip of her
drink, she didn’t like she was having fok:
Felix, my other friend didn’t share our sad look though. He was
smiling at everyone who looked our way.
Nancy was glaring at a certain direction without replying Felix. We both followed her eyes to see Kol and Emily. My mood
couldn’t go anymore sour on seeing her sitting on Kol’s lap.
