ALLISON’S?
DIARY??
(Secrets ??)
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CHAPTER 23
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BY BLESSING SILVER
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?Jonas POV?
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I stared into Gavin’s face, trying to read more into his expression but I couldn’t. There was something very obvious in his looks, his eyes in particular but I couldn’t explain it. He looked like every normal human but his aura didn’t seem like one, I felt like I should trust him and at the same time be afraid of him.
There was something I felt was in him that was more than what any normal person carry around, it was thick, foggy and unexplainable.
I stared at Mom’s lifeless body and my gaze moved to her bulgy stomach, I couldn’t help the tears from falling and my body from shuddering in fear and sadness.
“You don’t have to be scared, son,” Gavin placed both palm on my shoulder after moving behind me, he released soft squeeze on my shoulder before releasing them. He walked to my side and picked up the gun from the ground, he kept them in his inner pocket and walked away. He returned with a cellphone, I recognized it dad’s cellphone and he began dialing some numbers in it, I heard a ring after it and he stretched the phone to me, I sniffed, giving him a questioning look.
“Tell them it was an attack, and the attackers,” he looked at my parent, indicating at them. “Did this” he completed and I dart my gaze from him to the phone. “Come-on son, they won’t suspect a thing, trust me. You’ll be fine” he assured. I collected the phone from him and he walked away, as it kept ringing In my ear, I felt a thick cold shiver run up and down my spine.
“911 operator, what is your emergency?” The answer sent me jerking real hard.
“M-my mom..I-I think she’s dead”
“Calm down, mister and tell me what happened”
“W-we we..re attacked a-and m-my dad was shot. My m..om is h-here and they’re bleeding a lot” I stuttered.
“Where are they now? We’re coming over immediately!”
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And just like that, my parents were taken away and buried after being confirmed dead and like Gavin had assured, no one suspected a thing. I was taken to the orphanage after the inability of anyone to get through any of my relatives, it was tough there. I had a tough life and couldn’t make any friends. Everytime I tried living like my mates, I see a dark cloud appear before me, it blocks out my happiness. It was as if I had no right to be happy, like I did a wrong that could never be forgiven. I got along with no one and fought with almost everyone that I came across, I beared different scars from punishments that I received for being a ‘bad boy’ and had to spend some months in a correctional home.
After I turned fourteen, Gavin showed up at the orphanage home with an interest to adopt me, I could see the surprise on everyone’s face as I was being readied to leave with him. No one would’ve believed I’d ever leave here, I’m pretty sure he must’ve been told awful things about me but he still decided to take me and when I asked him on our journey home; he simply said it was because he liked me.
And well, that was the moment I began staying and working for Gavin, he trained me a lot and added more dark colours to my life.. I caught up easily, I mean I killed my dad when I was twelve, what couldn’t I do?
He showed me how fun and interesting living in the dark and blocking all the love and light, could be and right there, I found a habitat in it. And you might be a little disappointed when I say, I don’t regret getting rid of that man; My Father.
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Allison walked away, I could tell she wasn’t angry, maybe shocked. It must’ve taken her by surprise and left her speechless. I didn’t know how I could lose my guard so easily, I was perfectly okay with kssing her and I mean I could’ve stopped but she reciprocated. I could only sign it off as an approval to go on. I didn’t know why she did it but with her reaction, her reciprocation definitely meant something more than what I had read into. I was too caught away in the enticement of her lips to think about anything else and definitely not about stopping. I gave my forehead a mental slap and bit my lip hard; that was one careless move.
It was just a kss but it felt like so much more and different, I could’ve kissed her all night without getting tired. I shut my eyes and drew in a long breath at my wild thoughts.
I picked the cups and walked into the house, Allison wasn’t in the living room; not that I expected her to be there anyways. I dropped the cups and walked to my room. I stripped, washed-up and changed to my nightwear. I laid on my bed, turned off the lights and tried getting some sleep but I couldn’t; Allison’s face kept flashing in my mind, the kiss and her reaction. I stood up from the bed after tossing and turning for close to an hour. I turned the lights on and put my flops on before walking out of the room, I arrived at Allison’s door and knocked briefly on it, I heard an almost inaudible noise then silence.
I knocked again, “Allison? Are you sleeping?” I asked and almost immediately the I heard the door click open and she came into view. She had her nightwear on and her hair was packed in a ponytail, the dimmed light shone on her face and she didn’t look like she had fallen asleep.
“Um..did I wake you up or something?” I asked, a bit nervously.
“No, not at all. You want to come in?” She asked and I nodded, she stepped aside and I walked in. She shut the door and gave me a questioning look.
“Um.. I came so we could talk” I said, rather awkwardly.
“Okay. Talk about what?” She inquired but with how fluently she spoke, I lost my own voice.
“Um.. I was thinking, I mean what happened back then and-
“The kiss?” She asked.
Damn.. I would never have believed I would be this nervous and because of a kiss?
“Yeah that. Look, I’m really sorry if it got you angry or something. I just lost control and did it” I shrugged the last part, lost for words.
“It’s okay, I wasn’t angry and it definitely wasn’t about the kss,” she said.
“Really? You’re not?” I asked and she nodded. “But you acted like you were”
“I guess I did. It wasn’t about the kss, I guess you apologizing and calling it a mistake kinda made me a little sad and all” she said.
“But why?”
“I-I don’t know, it’s kinda funny but I really don’t know” she laughed hysterically. “I guess, I kinda wanted the kiss at that moment too and you calling it a mistake just hit me off even though it was, kinda” she said.
“Oh..well. I’m glad you’re not mad, I couldn’t sleep cos of it” I said and she nodded, letting out a small smile. My gaze dart to her lips but I looked away immediately. “Would you like to go out with me tomorrow?”
“An outing? Sure!” She said.
“Okay then. I should head back to my room now. Goodnight” I said.
“Yeah, goodnight” she replied and I walked to the door and out of it, heading to my room.
I got there and sat on my bed l, a huge sigh escaping my lips. I reached for my phone on the nightstand and turned it on, I went to the internet and typed **signs that you have feelings for a girl**
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??Allison’s POV??
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“Sorry,” I told Jonas as I climbed onto the passenger side of the car. He replied me with a smile, gave me a weird harmless stare all over and started the car.
“Where are we going?” I asked as the journey extended.
“First, to a phone store. Sorry I’m just realizing this but It’s about time you own another one for yourself” he said.
“Really? Th-
“Don’t thank me, it’s fine. You don’t have to thank me for everything, okay?” he grinned and I nodded, he focused more on driving while I quietly jubilated to myself.
He parked in front of a large store, the exterior look and building design, made me realize it was a mobile store; ultra mobile. We got down and went into the store and got attended to, Jonas took me to a side of the store where we were led to by a lady after he spoke to her.
“Here, pick anyone you like” he said and my jaw dropped as I stared at the amazing- expensive phone before me.
“They..look so expensive” I said honestly.
“Forget about that, just pick anyone you like, anyone at all” he said.
“Um okay,” I went through the phones again and settled for a Samsung product that I liked.
“I like this one,” I told him.
“Okay. We’ll have that one” he collected the phone from me and handed it to the lady for packaging.
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We left the store with me holding the bag that had my phone, Jonas also got me a phone pouch and other things that the phone needed. We head back to the car.
“Are you hungry? Let’s have lunch at that restaurant we visited the other day” he said.
“Okay” I nodded, my gaze on my phone as I took it out to admire. He began driving again, taking a different route this time.
At the restaurant, we were led to a table that Jonas had reserved online and we were served what we wanted. The meat looked rich and enticing and the smell was more than heavenly, same as the whole food but the meat got my attention most, it personally called me. In no time, I dug into my meal.
After the meal, the plates were cleared and we were left with the juice.. As I took a sip out of it, I couldn’t help but flash back to memory lane, the taste of the drink was very familiar but the familiarity seemed more quality than this one; a tight smile crawled to my lips at the thought.
“This used to be my family favorite drink,” I said and Jonas stared at me. “Mom always took extra time to blend the berries so they make a very smooth paste.
She made it during her free time, which was Fridays cos she gets off early from work. I assist her and we leave it to cool and drink it together on Saturdays, we never miss it and my dad, specially looks forward to it” I said, taking another sip from the juice. “Mom’s was of more quality than this” I added and Jonas gave a slight nod.
“I’m curious, Jonas, what is your family like?” I asked, suddenly getting curious and interested.
“My family is dead” he answered just as soon as I asked..
“Oops.. I’m so sorry! I had no-
“I know, it’s fine” he said, giving me a lopsided smile. I nodded and felt awkward as my palm rounded the cup.
“I could tell you how they died” he said, “do you want to know?”
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BY BLESSING SILVER.
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