EPISODE 35

Catherine's POV:

I walk out of my room sleepily. I was having a nap before I woke up.

I climbed downstairs and went straight into the kitchen. I grabbed a glass cup from the cabinet and poured myself some water.

Vivian walked inside the kitchen and grabbed a drink from the fridge then I remembered that we don't have food for lunch.

"What are we having for lunch? I'm hungry." I told her.

" Go and grab a takeout, there is no food available as you can see unless you want to eat me." She said and I rolled my eyes.

Simple question which deserves a simple answer, but of course Vivian is not the kind of person to give a simple answer to any question at all.

I put back the cup inside the cabinet and checked the fridge to see if I could get anything to eat.

I couldn't find any reasonable thing except tofu.

I don't like it.

I really left the kitchen and went to my room. I put on a short jeans skirt and a blue crop top, then I grabbed my purse before working out of my room.

Uncle Alex and Vivian were sitting on the couch watching television when I got downstairs.

"I'm heading out and I'll be late because I will be visiting my friend." I announced before walking past them.

I am excited.

Excited for leaving high school and excited for my birthday because now I can move out of this hell of a house and try to figure out My Life by myself.

Oh how I wish, how I wish I could do that but I can't.

I don't have money to rent an apartment, I can't feed myself, I can't pay my tuition fee, if I move out of this house without any money on me then I'm going to be on the street before the end of this month and I wouldn't want that for myself.

But at least I am excited.

I'm glad to be turning 18 soon. I just can't wait to get my memory back, I can't imagine what I have been missing all this time because I don't remember anything.

I have to get my memory back so that I can get my parents properties back from the person that is holding it.

"Taxi." I called and the taxi stopped before me.

I got inside the taxi and sighed.

"MacDonald." I said.

****

I walk down the street with my French fries, my hamburger and my cappuccino coffee.

I couldn't go back to the house. I think I am too excited for tomorrow.

Tomorrow is prom night, and in 4 days we will be graduating.

I'm just so excited, anybody in my shoes will be excited for this moment. I can't wait to go to college, I can't wait to experience life in its fullness, I can't wait to be free from the bondage that I'm in, I can't wait to finally say goodbye to Ace.

A car stopped in front of me and the occupant got out. I looked up to know who it was and surprisingly it was Ace. I never knew I would run into him on the street like this.

"Ace." I whispered. I can't explain the kind of feeling I have for this guy, it feels as if my feelings for him have been there for a long time now and I can't even control it.

I know that love at first sight does happen but how it wasn't like that our relationship is so different and so twisted.

Sometimes he hates me and sometimes he acts as if he can't get enough of me.

I don't just understand what to believe anymore and I also don't understand my attraction towards him.

It's so sick.

I can't even control my feelings, I can't control myself whenever I'm around him, whenever I'm near him I want to touch him, I want to talk to him, I want to have a mature conversation with him.

It is sick because I shouldn't be feeling this way about my bully, someone who gets off from bullying me, for making sure that I am messed up.

"What are you doing here?" I asked him.

He pushed his hands inside his jeans trousers and smiled at me.

He. Really. Smiled. At. Me!

I couldn't believe it.

He has never smiled at me before he either smirked or glared at me but never smiled so I don't understand what made him smile.

"I was driving pass and I saw you working like a messed up teenager so I stopped to know what's going on with you why are you so lost?" He asked me.

Wait a f****** minutes wait a damn minute!

Ace is talking to me like a normal human being, he is talking to me as if it matters and trying to know what's going on with me. This is a surprise.

I pushed a strand of my hair behind my ear.

Glancing around the sidewalk to see if anyone was looking.

"There is nothing wrong with me. I went to McDonald's to get some food and I was just going to Talia's house so there's absolutely nothing wrong with me." I responded.

He nodded his head and smiled yet again.

"What a lucky day I was also going to uncle Hayes house. Why don't we go together?" He asked.

Hayes Scott was Talia's father.

I wasn't expecting the invitation, it was totally unexpected, I was surprised.

I didn't know what to say, I couldn't even open my mouth to refuse him instead I nodded my head, what a clown.

He walked me towards his car and opened the door for me.

There is something wrong, something is not right.

Ace Hampton us being so nice to me for the first time since I met him.

I don't know what to think. I don't know how to react but I got into the car anyway even when I knew that something was absolutely very wrong.

My instinct doesn't lie to me, never.

And something is definitely wrong somewhere.