Chapter 3: Dad, Let's go out of paradise
Luckily Chloe was fine and had only some minor injuries. But I couldn't stop blaming myself for what happened to her. I went to see Chloe to the hospital. She was sleeping. I held her and she woke up. "Hey, how are you?" She said softly and slowly. I immediately apologized her for whatever happened to her all because one stupid mistake I did. I had tears in my eyes. She said "you shouldn't be sorry. It was not your fault". I went home then. I was thinking all night what would George do next. He had already killed my mother, attacked Chloe. But both times he tried to attack me. I saved myself but put someone else's life in danger. Maybe next was my dad. I had to be very careful.
Next day was initially good for me as Chloe was home. Doctor told that she needed rest for about a week. I decided to stay with her. I went to her home and I was there in her bedroom and obviously I had to skip my school for her which didn't bother me at all. I had to pay something for whatever happened because of me. Chloe didn't agree at first but I forced her. So I stayed with her the whole day. At night I went home and in the morning I came back. This happened for a week straight. Finally Chloe and I, we were able to join school. It felt very good entering the school with Chloe after a long time.
We were in the school like before, eating lunch together, walking in the hall together. Everything was pretty much normal. I went home straight into my room. I tried to get over it but I couldn't. The fact that no one was safe was haunting me. I didn't want to think about it. But one way or the other, it kept me distracted. I wanted forget everything and live a simple life. Maybe like before when I had no friends. If you observe, the word simple isn't that simple at all. Probably the most complex word in the world is simple. I wanted to escape from reality but I couldn't.
Days were passing as normal but I knew something was coming. Meanwhile, I learnt to dance. Chloe taught me to dance and believe me we danced very well. We also won a school championship. I was clearly being transformed into a new guy. I was now more active socially. I had pretty good interactions with other guys. I also started to learn cooking from Chloe's mom. Although I burned a couple of eggs initially but I quickly learned it and now Chloe called me a cook. Those days probably one of the best days in my life. But the fact that George would take revenge from me still haunted me. One day I was sleeping and I had a nightmare where I saw a doll looked like Chloe was controlled by George using strings and there was blood everywhere. "Beware" said George in a horrific voice and I woke up suddenly. I was sweating.
It was morning and I went to school. To be honest, I almost forgot about the dream until I saw Chloe. I once again got the image of the nightmare. I was in deep thinking. "Hey Cook, are you here?" said Chloe and I got conscious. "Yeah, I am fine" I answered breathing heavily. The day passed as usual. I went home. I was feeling a little uncomfortable. I didn't know why but I had a sudden headache and I straight went to sleep. I woke up at dinner when my dad called me. I had my dinner and I was feeling a lot better. I couldn't sleep then as I had already taken a nap. I went for a jog outside. So here's when the trouble began. I was jogging and I heard a loud "thud" sound from the trees. I went to see who it was. There was no one. But when I went back I saw George. He was in his car. I hid in the trees. I kept observing. Maybe I could have just confronted him but I was too scared after what he did to mom or Chloe. I saw him talking on the phone and I couldn't hear a thing. He came out of the car to talk probably because he lost network. I could hear something now. The only thing I heard was "Get your job done by tommorow". He got in the car and went away. I went to my home back and directly into my room whole time thinking about what could it possible be. What job was he talking about? Was it related to me or my dad. I couldn't think of a solution.
I thought that I should talk to Chloe. I immediately picked up my and phone and tried to call her. But she didn't pick up the phone. I was still thinking about what to do and I had a horrific thing in mind. What if George was talking about Chloe? Maybe he was planning to kill her. I tried to call her again, maybe more than ten times but she didn't pick up. I was worried about her. I quickly rushed to her house. It was night and just had started raining. I reached Chloe's house and I found that the door was open. I went upstairs and I was standing at her bedroom door, I tried to hear what was going inside. I saw a broom and I took it for my defence. I kicked the door and tried to hit the person in front of me before I realized it was Chloe. I stopped and took a breath of relief. She was talking to someone on phone and she quickly turned it off as she saw me. "What the hell are you doing here?" She said in anger. I calmed her down and told her everything.
I told her about everything. She reacted weirdly and told me not to worry as she said "Don't worry about me, I will be fine". I was about to leave but I had a thought in mind and I asked " Why was the door open?"." Was it? I must have forgotten to close it" she replied. I went home thankfully as Chloe was fine but there was still someone at threat. There were only two people now who were important to me, Chloe and my dad. I found out Chloe was fine so I thought maybe George was after my dad. That was a possibility. I reached home and went into my dad's room quietly. He was sleeping and snoring. I took a breath and left the room but I made noise by accidentally kicking the table. My father woke up immediately. He saw me and asked me what was going on. I answered everything was fine and I just wanted a pen from his room. I lied to him for good. I didn't want him to worry. I got into my room and only three hours were left for the school to open. I was starting to feel tired and I went to sleep.
I woke up as usual and went to school. I was worried as George had said " Get your job done by tommorow". According to me probably George and only one purpose in life that was to revenge but suddenly a thought came into my mind that perhaps he was talking about the guy who killed his parents. I was wondering what to do, continuously thinking about it and I saw Chloe. We greeted each other and went into class. It was the lunch break and we ate lunch together. She seemed a bit quite. She was not talking to me. I asked her what happened. " My parents are out of town. I'm missing them. I'm alone at my house" she replied. "Is there anything I can do to help you?" I asked her hoping that she would feel better. She asked me to come to her home after school so she gets a company. I quickly agreed to her.
The school was over and I decided to first go to my home where I had forgotten my phone. I went to my home and I couldn't find my phone. I went to my dad to ask. He was watching news and to my surprise the news was that a man had been found dead in the same house where George had taken me. I didn't react as dad was there. I asked him about my phone and he said " You left it in the kitchen". I went to the kitchen and a lot of thoughts were going in my mind. Should I tell the police? But I knew if I did that, George wouldn't spare me at all. After all he didn't murder the man himself. He had told someone to do the job.
I went to Chloe's house. She was sitting on the bed. "Sit down, I will bring some cookies and some juice" she said smilingly. I sat down and she got down to the kitchen. I had to go to washroom so I went down. I saw Chloe having some white powder in her hand. I hid my self and secretly watched her. She added that to one of the glasses of juice. I was shocked and I saw tears in her eyes. Why would someone do that? I didn't know but I was probably about to find out. She was coming and I ran into her room and reacted as if I knew nothing.
She gave me the juice and cookies but I only ate cookies. "Why aren't you drinking the juice?" She said. At that moment I realized that the play was enough. "Because you are planning to kill me" I said both emotionally and angrily while getting up. I threw the glass of juice into the wall. She stood and hugged me. She was crying and she told me "George threatened to kill my parents if I didn't do this. I would never do this". Another betrayal, right? I realized that I tested her with money but what about something more important, life of someone you love. Maybe it wasn't completely her fault. Maybe she could have come to me and talked about it. I think it was not a complete betrayal but something had been done wrong to me.
I decided that this had to be finished in one way or the other. I had something in mind which was probably going to prove good for everyone. I couldn't take it anymore. And I decided that my dad and I should go somewhere else to start a new living. I told Chloe to calm down and asked her to never see me again and I told her to tell George that I didn't come to her house. I went straight to my dad and said to him "Dad, Let's go out of paradise."
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