A few weeks had passed and my mother was getting the
necessary testing done. She was doing great. She kept reassuring us that she
just suffered from a dizzy spell. My dad had recommended that she don’t work as
much and just work in the back office of the restaurant, but my mother was not
going to just sit down and let everyone else do the work. On her days off, she
would stay home. I’d visit her, or if I wasn’t able to, Cameron or Natalie and
Phillip would check on her and offer to get her anything or take her anywhere.
She really didn’t need the assistance, but she enjoyed the company.
Teddy had
come to Cameron and me about a week after the incident with my mother asking
for our help. He explained that his family was moving out of state and selling
their house. He didn’t have anywhere to go and practically begged us if he
could temporarily stay with us. I told Cameron I didn’t feel comfortable for
reasons that I was only aware of, but Cameron, being the good hearted soul he
was, told him he could stay for two weeks, but needed to use that time to find
an alternative living situation. I never felt comfortable alone with him, there
were times where I would lock myself in the room when Cameron wasn’t home or I
would just go for a run, or make up an excuse to leave all together. One
evening, while I was home alone, Cameron called me telling me that he was asked
to work a double. This meant that he wouldn’t be home until the morning. I
didn’t mind that because Teddy worked at a nightclub as a bartender. He didn’t
get home until almost 3am, which was perfect because I didn’t have to try to
entertain him. I was sitting at the desk in the living room facing the ocean. I
had my diary open and writing about my day. It was something I started after
Cameron and I got back together. I didn’t write in it every day, just the days
that mattered or counted. Lately and I had been writing mostly about my mother.
Cloud rubbed against my leg, purring loudly begging for attention. He jumped
onto the desk and nudged his head against my chin. I pet him as he closed his
eyes with satisfaction. He began to play with a paper clip on the desk, using his
paws to scoop it back and forth. I stared out into the ocean, watching the
moonlight glisten through the breaks of the waves. It was getting late, I
should get some sleep. I text Cameron that I was going to sleep. Within a few
minutes he had called me to wish me a goodnight, tell me he loved me and that
he would see me in the morning. Cloud and I walked upstairs, I had my diary in
my hand. I closed the door behind me to our bedroom, letting cloud in of course
and shoved my diary in a hidden wedge under the bed which hid it between the
frame and the box spring. Cameron knew I had a diary, but never questioned what
I wrote and respected my privacy. I lied on my right side with Cloud cuddled
against my back, I continued to gaze at the beautiful night sky. The wall on my
side of the room was pure floor to ceiling glass with a sliding door. I began
to drift into a sleep.
I felt
someone rubbing my arm, pulling me out of a deep sleep.
“Joey.” Said the voice
I squinted my eyes trying to make out the figure in front of
me. I quickly sat up realizing it was Teddy.
“Teddy. What the fuck?” I said frustrated
“Sorry.” He said smelling of alcohol
“You’re drunk.” I said stating the obvious
“Duh.” He laughed
“What do you want?” I asked
“I just wanted to see if you wanted to have a couple of
drinks?”
I looked over at my clock on my nightstand.
“It’s 3:30 in the morning, Teddy. Maybe another time.” I
said
“Come on. Let’s celebrate.” He said
“Celebrate what?” I asked
“I got a promotion!” he said with excitement
“You did? Wow. Congratulations.” I said half a sleep and
still annoyed
“Thanks, now come on.” He said ripping the blankets off me
“Ted!”
“Don’t be such a baby, come on.” He said grabbing my arm and
lifting me up out of bed
“Fine…just one.” I said giving in
We walked downstairs and headed to the kitchen. Teddy had
brought home a small box of alcohol. He pulled out the different bottles –
Patron Tequila, margarita mix, Jack Daniels, Grey Goose, and Martini mix.
“What’s your poison?” he smiled
“I’ll have whatever.” I said honestly and sitting on a bar
stool
He grabbed his mixer and poured in different bottles. He
then grabbed a couple of our martini glasses and poured in an orange colored
drink. He then splashed a drop of grenadine into it. He grabbed a grapefruit from
our fruit bowl and sliced a couple pieces off. He placed one slice in my
martini and placed the other in his.
“What is this?” I asked
“Just drink it.” He urged me
I took a sip. It was delicious! It was like a tropical
orangey drink.
“This is really good.” I said sipping some more
“Thanks.” He smiled taking a drink of his
We began to chit chat about his job, about his plans of
moving out and then eventually just laughing. I didn’t realize until two drinks
in that I was having a good time. Teddy was being sweet and just a good friend.
I began to let down my walls as two drinks turned into four drinks. After an
hour and a half of drinking his delicious drinks, I stumbled to the kitchen
spilling a bit of the drink on the floor.
“Shit.” I laughed
“You’re wasting it.” Teddy giggled
“I have to clean it up, or Cloud will get drunk.” I
continued to laugh
I grabbed a paper towel and walked to my spill and cleaned
it up. I stood up, losing my balance and falling on my ass.
“Shit. Are you okay?” Teddy laughed
“I think I’m drunk.” I said
“I think we should stop drinking.” Teddy suggested smiling
“Yeah. Good idea.” I slurred
“I’m ready for bed.” He said
“Okay. I should get some sleep too.” Giggling
Teddy came over to me and linked onto my arm to help me up
the stairs. I tripped twice, almost taking Teddy down with me. We reached the
top of the landing and he guided me to my bedroom. Cloud was still in the room,
asleep on top of our dresser. He sat me on the bed laying me down on my back.
He picked up my feet and pushed them up.
“Teddy.” I said forcing myself to sit up
“Yeah?” he asked
“I just want to say…I had a good time tonight. You were so
nice…and…it was nice…that you were nice.”
“What?” he laughed at me, “I’m always nice.”
“I mean…where you are not trying to get in my pants.” I
admitted
“Oh. Well. I realized that even if you were single, I would
never have a chance with you.” He said smiling down at me
“Teddy.” I said making a sad face
“Don’t make that face.” Teddy laughed
“I don’t want you to think that though. You’re a very sexy
guy. I just can’t see you that way, because I’m in love with Cameron.”
“I know. Every day, I wish I was him.” He said in a low
voice
“You do?” I asked
“Yeah.”
I stood up and threw my arms around him, hugging him.
“I want you to be yourself.” I said
We lost our balance and fell to the floor. We laughed
uncontrollably.
“Ouch.” I said
“Are you okay?” he asked
“No.” I laughed, “I hurt my hand.”
“Let me see.” He said grabbing it gently
He began to inspect it. I kept my eyes closed, as the room
seemed to be spinning. I then felt something on the top of my hand. I opened my
eyes and realized he was kissing my hand.
“What are you doing?” I asked, not moving away from him
“Kissing it to make it better.”
He kissed my hand again.
“How does that feel?” he looked at me
“Better.” I smiled
He kissed me again, on the knuckle of my middle finger.
“Does that feel good?” he asked
“Yeah.” I said
Finally, he wrapped his lips on the tip of my middle finger,
kissing it. He simply looked at me, maybe waiting for a reaction. But all I
could do is just smile.
“Can I make you feel better?” he asked
“Yeah.” I said
He reached in his pocket and pulled out a small bag. He got
up, walked to the bathroom in our bedroom and sat back down next to me. He brought
a hand mirror and placed it on the floor. He opened the bag and poured out a
small amount of white powder. I looked up at him in disbelief.
“Cocaine?” I asked
He didn’t respond. He made two lines and rolled up a dollar
bill he had in his wallet. He leaned down and snorted it. He extended his hand
holding the dollar bill.
“Teddy. Last time this almost killed me.” I said
“That was poisoned. I wouldn’t do that to you. Besides, this
one isn’t as strong.” He said egging me on
“I can’t.” I said
“I thought we were finally friends. Why would I try to hurt
someone I care about?”
I shrugged.
“It’s only a little anyways. It won’t hurt you.” He said
I grabbed the rolled up dollar from him. I took a deep
breath, realizing it was a stupid thing to do, but it’s like the spontaneous
side of me took over. I leaned down and inhaled the line. I coughed a bit,
somewhat tasting it in the back of my throat. I dropped the dollar and tossed
my head back closing my eyes. Time began to slow down. I felt like the entire world
had gone into slow motion. I looked back down at Teddy who was smiling. He
stood up on his knees and moved towards me. His hands wrapped around my neck
and leaned in to kiss me. His lips were soft. He opened his mouth and I opened
mine. I let his tongue enter my mouth and I rubbed mine against his. He began
to stand up, not releasing my lips and I was forced to stand up too. We both
took off our t-shirts, only unlocking lips for that moment. He walked towards
me as I walked backwards and laying down on the bed. He crawled over me and
kissed my chest, abs and back up to my nipples. He unbuttoned my pants and slid
them off of me revealing that I hadn’t been wearing underwear. The tip of his
tongue circled my belly button and he then ran it down my happy trail to the
base of my penis. I was hard. His lips, wet and full, wrapped around the head
of my dick and with suction, he lowered his head onto it. I arched my back in
pleasure. He ran his hand from my waist, up my body to my neck, his index
finger slithered passed my chin and into my open mouth. I wrapped my lips
around his finger sucking it gently and he withdrew it slowly. As his hand
slowly retracted down my chest and stomach, both of my hands traced his
slithering down until I grabbed onto the hair on his head. I pulled him up and
locked lips on his again as I let go allowing him to get back to sucking me
off. As I lied there, the room was spinning and fading to black on and off,
like someone was flicking the light to the room on and off. The cocaine was beginning
to take over. Teddy flipped me over on my chest and began to eat me out. I
couldn’t really remember too much of what was going on at this point. There
were flashes of his tongue inside me and then feeling tightness. I had realized
that he was beginning to penetrate me. He grabbed my hair with one hand as he
pounded me hard. Once again I blacked out, not remembering what had happened
for a short period, then I remember being on my back with him over me. Things
were starting to get blurry and didn’t make sense. I could hear Cameron’s
voice. I pretended it was Cameron who was fucking me instead. I then saw a
flash of both of them, I heard shouting and finally back to black again.
Through my
lids, I had a sense of it being daylight out. I could hear crying, sobbing,
people whispering. With my eyes still closed, I turned my head to my right and
began to crack open my lids. Through blurry morning vision, I could see a small
group of people huddled up together in the distance. I could start to make out
voices and realized that I heard Cameron, Natalie, Phillip, Jasmine and
Larissa. My eyes were fully open and I could see clearly. My mouth and throat
were dry and I began to cough. Cameron quickly stood up wiping his face and
walking towards me.
“Babe…are you okay?” he said with a shaky voice
I couldn’t talk. I gestured to my mouth and throat,
requesting liquids.
“I’ll get some water.” Jasmine said rushing to our bathroom
As she returned, Phillip, who was on the other side of me
and Cameron lifted me up a little so I could drink water. The water burned
going down.
“What happened?” I asked with a raspy voice
They all looked at each other, not sure where to start or
how to tell me?
“Is it my mom!” I sat up in immediate fear
“No…your mom is fine.” Natalie said
“What is it then?” I asked again
“Do you remember last night?” Phillip asked me
I squinted my eyes trying to think of the last thing I
remembered.
“I remember Teddy…” I began
“And?” Natalie interrupted
“He woke me up to have a few drinks with him to celebrate
his promotion.” I explained
“What else?” Jasmine asked
“That’s it…that’s all I can remember.” I said honestly
Cameron looked down, closing his eyes and running both hands
through his hair and rubbing his eyes.
“What’s going on? You guys are scaring me.” I said
Natalie sat down on the bed next to me and rubbed my leg,
while Jasmine crouched down next to Cameron and grabbed my hand.
“Joey…” Natalie began, “Teddy…did something last night.”
My heart began to pound.
Natalie continued, “He drugged you…and…” she paused and
looked at Cameron who with his eyes still closed, had tears rolling down his
face.
Natalie’s eyes began to water, her mouth still ajar, trying
to spit out the words.
“He raped you.”
My heart sunk. I immediately looked at Cameron who was now
looking at me and crying uncontrollably. He leaned forward and hugged me
tightly. My eyes also filled with tears, I was in shock, but I also believed
it. As Cameron was hugging me, through my tear soaked eyes, I noticed the
mirror and small bag of cocaine on the floor, but that isn’t what horrified me.
Surrounding the drugs on the ground, were smears of blood, a few light
splatters on the wall, broken glass and blood stained clothes. I quickly
released Cameron and looked into his eyes.
“Blood.” I simply said
“It’s Teddy’s.” Larissa said
“Cameron…” I said fearful of what he was going to confess
“I wanted to kill him.” He said plainly
“I don’t understand.” I said confused and trying to piece
everything together.
Cameron stood up and began to pace. He explained that he got
off work early and got home around 5:30 in the morning. He saw the martini
glasses and open bottles of alcohol and found it suspicious. He said that when
he walked into the room, he found Teddy over what looked to be my unconscious
body, fucking me. At that point, I cringed. I would fall to pieces if I ever
saw Cameron having sex with someone else. My eyes filled with tears again as he
continued. Cameron lunged at Teddy, throwing him to the ground. Cameron saw the
drugs and began to punch Teddy in the face. Teddy was unwilling to fight back.
He was crying, begging Cameron for forgiveness. When he was at his most
vulnerable, Cameron asked him about the first time I was drugged in the club;
Teddy admitted he did drug me, but he said that he never lied about being the
one who gave me the ecstasy. That was true; the whole truth was that he gave
the drugs to a go-go dancer to place in my pocket and wallet. He also confessed
to being the one who gave me Mike’s number, the guy who almost killed me on his
laced cocaine. The final confession was that he had drugged me last night. He
had placed a small amount of the rape drug in the cup that I was drinking out
of.
“I was watching him carefully. I didn’t see him do it.” I
said
“He said that he had done it before he came to wake you up.”
Natalie clarified
Anger, pain, frustration, disgust and hatred came over me. I
was mostly emotional with sadness, because it’s something Cameron had to
witness and I let it happen again. Cameron continued to tell me that with all
of his confessions, he was filled with rage and attacked Teddy.
“Cameron…” said, “You didn’t, did you?”
“I wanted to…but no.” he said
“Where is he?” I asked
“I told him to never come around us again. I never wanted to
see him, if I did…I probably would kill him. I don’t know where he is…and I
don’t care. As long as he’s out of our lives.” Cameron said
“I’m sorry.” I broke down
“It’s not your fault.” He said comforting me
With
getting the clarity of who gave me the drugs, I was relieved to hear that Teddy
would no longer show his face around.
“You need to go to the police.” Jasmine suggested
“I can’t” I said looking into Cameron’s eyes
“Why?” Jasmine asked in shock
“Because if I do, I’ll have to tell them about the
drugs…about Cameron beating him up. I can’t put him or any of us through that
type of pain. I just want to move forward.” He pleaded
Although I could see Jasmine and Larissa disagreed with my
decision, they respected it. Cameron knew it was the right thing to do.
“I just ask…please…don’t tell my parents…you’re your mom.” I
told Cameron and Natalie
They nodded and agreed.
For the remainder of the day, I stood in bed with Natalie
and Jasmine by my side while Cameron and Phillip cleaned up the blood, Larissa
disposed of the drugs and cleaned up the kitchen. This day ended up being a
three pager in my diary…one of the many days now written down…as a day that
would change me forever…it changed all of us forever.
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2016 Copyright J.M. Casas Jr. of Royalty Novels / The True Love Saga. All
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are pure fiction. Any resemblance is pure coincidence. Models and Actors used
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