Twinsequences (A Twisted Twin Series) (17 page)

I
 tried
 not
 to
 listen,
 but
 when
 he
 didn’t
 come
 back
 for
 five
 minutes,
 I
 started
 
to
 worry
 that
 something
 bad
 happened.
 
 
I
 walked
 into
 the
 living
 room
 and
 saw
 him
 sitting
 there.
 He
 was
 holding
 his
 
phone
 with
 his
 hands
 over
 his
 face.
 I
 rubbed
 his
 back
 while
 sitting
 next
 to
 him.
 “Are
 
you
 alright?”
 
He
 shook
 his
 head
 but
 wouldn’t
 look
 up.
 
“Stosh,
 please
 talk
 to
 me.
 What
 is
 it?
 Did
 Ivy
 call
 you?”
 
He
 shook
 his
 head
 again.
 “I
 can’t
 tell
 you.
 You
 won’t
 understand.”
 
I
 grabbed
 his
 hand,
 but
 he
 pulled
 away
 and
 walked
 into
 the
 other
 room.
 It
 
was
 important
 for
 me
 to
 give
 him
 a
 few
 minutes
 to
 calm
 down.
 Whatever
 happened,
 
had
 really
 gotten
 to
 him.
 
I
 noticed
 his
 phone
 was
 still
 on
 the
 table.
 It
 was
 wrong
 for
 me
 to
 grab
 it.
 I
 
shouldn’t
 have
 done
 it,
 but
 I
 couldn’t
 help
 myself.
 
 
I
 opened
 up
 the
 newest
 message.
 It
 was
 from
 the
 number
 that
 Ivy
 had
 been
 
calling
 me
 from.
 My
 heart
 started
 beating
 so
 fast
 that
 I
 thought
 I
 was
 going
 to
 pass
 
out.
 I
 had
 a
 feeling
 in
 the
 pit
 of
 my
 stomach
 that
 whatever
 it
 said
 was
 going
 to
 
devastate
 me.
 
 
I
 opened
 up
 the
 message
 and
 saw
 a
 picture.
 Stosh
 was
 between
 my
 legs,
 on
 
his
 bed.
 The
 picture
 looked
 like
 it
 was
 taken
 from
 the
 window.
 I
 put
 my
 hand
 over
 
my
 mouth,
 shocked
 that
 she
 had
 been
 watching
 us.
 
 
I
 hope
 you
 enjoyed
 yourself.
 Did
 she
 taste
 as
 good
 as
 me?
 Remember
 
what
 we
 agreed
 upon.
 See
 you
 tomorrow.
 Xoxo
 
I
 dropped
 the
 phone
 on
 the
 table,
 causing
 a
 loud
 bang.
 
Without
 even
 thinking
 about
 what
 I
 was
 doing,
 I
 ran
 out
 of
 the
 house
 in
 my
 
underwear.
 To
 say
 that
 I
 was
 hysterical
 would
 have
 been
 an
 understatement.
 I
 was
 
so
 distraught
 that
 I
 didn’t
 even
 realize
 I
 had
 made
 it
 halfway
 down
 the
 long
 
driveway.
 
 
I
 heard
 Stoshua
 calling
 my
 name,
 but
 I
 refused
 to
 turn
 around.
 He’d
 shattered
 
my
 heart
 worse
 than
 the
 first
 time.
 Tripping
 wasn’t
 in
 the
 plan,
 but
 I
 fell
 to
 the
 
ground
 hard.
 Pain
 ripped
 through
 my
 chin
 and
 the
 palms
 of
 my
 hands
 stung,
 as
 if
 the
 
skin
 had
 been
 scraped
 off.
 I
 felt
 strong
 arms
 pulling
 me
 up.
 “You’re
 bleeding!”
 
“Screw
 you.”
 I
 flung
 myself
 off
 of
 him.
 “I
 saw
 the
 message.”
 
“Let
 me
 explain.”
 He
 tried
 to
 grab
 me
 again.
 I
 pulled
 away
 and
 started
 
running,
 but
 I
 wasn’t
 as
 fast
 as
 he
 was.
 He
 grabbed
 me
 again
 and
 forced
 me
 to
 stop.
 
“I
 know
 you’re
 mad.
 Just,
 please,
 let
 me
 at
 least
 take
 you
 where
 you
 want
 to
 go.
 
Please,
 Willow.”
 
Knowing
 that
 I
 wasn’t
 dressed,
 and
 I
 had
 no
 vehicle
 of
 my
 own,
 I
 agreed
 to
 let
 
him
 drive
 me
 to
 my
 parents.
 From
 there,
 they
 could
 take
 me
 to
 my
 car
 that
 was
 
parked
 at
 the
 airport,
 in
 the
 morning.
 All
 I
 wanted
 to
 do
 was
 get
 out
 of
 there.
 
After
 getting
 my
 things
 together,
 I
 met
 Stosh
 in
 the
 car.
 I
 refused
 to
 look
 at
 
him
 and
 I
 was
 crying
 too
 hard
 to
 hear
 what
 he
 was
 blabbing
 about.
 I
 couldn’t
 believe
 
he’d
 used
 me.
 
Thankfully,
 my
 parents
 only
 lived
 a
 couple
 blocks
 away,
 so
 I
 didn’t
 have
 to
 be
 
with
 him
 for
 very
 long.
 He
 reached
 for
 my
 arm
 when
 I
 was
 climbing
 out.
 “Willow,
 
wait!
 Please
 let
 me
 explain.”
 
I
 pulled
 away
 from
 him
 and
 slammed
 the
 door
 shut.
 “I
 have
 nothing
 to
 say
 to
 
you.
 You
 took
 something
 beautiful
 and
 turned
 it
 to
 shit.
 You
 two
 deserve
 each
 
other!”
 
I
 walked
 toward
 the
 house
 and
 never
 looked
 back
 at
 him.
 
 
By
 the
 time
 I’d
 made
 it
 around
 back,
 where
 my
 parents
 always
 hid
 the
 key,
 I
 
heard
 him
 peeling
 away
 from
 the
 curb.
 I
 grabbed
 the
 key,
 but
 sank
 down
 in
 a
 chair
 
by
 the
 pool.
 I
 didn’t
 care
 if
 I
 spent
 the
 night
 out
 back
 of
 my
 parent’s
 house.
 I
 just
 
didn’t
 want
 to
 be
 near
 him.
 
 
How
 could
 he
 have
 done
 that
 to
 me?
 
Why
 did
 he
 say
 those
 things
 to
 me,
 when
 he
 didn’t
 mean
 them?
 
Why
 did
 he
 show
 me
 the
 diary,
 if
 he
 was
 just
 going
 to
 break
 my
 heart?
 
None
 of
 it
 made
 sense.
 
 
I
 continued
 crying,
 losing
 myself
 in
 an
 emotional
 breakdown.
 I
 never
 should
 
have
 come
 home.
 I
 should
 have
 ignored
 her
 calls.
 
 
I
 should
 have
 stayed
 far
 away
 from
 her
 husband.
 
All
 they’d
 ever
 done
 was
 hurt
 me.
 
 
I
 heard
 laughing
 and
 someone
 approaching
 me.
 There
 was
 no
 reason
 to
 turn
 
around,
 because
 I
 knew
 exactly
 who
 it
 was.
 “I
 was
 wondering
 when
 you’d
 show
 up.”
 
I
 lunged
 toward
 her,
 shoving
 us
 both
 into
 my
 parent’s
 in
 ground
 pool.
 
“I
 hate
 you!
 You
 took
 everything
 from
 me,
 you
 stupid
 bitch!”
 I
 shoved
 her
 
under
 the
 water,
 but
 she
 was
 just
 as
 strong
 as
 me
 and
 she
 took
 me
 with
 her.
 
We
 wrestled
 under
 the
 water,
 until
 we
 both
 needed
 to
 take
 a
 breath.
 She
 
came
 up
 in
 one
 direction
 and
 I
 came
 up
 at
 least
 five
 feet
 away.
 
She
 kept
 backing
 away
 from
 me
 until
 she
 reached
 the
 ladder.
 I
 watched
 her
 
climb
 out
 of
 the
 pool.
 “You
 deserved
 it!
 I’ve
 waited
 forever
 to
 see
 the
 perfect
 
princess
 fall.
 They’ll
 never
 forgive
 you
 now.
 You’ll
 be
 forever
 tainted
 in
 their
 eyes.”
 
I
 climbed
 out
 on
 the
 other
 side.
 “Who?”
 
“Mom
 and
 Dad.
 They’ve
 been
 comforting
 me
 since
 I
 found
 out
 you
 were
 
having
 an
 affair
 with
 Stoshua.
 They’ve
 known
 about
 it
 for
 days.”
 
“That’s
 impossible.
 I
 never
 heard
 from
 them.
 Mom
 would
 have
 called.”
 
“I
 have
 your
 phone,
 remember?
 It’s
 too
 bad
 you
 ignored
 her
 calls.
 I
 think
 she
 
really
 wanted
 to
 let
 you
 have
 it.
 Don’t
 worry,
 I
 saved
 the
 messages.
 I
 recall
 one
 
saying
 that
 no
 daughter
 of
 hers
 could
 ever
 stoop
 so
 low.”
 
I
 was
 flabbergasted,
 enraged,
 heartbroken
 and
 alone.
 How
 was
 I
 supposed
 to
 
give
 up
 everything.
 It
 was
 bad
 enough
 that
 my
 sister
 had
 betrayed
 me,
 but
 now
 
she’d
 told
 my
 parents
 a
 bold
 faced
 lie.
 
 
I’d
 only
 come
 back
 to
 town
 because
 she
 desperately
 needed
 my
 help.
 Stoshua
 
had
 nothing
 to
 do
 with
 it.
 What
 happened
 between
 him
 and
 I
 wasn’t
 planned.
 Not
 on
 
my
 part.
 “This
 is
 insane.
 They
 won’t
 believe
 you!”
 
She
 started
 laughing.
 “I
 assume
 you
 saw
 the
 photo?
 Where
 do
 you
 think
 I
 got
 
it?”
 She
 laughed
 harder.
 “Dad
 hired
 a
 PI.
 He
 sent
 dad
 the
 text
 a
 couple
 hours
 ago.
 
That
 was
 all
 the
 proof
 they
 needed,
 being
 that
 I
 was
 here
 with
 them
 the
 whole
 time,
 
crying
 because
 of
 what
 the
 two
 of
 you
 had
 done
 to
 me.”
 
I
 ran
 after
 her,
 knocking
 her
 onto
 the
 ground.
 My
 hands
 were
 wet,
 so
 the
 
sting
 of
 me
 smacking
 her
 face
 must
 have
 hurt.
 I
 didn’t
 care.
 I
 kept
 hitting
 her,
 taking
 
out
 all
 of
 my
 frustrations
 on
 her
 face.
 
 
She
 tried
 to
 cover
 herself.
 “Stop!
 You’re
 hurting
 me!”
 
“Screw
 you!
 Screw
 you
 for
 all
 those
 things
 you
 said
 about
 me.
 I
 never
 did
 shit
 
to
 you!
 How
 could
 you
 ruin
 my
 life
 on
 purpose?
 How
 could
 you
 take
 him
 away
 from
 
me?”
 
I
 felt
 someone
 pulling
 me
 off
 of
 Ivy.
 She
 wiped
 the
 blood
 away
 from
 her
 
mouth
 and
 laughed
 again.
 “I’m
 glad
 you
 know
 the
 truth!
 Take
 your
 cunt
 ass
 out
 of
 
here
 and
 never
 come
 back!”
 
I
 didn’t
 know
 who
 had
 me
 by
 the
 arms,
 but
 I
 tried
 to
 lunge
 at
 her
 again,
 
failing
 completely.
 “I
 hate
 you!
 I
 wish
 you
 were
 never
 my
 sister!”
 
“I
 don’t
 care
 how
 you
 feel.
 I
 have
 the
 life
 you
 wanted.
 Everyday,
 you’re
 going
 
to
 want
 to
 be
 me.
 Take
 that
 and
 shove
 it
 up
 your
 nerdy
 little
 princess
 ass,
 Willow!”
 
At
 first,
 I
 thought
 it
 was
 my
 father
 that
 had
 a
 hold
 of
 me.
 I
 knew
 it
 couldn’t
 be
 
my
 mother,
 since
 she
 was
 smaller
 and
 not
 as
 strong.
 When
 I
 turned
 and
 saw
 Stosh,
 I
 
said
 nothing.
 I
 didn’t
 know
 why
 he
 was
 there,
 but
 I
 didn’t
 care
 either.
 
 
He
 and
 my
 sister
 could
 have
 each
 other,
 for
 all
 I
 cared.
 They
 were
 both
 dead
 
to
 me.
 “I
 did
 everything
 for
 you!
 I
 walked
 away
 so
 you
 could
 be
 happy.
 I
 covered
 for
 
you
 our
 whole
 lives
 and
 this
 is
 how
 you
 repay
 me?”
 I
 was
 sobbing
 so
 hard
 that
 I
 
wasn’t
 sure
 they
 could
 even
 hear
 me.
 
“Cut
 this
 shit
 out,
 Ivy!
 This
 has
 gone
 too
 far.”
 Stosh
 was
 obviously
 defending
 
me
 out
 of
 pity.
 
Her
 eyes
 got
 huge.
 “Now
 you’re
 taking
 up
 for
 your
 little
 conquest?
 Does
 she
 
know
 how
 I
 lured
 her
 here
 so
 you
 could
 fuck
 her?
 Does
 she
 know
 that
 it
 was
 all
 part
 
of
 my
 plan
 to
 ruin
 her?”