My heart slammed in my chest as I dropped the phone to the ground. I ran out of the barn and toward my truck.
Go to her. She needs you.
Chapter Twenty-Five: Whitley
After I packed up a few things I would need for the next week, I grabbed the box that had Kate’s necklace in it and threw that in the bag as well. I jumped into the shower for a quick rinse-off, and then I started getting dressed when I heard a noise downstairs. I glanced over and looked at the alarm.
Shit! I forgot to set it.
I pulled my hair up into a ponytail and threw on a Texas A&M T-shirt that belonged to Layton. It was almost a dress on me, so it covered up the pink lace thong I had on.
I sat there for a few seconds and just listened. It was silent. I shook my head and put my hand on my stomach.
Gah! This feeling of being watched is driving me insane and making me paranoid.
I turned back around and walked into my bathroom to grab the new perfume Layton had bought me. I loved it and wanted to make sure I wore it for my birthday. Layton kept telling me he was taking me somewhere special.
Maybe I should pack a dress as well. He hasn’t mentioned if it’s someplace fancy or not.
As I turned to head back out into the bedroom, I stopped dead in my tracks. I slowly brought my hands up to my mouth and whispered, “Oh my God. ”
Roger was sitting on my bed, looking at me. I dropped the bottle of perfume and jumped when it hit the hardwood floor and broke into a million pieces.
Roger slowly shook his head. “Look at what you’ve gone and done, Squeak. You’ve broken it, just like you’ve broken my heart so many times. ”
“How?” I couldn’t even talk.
“How did I know where to find you? It wasn’t really that hard, Squeak. Once Nick said he had seen you at a benefit dinner in Austin, I started putting two and two together. Then, when Nick told me about how you and Melinda spent some time in the restroom together, it didn’t take much to convince Melinda to give me a little bit of information. ”
I felt like I was going to throw up. “You bastard! You better not have laid a finger on her. ”
Roger threw his head back and laughed. “Worried about your new little friend, are you? Don’t worry. I didn’t have to. You see, I happened to have set up my phone when we had our little fuckfest under the tree. One look at it, and she gave me your new boyfriend’s name. Then, I remembered how you used to always talk about some little fucking town in Texas. So, you see, Squeak, it wasn’t hard to find you at all. ”
I tried to talk, but my mouth was completely dry. I managed to finally get some words out. “Layton is going to be here any minute, and I suggest you not be here when he gets here. ”
Roger’s smile quickly dropped, and his eyes filled with anger.
Oh God. Please, God, no…not again.
He stood and started to walk toward me. I went to take a step back, but I stepped on a piece of glass and cried out. He grabbed my arm, pulled me over toward the bed, and threw me down onto it.
Please, no. Layton, I need you!
I put my hands up and instantly started crying. “Wait! Roger, please don’t do this. ”
“Don’t do what, Squeak? Don’t touch you? It seems to me that you like to be touched nowadays. You’ve even gotten into kinky sex now, haven’t you?”
I started to shake my head. “What are you talking about? Roger, please don’t do this. We’re not meant for each other. I don’t love you. I love Layton. I’ve moved on, and so can you. We aren’t good together. We never were. ”
He jumped on the bed, put his hands on both sides of my face, and got inches away from me. “Don’t. Say. That! Ever! He can’t fucking give you what I can. He can’t possibly love you as much as I do. I was your first, Whitley. I’ll always be in your heart. You think ’cause he uses some goddamn sex toy and fucks you hard from behind that he can make you happy?”
My heart slammed into my chest. I couldn’t breathe.
Oh. My. God. Roger was in Layton’s house. He watched us having sex.
I barely whispered, “What?”
Roger gave me an evil smile that caused me to start crying even harder.