Matt was quickly pulled away by other friends who all wanted his attention. As he was walking away, he turned his head and made eye contact with Kendall and smiled. All of us saw it, and we couldn’t help but tease Kendall. It was nice to have the conversation off me and Caine and onto a new budding love interest. I used this welcome distraction to scan the room for Caine. As silly as it felt, I missed him. I didn’t see him over all the bodies, so I decided to excuse myself from the group and made my way to another room to look for him.
I came around a corner and stopped when I heard Caine talking to one of his friends I didn’t know. I could tell the conversation was about me. I should have made my presence known, but once again, my curiosity took over. I hid behind the wall and listened intently.
“You’re one lucky man, Caine. I think you’ve found yourself a keeper,” the unknown friend complimented. I was happy I seemed to have won over another friend.
“You don’t have to tell me. I can’t believe how lucky I am to have her in my life. She really is everything I’ve been looking for,” Caine boasted. His comment made me melt.
“So you’re not just a bitch, you’re a snooping bitch!” I jumped at the venomous voice behind me. I turned around to see Sara standing with her hands on her hips. She had rage in her eyes and looked like she was getting ready to pounce.
I had no idea Sara would be at the party. And even if I had, I wouldn’t think she would have such anger directed toward me. I didn’t break them up. I certainly didn’t get with Caine until after they were done. But clearly, from the way Sara glared at me, she thought otherwise.
“Excuse me?” I asked.
“You heard me, you little tramp. You intended on being with Caine from the very beginning, didn’t you? You’re nothing but a slut,” Sara spat.
“Sara, I know you’re mad, but I didn’t steal Caine away. You lost him on your own.”
“No, I didn’t! We were great before you moved in. I knew from the very beginning that you wanted Caine,” she yelled.
I took a deep breath to calm my temper. I tried to see the situation through her eyes. It could seem like I had a master plan to get in the way and steal Caine. To Sara, I was the bad guy.
“Listen, Caine and I have a lot of history. Maybe we always did have feelings for each other, but we never acted on them while you two were together,” I explained.
Sara shoved her finger into my chest. “You are nothing but a dirty whore. You can’t give Caine what he wants and what he needs. You will mess this relationship up just like your marriage. You will lose him, because you aren’t equipped to keep him.”
Her comment stung. I no longer could contain my anger.
I looked her straight in the eye. “No, Sara, you were unable to keep him. You aren’t equipped. You are nothing but a needy, crazy psychopath,” I spat.
I took a few steps away from her so we were now in full sight of everyone. I wasn’t sure what she was going to do, so I wanted to get in plain sight to deter her from doing anything extreme. By the crazed look in her eye, I knew I was wrong in assuming she would behave.
“You fucking bitch!” Sara screamed, causing all eyes to turn in our direction.
Sara charged at me and grabbed a chunk of my hair and rammed my head against the wall. I saw stars and my vision blurred, but I didn’t feel any real pain. I was in shock that I was being attacked. She continued her assault by attempting to hit and punch my face. For the most part, I was doing a good job blocking her flaying hands. Everything was happening so fast, and I was still stunned from having my head bashed against the wall, I wasn’t really sure what was happening around me. I heard shouts and screams in the background and suddenly one booming voice stood out.
“Get your fucking hands off her!” Caine roared. I felt him tug me away from the onslaught.
I was able to compose myself the minute I was safely in Caine’s arms. Someone was holding back a struggling and out of control Sara, who obviously wanted to continue her attack. I looked to my right and saw Coley charge toward Sara with fire in her eyes. Kendall was right behind her. Had they been able to actually reach Sara, she would have been in a world of hurt for sure. Matt grabbed Kendall and held her back, while another one of Caine’s friends wrapped Coley in his arms. Everyone was screaming and shouting, and it was hard to focus on what was going on. I could feel Caine shaking with rage as he held me.