#THE_SACRIFICE
EPISODE 9
©Sir Zach
Jade reluctantly went into the bathroom, she really wasn’t up for going out or having any kind of fun, but she also knew she had to, when there were a lot of people ma-king effort to cheer her up.
After taking her bath, she put on a blue jean and a white shi-t. She dried her hair and pu-ll-ed it into a messy bun. She wasn’t a fan of much makeup, so she just dapped her face with a bit of powder and applied her favorite strawberry l!pbalm on herl-ips.
“So where are we going?” She asked Amy who was currently drooling over the picture of a man in her phone.
“It’s Karaoke night baby” Amy said putting away her phone as she stood up from the be-d and gave Jade an approving look. She was plea-sed to see her looking much better than a mummified queen of Egypt.
“Why karaoke?” Jade asked with a confused frown. She wasn’t really up for singing.
“Because you baby have to sing till you feel better. Trust me music is ther@p£utic” She said as she picked up her bag and led them out of the room.
“But Amy…”
“Just listen to me. Let’s go” Amy said leading them out of the room. Jade knew she couldn’t argue with Amy so she just had to concur to her arrangements.
They were both surprised to find Kelvin all dressed up, eagerly waiting for them by the door.
“And where are you going?” Amy asked with c0cked brows.
“Out with you guys of course. I also nee-d to cheer my sister up and protect her. You don’t know when that j£rk might show his ugly face” He said with a serious look.
“No way. You’re not going with us. I’m more than enough to take care of 10 Cale’s. And I don’t think that moron will ever show his face again”
“But I want to go too” Kelvin insisted with a light frown.
“Come on kiddo, hurry up and go do what ever it is you high schoolers do when you are at home and leave us girls to go out” Amy said as she teasefully ruffled his hair with her hand ma-king him frown.
“St©p calling me kiddo and I’ll be in college soon” He said as he angrily stomped his feet.
“Whatever kiddo” Amy tea-sed with a smile as she waved at him before walking out of the house with Jade.
“You really should st©p teasing him that much” Jade told her as they boarded a taxi.
“Then how would my day be complete” Amy said before bur-sting out in laughter. She really couldn’t st©p pissing Kelvin off. The feeling was just too epic. Jade could only shake her head at her friend childishness.
Amy is Jade’s best and only friend. They had met about the same time Jade met Cale in college. Cale and Amy were both her s£niors in college.They had studied in same faculty but Jade and Cale studied same courses. Though Cale was Jade’s s£nior, Jade was an exceptionally bright student so she always helped with his as-signments and projects which had always made Amy angry. Amy was fully in the know of how Jade had helped Cale get his pres£nt job at one of the prestigious gaming company and she had studied ha-rd day and night, burning her midnight candles to land an internsh!pin the same company, so they could see each other more and so she could have more of his time.
Amy had always adviced Jade against her relationsh!pwith Cale and she totally despised Cale for using Jade and she knew he didn’t like her too, but the more he despised her, the more her proximity with Jade grew closer. She knew she had to stay by Jade’s side to keep her away from doing something stupid for Cale. Little did she know Jade alre-ady did.
Jade noticed Amy scrolling throu-gh the same pictures of the man she had been drooling over earlier at her place.
“Amy who’s that?” Jade asked ma-king Amy put away her phone immediately.
“No one” Amy denied.
“That’s not true. He’s definitely someone or else you wouldn’t be drooling over his picture for such a long time” Jade said. She really wanted to divert her attention away from all the Cale drama and there’s no better way to do that than with Amy.
“I said it’s no one” Amy said avoiding Jade’s look.
“He’s cute” Jade said.
“I know right” She said with a shy smile, bringing her phone and showing the pictures to Jade.
“Are you not going to ask me about it?” Jade asked looking at Amy. She knew Kelvin or her mother might have told about her situation with Cale.
“About what?” Amy asked with an innocent expression.
“Cale and i” She said dully.
“I don’t nee-d to. It’ll only make you sulk more, so I’ll just keep your company till you completely get over it, and then we can talk when you no longer feel hurt talking about it” Amy said with a small smile ma-king Jade sigh. This was one of the reasons why she loved Amy. Amy was the true definition of a friend.
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“Are you really not going to tell me?” Blake asked as they drove out of the company.
“Tell you what?” Jake asked as he drove, he wasn’t so sure what he was talking about.
“About her? Tell me is she really a vir-gin?” Blake asked again. He couldn’t accept the fact that Jake was been ti-ghtl-ipped about it. He definitely have to satisfy his curiosity.
“I don’t mind throwing you out of the car right now” Jake warned with a mock glare. Blake was only dilligent when it c@m£ to gossips and hanging out with friends. But would lazy about in anything else. How annoying.
“But she was very pretty and she sort of looked naive. I think she’s your type” Blake said still staring at his brother, hoping to get something out of him.
“And how would you know my type?” Jake asked turning his head to look at him, before returning his gaze to the road.
“Well she’s got that ban-ging b©dy you like and there’s something about her that’s got you hooked. I mean look at you not telling me anything and remember how you just left with her that night? That was so unlike you bro. So I can say she’s your type. It’s either you just haven’t noticed it yet or you just don’t know” Blake said thoughtfully.
Though It was true that Jake was a typical pl@yboy, but that didn’t mean he agrees to every woman that approaches him. So it was quite shocking for Blake to see his brother easily accept a lady that randomly approached him. It only meant his brother might just be attra-cted to her.
Jake fell silent at his brother’s words. There was indeed something different about her. He didn’t know why she stirred up a pit of emotions in him. Emotions he wasn’t comfortable with.
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15 mins later, Jade and Amy arrived at their favorite karaoke sp©t. Jade wasn’t exactly elated about hanging out with Amy tonight…maybe she would, if it had been in different circu-mtances. She’d rather be home and hide un-der her quilt than be out here, but she also didn’t want to stay locked up in her room and make her family and friend worry about her.
“Hold on, let me take this call. I’ll be back okay” Amy said as she excused herself before walking to the side to take a call.
Jade ru-bbe-d on her arms with her hand as the weather was a bit cold. She regretted not coming out with her jacket. She was startled when she felt a jacket wra-pped around her shoulders.
She turned around and to her surprise, she found Cale standing beside her. She was shocked to find him there.
Cale saw the surprise and hurt in her eyes. He had not actually planned seeing her there. It was also very much surprising for him to find her there.
Jade didn’t know what to say or do at the moment. She hadn’t really organized her thoughts and emotions, so she didn’t know how to react to his pres£nce right now. A p@rt of her wanted to tear him ap@rt, but another p@rt reminded her this was the man she had loved for 5years.
“Jade I’m sorry. You misun-derstood the situation at the time. I don’t really know how to convince you…but you’ve got to believe me” Cale said with a sincere expression. He paused as he looked at Jade’s eyes for any reaction to his words.
“Babe you have to trust me. Nothing is really going on between Stephanie and I. She tried s£dûç!ng me, but you know it’s you I love right. You truly have to believe” He felt hopeful when he saw Jade’s emotions fli-cker in her eyes. He didn’t think it was time to let go of Jade yet….or maybe he just didn’t want to let go. He continued…
“Jade I love you. I truly do” He said softly as he slowly pu-ll-ed her into a hvg. Jade was caught up between diverse emotions as she stood still and let Cale hvg her. She didn’t know what to feel at the moment. But one thing was sure she was repulsed by Cale’s hvg.
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Few meters away was packed a black Audi R8 just across the road, with a man staring at the hvgging couples with blood sh0t eyes. Jake’s gr!pp£dover the wheels ti-ght£ñed. He didn’t know why he was getting angry over the sight in front of him. Although he couldn’t see their faces clearly he could still figure out her face.
He was pissed, as he floored the g@s pedal and sped out of sight. Blake was surprised by Jake’s sudden action. He had missed out on the scene because he had been pla-ying with his phone when they arrived at the karaoke sp©t.
“Bro where are you going” Blake asked in surprise.
“Let’s go to the club” He said with a frown as his gr!pp£dover the wheel ti-ght£ñed even more.
Love? Wasn’t love meant to be respected and reciprocated. How could Cale say he loved her, when she had caught him k!ss!ngsomeone else, and planning their marriage together. How did that prove his love for her? Why was she only now feeling some sort of insincerity in Cale’s words?
She unconsciously took a step back from Cale’s hvg, ma-king him frown slightly before regaining his apologectic look.
“Jade don’t you trust me? Where’s your trust for me?” He asked her with hurting eyes.
“Trust for you? Her trust for you is in the slums, you can go pick it up there” Amy said angrily as she walked up to them. She had just ended her call when she saw an unwanted peasant hvgging Jade. She couldn’t believe the nerves of this bastard showing his face to Jade and saying something about trust. How shameless!.
Cale couldn’t bother to talk back at Amy as he eyed her and returned his gaze to Jade.
“Babe I’m truly sorry. But you have to believe me. I love you…just you” He said looking intensely into her eyes. He could tell Jade still had feelings for him or why else was she silent instead of cussing at him like her crazy friend Amy. He has always known her to be obe-dient and quiet and he has really been confident in her love for him.
“Love? did you say love. I think I just got a new definition of love. Does your un-derstanding of love entails cheating and betrayal?” Amy asked standing in between Jade and Cale with her arms folded across her che-st. She gave Cale a disgusting look, like the sight of him was not healthy for her eyes. She had always known that Cale wasn’t entirely faithful to her friend and she had long wanted to give him a piece of her mind.
“Hearing the word love from your mouth makes me want to puke. You really have no shame do you? Even animals know how to be appreciative and reciprocative but I can’t say the same for you, you s¢v-mbag. How dare you hurt my friend and still have the guts to show that deteriorating face of yours to her. I have always known you are such an imbecile. Well now you just proved you are worst than that” She cussed saying the latter p@rt with a shrug.
“You..”
“I’d advice you to shut that gutterish mouth of yours. I’m warning you Cale, better don’t show yourself before Jade next time, if you don’t want her to die of nausea. You don’t nee-d me to tell you how irritating and nauseous your pres£nces make her. I’m being nice to you, because today is a good day. Next time you won’t be so lucky, cause I’ll pummel your to the ground” She said turning to take his jacket which was still resting on Jade’s shoulders.
“And keep this rag of yours, even rodents won’t pl@ywith this. N.O.W SCRAM!!!” She yelled with anger evident in her eyes. Cale was ton-gue tied as he stood there as Amy rained insults on him. He looked at Jade who just stood behind Amy silently, expecting her to say something.
Cale was burning with anger. He had really disliked Amy from time, and she was just giving him more reasons to hate her more.
Amy stared at him irritably with disgust as she blocked his sight from Jade. Was he really expecting Jade to say something? Unbelievable!
Amy held Jade by her hands as she pushed past Cale. She knew she had to leave else she might really do something crazy to him. She’d be Jade’s defence till she was able to sort out her emotions.
Cale glared angrily at Amy’s back as he picked up his jacket from the floor and stormed away. This was the reason he hated that sharped ton-gue bit-ch.
“I’ll just have to look for another opportunity” He said to himself as he walked to a different direction. Actually he had been waiting for Stephanie when he coincidentally saw Jade.
He left the hospital a few days ago, and he had waited for Jade to come back and visit him and maybe ask for explanations like other girls would, but he was surprised when she didn’t. He thought she might still be angry, so he had planned to look for an opportunity to apologize and get her back. But Amy just had to ruin it.
“Amy can we just go home” Jade said in a low voice. She had lost whatever little vibe she initially had to hang out tonight. She had not expected to see Cale and seeing him just revived her hurt feelings and the hurtful memories she was trying ha-rd to bury.
“Why? Because of that piece of $h!t” Amy turned to look at her while Jade lowered her head.
“That’s not it” She replied lowly.
“Then forget about going home. Because we are to sing and you’ll relieve yourself of whatever stress and pain you’re feeling, only then you are allowed to go home. And you’ll have to go to work tomorrow. Forget Cale, he isn’t worth it. You’ll get over it and tonight is a hvge step towards getting better okay.” She said ma-king Jade nod in agreement.
“Let’s go” Amy said leading them in.
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