Remember Me

Fallen Pretenses

Author's Note: I would like to first apologize to those who have been reading Emma's journey.  Its not fair to her and Noah that I have not shared the conclusion to their story.  The novel is finishe, i just have't made corrections, being a working college student is harder then one might imagine.  But, that being said, I will finished corrections and publish the rest.  I owe it to Emma, Noah, Grey and the others, also, I owe it to you, the readers who have been following this story along with me.  

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                                                                                     Chapter 22

Why? The one seemingly insignificant word ate at me like a hungry beast. Haunting me, taunting me and as hard as I tried I couldn't shake up the fact that had Kailah wasted no time in getting her claws around Noah. I hated that I felt so useless.

When my dad arrived home from the office, he seemed brightly happy for some reason. My mother asked him why he was so upbeat when he just finished a long day of work but he simply stated that the firm was just closing a major deal. I knew better. Deep down I knew he was lying, doing it so carelessly, so easily – it made me sick. Call it intuition or whatever, but I knew he was 'happy' because of the woman named 'Suzy' not because of some deal.

All throughout dinner the charade continued. From his part and mine. I lost count how many times over the last two weeks I made up my mind to tell my mom the truth and let the chips fall where they may. Only to stop at the last second and decide against it. I couldn't bring myself to break her heart.

When it was acceptable, I excused myself from the table and left my parents. The less time I spent with them – with my dad – the better.

I walked up to my room and picked up my phone from the dresser, I had several messages from Mina, the last one being five minutes ago. I was in desperate need of a distraction so I texted her back.

Hey, sorry for not replying, I was having dinner and you know how my parents are about phones while eating. I clicked send and laid back on my bed, several minutes ticked by until my phone beeped, signaling the reply.

No worries, I was kind of busy anyhow. How'd you feeling?

I'm feeling so many things it's hard to pick just one. I typed.

I thought u said u weren't sick? She replied.

I'm not, it's just some stuff,

What stuff?

I bit lip and looked at the screen for a long time. I didn't know what to say, I didn't want to lie to her. After what happened last time I vowed to not keep her in the dark about anything. However, that only left me with telling her the truth, but I didn't want to tell her via text. I had to do it personally. So I told her about the Kailah and Noah thing instead.

At first, she was shocked, then, as she continued to message me she seemed to become angry, even aggravated.

She kissed him? Right in front of you? She texted, I could almost hear her bewilder tone.

I sighed, yes she did. I know, she did it on purpose too. I clicked send.

Her reply was fast, of course she did! Stupid bitch, wish I would've been there. What did Noah do?