You Were Born Bad ||Jerome Valeska||

Awful lies

I am an asshole. So.. So an asshole...

I should just go to the circus but I just laid on my sofa wearing my red hoodie. I should be practicing but I am still busy having my breakfast. I am listening to some tunes on my phone and it is quite calmed me down. I locked the door because I do not want anyone to come here even my coach, my aunt or my friends. Yesterday midnight, my aunt came but I just locked the door and said nothing to replied her.

All in my mind now is thinking about Lyla's dead body, covered in blood. I even imagine Jerome hit her with the bloody hammer in cold blood.

I can imagine Jerome killed her with a laugh...

I can imagine Jerome killed her with a devilish grin I have ever seen.

I can imagine Lyla's voices screamed in pain.

The blood of Lyla's body is covering Jerome's body.

"Please. Just stop it..", I said slowly with a shaky voice to my empty room.

I touched my neck that Jerome cut yesterday. I can feel some cuts on my neck and I was just gasping in the air. I do not know how to hide this. How do I tell everyone?

Of course...

How should I did not know?

Lie to them.

I leave a heavy sigh and turn my head upward. I look at the ceiling and stares at it for a long.. long minutes.

There is going to be too many lies.

Way.. too many.

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"HAILEY! HAILEY! HAILEY, OPEN THE DOOR!"

I look at the door and I can see it moving. That was some hard knock.

I realized it was afternoon as I look into my phone, and I just slept. How? Haha. I don't know either.

"Hailey! I know you were in there! Open. The. Damn. Door!!!!!"

I rolled my eyes because it was Mr. Dante. I seriously need to spend my time alone. And even I so, someone will be disturbing me. I know if I open the door, my coach will be mad at me like a demon.

I moan lazily and gave up easily. I open the door after I unlocked it. And there he is, Mr. Dante.

But my thoughts were wrong. It was wrong all the time. He wasn't mad at me. He looks so scared with his frown.

"Hailey! Where have you been?", he asks. I stuttered. I never saw he so cared about someone. I mean, someone like me.

"Hailey? Are you okay?", again, he asked me. I let my mouth open but I do not know what to say. But I nod two times slowly. I can see Mr. Dante put his hand on his forehead and another is on his hip. He looks so relief. As he did that, I saw a man walk toward my coach. He then looks at me like he knows me.

I look again at my coach then he grabs the man's both shoulder using his hands. The man just smiles.

"Hailey, meet my son, Alex."

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"Hi..", is all Alex say to me and he give me his hand to shake.

I shake his hand. "Sir, I did not know you had a son..", I say, trying to be playful like a normal girl. I acted normal because Mr. Dante suddenly talk about his son instead of me disappeared for two days.

"It is because I never talk about him..", Mr. Dante replies to me. "Hailey, you disappeared for two days. Samantha and your aunt, Joverline is looking for you all night. You even did not go back to practice as you say you only need to take a break. Where did you go?"

I stiff. But I take a deep breath first then I reply to him calmly. "I was out of the circus so I need to spend my time alone. Sir, you know that I used to say to you that I hate living in the circus."

I can see Mr. Dante's eyes widen as he hears my explanation. "Out of the circus?! Where?", he shouted.

"The city.", is all I say. Alex and my coach were both frowning. First, they look each other then they look at me at the same time.

I know why they look at me. To be honest, Gotham City aren't mostly has good people. They are crimes and criminals everywhere. So that is why I make my lies about the city. Mr. Dante says to me:

"Just, do not.. do anything so stupid that makes yourself are in danger. You can take a rest, Hailey. But tomorrow you promise you should go and practice."

He leaves. Alex is still standing in front of me. He looks at me with a small smile. That was awkward.

"What?", I say.

"Nothing..", he says to me, laughing.

"Then why you laugh?"

"It just.. You..", he replies to me softly.

"Why me?", is all I ask.

"I meant, you go out of the circus, to the city, because you need space."

Fuck it off, Alex. He did not know it was a lie. Haha.

I just laugh with him and pretend like it was nothing.

"I can not believe that you are Mr. Dante's son. He never told anyone about his wife or a child."

"Well, my dad was a secretive man.", he scoffed. I laugh then leans against the door. Suddenly, I see Alex is looking at my bleeding spot on my neck. I touched it so I can hide it or pretend like it was nothing at all.

"What the hell is wrong with your neck?"

"Nothing. NOTHING!", I shouted nervously. "Sorry..", I say softly.

"It is fine, Hailey-"

"Please, just. Call me Summer. My full name is Hailey Summer, but I hate my first name since I was 7 years old. Perhaps, it is rude for calling me that, but I know you will get yourself used to it..", I smile innocently. Acting cute.

"Ohh okay. I guess I'll see you later, Winter..", he laughs as he gives me a wink.

I laugh with him and I see him walk away.

Oh, man.

I lied to them about the cuts on my neck, about me disappeared for two days and Jerome.

I fucked up with my lies. Awful lies.

A/N: HI THERE VALESKAS!!

I'm back! I am really happy because today I am not going to school. Well, because I didn't want to. It's Teacher's Day and I am so lazy to attend it. Plus, I have no transport. But it still a school day tomorrow so...Urghhhh.

I would like MandyQuinn96 to read my story if you had time. Sorry to interrupt you but I'll let you leave a comment or something like that. 😄

Well gotta go Valeskas! Ciao. 😎😘

-Carrothead