Secrets

Chapter One: Prologues

"She loves me. Violet why are you mad? Look if you want me just say the word" he said jokingly.

 "No." I said seriously. He stared at me and realized I was about to cry. He stood up and followed me to the kitchen.

"You got a letter in the mail. And Stephanie's coming over so please be nice. I mean you usually are but after that episode you just had about her I need to remind you."

 "Okay. It's your life not mine do what you like." I went and checked the letter. It had been from the school I applied for! 

"Ms. Reynolds, you have been selected to reside in an all-inclusive beautiful beachfront property on behalf of Argosy University. It is located in Santa Monica, California, in the envelope there will be a key to the home. The address is 420 Ocean Avenue the home is fully furnished and will be supplied with food and will be cleaned weekly. If you do not wish to live in the home, the key will become invalid after a week. Thank you and we hope you enjoy your stay." 

Stephanie walked in and I left the kitchen and went to text my Renzo and Row. I realized it was late so I stayed up and packed and looked for my ticket back to Cali. Thinking about that man.

~Barry Mineo~

“Babe what’s wrong” I asked my girlfriend as we sipped our hot caramel macchiato.

“I think we should take break.” She said in a soft and gentle whisper. I can’t believe it. My fiancé is breaking up with me.

“Why?” I asked her in a scared tone as if I scared of the response she would tell me. 

“I am having second thoughts of us being together. My parents disapprove of you that is why.” She told me. As I registered those words I knew that love is sweet and kind but it could also be deceiving and it can break your heart. The pain I felt was like I got stabbed two hundred times. Tears began to form on the bottom of my eyes. I got up and took of my ring and set it on the table gently and walked away. I walked to my car and drove home. I know that I was going to have to move on. Three days passed and I was getting ready for my first day of college and my brother comes running to my room yelling,

“Check the news now!” I grabbed the remote control and I switched it to the local news and I saw my ex-girlfriend Jasmine Well. My heart plummeted down to my feet, I began to get light headed and laid down. I don’t know what happened and I somehow passed out and woke up seeing a letter on the desk. I opened it up and read it "Mr. Mineo, you have been selected to reside in an all-inclusive beautiful beachfront property on behalf of The Art Institute of California. It is located in Santa Monica, California, in the envelope there will be a key to the home. The address is 420 Ocean Avenue the home is fully furnished and will be supplied with food and will be cleaned weekly. If you do not wish to live in the home, the key will become invalid after a week. Thank you and we hope you enjoy your stay." I was baffled my day was strange. I still didn’t get over the fact my ex was murdered and that I was also invited to live in a school funded home and attend their college. This dumbfounded me I just lost someone I cared about and I have an opportunity to go to the college I always dreamed of going to. I got up and I thought to myself maybe I should go pay my respects even though we broke up.

I grabbed my car keys and I began to walk to my black shiny Ford Focus. I began to drive to my ex-girlfriend’s house and half way to her house I was pulled over by a sheriff. He began to question me and he told me I could go back to my business and gave me a two hundred dollar ticket for speeding. I was happy that I didn’t get pulled over for a second time as I drove into the city. When I pulled up to her house I saw that cars were parked outside of her drive way.

I was stunned as I walked into her house her mom was running towards me holding out her hands. I wasn’t sure if her daughter told her that she broke up with me that same day she was murdered. She began to tell me that her daughter called her the day she was murdered and told her that she has made a mistake. She said that she was acting dumb and she made a stupid mistake. Her daughter explained everything to her and told her that she was going to go to my house and re-propose to me. I was saddened to hear this information.