Chapter 3

“With time you’ll understand”, he said as he grabbed my face, and his tongue speared into my mouth.

“You taste too fucking sweet” he said with a chuckle

“Be careful and remember I’m always watching you. Someone will take you home”, he said, and I felt him move. He picked me up off the floor and began walking. I could smell his cologne. It was strong and rich; I’ve never smelt anything like it before. I heard car doors opening, then he put me to sit down.

“Be a good girl and follow the rules Skylar”, he said as he caressed my lips.

I heard the door close beside me and the car started, we were driving. My hands were still tied behind my back. After what felt like an hour the car stopped, and I heard the door open. I heard the door open beside me and someone began undoing the ties from my hands. After he finished, he took my hand and helped me out of the car.

After what felt like minutes, I heard the car start and I hurriedly pulled the blindfold off in time to see a black SUV driving off. I was left standing Infront of the college entrance. What the fuck just happened. It was two in the morning; I ran straight onto the campus and up the stairs to the dorms. I hurriedly went into the room and closed the door. I sat quietly on my bed and tried to think over what had just happened.

Ivy turned and looked at me then Turned away. What the hell was her problem. I opened the drawer and grabbed the phone box. I took the phone out and turned it on. The minute it was fully on It began ringing which startled me.

“Hello”?

“Good girl”, he said and ended the call. I could feel Ivy’s eyes on me. I left the phone and went and grabbed a shower. I sat studying until six that morning. When Ivy woke up, I saw her do a double take.

“Sorry About last night, I wasn’t feeling too well and asked Darla to leave early. How did you get home”? she asked

“Miles”, I said not really caring.

“Oh”, she said, her tone sounded like she was sorry, but her face said she wasn’t. I needed to put a bit of a distance between us. Since yesterday morning she’s been acting weird.

“What happened”? she asked pointing at my neck.

“What do you mean”. I was going to play dumb, the less she knows the better.

“Your neck, the hickeys”, she said

I jumped up immediately Panicked. I grabbed a mirror and looked at myself.

“WHAT THE HELL? WHERE DID THIS COME FROM”. I began rubbing the dark marks on my neck. This fucking idiot. When I found out who he was he was in deep shit.

“What do you mean where it came from? Don’t you know”? she asked, looking at me.

“Seriously? I came straight to the dorms and went to bed how could I have this”?

“Huh” she said turning around and walking out the door. I sank onto my bed confused. What the hell was her problem and who the fuck was this guy. I grabbed a shower and got dressed. I had a free period this morning and I knew exactly what to do.

I grabbed the phone and the box and left. I didn’t see Ivy and I really didn’t care either. I left and took a bus. I got off in front of the police station. As I was about to cross the road a black SUV pulled up, blocking me. I stepped back immediately. The window rolled down. The man in the driver’s seat handed me an envelope. The second I took it, the windows went up and he drove off and left me standing there. I looked at the car disappearing then at the envelope in my hand. I ripped it open and pulled a paper out. There was a typed-out note.

“Go ahead and I’ll punish you”

I held the note tighter in my hand and crossed the road. When I walked into the police station, everyone was looking at me. I walked over to one of the officers.

“Excuse me I’d like to file a report”,

“A report on what”, he asked

“I was kidnapped yesterday, well earlier this morning after I left work”,

“But you’re standing here. Did they let you go so fast”, he said

“Look it’s complicated, is there someone I could speak to”?

“Fine” he said and picked up the phone. Another police officer came to meet me. He led me into an office. I explained what had happened, I even showed him the phone and the note, but he just remained quiet, nodding.

If I was angry before now, I was pissed off. He basically told me I should enjoy the attention. The person didn’t rape me, and I was getting free gifts so I should just accept it that this Asher person didn’t sound dangerous. Were they fucking delusional. What kind of police were they?

On the bus ride back to campus. I received a message.

MESSAGES

ASHER: Did they help you little bunny

And then it made sense

SKYLAR: you paid them off

ASHER: Bunny it’s just me and You. No one would dare get involved. You still need to be punished for disobeying me.

SKYLAR: Please leave me alone

ASHER: No

When I got back to Campus, I made it Just in time for my class. I headed in and took my normal seat. As I was about to leave class, Brett walked up to me.

“Hey sky, he said nervously.

“Hey, what’s up”?

“Would you like to go to the movies with me tomorrow?", he asked hesitantly. Brett was a sophomore and on the football team. He wasn’t an ass or a jerk like the rest of his teammates. I needed to start dating.

“Sure, but I work in the evenings”.

“Yea I know. There’s a horror playing tomorrow at ten, well a horror comedy”, he said, I could see he was shaking.

“Sure, that works for me”, I said smiling.

“Great. I’ll pick you up at 9:30 in front of the dorms”, he said smiling.

“Sure”,

I headed to change to get to work. When I got to the room, Ivy wasn’t there, I just brushed it off. I left and walked the short distance to the club. When I got in, Ivy was already there. She was talking to Maya and Daphne. The minute they saw me they stopped talking and just stared at me.

I continued walking and just shook my head. If she’s mad at me because a stalker sent me a phone, then she has issues. I changed into my uniform and got to work. I met some of the regulars and had a nice chat. When I clocked out, I ran into Archie.

“Hey... I thought you left already”? he said looking confused

“Umm no”,

“I was waiting for You and Ivy to give you guys a ride, but Ivy said you left already that your boyfriend picked you up and he picked you up last night”, he said scratching his head.

“I don’t have a boyfriend, neither did anyone pick me up. I walk home every day”, I saw Ivy coming so I just opened the door.

“Go ahead and take her back. I’ll get home fine. I need to speak to Miles, also please don’t mention that we spoke to each other. Just forget about it ”,

I guess he understood that something was wrong because he just nodded. I headed back into the Kitchen and Saw Miles.

“Hey cutie. Wanna grab a drink? I’m free tomorrow and besides you don’t have classes”, he said

“I sure could use a drink”, I heard Darla say from behind me.

“Can we drink here, besides I have a date tomorrow morning”?

“Girl come on. We’ll make sure you get back to the dorms”, Miles said hooking his hands through mine and walking out the doors.

The three of us sat on the terrace drinking beer and looking out to the hills.

“So, Sky tell me about you where’d you grow up”? Miles asked

“Don’t worry, He’s a bitch and if you can trust anyone it’s him”, Darla said

“I umm, I grew up in Brentford five hundred Miles away from here”.

I saw the look on their faces.

“Wait What, how did you end up here”? Miles asked, pulling his chair closer. I took a drink of my beer.

“Well, I studied my ass off that’s how. I got a scholarship. Brentford is small, around one thousand people live there. There’s not much to do there. I worked multiple Jobs since I was sixteen. I worked hard to get the scholarship. That was the most exciting thing to happen in Brentford other than Mr. Paul cheating on his wife with the bakery owner”.

“I knew you were a hard worker, but sixteen”, Darla said.

“Yep. I had to I didn’t want to spend the rest of my life in that small town and the only way out of there is by scholarship or making millions of dollars”

“Wow. I wished I had your determination”? Miles asked

“Well, if you’re determined you can do anything. I don’t really tell people much about myself. Ivy never asked, and I don’t want to tell her Plus She’s been really weird with me Lately”.