Chapter 24If I say the latest happenings weren't drifting life out of me I would be a terrible liar, I am bent under my reading table crying my eyes out.I miss him, I miss him so much that I can't find any sleep. At some point Xavier was there for me, he was the only one by my side. He walked dude by side with me when Royce died, from the police station to the court.Was it love, comfort, belonging? He was more than that to me and I feel so horrible he had to die in my hands. Why him? I thought the game kills people that I love, or is it because of the soft spot I was garnering for him that he died next.Fuck! What am I saying? I can't deny the fact that I like Xavier but it's just that out of all my friends he's the one I like less. I snuggle my pillow to my chest and take a deep sigh, hugging my knees.I remained in that position that I didn't know when I slept off.*"Clary food is ready!" I heard Dad's voice from the bathroom. Last night I slept in a very uncomfortable position
Chapter 25As I took harsh gulps from the bottle of water, Bethel was staring at me all these while like a detective ready to torture a criminal with those dumb and heart wretching interrogation. In Fact the looks Bethel was giving me is capable of murdering someone, I wonder why I haven’t died yet. Well who knows maybe I’ve got nine lives, I mean with all these torment and torture this stupid game had bestowed on me, I should be rotting six feets under. “Now tell me Clarissa what the hell were you thinking?” Bethel fired at me the moment I dropped the water from my mouth. I’ve quite expected that. From the moment Nathan told Bethel about my attempt against my will, she has on this look that vouchsafe a lot of things. Her face was blanketed with rage but deep in eyes glistened so much hurt, the same look that was in Nathan’s face and honestly I didn’t like it. I know Bethel had a lot to say but firstly she and Nathan served as a cover for me as they led me to the restroom where I had
...As I and Nathan made our way towards the outskirts of the club where Bethel was fixing Mark up, there’s only one thing in my mind. My boyfriend is an underground street fighter. I’m dating a street fighter!!!I mean after beating those three hefty guys, he only had a few bruises. I know they were drunk but damn, three?Now I really should get to know my boyfriend.“And what the hell do you think you are doing here?” I was so overwhelmed that I didn’t know how we walked up to Mark. Mark was sitting on the floor while Bethel knelt beside him. He was looking a bit better than how he was earlier only that he was casting Nathan a death glare“Mark,” I sniffled as I rushed towards him squatting before me “what the hell are you doing in this bar? Did you get drunk? How did you get into a fight? Mark are you alright?” I bombarded him with questions while checking him out but then Mark did the one thing that hurt me to tBone... he yanked my hands off him.“What does it look like to you hu
Chapter 1Sitting at my study desk, my hand moved rhythmically with the dancing pen on my notebook scrambling numbers against numbers. Calculus can be a very interesting topic but it gets tiring to some extent especially when it’s been given to you as an assignment. I’ve been on this assignment for close to 2 hours now which has caused the muscles in my forearms to spasm. With my eyes heavy, I decided to take a break. I left the books opened on the desk as I went to grasp my phone from the dresser. I laid down on my bed with my back leaning my head against the pillow then I turned on my connection as I came online. I shuffled through Facebook viewing posts and comments. None of my friends are online so what do you expect me to do? I was now engrossed in my phone until a text popped into my phone. It was from some random user who of course I don’t. Curious to see what he or she sent? I clicked on the message. ‘Hi’ came the brief greeting. I’m not the type who usually talks wi
Chapter 2The rumor of the game is now spreading more than ever before. Like everywhere I go to, the grocery mall and even in the school, I rarely talk without hinting on the dumbass game. I wonder how people could be this clueless, primitive and naive. I mean there are lot of signs there to prove the game false still they decide to neglect their own life to be slaves to rumors. Right now I'm at the school cafe with my best friend bethel. I’ve been rambling about a classic I just read, telling her what I love about the book ‘fences’, an American themed book. I told her what I hate and how I felt about Troll's death, which in my opinion wasn’t supposed to die. While I was busy talking, she kept nodding and mouthing an 'Uh yeah’ oh’ absently mindedly and I almost narrated the entire book before I realized she wasn’t even paying attention instead she was busy operating her phone, deeply engrossed in whatever she was doing. “Bethel...” I snapped at her, making her flinch and her phone
Chaapter 3 Today has really been a very hectic day. I've been cruising around town with my scooter, delivering clothes to dad's customers. Dad is a very prominent dry cleaner here in Texas so you could imagine the multitude of people I had to make deliveries to."God I'm so exhausted..." I yawned lazily while walking into the living room. On opening the door of my room, I was met with zayn curling up in my bed and to my annoyance he was operating my phone? He was so engrossed in it that he never knew how I had walked in. "Zayn..." my voice rang out in annoyance making zayn startled and jumped down to the floor. "Can you explain to me what you were doing with my phone in my room?" I asked sternly, placing my arm on my waist. "Ummm...browsing??" He shrugs and bits his lower lips. And he took a few steps back in order to keep his distance with me. "Seriously? What did I tell you about using people's stuff without taking permission from them?" I yelled exasperated. Honestly what's w
Chapter 4 Laying lazily on my bed, the pigeon on my window made a lovely sound and the birds on the Cheryl tree close to my window sang melodiously to the movement of the wind and the falling leaves.Today is mother's day and I'm supposed to go out with my mom by 1pm but the time is 12pm there's no sign of my mom around and she hasn't called me. I sighed and went to the kitchen to grab a plate of chips and a chilled bottle of water to pass out time. Getting to our sitting room, dad and Zayn are sitting on the sofa watching a program. I just ignored them and went straight to the kitchen.Zayn doesn't even bother about the mothers day outing stuff he prefers to stay at home with dad and spend the whole day watching movies or doing some crazy stuff. After getting everything I needed, I went upstairs to my room. I found my phone ringing hoping to see my mom's face on the screen. I rushed to my bedside to check the caller but to my disappointment it's my female bestie that's calling. I
Chapter 5 I stared intently at the screen as the phone dings in my palm almost immediately. The speed at which he replied to my message was quite mysterious, it was as if he'd been expecting my message. “Great, you will be playing about five different games on different occasions and be rest assured that once you’ve agreed to this game, you aren’t allowed to stop playing. You must complete all five aspects of the game and if you are able to win at the end of it, a huge sum of reward awaits you.” I Scoffed swinging my legs in the air as I kept staring at my screen waiting for him to finish typing...‘And here are the rules of the game which must be observed and followed. Hence the rules are. You are quite aware that this game is themed. ‘Can you keep a secret?’ Which means 1. Once you start playing this game you mustn’t tell anyone about it. 2. You mustn’t ask any questions about the game. 3. No trace of cheating like trying to track down this I.D it won’t help anyway. 4. You