CHAPTER 45: Accomplice

-=Jayden's Point of View=-

I angrily wiped the tears that ran down my cheeks; no matter how hard I tried not to feel anything, it was as if my heart was longing for that pain.

It hasn't been a day since Gabby left me, but the pain I was feeling was wanting me to kill myself.

The message from Gabby's text still lingers in my mind, and I tried so hard to forget about it, but it feels like those words are already engraved in my mind.

I can't stop thinking about what they were doing now that she's with my brother, Jared.

I thought everything was going to be alright after what happened between us. I thought, finally, I'm going to have a happy family, but I guess I was just being delusional.

I poured whiskey from the glass I was holding, but when I saw that it was not enough, I decided to drink straight from the bottle.

I don't care if the bitter taste is burning my throat; all that matters to me is that it's helping me ignore the pain of Gabby's betrayal.

A few minutes later, I hear