27. To hell with you.

Anniella's POV

"I'll see you tomorrow." I bid Izzy goodbye and hurriedly got into the Uber I have ordered. Feeling safe in the car, I looked out of the window into the street. There's the black tinted car parked at its usual spot these two weeks.

I always feel the driver of the car is spying on me and that makes me uneasy, I shudder in fear of my life being in danger.

What have I done to be followed? I'm not beefing with anyone neither have I gotten myself into a crime syndicate. I'm a normal teen who's finally gotten over her broken heart.

These two weeks have helped me very much in forgetting what Drey did to me. I won't say it's been easy, there are days I stared at pictures of us and asked myself what went wrong. What did I do wrong for Drey to do that to me.

He has been calling me with an unknown number for a week now. I didn't know it was him so I picked up the first time he called. I instantly recognized his voice when he spoke up pleading with me not to hang up after staying silent on the line and listen to me ask who's this.

I've blocked that number and his original number as well. I don't want to have anything to do with him, the promise ring he gave me is comfortably sitting in my drawer right now. It's the only thing of him that I can't seem to throw away or forget.

The thought of getting rid of it hurts me to the core so I decided to keep it. It gives me bitter memories but I don't mind. In life there has to be bitter things to remind you this world ain't fair.

My family here and back home too have been supportive these weeks and Drey's parents, most especially his mother. It was hard for me to be around them but as the days went by, I relaxed around her. She's helped me a lot though most at times, she tries to tell me to hear Drey out and that I should reconsider my decision because both Drey and I are both hurting.

I'm hurting, I don't know about him. I recently saw a picture of him on the gram, his once beautiful eyes are now full of sadness as he strolled at Central Park. I don't know if the sadness in his eyes were sincere or just for show.

The driver parked in front of the gate, "We're here miss."

His voice pulled me out of my thoughts. I paid him the fare and got out of the car. My ringtone went off. The number calling is an unknown one.

I have a feeling it's Drey. I hesitantly pick up, "Baby please listen to me, even if for a minute." He pleaded on the phone.

I know right, it's that  cheat. "There's nothing left for me to listen to, bye Drey."

"I love you Ann, please." His words stopped me from hanging up. I miss hearing those three magical words from him, they make my heart leap anytime he said it and even now but they're meaningless to me as at now.

"I don't love you Drey, I've forgotten there was something between us just like you told me to."

"What do you mean?" Drey asked surprised.

"No need to pretend, you've already shown me who you are. Listen and listen real good Drey don't you dare call me again or I'll report you to the police and we know you don't want a case with the law." I hanged up on him.

Drey is a very good actor. He was feigning surprise when I told him what he said I should do. I'm not surprised, he has done the worst already.

"Hey Carmen." I greeted her, I had no idea she was at home. She and her male friend from church are getting pretty serious. They've stared going on dates so I expected her to be out.

She pecked my cheeks, "Hello darling, how was your day?"

"It was great, I'll be done with my exams on Friday." I want to get it done and over with. I'm going the extra mile in my studies just for the exams  and that's costing me nights of a good sleep.

"My dear that's two days away, finish hard."

"Yeah, I'm going to go up to my room and study, is El home yet?" I didn't pay attention when I was getting inside since I was taking to jerk so I didn't see her car in the drive way.

"Yes she's in her room." Carmen replied not looking at me. She was engrossed in trying out her new cookie recipe.

"I'll see you during dinner." I took my bag from the table and grabbed snicker bars and two bottles of water and left for my room.

The door of El's room was already opened so I stood in the doorway and peeked inside. She was hunched at her study table. She raised her head to look at me and beamed, "wanna study together?"

"Yeah lemme go change myself, I'll be back."

"Alright."

I closed her door behind me and proceeded to my room. Changing my clothes, I got into a hoodie and leggings and grabbed my books. I took out my phone and the snicker bars and water and left to El's room.

"I brought you these." I handed her three snicker bars and a bottled water, sitting down on the other chair.

"Thanks Ann." She tore the wrapper of one of the bars and stuffed it into her mouth.

I took a swing from my water. "I got you." I also bit into one of my snicker bars after tearing the wrapper.

We sat silently studying our books. Hours passed by with us hunched behind them. I've studied enough but I'm going over it again.

El closed her books, yawning in my face. She laughed, "sorry but I'm hungry."

"I am too." I looked at the wrappers of the snicker bars on the table and took one last swing from my water.

"Let's head downstairs for dinner then." We left for the kitchen. El is sooo hungry she ran down the stairs unlike me who walked leisurely.

Carmen and Aunt Bertha were already at the table about to dish their food. Uncle Richard was on a business trip with Drey's father.

"Don't tell me you two were going to eat without us." El said sitting down at her usual seat.

"Honey we didn't want to interrupt your study session."

"Mmnh."

"I don't want too much sauce." I told Carmen who was dishing out my food. My phone on the table buzzed with a message causing the table to vibrate. It's from that unknown number Drey called me with in the afternoon. I huffed and deleted it, I'll definitely block this number after I'm done eating.

We said the grace and began eating our food. It was delicious as always. I'm going to miss Carmen's food if she gets married to her friend, I don't call him her boyfriend. It sounds silly and funny to me.

Drey called this time around, I immediately declined it going back to eating my food. He called a second and a third. This time around I was fed up and picked it up, "don't you understand leave me alone!"

"Baby please—"  I'm not going to listen to the lies he wants to feed me, no way.

"To hell with you!" I hanged up again and silenced the phone putting it down on the table. The others gazed at me with curiosity, they're probably wondering who it was I was yelling at.

"That was Drey." I answered their unasked question for them, it was bound to be asked anyway.

"What did he want?" El asked with an irritated look. His stupid actions has caused a fall in his friendship with her.

"He wanted to talk about the old stuff."

"Why didn't you listen?" Carmen asked this time around.

"I don't want to have anything to do with him, it's lies he's going to feed me with and I've grown pass his antics." I placed my fork down, I've suddenly lost my appetite.

"My dear, I will advice you to have a talk with him. You still haven't heard his side of the story. It's not like I'm on his side no, I want you  two to settle your differences and be on good terms. This yelling, pain and anger is going to ruin you two, please Ann." Aunt Bertha advised me rubbing my shoulders, "it's for your own good."

"I'll think about it." It's better to pretend I'll think about it than giving her my unopposed answer no. It's going to hurt her and Carmen and even Mrs Archambeau too. Drey should have thought of all this before he messed up.

"Thank you dear."

I nodded my head and excused myself. I heard Aunt Bertha whisper her worries to Carmen, "I'm afraid she's never going to get over Andre, that boy meant so much to her."

"Don't worry, I believe everything will be fine if she has the talk with him."  She assures my Aunt.

I sigh, why should others get hurt when the one who caused all this is remorseless? Like I said before, this world ain't fair. I'm having no talk with Drey, I'm better off without him or the lies he's going to say. Everything was crystal clear then, is now and will always be.

Talk or no talk, Drey broke up with me and told me to forget about us choosing his secret lover over all the things we shared. Who knows maybe they've been through something more beautiful than we did. I didn't give myself to him, maybe she did that's why he chose her. Men will always be men.

I thank my stars I didn't make the mistake of giving myself to him then. I would have not forgiven myself right now if I did.