reassuring to me there are some things I need to say. Bentley is in love with you. It may not feel like you’ve known each other long enough but he’s head over heels for you. He’s never acted like this as long as I have known him and that’s been almost five years.”
I heard his words but they didn’t register. I wanted to go home.
“Drew, will you walk me home?” I asked him. I felt emotionally drained. The night had started out with so much hope, but it crumbled in the course of an hour. The worst part of it was I had two nights to either walk away or make things better before dinner with my parents.
The idea of the situation made me sick to my stomach. Just as Drew and I started for my apartment, the phone rang.
“Hello?”
“Charlotte, where are you?” Bentley yelled on the other end of the phone. You could hear the panic in his voice.
“I’m walking to my apartment with Drew. What the hell is going on?”
“The police just left the apartment, I’m going to lock up and meet you at your place.”
“The police? What the hell is going on?” My heart started racing, my palms sweating. How bad did things have to get for the police to be called?
“I’ll tell you when I get to your apartment,” he said and hung up.
What was my life becoming? I wanted an uncomplicated summer as a single woman, now I had a boyfriend with a redheaded stalker?
Chapter 9
Fatal Attraction
(Bentley)
I sat in my apartment talking with the Boston police after they removed Molly. I wanted to run out after Charlotte but I knew if I didn’t give them a statement, Molly would continue to come back to my home and harass me. She was arrested for assault and I told the officers that I absolutely wanted a restraining order. After Drew followed Charlie out of the apartment, Molly spun into a violent fit of rage. She picked up a small sculpture we had on display in the corner of the living room and hurled it at me. I ducked quickly as it shattered into a million pieces on the floor. She kept saying something about her baby and how could I walk out on her, but she made absolutely no sense. I may have hooked up with her back in New York but I know how women get pregnant and letting her suck my dick wasn’t it.
‘Delusional’ was the only word that could describe her. I was afraid of her and I didn’t scare easily. I wasn’t worried about what this psycho could do to me, I worried that she might have already done something to Charlie, namely fill her head with enough bullshit that she’d leave me. I just couldn’t have that.
I jumped on my bike and sped to her apartment. Just as I pulled up to her building, I saw Charlie and Drew walk through the front doors into the lobby. I parked as quickly as I could, running towards the doors she’d just entered. I couldn’t get to her fast enough. Relief didn’t come until I held her in my arms.
“Thank God you are okay,” I said, softly kissing her cheek.
“Why wouldn’t I be?” Charlotte replied, genuinely confused why anything would have happened to her. With a nutcase walking around, I had to protect Charlie as best I could. I would never forgive myself if something happened to her. Ever. But she was distant. I could tell Molly’s words had a genuine impact on her, how could they not?
We traveled up to her penthouse in a tense silence. When we got to the penthouse we all sat down at the breakfast bar and I told them what happened with Molly once they left.
“Charlotte, I told you when I was in New York a while back I made a mistake. Well, she was the mistake. I hooked up with her after a couple too many drinks in a bar. My brother had brought a girl back to his apartment and I went home with Molly. Before you say anything I want to be clear that I did not sleep with her.” I felt like the wind had been knocked out of me, but I had to be honest with her.
“It was the same night I saw you check in on Foursquare with a guy named Landon and I thought I had lost you
I heard his words but they didn’t register. I wanted to go home.
“Drew, will you walk me home?” I asked him. I felt emotionally drained. The night had started out with so much hope, but it crumbled in the course of an hour. The worst part of it was I had two nights to either walk away or make things better before dinner with my parents.
The idea of the situation made me sick to my stomach. Just as Drew and I started for my apartment, the phone rang.
“Hello?”
“Charlotte, where are you?” Bentley yelled on the other end of the phone. You could hear the panic in his voice.
“I’m walking to my apartment with Drew. What the hell is going on?”
“The police just left the apartment, I’m going to lock up and meet you at your place.”
“The police? What the hell is going on?” My heart started racing, my palms sweating. How bad did things have to get for the police to be called?
“I’ll tell you when I get to your apartment,” he said and hung up.
What was my life becoming? I wanted an uncomplicated summer as a single woman, now I had a boyfriend with a redheaded stalker?
Chapter 9
Fatal Attraction
(Bentley)
I sat in my apartment talking with the Boston police after they removed Molly. I wanted to run out after Charlotte but I knew if I didn’t give them a statement, Molly would continue to come back to my home and harass me. She was arrested for assault and I told the officers that I absolutely wanted a restraining order. After Drew followed Charlie out of the apartment, Molly spun into a violent fit of rage. She picked up a small sculpture we had on display in the corner of the living room and hurled it at me. I ducked quickly as it shattered into a million pieces on the floor. She kept saying something about her baby and how could I walk out on her, but she made absolutely no sense. I may have hooked up with her back in New York but I know how women get pregnant and letting her suck my dick wasn’t it.
‘Delusional’ was the only word that could describe her. I was afraid of her and I didn’t scare easily. I wasn’t worried about what this psycho could do to me, I worried that she might have already done something to Charlie, namely fill her head with enough bullshit that she’d leave me. I just couldn’t have that.
I jumped on my bike and sped to her apartment. Just as I pulled up to her building, I saw Charlie and Drew walk through the front doors into the lobby. I parked as quickly as I could, running towards the doors she’d just entered. I couldn’t get to her fast enough. Relief didn’t come until I held her in my arms.
“Thank God you are okay,” I said, softly kissing her cheek.
“Why wouldn’t I be?” Charlotte replied, genuinely confused why anything would have happened to her. With a nutcase walking around, I had to protect Charlie as best I could. I would never forgive myself if something happened to her. Ever. But she was distant. I could tell Molly’s words had a genuine impact on her, how could they not?
We traveled up to her penthouse in a tense silence. When we got to the penthouse we all sat down at the breakfast bar and I told them what happened with Molly once they left.
“Charlotte, I told you when I was in New York a while back I made a mistake. Well, she was the mistake. I hooked up with her after a couple too many drinks in a bar. My brother had brought a girl back to his apartment and I went home with Molly. Before you say anything I want to be clear that I did not sleep with her.” I felt like the wind had been knocked out of me, but I had to be honest with her.
“It was the same night I saw you check in on Foursquare with a guy named Landon and I thought I had lost you
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