Chapter 194
"Oh my God. What was his reaction? Didn't he notice that you were still a virgin?" I ask, my tone louder than intended.
"He just shrugged. He said that I wasn't the only one who had lost my virginity that night and... my heart just sank to the bottom of my stomach. I couldn't breathe, I couldn't think. I cried but he only stared at me, and dragged himself out of the room," she begins sobbing.
"So you mean that he was also a virgin at that time?" I ask and she shakes her head.
"No. When he said that I wasn't the only one who lost my virginity that night, he meant that other girls at the frat party had lost their virginity too, so it wasn't that big of a deal, and that I was overreacting." She pats her cheeks with the tissues and sighs heavily.
"The audacity! That guy is insane. Why would anyone do that or even say what he did? What the hell! The guy sexually assaulted you! That's a crime. Tell me you reported it to the police," Roxy says and Sabrina shakes her head for the umpteenth time and I tremble.
"No," she replies and I am taken aback by her answer. I take a sip of my water and wait for her next words. My eyes never leaving hers. My heart is beating so fast against my chest. Blake deserves to be in jail.
"When I told my parents, they got furious about it. Luckily, I wasn't pregnant, but they declared war on the Dawson's and honestly, I wanted justice to be served but the universe has this certain way of disappointing people. When Blake's parents were informed about it, they didn't want their son to be arrested. That would ruin their reputation. So Reyna, came up with a proposal. I was there when she said it and I couldn't believe what I heard. By then Blake had already transferred to the campus where he met you, I also transferred there much later after being forced." Sabrina's tears begin flowing slowly down her red cheeks as she stares blankly at the table in front of her.
"What did Reyna say?" I ask out of curiosity and her now beetroot red eyes dart to look at mine and I swallow dryly. The suspense is killing me.
"She proposed that I should get married to Blake in the future, so that Blake won't be incarcerated. My parents saw this as an opportunity and went with the idea of me being married to the very same person who raped me. I told them that they were sick in the head. Blake's dad wasn't for that idea but Reyna had already convinced my parents. They knew that whatever they would want from the Dawsons, they would get. It broke my soul and my world had just fallen apart. I became depressed for a certain period. My parents kept forcing me to hang out with Blake and especially my mother, who insisted that I shouldn't let Blake date another person since he was already mine. From that moment, things changed. I, changed. I became the ruthless Sabrina the entire campus knew. I still felt something for him. He was my first love and it drove me insane whenever he tried hooking up with someone. I made sure to ruin any kind of relationship he had with any girl," she says and looks at me.
"Just like what you did to Kyrah. Wonders will never cease," Roxy says while shaking her head.
"As time went by, the love I had for him faded. We started talking from time to time, I thought that maybe I would feel better and forgive him... and at times he would flirt with me. I was stupid, I thought that he still loved me, but I was forgetting that he had never apologized for what he did to me. When he started dating Kyrah, I became frustrated. I saw the way he looked at you. He has never looked at me like that. I knew that he'd fallen out of love with me. Kyrah," she pauses and looks at me.
"You're a very strong person. I tried everything, but you never backed down. Moreso, you had your friends who supported you. I was jealous of you, I still am... I am sorry for everything that I put you through. I was selfish and grew more depressed that I couldn't even handle it. My parents started arguing over when I should get married to Blake, I didn't want to get married to him anymore and my dad slapped me. On that day when you called me, I was in my room after my dad had slapped me for saying that I wouldn't get married to Blake. It was the heaviest and hottest slap I have ever gotten in my life. His palm was imprinted on the right side of my face like a tattoo for two days! My parents were only after the money and had forgotten about their own daughter's needs. They forgot that it was my life and that I was old enough to make my own decisions. All they saw, was money, nothing else."
"That's so cruel. I had no idea of any of this. Blake has never mentioned anything like that to me, not even that he had studied at a different campus before. I– I'm so sorry," I find myself saying.
"It's okay. So anyway.... every morning, my dad used to remind me that it was about time I got married to Blake. I used to attend classes but honestly, there was nothing at all that I grasped from any lecturer. My mom noticed my sudden change of behavior and realized that they were being selfish and wrong, she apologized and decided that I needed a break from everything. So we left town and went to live with my grandparents. Mom explained everything to dad and he also realized that he was being too harsh and that was just a few months ago when he decided to let it all go. He had to accept the fact that I wasn't going to get married to Blake. While I was away, I visited a shrink thrice a week until I got better and finished my studies elsewhere and now I'm here," she says and I blink rapidly as I process all the information she just poured out.
"Hold on. Are you sure you haven't skipped a part?" I ask and she cocks her head to the side and looks at the ceiling as if trying to remember anything she might have left out.
"No. I just told you everything," she says and frowns when I stare at her for too long. "I remember I heard from the news about the accident you had. Tyler told me about it too and I guess you already know that I was using him to know all your whereabouts. Just so you know, I wasn't involved with whatever happened to you. The accident, I mean."
Her words choke me and I shoot up from the couch.
"What?" I ask, "So if you didn't do it, then who did?"
"I don't know. Honestly, I have no idea. I might have tried to burn you alive at the cabin in the woods, that I accept, but I did not cause that accident, let alone plan it. I'm sorry," she says as she licks her dry lips and I sit down and rake my fingers through my hair. So many thoughts are flooding my mind right now. The only person I was suspecting, claims that she didn't do it. Is it possible?
"I know that what I did was wrong and I came here to come clean. You don't have to like me or be friends with me or anything like that. All I needed was to get it off my chest. I'm also aware that I can be jailed for all of that. If you decide to press charges, then... I'll be ready. I know I deserve it. Reyna isn't here to protect me from getting jailed," she says and stands up from the couch and we follow suit.
"Thanks for your time and again, I am sorry for everything I have ever done to you, Kyrah and your friends," she says and walks straight to the door, opens it, takes one last look at us and says, "If you want to look for me, I'm still living in the same house with my parents." She nods and walks out, shutting the door behind her.
"I can't believe it," Roxy says as she sits back on the couch and I follow suit.
"Me neither," I say as I digest the information.
Blake and Sabrina were once lovers.
Blake raped her and brushed it off. What kind of a world do we live in?
Roxy huffs and I brush a hand over my face. We're both in shock and everything Sabrina, or rather, Bethany, just told us is straight up mind boggling.
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