Danger looms behind

Chapter thirty
Ryder
I look up at Gwen, with eyes gone wide. It seems like I suddenly lost an important part of my life.
Gwen was not supposed to see me this way.
She bows and close the door.
I close my eyes a bit, inhaling a signing breath. I roll off Mimi.
She looks at me, "What's wrong?"
I look at her for a fleeting moment before walking into the bathroom. I close the door quickly behind me before Mimi would come inside.
"Why can't she just give us the space? She couldn't even knock," I heard her say before I leave myself to the confinement of the bathroom door.
How would Gwen take it, seeing me naked with Mimi? I wonder what she's thinking about currently. My head bangs vigorously as I reason it.
Gosh! This shouldn't have happened. I don't even know how I started it all. Having sex with Mimi was something that shouldn't have happened.
Gosh, why won't she just leave me be?
I soak myself in a warm bath but my mind has drifted far off. I kept thinking about how to face Gwen. The only thing I ever wanted is about to get crashed in front of me.
Pains crash into me, wall of it. I can still remember the way she looked at me. Gosh, how should I do this?
God, I've never feel so heartbroken in all my life. I've never felt so down.
I don't even know what to do.
When I walked out of the bathroom, it was already three. I know I needed to think and clear my head. But I'm unable to do so in this place.
This place reminds me a lot, Gwen. I need to go swimming.
Mimi isn't in the room and I'm not even bothered where she is. She should just give me this time for me.
I choose blue jeans and a redshirt. I wanted to go for my cap but I remember Gwen. Damn! She's almost everywhere.
I take my phone and walk out of the house. Mrs. Johnson called me earlier that she was going to see her son's wife that has just been put to bed.
I drive to Rock and Brews. Coming here kinda brings back good memories I had with Gwen. I mean I met and reconciled with her here. She even agreed to come to the party because I asked her to.
Sinking myself inside the pool makes my head cool off. Why should I do in this situation?
I decide to call Derek. He might have a solution to my problem. Derek has always been a thinker since we were so young.
I walk out of the pool, to my room. Ladies look at me with awes and surprise.
I can even hear whispers and murmuring about wanting me to have them. Actually, that added to my sour mood. I wanted to be alone, and not catch a cruise with girls. I mean that was what I was doing at home.
Derek picks up immediately, "Hi man!"
I sigh and take my seat on the bed, "I'm not fine. I have lots of problems."
" What is it?" He asks, concerned. Well, he seems so serious today.
I explain everything to me from where I saved Mimi from drowning to my current situation.
"I understand. But Gwen might already be having another idea. I mean she caught you guys having sex."
I hit my forehead unconsciously. The sadness I feel is turning to a weakness for me. I feel terrible and miserable.
"I will suggest you should call her father. Tell him you will like to get relocate but you don't want to leave Mimi behind like that. And she doesn't have friends around."
I groan as I think about the idea, " Do you think that will work?"
"Sure, you told me she needed to complete her master's. Just use that as a camouflage. If at all she later gets the news that you have a girlfriend, she wouldn't be able to kill herself over there. And besides, she might find someone else in school."
I nod briefly, then remember Derek isn't watching me currently.
" I will call you back then," I say and hang up without even waiting for him to say goodbye.
I take a deep soothing breath before putting a call across to Mimi's father. I just pray my plan works out.
Lizzy's number came through when I was about to dial Mimi's father's number.
I wonder why she's calling. If Mrs. Johnson is back, she should be the one to call me.
I pick it, "Hello Lizzy, is everything ok?"
"No sir, everything is not," Lizzy says, even her voice shakes with great tremor to it. I can feel the dread.
"What's wrong?"
"Mimi hit Gwen against the wall angrily. I don't really know what they were arguing about but Gwen is bleeding seriously and she has lost consciousness."
What! My heart skip a beat and starts hammering wildly on my chest.
The phone drops from my hand before I could stop it. I can feel my body shakes so hard that I'm unable to stop it.