Chapter 51: Chapter 51

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Sometimes two people need to fall apart to realize how much they need to fall back together.

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Megan's POV

"Excuse me. Coming through!”I yell trying to sneak in through the sweaty and overly perfumed curvy bodies- unnoticed.

"Hey! little brunette”a deep voice says as my hoodie is yanked up to indicate that it is me he is referring too.

Busted!.

And little? Seriously?

"Hi”I say shrugging his hand off my shoulder and mimicking a sexy purr-y voice. "How can I help you?"

"Where you off to? Back stage for just performers”he says folding his hands up his chest and looking at me from head to toe.

True, I did look a bit off in just my jeans and hoodie sweater. Trying to squeeze in between girls dressed as the American flag, golden glitter and furry animals. "Am...am a performer”I lied squeezing my fingers to hide my nervousness.

He scoffed frowning, "and am Justin Bieber"

I held in the urge to tell him to stop dreaming, he could never be JB not even in an alternate universe. I mean he looks like a Gorilla while Justin looks like an angel sent to the female population. Big difference. "My costume is inside, am a birdy"

"Would you stop lying and get out of here before I toss you out”he warned glaring at me and cracking his knuckles, ready to remove at least twenty teeth of mine, if I don't scram.

"No seriously, am Vince special girl, I perform tonight. In fact, I perform on that club stage in exactly, 15 minutes. I have to go get ready”I say backing away and smiling awkwardly, I thought sneaking in through the back would be easy. This is not easy. He didn't believe me for one second, instead he took a menacing step close to me, and I braced myself to scream, when..

"I know you don't I?”A Lady asked, she looked middle aged but she wore a golden glitter bra and matching panties, with knee boots. Everything on her was golden and shining, including her makeup.

"Yea, yea, you know me”I say latching onto her arm like we're besties. Although, I've never seen her in my life, this was an opportunity that I wouldn't let pass by, "I'm the girl you brought in for Vince. You know the girl performing in fifteen minutes time as a birdy"

"Um..I.don't..”She starts saying but I cut in right before she ruins my plan.

"...Lexi...yep me, Lexi, remember?”I ask squeezing her arm and trying to do some eye communication for her to help me.

She raises her brow, frowns then finally opens her mouth to speak, "Yea, Lexi what the hell are you doing out here, come on in and get dressed. Your show's in there”I sigh in relief thanking whatever god that seems to be in my side as we start walking towards the entrance.

The bouncer clears his throat placing his hand on my shoulder again, the golden lady steps in. "She's with us, Braun. Calm your tIt’s"

And that's how I finally make it into the back room of the club, filled with half naked costume girls. I close my nose at the strong odor of perfume, there were a lot of chattering and makeup going around. "Um...thanks...”I turn to lady who helped me.

"Joey...and Anna's usually at the front, you'll find her there, one of the changing rooms I think”she says lighting up a cigarette and taking it to her lips.

"You know my mum?”I ask surprised. Or more importantly, she knows me?

"Yes I do, everyone knows Anna, we're like sisters around here and I live around your neighborhood, I know you're her daughter. Her very beautiful daughter”she says eying me.

For a second, I think she's lesbian and I take a subtly step backward. I know practically everyone around our neighborhood but, this Joey I don't know. "Ok, thanks a lot Joey, I'll be on my way now”she nods puffing out smoke from her mouth and moving to talk with some girls.

I brace myself and start walking forward hoping to find my mum and not trouble. "Hey..."

"Take this put it on quickly”a pixie haired girl said handing me the ass of Bunny.

"Um ok..”I say confused staring at the costume, how does someone wear such a thing, I'll practically be naked. I just wanted to ask her if she knew where my mum was and she immediately hands me the costume, jumping into conclusion, then she walks off. I hold on to it, just incase a need arise.

I keep walking, opening curtains and having girls ask me different questions. "Need help with your makeup?”Another girl dressed as a pussy ask me.

"No, am actually looking for Anna”I say quickly, before she drags me off. She nods and start walking away, I decide to follow her and then she points me to a changing room then leaves. I gulp and enter into the room. It a little room, with a mirror, costume hanger and makeup littered around. My mom is sitted on a chair, her head bent as she wears her golden boot. On the dresser were packs of cigarette, used and unused.

"Mom?”I call, I so wanted to say Anna but Mom came out more freely. She looked up, her now blond hair blocking her face, she moves it aside and her brown eyes land on me. She looked surprised but it vanished in a second and her face becomes blank.

"What are you doing here Megan?”Her voice was still the same, she looked thinner but not sick. Her eyes trail to the bunny pantie on my hand and I quickly toss it aside.

"I came looking for you”I say, looking at her, the person who is supposed to be my mother, she was dressed so sluty and I just had the urge to cover her up.

"Why?”She asked carrying a half used cigarette that was still lighted and put in her lips.

"I...I want you to come with me. I'm forgiving you for everything and I want you to come stay with me at home. We could find a new home and start afresh...together”I finish up. I know she would say no and that scares me, but I already came here and I'm giving it a shot.

She starts laughing, standing up and walking towards me, "come with you? Start afresh? From where? You make me laugh Meg. Go get married and forget about me already! As you can see, I've moved on. They can't be a home with me and you"

"Mom...mom if you don't come with me I am going away. I have no one left, I need you..”I say feeling my tears coming forth.

"Going away?”She ask looking at me.

"Mm... London”I say wiping the fallen tears with my palm.

"Even better...you should just go away, forget about me and leave other people to sort out their problems. Take care of yourself. Am no more your mother, I was never truly your mother, I am just the woman who gave birth to you”she says picking up a stick and wanting to walk out.

"Why can't you tell me to stay, why can't you for once In your life want me, why? Tell me to stay and I will. Just stay me to stay!”I say breaking down in tears all over again and falling to the ground.

She squats down to the floor, using her finger to raise my chin up so I could see her directly. She wiped my tears with her thumb, "because I want you to have a good life, you won't have that with me by your side. I really don't love you and I can't do for you what other mothers do for their children. Im worthless, bad and completely out of control, you don't want a woman like me in your life, I'd just drag you down. So listen to me, obey your mother and leave”she pats my cheek and gets up leaving me alone in the changing room.

I wipe my tears scrambling up to my feet. Rejection sucks. But yes am going to obey my mother, am going to forget her and I'm going to leave and not look back.

I make my way to the hospital again and I see Javier helping Faye to get on her feet, she still had a cast on and it looked like quite a painful task. I wish she fall and land on her bad foot. As if on cue, she slips from Javier's hold a little causing her to apply pressure on her bad foot, she glares at Javier, but he I'd facing away from me so I don't see his expression. After she's successfully seated on her wheel chair, Javier looks up and our eyes meet. He has this longing look in his eyes before he sighs and looks away.

I turn away a frown etched on my face and I walk out of the hospital. This is it. This is really it.

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"Passport? Check. Luggage? check. Ok that's it, anything else?"

I shake my head negatively. "Already had a hotdog”I say rubbing my tummy.

"Ok then, ready cupcake?”Keith asked with a large smile on his face.

Ready Meg?

I look back, nobody was coming into the airport to look for me, Javier was no longer mine, Faye has him wrapped in her evil web. Dana won't let me see the Hernandez and going to the Altamira firm is just not right. I've nothing left, it's either I keep chasing Javier wondering what Faye did to him, going back to delivering newspaper and pizza, working at Ken's chicken with delusional Paul, taking night shifts at the petrol station and working as a maid at the hotel, or I go to London, finish my studies and come back to win my Javier back and fight Dana's rights to the kids.

"Am ready”I say turning to follow him. I look back and a tear falls off.

I love you Javier.

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Javier's POV

"Are you coming or not?”I ask feeling really frustrated at Clyde right now.

"I'm coming ok. It's Ethan, he broke his feet and insists I take him to the hospital. Big guy afraid of needles”Clyde says over the phone.

I run my hand through my hair, "I can't take it anymore. I'm dying inside. I said terrible things yesterday and she was damn hurt, she believed me Clyde"

"Well, you did play the role of Romeo really well in school. Made students cry, even I got teary”Clyde said trying to be funny.

But nothing was funny right now, everything in me ached, from my head to my heart. I don't know which is worst, seeing Megan cry in prison or seeing her cry because of me. I almost got into an accident this morning thinking about Megan.

Today when I got to her house, she looked a little better than the previous days. She came out for her morning fresh air, then she just stood there staring at the sky, the wind doing wonders to her hair. Megan is truly the most beautiful woman ever. She doesn't deserve everything she's going through. I mean how dare that woman take away her only family? I'm going to get them back for her, George is currently investigating and trying to find dirt on the model and her new husband. Once I find anything that makes them not fit to be parents, am going to take the kids back to Megan.

And then last night she went to the club. I almost got in there to fish her out but I decided to wait until any trouble arise. The bouncer was giving her trouble so I paid a woman, Joey I think to go help Megan out and act as natural as possible. I also told her to help lead Megan to her mum, Anna. I don't know why Meg won't just forget about her mother. She came out sad again, and I just knew her mother was at fault. I wanted to go hug her and tell her that everything is alright, but I resisted and settled for just escorting her home like a shadow. There, but unseen.

Ever since, I last saw Megan at the prison, I've been coming to see her every morning and every night. I loved her, no doubt about it. And because I love her, am staying away, also because I made a deal with the devil herself. Faye.

Seeing Megan in prison really tore me apart. Seeing her bruised and battered literally killed me and the worst part was that I couldn't do anything about it. She begged me to help her and I was helpless. Every tear she shed, every bloody lip and nose I cleaned, broke me apart. I called the best lawyers, but there was practically nothing to be done. No evidence, no alibi, nothing at all. And Faye had a witness, the person who called the police to arrest Megan. I went into drinking, I became an alcoholic, drowning in alcohol and tears every night.

One very drunk night, I went to the hospital to plead with Faye to redraw the charges against Megan. She brought a proposal and I drunkenly agreed.

"Promise to stay away from Megan, don't propose to her, she's not good for you. Cut all ties with her and give me a chance to win your heart. She put me in this hospital and now, I'm stuck here alone. You can't leave me Javier, pls you can't. Promise”Faye says her brown ugly eyes staring at me.

"I love her, I love her so much. I can't.”I confessed barely able to keep my eyes open.

"Then she'll stay in prison and rot. She's better of with her freedom, living a normal life, even if you're not in it. You being in her life is just misery. I love you and I'm never letting you go. Promise you'll leave her Javier. Promise”her icy eyes stared at me, her cold hands holding unto mine. And in that moment I made a decision.

"I promise...just let her out"

Since then I've avoided Megan and played best friend to Faye. Faye is really dangerous, I have to be careful. I'm came up with a plan. Pretend to actually like Faye, so I'll get something that might help Megan in prison, like a confession that she actually fell by herself. Then also find out who the secret witness is. The only flaw in this is that Megan, my Megan keeps getting hurt. Now that's where Clyde come in.

Since I can't talk to Megan or associate with her, Clyde is coming to New York to let her in on my plan, so she'd stop hurting, know that I still love her and cooperate with us. Seeing her hurt is killing me.

"Get your taco arse over here”I say to the phone as I enter my penthouse, throwing the phone on a sofa and getting rid of my clothes. I was at my belt when I heard a large knock on the door, I open it and Megan's friend rushes in. "What is it?"

"Umm...”She stares at my naked chest, and I groan taking my shirt and putting it on.

"How can I help you?”I ask again, folding my hands and glaring at her.

"Yes, yes, Sir I came to give you this, my name's Naomi and am Megan's friend”she says handing me s note. I take it and look at it weirdly. "Sir, you have to stop her"

"Stop her from what?”I ask alarmed and carefully opening up the note.

"She's going away, she's travelling out of the continent with Keith, her lecturer”Naomi says in a hurry.

What?

"Continent? Keith?”I ask everything sounding like nonsense to me.

Dear Pretty boy

I'm going away. I'm leaving the country with Keith. He offered to take me to London and I agreed because I have nothing left for me in New York......

I stop reading and look up at Naomi, everything finally sounding like words.

"Keith is taking her away... To London!”Naomi practically screams jumping on her feet.

I dash out of the penthouse in a flash, I didn't even take the elevator. I took the stairs going down three at a time. My throat felt dry and my head was woozy.

"George, go straight to the airport, Find and stop Megan from boarding any plane”I say running out of the lounge and locating my Ferrari.

I can't believe it yet. Megan is leaving me, going to London with that British, ugly smirker? Damn Faye, I'm never going to let that happen. Tears well up in my eyes and I can barely see where I'm going. My heart is beating so fast. I think I'm going to have a heart attack.

Wait for me Megan.

Please don't leave me.

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