SOPHIA
"Sophia? Wait, listen?" Jason ran after me as i hurriedly ran off outside his apartment. He seized my hands, halting me in my steps.
"Sophia, please wait." He pleaded with me but I was in no mood to listen to his excuses.
"Wait for what, Jason!? I screamed at him at the top of my lungs as i snatched my hands out of his grip. The tears that i have been struggling to keep at bay, falling freely from my eyes.
"How could you? And with Juliet, my best friend of all people?" I ask, my emotions choking me. Everything felt so suffocating that i could barely breathe properly.
"I swear I didn't want you to find out like this. I love you very much but I also have very strong feelings for Juliet." He confessed and i don't know if i should be angry or pissed at his words. How could he tell me to my face that he is also in love with Juliet?
The devil chose that exact moment to step out of the house. She couldn't even look me in the eye. You know that saying about the devil wearing six inches heels and makeup? Guess what, it's true and I just found out about it. But the only problem here is that the devil is no other person than Juliet.
I sniffed. "You have never loved me have you Jason? It has always been about the money and what you could get from me hasn't it? When you told me you had urgent issues to take care of, she was the project right?" I asked.
"Don't do this to yourself Sophia."
"Excuse me?" I blurted out, stunned at his words. "I feed you Jason. I take care of all your bills, I bought you a car. Even the shirts you put on were from my paycheck. I rented this apartment for you, you scumbag and you stand there to defend your promiscuous lifestyle?"
"I really love you Sophia but unlike you, Juliet has fully given herself to me." He said conversionally without any emotion. Like i was supposed to do him a favor when he was the one who had cheated on me. When he was the one who had broken my trust.
"So it's about the sex huh? You know what? You can die for all I care but just stay away from me. Both of you." I spat angrily, tears clouding my vision as they burned my eyes.
"Trust me it isn't what you think."
"Of course it's what she thinks." Juliet answered. Her voice laced with sarcasm and contempt. The sick laughter that came after her words showing how petty and disgusting they could be as humans.
What could i say or do? I couldn't bring myself to cry even if i wanted to. I was consumed by anger, pain, rage and resentment. My anger slowly consuming me.
The people i treasured the most had worked together to break my trust without batting an eyelid. It felt like i was at a dead end. The two people i always went to whenever i was in pain had finally become the cause of my greatest pain. All those times they told me that they loved me, all those times they made me feel like i was important to them, they had been lying all along. They never really meant it.
"How long are you going to keep on lying to her Jason? She was bound to find out sooner or later wasn't she?" Juliet ranted on. Slowly, i brought myself to look at her face that wasn't even showing an ounce of remorse. The face of the person who ruined my relationship.
"H-How long has this been going on between the two of you?" I asked even though i knew that i shouldn't. I deserved some sort of explanation at least.
I needed to know why they chose to betray me in this manner. Why they chose to hurt me this way. I had every right know because i was the one who was used. I was the one who was lied to.
"And what good would knowing that do for you?" Juliet answered. "The important thing is that we love each other and you should stay away from him." She scoffed. "I'm glad you found out sooner because trust me, I'm tired of pretending that i like you. Have you even looked at yourself in the mirror?"
She poked her finger at my chest. "You're nothing. You're an ugly good for nothing nobody and no good man in his right mind would want to be tangled up with you. So what if we were there for your money? It's not like you didn't use us for your bragging pleasures too."
"You got everything for us but we never forced you to spend a dime on us now did we?" She threw her chin at me defiantly as if she was challenging me to say otherwise. "Jason and i are together now so you better accept it and get out of our lives for good. In your next life, try to be more prettier so that you can score a hot guy like Jason too."
"Now Get Out!" She yelled at me. I looked at Jason, hoping that he would try to stop her or at least tell her off and defend me but instead, he looked away. It was settled. I never had any friends.
Taking to my heels, i ran out of the apartment. I ran as fast as my legs could carry me. I didn't know where i was running to but i didn't stop or bother to look back either. I thought about everything that just happened and that's when I felt my cheeks getting wet. God, I've really invested my time, money and effort into this relationship and you let it end up like this.
Betrayal from a loved one hurts more than that of an outsider or stranger. Juliet crossed the line and the worst part about everything was that she wasn't feeling remorseful at all.
Her words broke and paralysed me to the point that i kept on blaming and telling myself that I would never have anything to do with any man in my entire life. I am done with love and I've also come to a conclusion that relationship isn't for me anymore.
I stopped running when i got to a mini abandoned bridge. With tears streaming down my face, i cursed at them. Both of them. Juliet whom i considered my friend had stabbed me in my back. She had told me that she loved me and that she cared about me but that was all a lie. She didn't love me. She only stuck with me because of what i had to offer.
I had always known that i wasn't loved by anyone and her actions today had proved it. I will always be the ugly duckling that isn't loved by anybody. I would always be the ugly sidekick. I wiped the tears off my face aggressively when a though came to my mind.
I can't go on like this. I have to end this. I can't face anyone right now and in this state. I had given up everything to be with Jason. Hell, i even went against my family who warned me against this relationship because they believed that he wasn't good enough for me and i can't face them after going through this humiliation.
I climbed on top of the bridge, contemplating if i should jump into the river or not. Just before i could make up my mind, i slipped and fell. Before i knew it, i found myself sinking deeper into the water. Maybe this was how it was supposed to end. Maybe i was supposed to die. The world would be a whole lot better without an ugly duckling in it.
Just then, i felt my legs brush against something hard. I was supposed to be drowning and this is a river so why would my legs brush against something in the water that's supposed to kill me? Curiously, i opened my eyes and swam up to the surface. As i got closer, i heard strange, distorted and unfamiliar voices that felt so distant but near.
"Jayden is always frowning, could you at least smile a bit? How do you intend the woo the ladies or find a mate with that scowl that's always etched on your face?"
"That is if he even lives long enough to mate another woman." Another commented and they burst out laughing.
What is this? What is happening? Who are these people?
Pushing myself out of the water, i screamed when i came face to face with three men staring directly at me. I felt cold shivers run down my spine at their intense icy stare. My eyes slowly descending on them one after the other as i took in the state of their undress. They were almost half naked and from the look of things, it felt like i had just interrupted their bath.
"Who are you?" One of them asked, reaching for his dagger nearby and i took a step back. I missed my footing and fell back into the not so deep water anymore.
What's happening to me? Where am i? And why aren't i dead or drowning? Who are these men and what do they want from me? Why are they staring at me as if they want to gobble me up and spit me out?
"Is she a slave?" I overheard the voice of another. "Weren't slaves forbidden from stepping foot into our bathing house years ago?" He added and i whipped my head towards his direction.
Bathing house? Slaves? What the actual fuck are they talking about? Do they think I'm a slave or something?
"State your business or you'll die right there on the very spot you stand!" The last one threatened and before i could say anything, he transformed into a big white, scary wolf right in front of my very eyes.
"ARGH!" I let out an ear splitting scream that tore from my throat and just like that, i fainted and gave into the darkness that suddenly enveloped me.