Next morning

Next morning Mrs Kingsley called us down for breakfast Silas sat across from me I couldn't stop glancing at him Then he looked up Our eyes met He raised an eyebrow Kind of surprised My heart jumped I looked away fast But I could still feel him watching me Stay as long as you want sweetheart Make yourself at home Thank you MrsKingsley I smiled and told myself to chill So what if we're under the same roof There's no way he figures out I'm the girl who ghosted him No way He's never seen my face Never seen my body The girl he thinks he loved was a social media photo and a voice on the phone Definitely not this The conversation shifted to Silas I listened Picked up pieces Apparently his mom set him up with someone recently But when she asked how it was going Silas couldn't have cared less Mom I told you Not interested Met her twice Can't even remember her face You reject every girl I bring I don't know when you'll snap out of it You're twenty-six Silas No girlfriend Sometimes I honestly wonder if you even like women Mom His orientation is fine Promise He's just romantically cursed The girl he wants likes to play games That's all I wanted to disappear into my plate Didn't dare breathe But of course The universe wasn't done with me Jean Whitfield Almost dropped my fork Just my name Nothing special But hearing it from his mouth chills Down my spine Instantly Why Before I could think his eyes were already on me Reading me Something I couldn't figure out behind them You look guilty Did you do something you shouldn't have My brain shorted out I had nothing Thank god Mrs Kingsley stepped in Leave her alone Jean's our guest Be nice Wow bro I said Jean's name once and you memorized it Everyone laughed I kept my head down Didn't say a word Didn't notice Silas narrowing his eyes at me from across the table Marlowe had a fever the past couple days After breakfast she took some meds and went back to bed I did some homework Went downstairs for water Saw Mrs Kingsley grabbing her keys where are you going That son of mine Rushed out this morning and forgot his documents Now I have to drive all the way to his office He's never this careless I don't know what's gotten into him I can take them You should rest Oh no sweetie I couldn't ask you to do that Really I've got nothing else going on Mrs Kingsley had been so kind Letting me stay This was the least I could do Eventually she texted me the address In the taxi i pulled out my phone Searched his name Ruthless Sharp Decisive Merceless Cold-blooded Brutal Acute Same story everywhere Ruthless Brrutal Shrewd Shrewel Shrewd Sh'ewed Decisive Couldn't picture a guy like that on social media back then Back then I was a freshman Parents just got divorced Life sucked Every night on social media Anything to not be alone That's where I met him Felt like a relationship Kind of Even if we'd never met Made me feel something But I was careful lisa Lied about my age Told him I was a senior Never gave him my real name Never sent a real photo Never took his video calls Just my voice Thirty minutes a night Silas He gave me everything Venmo'd me money constantly Random amounts Get yourself something nice You haven't eaten order food The numbers were insane I sent it all back Just wanted someone to talk to at night Wasn't gonna marry the guy His money Miss you constantly. Miss you constantly. Wish you were here. Wanna stick to you. I crave your presence. Miss you constantly. Need to see you. Need to see you. Wanna stick to you. I crave your presence. Can't get enough of you. Not my problem Then he got clingy One day he said he wanted to meet I want to meet you. In person. Just say when. I had two weeks till finals meet in person. Yeah no I thought about it forever Then I typed it out: No point meeting up. I'm kind of over over erthis. Let's end it No point meeting up. I'm kind of over this Let's end it Hit send Blocked him on social media Unfriended him everywhere Deleted every message Figured Silas would've moved on by now But from the way Marlowe talked about him He hadn't Not even close