The President's Daughter by David Dower (if you liked this book txt) 📕

the officers to hear him.

Darrell’s head snapped towards us, “Shut it. If you haven’t noticed we aren’t the ones behind bars, you filthy trespassers.”

“But, it’s so stupid.” I yelled out, grabbing the attention of the officers. “You honestly can’t be arresting us for trespassing? We didn’t know!”

“Yeah right, we heard you say it. You knew it was private property yet still kept going with this little law breaker.” Darrell exclaimed, pointing his finger at Gavin.

“Darrell, sit you ass down and stop provoking them.” Parker said, “Look. I had a talk with the owners and they have agreed not to press charges. They also have agreed to get bigger signs reading that is private property and there is no trespassing allowed. So, we will be letting you guys go.”

I heard Gavin let out a sigh of relief, “Thank God.”

“I am not done. We will let you guys go, but we have to call your parents.”

“What?” Gavin and I exclaimed simultaneously. “You can’t be calling my parents! You just said you are letting as go!”

“We are. But, you both are minors so technically we can’t let you out without an adult’s consent.”

“What do you mean I’m a minor? I am eighteen for the love of God.” Gavin said, throwing his hands up in frustration. “I am allowed to leave, because if you two bozos haven’t noticed I am an adult.”

“Technically you aren’t.” Darrell said, speaking up.

“What the shit are you blubbering about?”

“You were born 11 p.m. April 30, 1996. It might be your birthday but you are still seventeen considering it is only eight p.m.”

Gavin took a deep breath, giving Darrell a murderous look. “You are so lucky I am handcuffed and behind bars. Because oh God when I get out of here, I am going to beat the living shit out of you.”

I looked back at Gavin with wide eyes, “Gavin don’t provoke the guy.” I said, mimicking what he had told me earlier.

Gavin just rolled his eyes, walking to the corner of his cell and sitting down. He looked beyond pissed off, I looked away because if I kept looking at him for any longer he probably would have noticed and would have gave me an even dirtier look then he gave Darrell.

“Can I make that phone call now?” I asked, Darrell who was now sitting on his own desk as he stared at me not bothering to hide it.

He shrugged, getting up from his chair and walking over to my cell. “You have three minutes.” He said, unlocking my cell.

“Three minutes? That’s probably how long it is going to take to get through to my father.”

He shrugged, pointing to over to where the phone was. Chapter Forty-Eight: Loneliness

“I didn’t lie to you.”

“Really?” Gavin questioned, he looked really hurt. “So, when I was telling you everything about my parents. It never crossed your mind that I was spilling out all my secrets to you, but you didn’t even bother trusting me?”

“Okay, so I didn’t trust you. But, I didn’t lie to you.”

“Ali!” Gavin yelled, his hands gripping the cell bars tightly. “Oh, wait that isn’t even your real name?” Gavin laughed, but it sounded forced. “Was Tommy even really your brother?”

I looked down at my hands. “He is my brother, but his real name is Thomas.”

“You’re pathetic.” Gavin spat at me, his eyes raged.

“Gavin…” I called out, walking over to him.

He shook his head, looking at the ceiling. “I can’t believe I did this for a bet.”

I gulped, stopping in my tracks. “A what?”

“A bet, Ali! It was a bet to get with you in my bed before the end of the year and I lost. And I have never been so happy in my damn life that I lost a bet because all you are is a desperate pathetic loser, who doesn’t give a fucking damn about anyone else but herself.” Gavin yelled, out. His eyes looking at nothing but my teary ones, “At first I did this whole thing. Getting to know you, because I wanted to win. But, then I began to really know you. I fell for you harder than I have ever fell for someone in my entire life. But, little did I know while I was falling for you, all you were doing was playing with my already broken heart.”

I choked out a sob. “I might have lied to you. But, at least I didn’t try to get to know someone to fuck them.”

“Alice.” My dad called out, in a warning tone. He looked at me with sad eyes, “I think it is best if we just go. Leave this deranged boy to himself.” He said, looking at Gavin in disgust.

I turned around, shaking my head. “I have to do this dad or else I might not ever have the chance.”

I turned back to Gavin taking a few steps towards him. “Even before I came to this school. I heard things about you, bad things. People told me to stay away from you, not to engage with you. But, I was so stupid I didn’t listen. I saw the good in you while others saw the bad.” I shook my head, “I saw so many good and remarkable things in you, which hardly anyone ever gets to see. Believe it or not, it touched me. How you could practically raise Garrett on your own, showing him all the good still left in the world and shielding him from the bad. I fell for that Gavin, not the one standing here and accusing me, not even bothering to let me explain.”

He raised his eyebrows at me, “Explain? Explain what, Alice?” He said, spitting out my name like it was poison in his mouth.

“Explain myself, explain why I did this all.” I pleaded.

He shook his head, taking steps away from the cell. “Well, there is a difference now because I don’t want to hear it.”

I took a few steps towards his cell, but my father’s arm pulled me back. “It’s time to go, Alice.” He said, in a strict tone.

I looked back at Gavin one last time, letting out a forced laugh as I finally realized something. “Weren’t you the one, who told me that you weren’t going to pressure me into telling you my big secret? Well, you didn’t. So why are you pressuring me now?” Gavin looked kind of shocked for words.

“Do you really think I meant that? Of course I didn’t, I wanted you to tell me but I also wanted to fuck you. So whatever, it doesn’t really matter anymore.”

Holly didn’t say anything for a couple of moments, probably due to me groaning in annoyance into my pillow. But, when she did say something… it was probably the last thing I wanted to hear.

“Gavin came back to school today.”

“Did you talk to him?”

“No…” Holly said, squinting her eyes, “How do I put this..? Well, he’s been kind of avoiding me lately.”

“Why?”

“I am not too sure, but I am pretty sure it has something to do with you.” I sighed, deeply. “I am not going to lie though, I am pretty glad that he has been avoiding me.”

“Why do you say that?” I asked, a little hesitant to know the answer.

“Gavin’s kind of looking a little roughed up around the edges…” She said, trying to figure out the right words to say.

“How roughed up?”

“Like he has been to and from hell twice and met the devil on his way that he got the living daylights beaten out of him.” Holly said, truthfully.

I placed my hands on my face, “This is all my fault.”

“What did exactly happen between you two?” Holly questioned.

“We had a huge this huge blow out, he said some things. I said some things.” I rested my head on my hand. “Did you know that the only reason that he even began talking to me was for a stupid bet? Like I knew there had to be a reason why Ben tried to have warned me by kissing me, like why else would he do it?”

“Ben kissed you?” Holly exclaimed.

My eyes widened as I realized what I had said. Holly looked at me, as she waited for an answer. The word no, was on the tip of my tongue. But, lying was what had brought me into this mess in the first place and it wasn’t going to get me out.

I nodded my head, “Yeah. Ben kissed me.”

“When?” Holly asked, bitterly as a hurt expression flashed through her eyes.

I swallowed the spit that was indulged in my throat, “When we went off to Europe for Spring Break. He ended up in the hospital after he was shot and he confessed he had feelings for me and then he kissed me.”

“What kind of feelings?” Holly asked, her voice cracking.

“He said, he loved me.”

Holly got up from my bed as she turned around. I heard her trying to mask up her sniffles, as if she wasn’t crying. “Holls.” I said, getting up from my bed and walking over to her.

She flinched at my touch, “You had over a month to tell me you kissed the boy I loved. And you didn’t, what kind of cousin does that?” She asked, whipping around to look at me in the eyes.

I stayed silent, I was already too numb to say anything.

“If this is what Gavin did to you.” She said, gesturing at me up and down. “I have never been so happy in my entire life because Ali, you deserve to feel this way. Go rot in hell Alice, because that is where scumbag like you belong.” Holly spat, at me, before she opened the door of my room before running out.

All I could do was stare at her retreating body as she turned the hall. Just when I thought I had already cried all tears out… a few more just had to slip out.

I wrapped my arms around my body as I walked towards my bed. Is this what loneliness felt like? Because it was a pretty damn lonely feeling.

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