Climb on My Stepfather (Ashley and Alex)

Chapter 22

Part4- Chapter 1

The blaring music throughout the building along with the chatter of strangers aren't enough to drown out the pounding of my heartbeat between my ears. I try to blink away the tears welling in my eyes as I'm frozen in my place near the bar.

Across the room in a dimly lit corner is my boyfriend, Jason. And the curvy blonde locking lips with him makes it apparent why he couldn't come out and celebrate my twenty-first birthday with me tonight.

Though, of course, he blamed it on having to work late yet again.

My heart sinks to the pit of my stomach while I watch their hands roaming all over each other's bodies. I feel like such a fool, stuck in place and unable to turn away similar to a deer caught in approaching headlights.

I can barely muster the strength to blink away the sight of them. I feel like I'm suspended in time, being forced to watch the two of them for what seems like an eternity while warm tears begin to streak down my cheeks.

I sense the gentle touch of someone's hand on my shoulder. It takes me a moment to realize that it's my best friend, Amy.

I spin around to meet a concerned expression washing over her face. "Are you alright?" she asks me as her eyes dart in the direction of Jason and his new piece

of ass.

maybe she isn't so new. What if he's been seeing her the whole

fool I've been. I'm twenty-one years old and a virgin. Although Jason reassured me that he was fine with waiting until I was ready, obviously a young, arrogant man like him didn't truly want to

part of me wanted to believe that

my shoulders,

sympathetic smile. Our other friend, Claire, moves next to her, gasping when her eyes land

Her eyes grow

notice Jason heading toward the exit, his hand tightly gripping the blonde's hand. They're both smiling and laughing as they're leaving the nightclub. Not a care in the world

it takes all my strength to not

even heartbroken over Jason. I knew deep down that he wasn't going to end up

months that he wasn't the

that he could betray me on my birthday of all days. It hurts to know just how little

shift at the coffee shop where I work. And getting yelled at by my boss. If

money

nursing courses, I swear I would've quit

is just the cherry on top of an already

turning toward the bar. "Then we'll go out to the dance floor, find a few hot