Chapter 38

Chapter 38

Brooklyn

My heart is pounding out of my chest as I press the stop button on the remote as fast as I can.

I return my gaze to the doorway where Aden is standing, his, dark eyes boring into me.

Please, please, please. Goddess, let him not have seen me watching his sex tape.

"What are you doing in here?" he asks, furious.

"Um..." I swallow, terrified, hoping he doesn't pick up on the tremor in my voice. "Jayde brought me here. Said I could look through some..." My eyes dart around the room for an answer that is not porn. "Some family photo albums. And home videos."

He narrows his eyes, his gaze flicking to the pile of vintage Playboys on the floor.

"Family photo albums?"

I nod. He knows I'm lying, but I can't bring myself to admit the truth.

"She shouldn't have brought you down here," he says, moving aside so that I can leave the room. I

quickly get to my feet, flicking the power button on the remote so that the TV goes blank.

all my might that Aden does not go back in to see what tape is in the

I head for the steps. "Don't come down here again. Do you understand?" Believe me, I won't, I think as I

bury my nose into a very different kind

hand slides over smooth

my tracks, panicked, and pat all over my body looking for it. Then, slowly, I

phone must have fallen

have to go back. If my dad or Jolie ever called and I missed it...

crack to listen.

silently, I hurry down the stairs and

and grab my phone, which is sitting on the

good measure, I pop the VHS out of the VCR and put it back in its case, which I slide back on the shelf. There, good. Now no one ever needs to

I will. I pause, unable to stop the vision from washing over me. Aden, naked and

No, Brooklyn. Stop it.

and leave the room, quiet as a mouse, shutting the door behind

hallway when I

dead, terrified that

no one comes

hear the sound again to my left. A kind of snap, and then a

sound is coming. It's thick, made of iron, with no window. It has a

also see that

it's a mistake. I know

things, though, I stare at the

inner voice still screaming at me to stop, I pull it

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