- 5.
Chrissy stayed in her room all day, only
calling the housekeeper to bring her food.
The weird thing was that Mom and Jake
knew, but none of them tried to talk to her.
Jake was all dazed and confused all day,
avoiding my eyes when he saw me.
That night, I walked past his room and saw
him blow–drying his hair.
He stopped after a few seconds, tilted his
head back, and sighed.
I heard something coming from Chrissy’s
room next door, and I instinctively hid.
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I peeked and saw that Chrissy was wearing a silky nightgown, showing a lot of skin.
She had on a full face of makeup, made to
look like she wasn’t wearing any. She walked
to Jake’s door.
Jake looked shocked when he saw her. “What
are you doing here? Don’t come in.”
But Chrissy barged in anyway.
“Jake, why haven’t you talked to me all day?
Do you know how sad that made me?”
“You used to love me.”
Before, Jake would have been worried sick,
wanting to hold her and comfort her.
But tonight, he acted like a different person,
hating her being there.
“Chrissy, have some respect and put some
clothes on!”
“What are you doing in my room at this time
of night? Get out of here!”
I was so worried that I couldn’t help but run
into the room.
Chrissy was hugging Jake’s arm, and Jake
was trying to push her away, looking
disgusted.
They saw me, and Jake lost it, throwing
Chrissy to the floor.
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“Ashley, that’s not what it looks like…”
Chrissy was on the floor, looking shocked.
I knew what to do. I covered my eyes and
backed away. “It’s okay, I understand. I didn’t
see anything.”
“Ashley, I didn’t make a good impression
before. I’ll change. I’ll give you whatever you
want.”
He turned to Chrissy and yelled, “I’m going to
pretend this didn’t happen. Get out of my
room now.”
He yanked Chrissy up and threw her out the
door.
Chrissy was frustrated. She finally realized
something was wrong.
She sat on the floor for a long time before
finally grabbing her phone.
The person on the other end was a guy. She
covered her mouth as she talked, walking
back to her room.
Just as she was closing the door, I heard her
say, “I don’t know what she did, but Mom and
Jake have changed. I guess I was being too
nice. I have to teach her a lesson.”
