Promised To The Alpha Twins
Chapter 12

“You’re a liar!” shouted Dub.

“What? What…?”

He pounded on the bathroom door, still holding it with his hands.

“I heard you talking to the social worker. I heard what you said.”

Dub’s words terrified me, not because he had misunderstood me, because what I told the social worker was what Lia asked me to tell her, but because now I realized he was spying on me, that maybe on more than one occasion he had pressed his ear against my door.

“I don’t know what you understood, the alcohol must have deafened you because I told her what Lia asked me to tell her,” I replied as I tried to slip out of the bathroom.

“Don’t lie to me, you little b***h,” said Dub, his foul breath hitting my face.

“What did you call me?”

He looked in the direction of my neck, and I knew what he was referring to. Before sneaking into the bathroom, I had taken off the scarf that Aly had lent me.

“It’s not what you think…”

“You’re lying again!”

“And I don’t owe you any explanation,” I said firmly as I pushed him with my shoulder. I don’t know if it was because he was drunk and lost his balance, or if I really hit him hard, but Dub stumbled and fell to the ground like a lifeless doll.

I took advantage of his fall to jump on top of his body and run to my room, which I locked as soon as I could. I didn’t hear him get up, and after a few minutes, I imagined that it was even possible that the next day I would find him sleeping right where I left him.

I soon fell asleep, even though the image of the twins and what had happened that day in the empty classroom tried to cling to my mind, but I was very tired. It had been a long day, along with a hectic week.

As expected, Dub fell asleep at the entrance of the bathroom, without Lia even bothering to check on him, which made me wonder if she was finally realizing what she should truly value in life. But I didn’t want to get my hopes up and left home early after grabbing the first thing I found in the refrigerator.

Unbeknownst to me, my steps led me to the same gas station where I had asked for directions to the school. I entered the minimarket and there I saw Vera, who signaled me to approach.

“Never tell anyone you saw me here today,” she said when I was two steps away from her, in the beverage aisle.

“I wouldn’t have any reason to,” I replied, puzzled by such an unusual request.

“I know, but just in case. Do you have the time?”

I was about to say no when I remembered that I now had an iPhone in the pocket of my pants. I took it out. It was 9:14.

“I’ll pass you my phone,” Vera said, intending to leave.

I shrugged and scanned the QR code.

“See you tonight. Have a good day.”

I must still have been half asleep because it took me a few seconds to understand why she had said we would see each other that night. It wasn’t until I saw her butt walking away that I remembered the party. Just as I was about to say goodbye to Vera, my phone rang. It was Aly.

“I’m at the gas station minimarket, near the house,” I said after she had let me know she was coming to pick me up.

“I know which one. I’m on my way there.”

That was one of the great advantages of small towns. You didn’t even need addresses, just landmarks.

It hadn’t been five minutes when I saw Aly’s car parking. I left the minimarket with a drink under my arm and got in.

“Where are we going?” I asked after greeting Aly. I wanted to confirm my suspicions.

“I’m not telling you yet because I know you won’t like it.”

Yes, I was starting to confirm them.

“Um, why wouldn’t I like it? Don’t tell me we’re going to the twins’ house.”

Aly smiled, and then she explained that she had come from there. That did surprise me.

“Well, not exactly from there, but they’re my neighbors.”

“What?”

Aly nodded, saying nothing more, but something in her gaze told me she was hiding something. I had to insist for her to tell me.

“Well, this morning, when I was leaving home, I saw one of the twins…”

“Which one?” I asked immediately, without even hiding my growing interest in them.

“Ethan. He was with Chloe.”

While Aly was driving, she remained silent, and the tension could almost be felt. I didn’t even know why there should be tension if I wasn’t supposed to be interested in the twins, or at least I shouldn’t be. Ethan being with his girlfriend was something that should have gone unnoticed, and maybe it would have if not for what happened the day before in the empty hall.

“Well, that’s their business… and hers, right?” I said, just to dissipate the tension that had formed.

Aly tried to smile, but at that moment, I think we both realized how inconvenient it was for her to be the twins’ neighbor.

“Well, we’ve arrived,” Aly hurriedly said when I saw her turning towards the entrance of the parking lot of the largest shopping center in town, the one I had seen before but hadn’t entered.

“You should have told me it was here. I could have walked,” I said.

“Or maybe you wouldn’t have come.”

I didn’t reply because if, as I suspected, we were heading to the place I had in mind, then she had also guessed right.

After parking, we walked inside the shopping center, and Aly invited me to have breakfast when we passed by a café.

“No problem, I already ate something, but I can accompany you,” I replied.

“What did you eat? An apple and the juice you left in the car?”

I nodded.

“That’s not a breakfast. Come on, let me treat you. They make delicious waffles here.”

The truth was, I was hungry, and when Aly mentioned waffles, I couldn’t resist. We sat down, and I could confirm that she was right. The waffles were really good.

“Did you see if Chloe left the twins’ house?” I asked, unable to resist the temptation to do so.

Aly frowned and seemed not to remember very well, so I assumed she hadn’t seen her, that Chloe might have spent the night at Ethan and Liam’s house.

“How long have they been dating?”

Aly had that inattentive look again, and then I could assume that they had been together for at least six months, if not more.

“I don’t know why you’re concerned about them,” Aly said when we were finishing the waffles. “Just a few days ago, you told me you wanted to get rid of them, but now you’re even worried about how long Ethan has been dating Chloe.”

I wanted to tell her that after what happened the day before, it was impossible for either of them to be indifferent to me, but such an answer would expose me.

“You’re right,” I said. “I don’t even know why I ask you those things.”

We finished eating, and I could see that Aly was paying the bill with a Black card. She must have had a lot of money, and now I feared what she was planning to do.

“Shall we go?” Aly asked, taking me by the arm.

I had no choice but to say yes, and as we went up to the second floor of the shopping center, I had the impression of seeing the twins, but then I wasn’t sure and attributed it to a trick of my mind, from which they couldn’t escape.

One disadvantage of small towns.