CHAPTER 36: CHAPTER THIRTY SIX: IT WAS FINALLY OVER

Christy’s POV

Everyone stared at Celeste after her scream, she slowly made her way towards us with a hesitant expression.

"Why are you doing this to me?" She asked Kendrick but he just kept staring expressionlessly.

She took a deep breath before opening her purse and bringing out a neatly folded paper.

"I didn’t want to do this but you have left me with no other choice" she said with tears streaming down her face as she handed the paper to Kendrick.

He took it with a frown and slowly opened it. I was also extremely curious about its content, so I read it as well.

After seeing what it was, I froze in shock before slowly turning to look at Kendrick’s face.

I wanted to see his reaction to the content and he looked confused but the way his eyes avoided mine told me the content might be true.

"If you do not believe it, we can go to a hospital for another one" Celeste said with a determined voice.

I slowly got out of Kendrick’s embrace, as I wanted him to say something, to tell me it was all a lie.

"What is going on dear?" Mr Martinez asked his daughter with a confused expression.

Celeste slowly turned around to face him with her head bowed.

"I am sorry father, I have embarrassed you" She apologized to him.

"Dear, tell me what happened," he demanded.

"You and uncle Black wanted Kendrick and I to get closer to each other, so you made us live in the same apartment for a week.

On the third day, he had a huge fight with his grandfather, because the old man wasn’t in support of our engagement.

After the fight, he got drunk and I tried helping him to his room but he lost control and...." she paused dramatically but everyone already understood what happened.

"You bastard!" Mr Martinez raised his hand to hit Kendrick but one look from him, made him tremble in fear and dropped his hand.

"I am pregnant and you are responsible for it. I didn’t want things to come to this but you kept pushing me to the wall" Celeste said to Kendrick while crying miserably.

I don’t even know what I was waiting for, my eyes were on Kendrick the entire time and I was waiting for him to tell me that she was lying but he just closed his eyes with a frustrated expression.

"Ken, is... it true?" I asked him with a shaky voice.

He finally opened his eyes and held my hands but I noticed he kept avoiding eye contact.

"I don’t remember anything that happened that day, I woke up with no recollection of that night" he explained with a pleading gaze.

He doesn’t remember?

That means, there is a possibility that Celeste was really carrying his child.

It felt like my heart was being ripped out. I didn’t feel this hurt when the video was shown to everyone, or when wine was being poured on me.

"So there is a possibility that you are responsible?" I asked him, despite knowing that it was the truth but I wanted to hear him say it himself.

"Christy, listen to me, I..."

"What nonsense are you trying to say? Do you want to avoid taking responsibility for my daughter?" Mr Martinez interrupted him angrily.

"Oh my gosh, another plot twist!"

"I am so glad, I didn’t miss this party"

"me too"

The guests were so excited but I felt like I was dying slowly.

It felt like I was trapped in a dark abyss, then Kendrick came and showed me the beauty of light and freedom before pushing me even deeper into the same abyss.

"You must take responsibility for my daughter and this engagement is not going to be canceled!" Mr Martinez demanded angrily before taking Celeste away.

Kendrick suddenly turned to face me but I was tired and cold all over . I couldn’t feel anything anymore.

"Everything I did was for you, I hope you will understand that someday" Raymond said to Kendrick before being taken away by the officers.Sameen and Raina followed as well.

They didn’t even say a word when Celeste revealed that she was pregnant, they just watched till the end, which was very unlike them.

"Christy, I.." Kendrick tried to talk to me but I raised my hand to stop him.

I was done with all of these dramas.

I wrapped his jacket around my body tightly, as my dress was still soaked with wine.

I looked at him one last time before walking out of the hall. I listened for any footsteps behind me but there was none.

He didn’t follow or try to stop me. Hot tears slowly slid down my face as I stepped into the cold breeze.

I felt extremely cold but I couldn’t stop walking, my legs seemed to have a mind of its own and wanted to take me away from here.

Where am I supposed to go from here?

I have no one to call a friend or family, so where do I start?.

"Why me?!"

"Haven’t I been through enough?!"

I yelled into the night as tears kept pouring out of my eyes.

The wet gown made me uncomfortable as it clung to my skin.

Painful memories of the betrayals and hurt that I have faced, surfaced in my mind adding to my agony.

Piper, Mark, Callie, my foster parents then Kendrick came along and gave me a taste of happiness and love but the end result was the same.

It seems like I am destined to never be happy in this lifetime.

I continued walking in the cold night without any destination in mind.

Suddenly, the lights of a car came on a few meters away from me. I stared at the car as it suddenly started speeding towards me.

It seems like the universe heard my screams and has decided to end it once and for all.

My legs felt like they were glued to the ground as I watched the car as it got closer and closer.

Mira?

I was surprised to see that she was the one driving the car.

My body flew into the air as the car crashed into me.

The screams of the other pedestrians filled my ears as my head collided with the hard ground.

My vision turned red as blood flowed into my eyes before everything slowly went dark.

It was finally over.