"Taylor, where is Ashley? we need to leave." Michelle tapped Taylor, who was drowning herself in alcohol.
'Dunno, maybe... still with Dylan in the room upstairs." Taylor said casually and looked up with a dazed expression.
Michelle froze and quickly ran upstairs. Fortunately, it was the first room.
Michelle entered 5he room and saw Ashlet and Dylan cuddling each other naked. Michelle felt her blood boil.
My Ashley!
She quite tiptoed to the bed, seeing the puddle of blood, Michelle had the urge to throw Dylan into a furnace, with an idea in mind. She quietly woke Ashley.
"Ashley, wake up."
Ashley was a light sleeper, and with a few taps, she woke up.
"What?..."
Michelle quickly put her finger over Ashley's lips, and Ashley was instantly sober.
"Shh, come,"
She helped Ashley put off the bed, and when Ashley turned, she was astonished, blood drained from her face in an instant.
"I-I-I slept with D-d-dylan?" Tears began to form in Ashley eyes and quickly fell.
"What have I done? Taylor likes Dylan."
"Shh, it was a mistake. It will be alright if you don't tell Taylor, besides you like him too."
"No, I mean, yes, i do, but Taylor is my sister."
Ashley cleaned the tears on her face and faced Michelle holding her palm, "Promise me you won't tell Taylor."
"I promise Ash,"
"Secret promise?"
"Secret promise. Now quickly put on your clothes. "
Ashley and Michelle had a code which was secret promise, which was never to tell another soul, and they just made another one, a promise Ashley never expected Michelle to break.
"He tore my shirt," Ashley picked up her ragged top in exasperation.
"Wear my jacket."
Michelle gave Ashley her jacket, and Ashley wore it over her bra and hastily put on her trousers before leaving. Michelle took Ashley out from the other exit and told her to wait. She went inside the club and woke Taylor, who had slept off.
"Taylor, Taylor,"
"What is it?"
"Ashley did sleep with Dylan."
Taylor was sober, very sober. Her eyes shot wide open, and her face became twisted in jealousy.
"But I took Ashley from the room. Dylan was dead drunk, I don't think he knew the person he slept with." Michelle words rang deep in Taylor's head.
"Don't you know the person he slept with?"
Michelle nodded.
"What if it was me?"
"Taylor," Michelle looked surprised, but she inwardly smiled. "I-i don't know."
"Come on, Meech."
Michelle stood up hastily. "Do whatever you want to do as far as it won't hurt Ashley."
"It won't. " Taylor rolled her eyes. "Don't know why you're so overprotective of her when yoy barely care about me."
Michelle didn't reply but left smiling to herself.
"Task complete." She looked back at Taylor, who was going to the room Dylan was.
"Ashley is mine and mine alone." She smiled viciously before she went outside, returning back to plain old Michelle.
"Where's Taylor?"
Ashley looked behind Michelle to see if there was someone there, but no one.
"She's gonna be late. It seems she'll come home tomorrow. Let's get going."
Ashley still looked worried, but Michelle assured her,
"She'll be fine, don't worry."
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Taylor quickly ran upstairs, bumping into some people dancing and some couples making out. Taylor opened the door and saw Dylan still lying down on the bed, his chiselled chest shining in the light. Taylor saw Ashley croptop which was torn on the ground and it strengthened her resolve to replace her sister, picking up Ashley croptop, she tore it and hearing some movements, she looked at Dylan but he had only changed his position, she heaved a sigh of relief and threw the top outside the window. Hastily, she took off her clothes, and instead of directly laying on the bed, she held her arms tightly, digging her nails into it. She also bit her arms and legs, making hickeys on her body. After she felt it was enough, she entered the bed.
Taylor looked at Dylan and wanted to touch him but was afraid of waking him up. She quickly laid on the bed, and soon, she fell asleep.
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I8 May, Lily Garden.
Dylan woke up with a banging head. His head hurt so much, and it felt like his head was being hit with a hammer,
"Damn," he looked at the room before his eyes settled on Taylor, who was sleeping. Dylan saw the obvious marks on her neck and cured loudly.
"Fuck!"
Ge stood up and wire his trousers not waking Taylor up, he put on his clothes, his hand massaging his aching head before waking Taylor up.
Taylor woke uo to see the face she was dreaming of.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Dylan asked though it was obvious. He's trying believe that nothing actually happened but the striking red stain on the bed when Taylor stood up slapped him right in the face.
"What do you mean? You were the one who pulled me in when I came to look for Ashley." Taylor lied through her teeth.and stretched her body forward almost touching Dylan chest.
Dylan couldn't tell if Taylor was lying nor not because he couldn't remember a thing. He did remember dragging Ashley into the room and going after her but when the door hit him, he couldn't remember anything else. His memories were fragmented. It was scarce and couldn't remember the girls face.
Dylan was quiet for a long time and sighed deeply before saying to Taylor, "be my girlfriend."
Taylor eyes shine and the action of her wearing her clothes ceased and she started at Dylan who stared back at her with no emotions in those beautiful eyes but Taylor didn't mind, because it will soon be filled with love for her.
"Yes." She said and sealed the deal
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Present Day.
If you didn't tell me that Dylan didn't know whi he slept with, I wouldn't have replaced Ashley." Taylor looked indignant.
"Taylor, hear yourself, you...."
"Enough, it's enough with tye oast. Let's talk about now."
"About hurting Ashley?"
"No, ending the marriage. I k ow that you don't want Ashley and Dylan to be together and I don't want it either." Taylor said bluntly and Michelle relaxed.
"Do qhat you want to do but no hurting Ashley." Michelle said and stood up to leave.
"This is the same sentence you said years ago.".Michelle didn't say anything and just walked off but Taylor words made her pause.
"I wonder if you actually have a thing for Ashley."
Michelle faced Taylor who said with a casual smile,
"She is not related us by blood and don't think I don't know that you are home," she paused and smiled wider, "don't worry, mom and Ashley don't know."
Michelle walked over to Taylor, her eyes flashing with a vicious light and Taylor noticed the change in Michelle whole aura,
"You're not going to kill me,are you?"
"Yes, I do love Ashley and no one can take her away from ne, not even God himself, she's mine and you will be a good little sister and keep your mouth shut!"
Michelle gaze was that of cold blade. Taylor was terrified.
This was not her sister!
"Ok?" Michelle spoke seeing Taylor quiet.
"Mm" Taylor nodded in fear.
"Good." Michelle smiled and patted Taylor head, but that smile made Taylor tremble.
Michelle turned swiftly and became the Michelle every one knew.
Taylor was suprised and terrified.
"When did she become like this?"
Taylor membered the movies she watched about a girl who was a psychologist while pretending to be someone she's not while killing people with her knowledge.
"Psychotic psychologist." She muttered. She stared at the door that Michelle figure had disappeared from.
"Meech did study psychology..." she paused and laughed as if convincing herself. "My sister is not Psychotic."
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"Michelle, where is Ashley?" Nicloe asked, dishing the food.
"She's asleep." Michelle collected the ladle from Nicole, who smiled at her and went back to her seat.
"Why?, she was awake a few hours ago." Nicole looked worried.
"She said she needed a nap."
Michelle smiled casually. She was serving food to Dylan, and his food was noticeably smaller than the ones she served to Taylor.
"Oh. Dylan, could you be a darling and go wake Ashley up?"
"No!" Two voices sounded almost immediately startling Nicole, and she looked at them quizzically. Taylor and Michelle looked at each other, and Michelle spoke first,
"We mean it's not right for a guest to go on an errand, I'll go wake her." Michelle served Nicole, her food, and dropped the ladle and dish.
Nicole looked at Dylan's plate and saw the quantity on his plate was smaller than the normal portion on her and Taylor's plate.
"Michelle, add some more to Dylan's plate."
"Mum, Dylan is a wealthy man and the quantity of food he take will be smaller than normal people to maintain his figure and I'm sure that Dylan hasn't eaten something like this before, so he might not eat much."
"I've prepared Ashley's favourite food, so why won't he eat?"
Nicole looked at Dylan, "Dylan dear, you'll eat it, won't you?"
Dylan smiled. "Of course, Mother, Ashley has prepared this for me a lot of time in the past."
"Oh, really?" Michelle looked unconvinced, "what's the name of the food?"
"Jollof rice, Nigerian Jollof rice." Dylan answered, unconvinced fazed by the question.
Nicole smiled broadly and told Michelle to add more rice to his plate. Michelle reluctantly put more rice in his plate and went upstairs but not without giving a nasty side eye to Dylan.
Taylor was oddly quiet, apart from the time she said "No" alongside Michelle. Nicole sensed something was wrong and asked her about it, but Taylor said nothing was wrong.
"Maybe she's a little angry that Ashley didn't tell her she had a boyfriend because I know these sisters share a story bond." Dylan words the flames and Nicole looked at Taylor for answers, but Taylor nodded with a faltering smile.
"These girls." Nicole chuckled and continued to eat without noticing Taylor clenching the spoon she held tightly.
Nicole didn't notice, but Dylan did, which made him smile.
Michelle entered Ashley's room and saw Ashley sleeping comfortably. She smiled and closed the door. Ashley's face was calm and peaceful, something Michelle wanted to see and would do anything to keep. She sat on the bed and carressed Ashley's hair.
"You know, when mum brought you back that night, I was very angry because we had no food in the house and you were a burden to us. We just stayed to ho for a vacation, but things didn't really turn out well," she chuckled, remembering the past. "I guess the only good thing that came out of the vacation was you. In the morning, the next day, you took my breath away, I didn't realise how beautiful you were until you got cleaned up; you see the peaceful look you had when you were asleep, the same one you have now, is something I want to keep on your face forever. You were my first love and my last, and Ashley, I promise, I'll keep you happy even if it means to take you away from mum, Taylor, and everyone else, I will." She smiled and bent down to kiss Ashley. Immediately, she was done, Ashley opened her eyes, looking confused and unfocused.
"Did you kiss me?"
Michelle looked at her blankly and said calmly, "You always speak nonsense."
"Sorry, I think I was dreaming." Ashley said, though she clearly felt a warm lips on hers
"Mom is calling you for lunch. Let's go."
"Ok." Ashley came down from the bed and wore the slippers which Michelle placed beside her feet.