Your father is dead.

Josh saunter off to Megan’s side and she pulled him down for a kiss.

Audrey swallowed the thick lump in her throat.

She had expected him to be remorseful,even if it was just a little bit.

But instead,they were making out,fervently in a club as if they had been caged before.

Technically,they had been trying to hide their relationship from Audrey and now that it’s been discovered,they were free as a bird to do whatever they wanted.

Audrey blinked back her tears.

It was still very hard to believe that this was the same man who had promised her the world.

“Let’s get out of here.”She turned to leave but Becca stopped her.

“They should be the one leaving.And besides,Tracy reserved this booth that they’re currently been stupid in!”

With that,they moved up to Josh and Megan.

“You two,go find somewhere else to be disgusting.”Tracy ordered.

Megan stood up,furiously.

“What right do you have to ask us to leave?”

“I reserved this booth.”

And then the girls began to argue except Audrey.

She wanted to hide but Tracy and Becca had no plans of backing down.

“Get your cheating asses out of our booth!”Becca yelled.

“Go tell the manager that.”Megan shot back.

“Are you too daft to understand that this booth is already reserved?”

“Isn’t it obvious?She’s too daft to understand anything and that’s why she’s always going after people’s boyfriend.You deserve this sorry excuse of a man.”

“How dare you talk to him like that?!”Megan lashed out and tried to slap Tracy who caught her hand and pushed her away.

The tension mounted as the girls kept cussing at each other.People in the club were watching with rapt attention.A fight was sure to break out any second from now.

Audrey didn’t know what to do.She had only wanted to have fun tonight.

Josh was furious but instead of lashing out on Tracy and Becca,he picked an easy target.

Turning to face Audrey,he yelled;

“Why are you being such a pest?!Following me here to cause a scene.What part ‘I don’t want to be with you’ do you not understand?!”

Audrey was caught off-guard by his words.

Megan being happy that Josh was finally taking sides with her immediately joined in.

“Leave him alone,Audrey!And don’t blame me for taking him away from you.You were a burden for him!I made him happy!”

Becca and Tracy were about to jump in but Audrey held them back.

She’d had enough!

“You two surely have the nerves to ridicule me and please,Josh,stop giving yourself too much credit.I’ll never follow you nor will I fight for you.You’re not worth fighting for!”

“Yeah,just like how I wasn’t worth giving your virginity to?”He sneered.”But I found someone.I found someone who gave me hers because I was worth it.”

Tracy burst out laughing.”Awwn…you’re one of the numerous guys who took Megan’s virginity.”

“Lying slut.”Becca let out.”Just how many guys have you told that lie to?So that’s your strategy.Acting all innocent with them so they would fall for you?”

Audrey shook her head in disbelief.”Josh,so this was about my virginity.If you had felt worthless,you would have told me.You made me think you were okay with us not being intimate.And you had to let Megan fool you.”

More people were watching and pointing at Megan,especially those who knew how promiscuous she was,she felt so embarrassed.

“Josh,let’s just go.”

“Megan never did any of those things people accused her of.Y’all are freaking jealous of her.But I’m sticking by her side because I know her better than anyone.”Josh defended.

And with that,he walked away with Megan.

Audrey sighed,deeply wondering if it was that easy for people to get brainwashed.

“My mood for partying here has been ruined.Let’s just go back home.We could have a small house party there.”Tracy suggested.

“Can I just be alone for a few minutes?”Audrey asked,sadly.

Becca and Tracy nodded.

She slowly walked out of the club and took a deep breath.

“Audrey.”

Hearing that familiar voice,she turned to see Josh walking up to her.

“What is it?”She asked,crossing her arms over her chest.

“I want you to stay away from Megan.”

Audrey was dumbfounded.

Who was this man?

Where was the man she had loved?

How did she waste a year of her life with someone who was this fickle?

She should have seen through him.

“Did you ever loved me?”She probed,curiously.

“I did.I really did at first.And yes,I had told you I was okay with waiting,yes,I had wanted to be your shield to protect you from your family.But you didn’t care about me.”

“I did…”

“No,you didn’t.I was always there whenever you needed me but when I needed you,you would be always caught up in one part time job or the other.You only came to see me when it’s convenient for you.I needed someone who could make time for me.”

“You can’t seriously blame me for that.You know I had to work to take…”

“Take care of your family?I’m sorry,you just have too much baggage,emotionally and financially.Megan’s what I need.”

Audrey glared at him.”Then you shouldn’t have taken this long to tell me that.You shouldn’t have been shagging her behind my back.You shouldn’t have continued acting like you cared about me.And thank God,I found out anyway.I don’t ever want to see you again.”Audrey turned her back on Josh.

She marched back into the club.She wanted to be as far away from him as possible.

Tracy and Becca found her and together they went back to the girls’ apartment.

The girls tried to make sure Audrey had a good time.They joked,laughed,drank,dance and let Audrey cry when she needed to.

************

The ringing of her cellphone woke her up the following morning.

Audrey blindly reached for it and sleepily picked up.

“Hello.”She murmured,her voice hoarse with sleep.

“Audrey,your father…your father is dead.”