“What is that?” she asks as she points to my neck.
For a moment, my pulse races before I force it to settle.
“A necklace?” I say like she’s an idiot.
Her eyes narrow like sharpened knives.
“Where did you get it?”
“I got it online, where did you get your botched lip filler?” I throw back, attempting to get her off the fucking subject.
Damnit, I should have never worn this thing. It brings too much attention.
“C’mon,” Nico says as he attempts to pull Carly back onto the dance floor.
She shrugs him away, though, stepping closer to me as she stares at the necklace for a little longer. Then, everything happens in slow motion. Her eyes slowly rise to mine, her head moving to look to Nico, then to me, back to Nico and finishing on me before what I can only describe as fire sparks in her eyes.
“YOU FUCKING BITCHHHH!”
Her scream is deafening, immediately drowning out the music as she tackles me to the ground. I attempt to push her off of me as she begins smacking and clawing the fuck out of me. For a skinny bitch who doesn’t eat anything, she’s surprisingly strong and with every hit, I see stars. Nico and several others attempt tograb her off of me and I take that advantage to crawl out of her reach.
Jake is the one to wrap her up but he makes the mistake of leaving his foot in front of her and she stomps on it with her heel before punching him in the balls. Jake goes down like a sack of potatoes, writhing on the floor in pain as Carly jumps on my back and begins choking me with necklace.
“You stupid cunt! This was supposed to be mine! This is mine!” she screeches, smashing my face into the marble floors over and over again.
Blood is pouring down my face, my nose no doubt broken into fucking pieces as her body is finally hauled away. I look up to see my dad locking her into place as Nico pulls me further from her. My mother also kneels down beside me, taking a napkin to my nose as horrified looks stare down at me.
“Babygirl, are you okay?” Nico asks in panic, looking over me.
My mom stiffens at his words as collective gasps sound out.
“Ha!” Carly screams like a mad woman. “I knew it! Oh you son of a bitch! You’ve been fucking my sister behind my back!”
“We broke up,” Nico says as he stands between Carly and I. “I dumped you as soon as you came to back to Boston but you went psycho and concocted this entire fucking fake engagement! I went along with it to protect my company but fuck that and fuck you! This crazy bitch is nothing but an unhinged ex-girlfriend,” he says, turning to face the room.
Turning around, he kneels to face me before lacing his fingers through mine. My mom has taken several steps away from me, looking between me and Carly in shock.
“And I’m in love with Cassi,” he says.
More gasps ring through the room and though I’m still dazed from Carly’s attack, I can’t miss the white hot rage that slashes across her face. With my dad still holding her in place, she lets out a scream that has nearly everyone covering their ears.
Before anything more can be said, security move through, snatching Carly from my dad and placing her in handcuffs.
“Everyone, please clear the way.”
“Wait! Stop! She’s the fucking thief! She stole my fiancé!” Carly screams as the cops begin reading her rights.
I see Jake limping, walking with them as he shakes his head as my dad runs a hand through his hair. He looks to me and Nico before sighing and facing my mom.
“I’m gonna follow them, see where they are taking Carly.”
A police officer comes through the door in the next moment and makes their way towards us.
“Do you need an ambulance?”
“Yes,” Nico answers before I can refuse.
He nods and radios in one before leading us out of the ballroom. Nico keeps our hands together before helping me to my feet. The world spins and I have to blink several times to keep myself steady. Nico takes notice immediately and bends down, scooping me into his arms as the crowd slowly separates for us. I see an older looking man shake his head in disappointment as Nico walks by, but if he notices, he doesn’t react. Instead, he keeps his head held high like his only objective is getting me to the ambulance.
