Page 87 of Fate Forever and Always

Her question caught me off guard, but I tried to recover quickly. “Carly, how many times have I asked you just to call me Callie?”

She blushed a little and laughed. “Sorry. It just feels weird since you’re my teacher.”

“It's okay. Either is fine, really. Though I am more comfortable with just Callie,” I laughed. “The answer to your question is yes, I am fine. I just had a rough night. Why do you ask?”

“I don’t know, you just look…different. Maybe even a little bit sad. You don’t look like your normal happy self.”

“Thank you, Carly. I appreciate your concern, but I am okay. I just need more sleep.”

“Okay,” she said with a shy smile.

"You are doing great, you know."

She looked up at me again. "Thanks, I am trying really hard."

I gave her a smile back. "I can tell."

Once she left, I checked my phone again, and there was a response. The timing scared me a little. It was like he was watching me since the message came the moment she was gone. I checked outside to make sure she got into her car okay and to see if I could see anyone lurking or anything, but luckily, I didn't

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I am not joking, Callie.

You leave him and that house or I will let everyone see this and all the others I have collected over the years.

Please don’t do this. Just go be happy with someone else. Why can't you let this go?

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Callie, I can’t let you go. I wanted to keep you forever and you left.

I don’t know why he bothered using a private number if he wasn’t even going to try to hide who he was. I knew if this was ever going to stop; I needed some sort of proof that it was him.

I had to leave. We weren’t happy.

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Callie, you know I love you. That is why I proposed.

Got him.

Jake, please don’t do this.

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I have no choice. You won't let me talk to you to fix this. I don’t want anyone but you.

There is nothing to fix.

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If I can't have you, then neither can he. If you ask for help or go to the cops, I will start sending these to everyone you know.

I could see the conversation was going nowhere, so I stopped texting and thought through the situation. I didn’t really think Jake would hurt me like this. He was jealous as hell and never wanted anyone even looking at me, but then again, I never knew I was being recorded, and I would have never fucking guessed he was doing that.

I didn’t know how the hell I was going to fix this, but I did know that Nick couldn’t be involved. One of them would likely end up getting hurt, and I would absolutely die if it was Nick. Seeing Nick hurt would kill me. If Jake was capable of something like this, as well as already messing with Nick's car, what else could he possibly do?

As much as Nick claims to love me, seeing these photos would most definitely change that. Plus, I still don’t know the extent ofwhat Jake actually has. It’s one thing to know someone else had other relationships, but it’s another thing toseeit. I can’t subject him to dealing with this. This is something that will have to be solved by me, and me alone.

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