As we watched Winter's face twisted and she burped .
She was going to vomit again .
Before I could move , the man with awful red hair was kneeling before her with his hands making a cup before her face ," Here , you can throw up on my palm."
Winter shook her head but eventually spat out what she has eaten on his hands .
The man walked away holding my friend's vomit and spit in his hands like it was nothing .
As we watched , he came back with a bowl of water for Winter to clean her mouth , then wipe the floor and was back with a bowl of blueberry with him.
" His parents own a lot of farmland, I love how fresh the fruits are ," Winter told me proudly .
The man kissed her forehead ," If you want to eat anything else -"
I slammed my hand hard on the table ," Don't touch her carelessly ."
I was irritated . The audacity this man had to act so lovey-dovey with my friend after ruining her career like this .
He fliched and stepped away .
" Autumn," Winter sighed , she had this look in her eyes that made her seem somehow older than even me ," I know that you deserve an apology. I will contact the agency next week after we wrapped up somethings here ."
Just like that she was abondoning us .
" We have a tour next month and there is a meet and greet with the fans ," I reminded her . There were the things both of us were fretting about just two days ago .
" I know ," she was smiling ," But that is not part of me , anymore."
Oh .
Oh .
" Do you have any idea the amount of money you have to pay for breaching a contract like this ?," I threatened her with something unavoidable.
I knew how selfish and terrible I was being .
But I was terrified . I had practiced with Winter for the last six years and we have our debut for years ago.
There has never been a moment I had imagined my future without him.
Just last year , we were laughing and screaming after winning ' Global Sensation.'
" Autumn....I do not have a husband or a family like yours to keep my relationship hidden . I can not bring you guys more harms by staying together in the group ."
" And you are not hurting us by leaving us ?," I sneered , I felt like an animal cornered . I felt betrayed - just for a guy she was doing these things .
Just for a guy , she was ruining us all.
" So you want me to carry a baby to the tour ?," she challenged.
" You are just twenty , you are not having this baby ," I shook my head .
Winter was awfully too young to be a mother , to have a family like this - she was too young to let her idol life die away .
I knelt before her , grabbing her hand in a desparate grip , " I will talk with the manager, I will make sure you can keep seeing your boyfriend ."
Winter shook her head ," I am getting married ."
" No you are not !"
" I am ! I have decided !"
I slapped her back ," YOU ARE TWENTY !"
She shook me off ," AND YOU WERE NINETEEN ."
" I SHOULD JUST KILL YOU TODAY !"
If she was going to act like a senseless brat , I was going to tear away every hair in her scalp .
" Don't hit her ," her pathetic boyfriend came between us ," Kill me instead !"
" I SHOULD JUST BOTH KILL YOU TODAY ."
" JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT HAPPY WITH YOUR MARRIED LIFE DOES NOT GIVE YOU THE RIGHT TO DECIDE MINE !," Winter's face was red from shouting ," WE LOVE EACH OTHER AND I AM SICK OF PLAYING AS SOMEONE WHO I AM NOT ON THE STAGE ! I WANT MY FAMILY , I WANT A BABY , I WANT MY HAPPINESS.I SAID THAT I WILL PAY FOR WHATEVER THE COMPANY ASKS FOR , I DON'T WANT TO BE BOTHERED LIKE THIS IN ANY WAY !"
My brother weakly tugged on my sleeve .
" Then I wish you a very happy marriage," I turned back from her and went to the door .
As I opened it , I crashed into man in dark hoodie and sunglasses .
The petty disguise was not doing well to hide my husband's identity.
There were several security guards in mask behind him . I did not count the number . There were probably from Sunshine corporation anyway.
I pushed him away from the door with my brother following me close .
" Hey ," Jasper's voice was nervous," Hey are you okay ?"
At the parking lot , I turned at him and said ," I can't blame her...do you think that father will help if I ask him to talk to my agency about her fine ?"
" I am asking if you are alright ?," he grabbed my shoulder .
I shook my head and put my head to rest on him.
This time he did not shove me away . His pat was awkward on my head .
" Well , it's a bitchy thing for her to do ," he commented .
" Don't call her a bitch."
" I did not call her a bitch, I said that it was a bitchy thing to do for her ."
" Yes it was a bitchy thing to do ," I agreed , " Thanks for coming Jayjay."
" Well I am better than any man you have ever met , aren't I ?," my brother said . I knew that he was just trying to light up my mood .
" That is too much of a confidence , isn't it ?"
Liam Anderson, the jerk interrupted us
I looked down . My eyes were red . I did not want him to see me like this .
" How's your face?," my brother said with a smirk .
" As good as the lawsuit I am preparing for you ," Liam replied in a sweet voice , like it was not a threat .
But knowing him , he probably had already talked with a lawyer about it .
" You are not suing him ," I glared at him .
" No ,no , let him sue , then we can talk all about it in the court along with this cheating bastard and the divorce you want !," Jasper grabbed my shoulder.
" What divorce ?," Liam yanked me away like a ragdoll from my brother ," Don't touch her like this !"
" You stop fucking touching her like this ," Jasper shouted ," I am going to kill you someday ."
Jasper got his short temper from me . I knew better than let things to escalate.
" Jayjay , I am fine ! Stop it !"
" You are letting this filthy man to touch you like this !," Jasper said in a rage ," If I was not gone for study , I would have never let you stay like with him like this ."
" Who are you to allow anything to my wife ."
" You bastard , I am his -"
"FRIEND ! A CLOSE FRIEND !," I shouted ," And you will be two feet under the ground if you don't stop shouting like this ."
I was worried that Jasper might really reveal his identity and this would give Anderson the chance to call my father .
Liam did not know how scary my father was or what went behind the closed door of our perfect Dane household.
Jasper shut up .
" So how much close of a friend he is to you !," Liam demanded .
Oh my God .
" Is that something of your business?," I snapped at him.
" It is when you keep running away with him !," he rolled his eyes .
" He is that much of a close friend then ," I said
" Closer than you will ever be , Anderson , I am her closest friend," my brother whisphered victoriously.
I was so done with both of them .
But I did not have the energy left to deal with this .
Liam grabbed my wrist , this time his grip was gentle , but it looked almost desparate ," Let's go home, I will talk to your Agency tomorrow."
"Why would she go home with you ?," Jasper said ," We can rent a room for today and go home tomorrow."
" And publish another article?"
" Let's go home," I agreed with Liam on this . He was right here ,as was Seymore . I was useless here .
" Jayjay do you have money to go home by yourself?," I asked him , knowing he was living day to day working part-time jobs now.
" I am not that broke !," he complained like a child.
I took out my card and handed it to him ," Buy everything you need ."
" I can't watch this , I will get the car ," Liam muttered angrily .
I knew how wrong he was about my relationship with my brother. But it was safe for Jasper to be known as some broke friend than be revealed as the heir of Dane Family.
As we got into the car , I called to my brother ," Get home safe !"
God knew how much I wanted to bring him with me. But I was afraid that Anderson would eventually find out in any moment we slip.
" I will get our two bedroom apartment, I promise !," he called out ," Call me anytime ! Even if I don't have an apartment, I can still take care of you !"
My stupid little brother . I waved him a bye .
He did not deserve to be Tangled into my mess.
He was way better than this .
A part of him might have realised how shitty my life actually was . I knew that I could not burden my brother with my life but I was grateful for his offer.
It gave me strength to hold on .
My head pounded louder than my empty heart .
I did not want to wake up to see tomorrow.
For the past week , God had taken away everything from me . All was left was my group . And now it would be a day or two before we got disbanded .
" For now the news articles will be on your group member Winter going on hiatus after suffering from stress and depression or having an operation. It will be six months hiatus which would eventually strech considering the circumstances. Your tour will have to be scheduled two months afterwards so you would have some time to learn the new choreography. A livestream is better in situation , I had asked your other two friends to deal with it ."
I put my head on the glass window . I did not have any strength left to cry .
I closed my eyes and pretended that I was back to being nineteen with my friends . There were no news of my marriage yet . As the announcer of the survival show announced Winter as the last member of our group , we broke into cheers .
But when I opened my eyes , the soulless empty night was streching outside my car.
" We will be home soon ," Liam told me , reminding me of the harsh reality waiting for me tomorrow.