Free Stay by S. Mulholland Page B

admonish.
                  She pulls on my hand not saying anything, just staring straight ahead. Her finger goes up as I’m watching her face.
                  “Holy shit! There!” She points out hysterically.
                  I immediately follow her finger and see that she’s pointing at the door we just came in from a few minutes ago.
                  My body goes cold and motionless when I see the person that’s just walking into the party…Jason.
                  I look at him up and down. He’s wearing a black suit and tie with a white collar shirt.
                  He looks to die for, but this isn’t the time for me to notice how unbelievably sexy he looks in those clothes.
                  His hands are in both his pant pockets and he’s staring straight ahead. He has no idea that I’m standing here in shock at the sight of him.
                  He lied to me is all I can think when Magda says, “Alex, let’s get out of here…this was a bad idea.”
                  Anger engulfs me once again. “No! This is what we’re here for. Let’s see what he’s doing here,” I say through clenched teeth.
                  “But—“I raise my hand to let her know I mean business.
                  She takes the hint and steps closer to me while I watch Jason walk straight through the living room and into the dining room.
                  My heart rate escalates when we follow him directly to where we saw Melanie sitting. Magda and I are walking side by side in silence as we watch all this unfold before our eyes.
                  I contemplate closing my eyes and just turning around and making a run for it but I know I can’t. If this is what he’s been hiding from me the whole time, I need to know. I cannot keep putting myself through this with him. I can’t allow this to go on when I’m the one getting hurt in the process. I will not be someone’s play thing. He might’ve fooled me up until now, but not anymore.
                  I love him so much it hurts but if he doesn’t feel the same and has been playing me—there’s nothing left for him and I.
                  I grind my teeth until they hurt in order to keep the tears forming in my eyes to spill over.
                  Standing there motionless, I see Melanie light up when she finally notices Jason walking towards her. I try to keep my eyes focused on her so that I can see her full reaction but I can’t. I look away and watch Jason approach her with no emotion on his face.
                  When he reaches her, everyone around disappears, leaving them alone. I’m too far away to hear anything that they’re saying so I try to step closer to them but Magda stops me.
                  “Don’t! They’ll see you….let’s just watch what they do.” She says softly.
                  I don’t respond because I know she’s probably right so I just keep my eyes focused on the scene in front of me.
                  I look at Melanie this time and I see her flashing her flirtatious smile at him the whole time he’s talking to her. My stomach churns when I see her hand come up and grab his tie.
                  I want to close my eyes so bad but it’s like watching a train wreck—I can’t look away.              
                  He immediately grabs her hand and takes it off his tie while saying something to her sternly.
                  That move makes me think that maybe just maybe there’s nothing going on but then it happens. It all feels like it’s in slow motion for me but in reality it’s not.
                  She says something in return and then puts her arms around his neck pulling him towards her disgustingly overly lip glossed