Chapter 18 : The Truth Stays Hidden

More months passed by, Erika was finally eight months pregnant, and Trevor continued to see her when he had time while also studying for his new school. She would help his sister practice for her ballet and babysit Crumbs while his furdad was at work.

Everything was fine until that very day.

Trevor was in the mailroom in H&H corporation, sorting out mails like any other day, Until, he was called in the office. Once he got in there, he saw his boss sitting by his desk with a grin in his face. "You wanted to see me, Mr. Heinus?" he asked.

"Yes, come in," the man said to him.

"Is there a problem?"

'Absolutely not." Mr. Heinus took out a letter and handed it him. "Congratulations, you are going to England."

Trevor could not believe what he was hearing. "Excuse me?"

"You got accepted. It's here, in black and white."

The young man took the paper from his hand. "I... I got in?"

"Yes, you did!" Mr. Heinus responded proudly.

"Oh, my God! I can't believe it."

"Believe it. Personally, I am what you kids call: hashtag proud boss. So you better pack a lot of coats because you are going to England."

"This is so cool," Trevor remarked as he felt this pride for himself that he was going to a good university abroad. However, his smile slowly disappeared when he remembered Erika.

"What's wrong why the long face all of a sudden? Aren't you happy?"

"I... am. I was just thinking about the... people I will leave behind. Like my parents and my friends..."

"And your girlfriend?"

Trevor reacted. "Huh? Uhm... No, I don't have a girlfriend."

"Oh, really? Well, who knows, you might find the right girl in England," Mr. Heinus remarked.

"Yeah... Anyway, thanks again for this, Mr. Heinus. I really appreciate it."

"Don't mention it, Trevor."

Later, the young man walked by the halls with a huge smile on his face and a sense of achievement knowing that he got accepted in a university abroad. Of course with that achievement deserved a celebration and who better to celebrate it with?

So he took out his phone and began searching his contacts to make a call. "Hey, Erika, are you free tonight?"

"Yeah, why?" Erika asked.

"Well... You know, why don't we try that new burger place by the park?"

"Sure, I heard the milkshakes are thick and creamy there."

"Great, let's meet there around 7pm," Trevor told her.

"I'll be there," Erika replied. "And bring Crumbs with you."

"I can't. Sorry that I didn't drop him off to you earlier. I woke up late this morning and I was in a hurry to get to work. Don't worry, my dad is away again, so my mom is keeping an eye on him."

"I understand. Anyway, I'll see you tonight."

"You too. Bye." Trevor put the phone down and felt even more happy that he was going to see his crush later.

At night, work hours was over and most employees in the office building were gone. Trevor was about to get to his car until a familiar voice stopped his track. Suddenly, he looked to his side, and saw an old friend.

It was Mikey, but his back was turned and was in the middle of a call. He wanted to go to towards him to say hi to his old friend.

"Hey, man... Yeah, don't worry, I'll be there tonight. I promise. I have to see my dad first," Mikey said to the caller. "You know, if you're planning to get laid tonight, then use the roofie that Skyler gave me. It works like a miracle for me when I got Erika's V-card."

Suddenly, Trevor halted after hearing that. He was frozen in utter horror to discover the awful truth behind that night of his house party when Erika was assaulted. "It was you?" he blurted.

Mikey flinched and was stunned to see someone he knew heard what he said. "I'll call you back," he told the caller and turned to Trevor acting coy in the last minute. "Hey, Man, what's up? What are you doing here?"

"What's up is that you raped Erika."

"What? I don't know what you're talking about."

"I heard you!" Trevor yelled.

Mikey's facial expression changed as he glared at him. "Shut up."

"How could you do that?"

"Oh please, you should hear her back there. It was like she was begging for more," The jerk claimed.

Which made Trevor looked at him in disgust, "Wow, you're... you're piece of shit, you know that?" he snarled.

"You think I care what you think? I wanted her, but Shay had to come in and take her. You know what it's like."

"But I didn't rape her," Trevor reminded. "Back then til now, you are still pathetic when you can't get anyhing you want. Let me guess, Daddy has to pay the coach to let you in the team?"

That hit a nerve to Mikey, "Whatever, it's not like she knows that it's me." He glared at him. "It's your words against mine. Plus, you have no proof."

"We'll see about that." Trevor gazed at him straight in the eyes, then was about to bolt away.

"Oh no, you're not!" Mikey grabbed his shoulder, but managed to escape by kicking his knee. The rapist fell and on the ground while Trevor got inside his car, then drove away like a bat out of a cave.

Trevor was speeding, seeing that Mikey was able to catch up to him. He had to tell Erika before it was too late, so he thought about calling her instead. Since he was driving he had to use Siri. "Call, Erika Row," he said.

The digital assistant did as it was told and tried to reach the requested caller. "Sorry, the caller cannot be reach. Please, call again later," it informed.

"No! Try again."

Once again, to no avail. "Sorry, the caller cannot be reach. Please, try again later."

"Shit. This has to work." He took his phone and tapped on the camera icon and quickly placed it on the stand. "ERIKA, Listen to me! it was Mikey. Mikey Heinus raped you. He was the one that raped you that night in the party."

Trevor got to the free way yet saw through the rear-view mirror that the rapist was still tailing on him. He had no choice, but to break some traffic rules by switching lanes to get out from Mikey's sight.

Eventually, Trevor got to the parking lot in the public park where the burger place was, thinking that he lost Mikey. After that, he tried to call Erika again.

All of a sudden, a hand dropped on his shoulder, then made him turn around. "What do you think you're doing?" a sinister voice said to him.

"Mikey," Trevor gulped as he accidentally dropped his phone on the ground.

"Don't do this, Trev, or else..."

"I have to."

Mikey blocked his way. "Listen. Believe it or not, I work my ass off to became an international player."

"I don't give a shit..." Trevor chuckled.

"PLEASE! I'm begging you. Don't do this. I will lose everything I dreamed off will be gone if you told on me."

"You're worried about what you're going to lose? You don't even realize the damage you did that night. You're a rapist."

"Fuck this!" Mikey fumed. All he saw was red. "I'm not going to let you ruin everything."

Trevor was being shoved to his car, with Mikey's death grip on the collar of his shirt. He could see the desperation and anger in his eyes. "Let go off me," he grunted.

"Not before I finish you." Mikey was about to punch him in the face.

Fortunately, Trevor stopped his fist with his hand yet they ended up wrestling one another.

The two guys were pushing and pulling. One was preventing him to leave while the other wanted to escape from his clutches. Afterwards, Mikey did not know his own strength when he rammed Trevor fell on the ground, hitting his head on the hood of the car.

As desperate as he was to not get exposed, Mikey instantly freaked out at what he did. Especially when there were so much blood coming out from Trevor's forehead as he lied on the ground. "Shit," he muttered.

From that blow, Trevor was still conscious yet in sheer pain as he glanced at the monster before him. "Mikey... Help... Help me," he pleaded, and reaching out to him.

However, Mikey saw it as an advantage to get away from his crime. He put his hand around Trevor's neck and began strangling the life out of him.

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Meanwhile, Erika was at the restaurant, and waited by the al fresco dining area for several minutes. "Where is he?" She mumbled with an agitated tone. "What's taking him so long?"

She tried to reach Trevor by call and text, but to no avail. "Ugh! Why is he not picking up? You know what, I'm eating for two anyway. I'll just get a take out instead." She went inside to buy her burger.

Later, she walked and carried a bag of food she ordered while booking a ride home. "He should at least tell me that he's not coming. Does he know how hard it is for me to walk around?"

The pregnant teenager was in the car, being driven home by a driver of an Uber. On the way out of the park, there was a continuos vibration from her phone. Apparently, the signal from the burger place was not good that she just received all those missed calls from Trevor.

While being surprise that he was trying to reach her all along, the driver spotted ssomething by the parking area. "What the heck...?" he uttered.

"Huh?" She looked up and instantly recognized a car. Not only that, there was a a guy lying at the side of the vehicle. From the clothes he was wearing, she knew who it was. "TREVOR! Oh, my God! Stop the car!"

Erika got out from her Uber and rushed to him. She was aghasted, seeing Trevor was on the ground lifeless wtih a gash in his head and there were a pool of blood. "TREVOR!!" she screamed as she was on her knees, shaking him to get any response somehow. "Trevor! Wha... What happened!? WHO DID THIS TO YOU?! Trevor!"

"Let's take him to the hospital," The driver offered, even though he was also in horrified seeing such scene.

"Okay, please, help me."

"Alright." The man carried unconscious teenager to the car by the back. After that, Erika went inside to be with Trevor, then drove off.

Erika was panicking and crying to her friend who was in such state. "Hold on, Trevor, we're going to help you, okay?" she whimpered. "Hold on, Trevor."

Once they arrived at the hospital, they went straight to the emergency. Trevor was placed in the gurney and he was being pushed by paramedics along with the distraught Erika, who kept begging for him to hold on even holding his hand.

They placed him in a room and the doctor arrived as he began working. "I'm sorry, but you have to wait outside," a nurse told her.

"Okay," the poor girl weeped. She turned to Trevor and slowly let go of his hand. "Trevor, don't worry, I'll be outside."

When Erika was escorted outside by the nurse, but all of a sudden, she grunted in pain from her baby bump. "What's wrong?" the nurse asked her.

So they looked down and there were blood running down between Erika's legs, and immediately thought about her unborn child. "OH NO! MY BABY!" she shrieked.

Another nurse came in with a wheelchair and made her sit on it, then quickly sent her to another room for her.

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