The City Held Its Silence byIrel Knx 47

Jasmine let’s talk,” he then said following close behind. 

“What am I being accused of this time?” 

“What?” He asked. 

“Why else would you come to see me unless I’m in trouble,” I explained. 

“Jasmine I’ve just come to talk to you.” He responded. 

“About what? We have nothing to say to each other. Aren’t you the one who never wanted to talk to me and avoided me like the plague? What’s changed?” I asked him. Especially if he was here to yell at me about something. I wonder what Diana had accused me of this time. 

I reached the clothes line outside and began putting up the clothes. 

“Why do I feel like our roles have switched, I remember you were the one always trying to talk to me and now it’s me…literally begging for you,” he said to me. 

“Funny how things change isn’t it?” I replied. Jokes aside why were things turning out this way? I thought if I left Keith alone since and stopped trying to meet with him I wouldn’t have to worry about seeing him. So what the hell was he doing here 

“I can’t believe your attitude right now. Let’s talk for a moment, stop what your doing face for a moment,” he asked me. 

“Make me,” I rudely said to him and continued hanging my clothes on the line. That was purely my bitter and petty side talking to him. 

There was a moment of silence as Keith just watched me. He then got closer to me l wondered what he was going to do. Suddenly I felt myself being lifted me off the ground and he placed me over his shoulder, I shrieked in surprise, 

“Keith, what the hell are you doing!? Put me down!” I yelled at him. 

“You told me to make you. I’m simply doing as you said,” he told me as he began walking away with me. 

“Keith are you serious!? Put me down!” I yelled at him once more but he didn’t respond. 

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47 Out of pettiness 

I screamed as I hit his back with my hands to get him to put me down but he didn’t budge. His grip on me remained firm. I knew Keith worked out a lot so he was pretty 

strong. 

He then put me down against the wall of the house. I had no where to escape from as his body which was much bigger and muscular than mine was blocking me. 

“There, I think you should be able to listen to me just fine from here,” he said to me with a smug grin as he looked down at me. 

“You’re insane,” I commented as glared up at him. I was considering slapping him when my thoughts were interrupted. 

“Mum, are you okay?” I heard a familiar voice ask me. 

I looked and found Tony looking at me from out the window nearby with a worried expression. I think he’d heard me screaming. 

“There’s no need to worry Anthony, I’m just talking to your mother,” Keith told him. 

Tony looked at us for a moment trying to process the situation. His eyes focused on me as waiting for me say something. 

I sighed, “I’m fine sweetie, there’s no need to worry,” I said to him. 

Though sceptical he nodded and he went back inside. 

“See all that screaming has him worried now,” Keith said as he turned back to me. 

“Of course he’d be worried he sees you cornering and hovering over me like a damn predator!” I snapped at him in a whisper. 

He cocked an eyebrow at me. “Predator?” he repeated and chuckled. 

Though I was mad at Keith I didn’t want to fight and make a scene in front of Tony. I reprimanded him for getting into fights at school I didn’t want him to think I wasn’t following my own rules. Thoughts of slapping Keith left my mind. 

I then held out my hands and pushed against Keith’s chest. “Alright I’ll listen to you so give me some space,” I told him. The sooner I heard him out, the sooner I could get him to leave. He stepped back slightly giving me more room. 

As I removed my hands I noticed his gaze on them. Suddenly, he grabbed my left hand and brought it close to his face. 

“Keith!” I exclaimed wondering what he was doing as he looked closely at my hand. 

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47 Out of pettiness 

“You removed your ring,” he said to me with an expression on his face I couldn’t quite read. I looked at his left hand and noticed his wedding band was still on. Why? I thought to myself. I don’t know and quite frankly I didn’t care. We were getting divorced either way. (1) 

“We’re not together are we? And you have a lover.” I asked him and I pulled my hand away from his. “So why would I keep it on?” 

“I do find your fiesty attitude amusing but I do think you’re taking it too far.” He remarked but with a strange tone. 1 

‘I’m not doing it for your amusement,” I angrily snapped at him. 

He was looking at me with the most annoying smirk that told he wasn’t taking me seriously at all. 

“Jasmine you’re so angry with me for what exactly? Because things didn’t go your way?” He asked me. 

“What are you talking about?” I asked him. 

“You always wanted to see me until recently, I kicked you out of the mansion and you haven’t found. Now you’re no longer coming, you start working at a restaurant, you ask for all your maids to leave your home and a all these illogical things.” 

“You think I’m doing all of this out of pettiness?” I asked him in disbelief at what I was hearing. You know what? Not slapping him was going to be difficult after all. 

“Are you not?” he asked me. 

“Jasmine did you not spend your allowance money? I asked all your maids and they said they saw you the servants in the house also said they saw you taking Diana’s possessions when you you used to live. You make it seem like I wanted to leave you. 

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