The Crystal 2 - Jones M (ebook reader macos .txt) 📗

tried to make humor of what happened to her, but the rest of us did not laugh.

"I mean, what the hell? How the fuck could you think that of me? Why would I try to kill Liam? I mean, yes, he was one of my bullies in high school; but why would I try to kill him? He had been nothing but good towards me ever since I joined you guys on tour! All of you were!"

"Emery--" Zane said but Emery cut him off.

"You yelled at me!" Emery turned her glare to Zane and Harry. "You guys called me a liar and said hurtful things about me that you had no right to say!"

Emery charged forward and punched Zane and Harry in the gut, earning groans of agony.

Even though she had punched them, her form hunched as she started sobbing out loud.

Flashback

"You're a good actress, Emery," Harry spoke with a glare directed towards her. "Do you think we are idiots?"

"I don't follow," Emery had replied after a short moment of silence.

Harry sighed, shaking his head while staring at the floor before turning to face her.

"You tried to kill Liam."

Emery stared at him in bewilderment.

"Harry, that's absurd! Why would I want to do that?"

"Probably because you want revenge for what we did to you in high school!" he boomed.

"Guys, I said I accepted your apologies! I don't want to get any sort of revenge! What makes you think I tried to kill Liam?"

"Your phone was found in the car a few hours after you parked the car next to a restaurant."

Emery had a shocked look before she started patting her jeans.

"Witnesses also say that the driver had long red hair and did not stop driving," Ethan added.

Emery then turned to face Bianca.

"Guys, it was not me. It was Bianca! I don't know how but she took my phone and sent someone to disguise as me to kill Liam!"

"Oh, please. There is no way you are getting out of this, Emery," I told her. "What other 'truth' do you want to tell us?"

Everyone in the room was angry with Emery. We silently stared at her as her eyes began to well with tears.

Unbelievable. Harry was right; Emery was good at acting.

"I did not hit Liam with a car. In fact, after I left the hotel, I was walking around--"

"WE HAVE HEARD ENOUGH OF YOUR LIES!" Zane boomed, cutting her off as she flinched in shock. "You have been lying to us ever since this year started, and we are tired of it."

He reached out for her hand. Emery's eyes widened as she started backing away from Zane, trying to evade him. Zane gave her a glare that could kill someone on the spot as he quickly grabbed her arm.

"Take her away!" he practically yelled at the officers, throwing Emery towards them. As if on cue, the police officers in the room approached Emery. Emery gained a panicked expression as she turned to face everyone in the room.

"It wasn't me! You have to believe me!" she shouted, but no one was going to listen to her. We had discovered who she really was, and we were not going to listen to her lies.

"Why would I kill Liam? He's a wonderful guy! It wasn't me! It was Bianca!" she continued yelling.

"Shut up you lying bitch!" Harry shouted, silencing Emery for a moment.

The police guards reached for Emery's hands and placed them in a handcuff, waiting to take her away.

"I'm sorry, Emery. You did all these things, and you deserve this," Selena said with a sad smile.

Then something unexpected happened. Bianca stepped forward and delivered a harsh slap on Emery's face.

I was shocked, and I went to say something when she cut me off.

"That was for calling me ugly," and then another one, "and that was for slapping me you bitch!"

"Bianca!" Harry yelled as he grabbed her, moving her away from Emery.

With that, Emery was being escorted outside.

"Guys! Help me! PLEASE!" she yelled out loud, but no one spoke to her. We silently watched at the ongoing spectacle.

The police officers had grabbed onto her shoulders. Emery was openly crying as she was forced to walk with them outside the hotel. 

"Thank goodness that evil bitch is gone," Bianca commented as she placed her head on Zane's shoulder. Zane placed a peck on her forehead. Emery continued sobbing and screaming for the guys and me. Her voice kept decreasing in volume until we couldn't hear her anymore.

 

 

 

CHAPTER TWENTY ONE

 

Logan's P.O.V

Emery was sobbing, and it pained me to see her like that.

"Sure, my phone was in that car, but I did not plant it there! You guys were so quick to pass the blame on me! You even told me I deserved it! I did nothing wrong you stupid dumb fucks!"

Emery continued sobbing, making me feel worse.

"I begged you and yelled at you guys, telling you that I didn't do it. You all turned your backs on me and refused to look at me, not even allowing an ounce of doubt in your minds. The least you guys could have done was listen to my version of the story! But no, you let me get arrested in front of everyone and let my life be ruined in the process."

"Emery, we're sorry--"

"SHUT UP, LOGAN!" Emery roared at me, reaching over and slapping me hard on the face. The pain she had inflicted on me did not compare to the huge feelings of guilt and regret that I felt.

"I was hurt. I was scared," Emery was openly crying in front of us, and I felt her sadness catching up with me. "My world was ruined, and I had no idea of how to fix it. I had no one, and I assumed—no, I knew everyone who knew me would not want to talk to me. Could you imagine yourselves in my place? Could you imagine going through what I went through?" 

Emery lay on the floor, sobbing out loud as her form shook. My eyes were welling up with tears as I watched her. 

Right then, I hated what the guys and I did on that day. I wished I could have listened to Emery. If only there was a way to go back in time...

"You guys did nothing. You, the people I thought I could trust, did nothing. You just let Bianca blind you with her lies, and I was left feeling humiliated. You had all betrayed me on that day. I told myself I was never going to go back to you. I am never going to forgive all of you."

The last sentence did not sit well with me. Emery chuckled as she shook her head in disbelief.

"Was I a bother to you?" she asked, and I felt my eyes open in disbelief. "Was I someone who was not worthy of your time? Was I that dependant on you guys that you wanted to get rid of me?"

She stared at the distance before saying, "Am I such a horrible person to be around with?"

I was shocked by the words Emery had said. Was that what she had been reduced to?

Was she really doubting herself?  

"Emery, where is this coming from?" Justin asked. 

"Have you been listening? It's coming from everything you guys put me through!" Emery shouted. "I went through all the possible reasons of you betraying me. I thought it was something that I did, but I couldn't figure out what it was. All the time I was in that prison cell, I thought I did something bad to you guys. Was it because I was chosen to be a crystal? Was it because I avoided you guys for the three months I spent mourning the loss of my mom? I didn't know."

There were a few seconds of silence before Emery continued.

"Besides, my time was preoccupied with being the prison's punching bag."

We all gasped in shock.

"Save me the reactions. You could have known, but you never came to visit me. Apparently, most of the prison women are fans of the Ordinary Brothers. I let them hit me." Emery turned to face someone on my side. "I recalled your words, Selena. You told me I deserved it, and for a long time, I believed that."

"Emery--" Selena went to speak as she teared up, but she was cut off.

"Even if I wanted to defend myself, I couldn't. Your dumb king deactivated my powers and left me vulnerable to more than thirty women in that prison."

"I'm--" Erick spoke, but he was interrupted.

"I could have died, you know? I knew you thought you were keeping me away from the witches because of the stupid dream. But you guys were leaving me defenseless in the presence of many criminals."

"Emery--" Ethan spoke, but she cut him off. 

"A week later, I decided enough was enough. I realized I did not deserve the hell I was going through in that prison. You guys are the ones who should have suffered. I was mad and I planned to never see you guys again, but then came the erwiches."

Emery sighed as she wiped off traces of tears on her face.

"You know what's funny? Before Harry and Zane abused me, they told me that you all know my weakness as a crystal. So I assume that everyone here knows, right?"

No one answered, and Emery became furious.

"Really, Erick? The least you could have done was only tell Justin and Selena, but did you have to include the people who bullied me in high school?"

Erick had taught my bandmates and me how to deactivate our powers within an area in case Emery decided to go all raging evil on us. He was looking out for us, and I never thought it would backfire, especially on Emery.

Oh, the cruel irony.

"That was one of the stupidest things you could have ever done! Zane and Harry used that weakness to their advantage. They physically abused me you stupid asshat! I could have died!"

Emery screamed as she threw a fireball at the wall on her side. Her expression was still of fury as she turned to look at us. 

"We've wasted a lot of time talking. Let's actually get to the part where I teach you all not to ever mess with me!"

Third Person's P.O.V

Erick's eyes widened as the chains that bound him were released. As soon as that happened, a strong force dragged him towards Emery.

"Emery--"

"Save whatever you want to say, Erick. By now, you should know I am done listening to all of you," Emery said before she delivered a punch on Erick's face.

He did not see that coming.

"You have played a large role in this mess."

Punch.

"Apart from the fake dream about me, you deactivated my powers in the Australian prison and left me vulnerable in the process."

Punch.

"You had even instructed Zane and Harry about deactivating powers in an area. That was stupid because they almost killed me!"

Emery kept punching Erick wherever she could. Yells and painful groans filled the room as Erick dealt with the pain of the punches.  

"Your betrayal was the worst."

Emery pushed him back with a strong force. Erick collided with the wall behind him with a sound, instantly passing out before falling to the ground.

"Erick!" the rest shouted at him.

"Relax," Emery said with a smirk. "He just passed out. Now, where were we? Oh, yes. Selena."

Selena gasped as her chains were released