Chapter 14
" I told Steve I was a bit freaked out by Jeff but he assured me I was just being paranoid so I ignored it!"
"What's the next thing on the list then?!"
"Well I had rocks thrown through my window! I thought it was you!"
"Oh this gets better!!"
"Matt, PLEASE just listen to me!! That's all I'm asking ok?!" Tears welled up in my eyes but I blinked them away. he sighed & folded his arms across his chest. "I thought it was you because you'd gotten the wrong window the night before, but when the rocks smashed the glass..." I thought for a minute, "Ok so this is irrelevant cause I have no way of pinning this on anyone!"
"So what do you have Bec?! What the hell does Jeff have to do with any of this?! I really don't understand!!"
"Ok, I was followed, the day I bumped into you! I came back here & Jeff had been out and...well there was mud on his boots!" Matt let out a sarcastic laugh.
"Have you seen this place Bec?! He could've stepped out of the back door of this very house & gotten muddy boots for God's sake!" He took a seat opposite me at the table, "Bec, I'm not trying to be cruel here but this isnt exactly evidence!! I know someone is doing this to you! I'm not saying you're making it up but Jeff?? You're barking up the wrong tree!!!"
"Then...I arranged to meet you & there was someone in the bushes! What I can remember about walking back to Steve's is the leaf in Jeff's hair!"
Matt closed his eyes, "Ok, but hadn't you knocked him over? Couldn't he have gotten the leaf in his hair when he fell?"
"I know this sounds like I'm wako Matt but it's too many coincidences!!"
"Go on!" He leaned back in his chair.
"At Steve's, he made us a coffee right?" Matt nodded, "Well I picked up a cup & Jeff told me to take the other one cause you took sugar in yours, but when I asked you if you took sugar you said no!" He went toally silent. "Matt, say something please!"
"Ok this one I can't figure out....but drugs?! Jeff wouldn't go near them Bec! Trust me I know him!"
"Then there was the phone call when you left me last night!"
"Ah well that couldn't possibly have been Jeff cause he doesn't even have your number!!"
"Ah but he does!"
"How?"
"My number was on the caller display....Jeff returned my phone! Obviously before he brouoght it back to me he called this place so he could get my number!!"
"You think he'd be THAT smart!?" Matt laughed.
"Yes I do!"
He realised how serious I was & his smile faded quickly. "This is crazy Bec!" He reached for my hand & then stopped himself & pulled back. How I wished more than anything that he would just touch me!!
"Jeff is away right? So does anything physically happen to me? No! I get phone calls!! Matt for God's sake come on! It's got to be Jeff!!"
He looked at me & drummed his fingers on the table, "You really think it's him don't you?" I nodded, "Jesus what a mess!! Are you going to tell the police all of this?!"
"I don't know!"
"why would Jeff want to do this to you!? It doesn't make sense Bec...he just wouldn't do it!"
"I hope you're right Matt! But who else could it be?!"
"A kid with a crush on you? Someone who's seen you around &.....&..." he sighed, "It's not Jeff!"
"Not me what?"
I almost leapt off the chair & Matt shot me a piercing look!
"Jeff! Dude you're back already!"
Jeff looked at his arms, "It would appear that way!" he put his bags down on the floor. "Anyone want a coffee?"
Matt & I just looked at each other.
"Jeff...no coffee!! Sit down!" Matt pulled out a chair next to himself for Jeff.
"Matt what's goin on?" He looked puzzled but he sat down anyway. I stared at the floor.
"Bec?"
"Matt really I should.." I stood up.
"Sit back down Bec! I want this sorted right now!"
I was terrified! I couldn't look at Jeff, my heart was racing, I chewed on my thumbnail & I just couldnt speak! No words would come out of my mouth when I opened it!
"Ok, I'll start this one off then should I?!" Matt looked at me but I just looked away.
"You guys better not be gettin' married alreay!!" Jeff laughed.
Matt slapped his arm "Listen up man, this is serious!" He began by telling him about the rocks through my window....I looked at Jeff slyly trying to see his reaction but he just looked shocked! He muttered something like "Crazy!" but that was it!
"Ok at Steve's the other night, why did you say I took sugar in my coffee?"
"I didn't say that!"He squirmed in his seat!
"Jeff, just tell me why!?"
"Matt I didn't say that!!"
Matt sighed, "Bec was drugged that night...it was Rope!Now why did you say..."
"WOAH!" Jeff stood up, "Ok ok yeah! I made you switch cups!! I put a fuckin' laxitive in your coffee Matt!!! Wanted to teach you a lesson for gettin' so wasted!! Wait a minute did you think..."
"I didn't think anything! Sit down will you!?"
Jeff sat back down, "Bec I didn't put anything in your coffee I swear!"
I just nodded.
"Settle down Jeff! We're not saying you did! We just wanted to know!"
"Did you erm....were you..."
"I wasn't raped Jeff, just drugged for fuck knows what reason!"
"Thank God!"
"Why was Bec's cell number on our caller display then?!"
"I have no idea!"
"Jeff are you sure?"
"Why the hell would I know....Oh!"
"Oh?"
"Bec can I see your phone please?!" I handed Jeff my cell phone & he pressed some buttons then held it up to show me! The screen said "STUD FOR HIRE!" and Matts number. "I programmed the number in....for a joke! I was on my way to give it back to you & it just came to me!! I must have called it by mistake when I was programming it in! IT WAS A JOKE!!!" he handed my phone back to me. I realised how stupid I'd been & how neurotic I must look! I felt so embarrassed!! Jeff told us how he'd been over the back field the day I was followed, how he'd never been near Edbrok the night someone was in the bushes infact he'd been waiting forSteve, who was late as usual! Basically he had an explination for all my wild accusations and the worst thing of all was I totally believed him!
" I told Steve I was a bit freaked out by Jeff but he assured me I was just being paranoid so I ignored it!"
"What's the next thing on the list then?!"
"Well I had rocks thrown through my window! I thought it was you!"
"Oh this gets better!!"
"Matt, PLEASE just listen to me!! That's all I'm asking ok?!" Tears welled up in my eyes but I blinked them away. he sighed & folded his arms across his chest. "I thought it was you because you'd gotten the wrong window the night before, but when the rocks smashed the glass..." I thought for a minute, "Ok so this is irrelevant cause I have no way of pinning this on anyone!"
"So what do you have Bec?! What the hell does Jeff have to do with any of this?! I really don't understand!!"
"Ok, I was followed, the day I bumped into you! I came back here & Jeff had been out and...well there was mud on his boots!" Matt let out a sarcastic laugh.
"Have you seen this place Bec?! He could've stepped out of the back door of this very house & gotten muddy boots for God's sake!" He took a seat opposite me at the table, "Bec, I'm not trying to be cruel here but this isnt exactly evidence!! I know someone is doing this to you! I'm not saying you're making it up but Jeff?? You're barking up the wrong tree!!!"
"Then...I arranged to meet you & there was someone in the bushes! What I can remember about walking back to Steve's is the leaf in Jeff's hair!"
Matt closed his eyes, "Ok, but hadn't you knocked him over? Couldn't he have gotten the leaf in his hair when he fell?"
"I know this sounds like I'm wako Matt but it's too many coincidences!!"
"Go on!" He leaned back in his chair.
"At Steve's, he made us a coffee right?" Matt nodded, "Well I picked up a cup & Jeff told me to take the other one cause you took sugar in yours, but when I asked you if you took sugar you said no!" He went toally silent. "Matt, say something please!"
"Ok this one I can't figure out....but drugs?! Jeff wouldn't go near them Bec! Trust me I know him!"
"Then there was the phone call when you left me last night!"
"Ah well that couldn't possibly have been Jeff cause he doesn't even have your number!!"
"Ah but he does!"
"How?"
"My number was on the caller display....Jeff returned my phone! Obviously before he brouoght it back to me he called this place so he could get my number!!"
"You think he'd be THAT smart!?" Matt laughed.
"Yes I do!"
He realised how serious I was & his smile faded quickly. "This is crazy Bec!" He reached for my hand & then stopped himself & pulled back. How I wished more than anything that he would just touch me!!
"Jeff is away right? So does anything physically happen to me? No! I get phone calls!! Matt for God's sake come on! It's got to be Jeff!!"
He looked at me & drummed his fingers on the table, "You really think it's him don't you?" I nodded, "Jesus what a mess!! Are you going to tell the police all of this?!"
"I don't know!"
"why would Jeff want to do this to you!? It doesn't make sense Bec...he just wouldn't do it!"
"I hope you're right Matt! But who else could it be?!"
"A kid with a crush on you? Someone who's seen you around &.....&..." he sighed, "It's not Jeff!"
"Not me what?"
I almost leapt off the chair & Matt shot me a piercing look!
"Jeff! Dude you're back already!"
Jeff looked at his arms, "It would appear that way!" he put his bags down on the floor. "Anyone want a coffee?"
Matt & I just looked at each other.
"Jeff...no coffee!! Sit down!" Matt pulled out a chair next to himself for Jeff.
"Matt what's goin on?" He looked puzzled but he sat down anyway. I stared at the floor.
"Bec?"
"Matt really I should.." I stood up.
"Sit back down Bec! I want this sorted right now!"
I was terrified! I couldn't look at Jeff, my heart was racing, I chewed on my thumbnail & I just couldnt speak! No words would come out of my mouth when I opened it!
"Ok, I'll start this one off then should I?!" Matt looked at me but I just looked away.
"You guys better not be gettin' married alreay!!" Jeff laughed.
Matt slapped his arm "Listen up man, this is serious!" He began by telling him about the rocks through my window....I looked at Jeff slyly trying to see his reaction but he just looked shocked! He muttered something like "Crazy!" but that was it!
"Ok at Steve's the other night, why did you say I took sugar in my coffee?"
"I didn't say that!"He squirmed in his seat!
"Jeff, just tell me why!?"
"Matt I didn't say that!!"
Matt sighed, "Bec was drugged that night...it was Rope!Now why did you say..."
"WOAH!" Jeff stood up, "Ok ok yeah! I made you switch cups!! I put a fuckin' laxitive in your coffee Matt!!! Wanted to teach you a lesson for gettin' so wasted!! Wait a minute did you think..."
"I didn't think anything! Sit down will you!?"
Jeff sat back down, "Bec I didn't put anything in your coffee I swear!"
I just nodded.
"Settle down Jeff! We're not saying you did! We just wanted to know!"
"Did you erm....were you..."
"I wasn't raped Jeff, just drugged for fuck knows what reason!"
"Thank God!"
"Why was Bec's cell number on our caller display then?!"
"I have no idea!"
"Jeff are you sure?"
"Why the hell would I know....Oh!"
"Oh?"
"Bec can I see your phone please?!" I handed Jeff my cell phone & he pressed some buttons then held it up to show me! The screen said "STUD FOR HIRE!" and Matts number. "I programmed the number in....for a joke! I was on my way to give it back to you & it just came to me!! I must have called it by mistake when I was programming it in! IT WAS A JOKE!!!" he handed my phone back to me. I realised how stupid I'd been & how neurotic I must look! I felt so embarrassed!! Jeff told us how he'd been over the back field the day I was followed, how he'd never been near Edbrok the night someone was in the bushes infact he'd been waiting forSteve, who was late as usual! Basically he had an explination for all my wild accusations and the worst thing of all was I totally believed him!