Touching the Heart of Ace

??NO!??

I woke gasping to an empty bedroom.

I fell back almost sighing in relief which later turned into laboured breaths. What was the dream about? Was there Robbie in it? Ever since that day he jumped on me from the alley, I was having this realistic dreams, mostly with him in it.

Robbie had to be in this too. He controlled me even when he was not near.

Stop thinking about him the first in the morning, Ace.

Well, 2 am is also morning.

I wished I had someone to talk to. Someone who was mine.

?? You will come with me.?? I was trying real hard not to fall for his acts. I did not want to be that side-bitch.

I deserved better. I deserved someone who was mine.

But no one would take care of me like Robbie did. No one would buy me a chocolate cake in the middle of night, just because I woke up dreaming about it. I hadn??t meant to wake him up; I just needed a sip of water, but when I came back to bed, he was wide awake.

??You slipped away from me.??

I rolled my eyes. ??I was thirsty. Well, I was hungry, I dreamt of chocolate cake, so I drank water.??

He got dressed and got me a chocolate cake, seriously. I felt so bad about it after, but it was sweet.

Both the cake and him.

??You will get me fat. There is no way I can burn these calories before sleeping.??

Robbie loved a good challenge.

We ??exercised?? with heavy dose of chocolate icing in between.

I wanted a chocolate cake right at this moment. If I had a boyfriend would he go out in the middle of night to get me one? No, he would not. Because normal people did not go out at night for cake. If he was kind enough he might get me one in the morning.

I could take away the hunger with water, though. I cracked my bones and went to the fridge. Ned??s apartment was tiny, with tinier kitchen but huge ass fridge. Made no sense. But he lived off frozen foods, until I started cooking out of nowhere.

One day I was going through pizza hut brochures and the motivation struck. I had been cooking since then and of course, Ned came, along with Rupert and Julian got a whiff too and now I was cooking every other day for my pets.

Yup, pets.

They adorably blinked at me when I said I was going to call the delivery. I had my little minions, under my thumb. well under my cooking.

Robbie would not like my having friendship with them. He never did. He liked Jason and that was stretching the truth a bit. Liz was still on enemy territory and these people did not have a chance. He was jealous of my own mother and that was telling something. He knew never to cross with them, because they were my people. Crossing with them meant crossing with me.

Robbie loved my mother though. She was his mentor, he just happened to hate that I was I was so dependent on my mom. He did not like that she still handed my financial stuff.

I leaned on the fridge, letting the coolness of door numb my thoughts.

I had to think something else other than Robbie. He had no place in my life. He had his family.

Was he drinking enough water? His lips were chapped that day. I should ask Jason to bring him a chap stick, but he would not apply it. He hated anything gooey on his face. I used to pull him by his dick to get him apply moisturizer on his body but he would not sit still if I were to touch his face with a cream.

??I love the things you put on your face, love. Please, don??t do this to me.?? He would rub his face all over mine and ??... there! I have enough goo on me, now.?? Then he would run away, literally run away! My big baby.

Stop it, Ace.

I opened the fridge and thinking about how dehydrated Robbie must be and a box was there in it.

A small box.

I gently placed it on the kitchen counter and it was a mini - chocolate cake.

?? To my Angel, don??t worry about the calories.??

I hated him.

I hated him so much.

How dare he!

He had no right.

He had no fucking right to put me through all these.

Was he here? When did he put it in this? I came to this apartment this evening and there was no cake when I took my dinner ingredients from the fridge. It was not there when I put the portions for the pets in Tupperware.

I opened the door and checked the veranda, opened the windows and there was nothing suspicious.

Was he in the apartment?

Walking around the apartment screaming his name was taking crazy to another level.

Whatever!

If he wanted to see me, he would have seen me. I had my cake, drank water and went back to bed.

What was he doing? Did he have nothing better to do than stalking me? The Creepy.

He should be worried about his wife??s cravings. I did not need his cake.

He should know by now that I had nothing do with him. That I had moved on. I had a boyfriend, and he knew about him.

I had moved on.

I checked the clock seeing it was only 3.30, I decided to postpone my call to Jason about the chap stick.

Or I could ask Jason to give Robbie cucumber or watermelon juice frequently. That was the effective method anyways.

I woke up to the sound of my alarm going off.

Nope, it was my phone.

??Davidson, what is mom talking about???

I groaned. ??It is too early to fight. Please, Jace wait a few hours.??

??Of course, tell me, it is a prank and there will be no fighting.??

??It is not a prank.?? I braced for the lashing out and it came the moment I thought it would not come.

??ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME???

??No.?? I hated when Jason went to protective mode.

??Davidson, I will hand you over to Robert this instant if you do not change your plan.??

??Stop being so difficult.?? I wanted to smack Jason so bad.

??Wha... I? I am being difficult? I am the one who is being difficult? You have some nerve, you annoying little bug. You are the one who is going vacation to god-knows-where. Because you literally have no idea where you are going, for two weeks, for two fucking weeks. And I am being difficult? Jesus fucking Christ!!! That too the exact moment, I am out of the country. You know what! Fuck the internship! I am coming there. You little... little... ??

??Jace, I am going tomorrow night.??

??Oh, no, you don??t. You know why? I am calling Robert right now. I am gonna tell him where Ned??s apartment is.??

??You don??t have to. He found out.??

??What the!!! How???

??I don??t know, there was a chocolate cake in my fridge.??

??Oh shit! When???

??2 am in the morning was when I found out. It was not there during dinner.??

We were both silent on each sides.

??What the hell am I going to blackmail you with, now? Dammit!??

??Really, Jace? Really???

?? You are not going anywhere alone. I am coming with you, if you want to go.??

??Well, you said this was what you did during your first year summer break!?? He said it was amazing to just go places and work on the way to gain travel money. I wanted to go like that and feel amazing too.

??You can??t.??

??Why the hell not???

??Because.??

??I am going and you are not changing my mind, slave.??

What? Mom said I could go. Jason was the one who said only big boys did that!

??It is different, goose. I am used to taking care of myself, but you are not.??

??Watch me.?? I hung up the call.

I wanted to be self-reliant too. I was not going to wait for other people to take care of me. I was capable too.

I had to find a hotel room and get a room under fake ID or either Jason or Robbie would find ways to change mom??s mind. Vacation, here I come.[]