"i am not a psycho" max answered through gritted teeth, whilst the party carried on in the next room.

"you sure about that? because you hired someone to attack you, called the ambulance and acted like everything was jack's fault" caleb continued.

"shut up" max sternly told him.

"then he lied to the police," caleb counted on his fingers. "lied to the judge, lied to you and got jack six months".

"i said shut up!" max yelled, his chest rising up from anger.

"fine. you tell her why then" caleb pushed, although max silently stood and stared at the both of us.

"why, caleb?" i questioned - my voice slightly cracking.

he sighed and looked at me sympathetically, "it was so that he could have you to himself. he knew how much you loved jack, he knew that you wouldn't let him go unless he was physically locked away from you. he's had this plan since the very beginning".

suddenly, max hastily charged towards caleb and grabbed onto his shirt so that he was pinned up against the wall.

"stop talking!" max spat, but caleb rolled his eyes, completely unbothered by the altercation.

"hit me then and maybe i'll lie that it was someone else and get them into prison too".

"get out!" max harshly pulled him off the wall and opened the door. "now!".

he shoved caleb out of the bedroom and slammed the door behind him, before resting his head against it - taking a deep breathe.

i was surprised that i could still take into account what was going on. i was practically numb with every emotion, although hurt and anger seemed like they could explode right now with any sort of trigger.

max finally turned around from the door, looking at me with red eyes. tears hung on my waterline as he walked much closer.

"savannah," he whispered, whilst i looked up at the face that i now feel so much hatred towards. "savannah, say something".

without hesitation, i raised my hand and slapped him against his cheek.

"that's for lying to me," i said, then slapped him again. "that's for sending jack to prison,".

before the last slap could barely finish echoing around the room, i slapped him once more, "and that's for making me turn against the only man that i have ever loved".

pushing past him, i headed towards the door until he tightly grabbed onto my arm.

"no, wait" he begged.

"get off me!" i forcefully pulled out of his hold. "i can't even be in the same room as you, max! you're honestly crazy if you thought that i could ever fall for someone like you".

"you don't mean that" he shook his head. "you don't. i love you, i want to be with you".

"listen to yourself, you're pathetic" i scolded as i looked at him from head to toe.

"okay, but i'm not pathetic for caring about your happiness. jack wasn't making you happy, he didn't treat you right. i could do so much—".

"no, don't do that!" i pointed my finger at him. "you don't know a single thing about mine and jack's relationship!".

finalising my words, i pulled open the bedroom door and entered the living room again. the party was still at full swing with people drinking, conversing, dancing until i charged over to the stereo and abruptly unplugged the music.

"okay everyone, party's over" i announced, just as people started to stare at the distressed look that i must have plastered on my face.

at that moment, johnson pushed through the small crowd towards me, "savannah, are you okay? what's going on?".

without answering, i briefly glanced over at max in the corner and johnson followed my  eyes.

the room fell into small, confused mutters and mumbles, before i faced them once again.

"i'm sorry everyone, but thanks for coming. i appreciate it and thank you for all the presents too" i added, just as johnson left my side and charged towards max alongside nate and sammy.

i quickly went over to them intimidatingly surrounding him, "guys, just leave it".

"i just want to know what this dumbass did now" nate spoke.

"savannah, tell us what's going on?" lauren added.

"please just go and i'll explain later. i promise" i almost begged.

"hey, we're not leaving you when you're like this" sammy mentioned.

"but i'm fine. please," i begged them again, trying to hold back the tears in the growing lump in my throat. "go, i'll text you all later".

i started pushing them towards the door as they tried to get the truth out of me, but all i knew was that if i spoke about it, there's no way that i would be able to handle my emotions in those few minutes.

everyone finally managed to leave my house and i was about to shut the door, until i looked back at the living room and noticed max still stood by the wall.

i pushed my hair back in frustration, "are you kidding me? why are you still here?!".

"savannah, just listen" max stepped towards me. "you can't tell me that you didn't feel anything for me throughout these past months. the way i was there for you at all times, how i comforted you, stood up for you, encouraged you...".

"stop it! just stop!" i shouted. "i swear to god, get out of my house now or i'll call the police".

"okay, i'm sorry. but i-i need you, savannah" max's eyes continued to redden as he cupped his hands together.

i shook my head, "no, what you need is help, professional help. now, get out" i pointed directly to the door and he pulled his hands down his face until he turned away and finally left.

i locked the door behind max and pushed my hair back, as tears rapidly escaped from my eyes. i slid down to the floor, as i began feeling more angry at myself for being so stupid, than at max for lying about everything.

i wiped my eyes and leant my arms on my hunched knees, before my eyes diverted to something underneath the tv set.

i furrowed my brows in confusion as i came closer and identified it as a wrapped present. i took it out of hiding and read the small, attached card:

to savannah - my one and only love,

from jack.

p.s. find the rest of the presents by following the listed instructions.

i helplessly chuckled, my eyes still watery as i read over the card again.

following the steps, i went into the bedroom, looked underneath the bed, pulled out the suitcase and found a large, blue gift bag.

i opened the original present first and it was a perfume that i had been dying to buy for months. then in the gift bag, there was a pair of disney minnie-mouse ears that i used to be obsessed with, but lost when i was younger, a diamond bracelet and also some brand new lingerie.

i sat on the bed, thinking about how jack must have done of all this before we had broken up and tried his best to find the perfect hiding spot until now.

just to be sure, i emptied the bag onto the bed and out fell a bigger card with 'savs' written on the envelope.

i opened it up and looked at the large message that was hand-written on the inside:

dear miss savannah genevieve brooks,

i could surprise you with an endless amount of presents, i could give you the whole world, but none of that will ever be able to describe how grateful i am of you.

many people don't get to call their partner, their best friend but luckily, i can.

for thirteen years (wow, can't believe we're not sick of each other yet), we've practically grown up together and i've watched you turn into this amazing woman, that i never thought i'd end up wanting to spend my life with, when we met at eleven years old.

i laughed lightly at his words, whilst wiping my eyes and trapping my lips in my mouth to hold in any tears.

looking back down, i continued to read:

in every way, you make me a better person and everything about you - head to toe, inside and out - i adore.

there's no way i can imagine my life without you, savs. you're the best thing that's ever happened to me and god, i love you so much.

happy birthday baby.

love from, jack.

i stared down at the words, repeating a few in my head. but, that only gave me more time to sink in what was written and i soon covered my mouth and clutched onto the card.

tears heavily fell from my eyes as i thought about jack and instantly regretted every negative way that i treated him in the past few months.

+

after what felt like forever at first, two weeks quickly passed by.

after sleeping on it, i woke up the day after my birthday and made my way to the police station to tell them everything.

due to that, another court case happened - i made a statement, caleb made a statement and max was charged with perverting the course of justice with a year's sentencing .

jack was finally found as non-guilty and everyone came to support him, but he needed to spend an extra day inside before they officially released him.

johnson waited in his car, ready to pick jack up when he walks free from those prison gates and i sat in my car behind, wanting to see where jack and i stand, after the meaningful and deep statement that i made at the trial.

from afar, i finally saw the gates opening and jack walked out in the same suit he wore on his first trial. johnson stepped out of his car and they greeted each other with a manly hug, before i shut my car door and walked towards them.

"hey" i interrupted as they released from their bro-hug. "i, uh, never got a chance to say anything to you at the trial".

jack stared at me blankly, keeping as silent as he did during my first visitation with him.

i awkwardly cleared my throat, "but i'm glad that it went well and that you're finally out".

he subtly shook his head at my words and scratched the back of his neck, as he turned to johnson.

"dude, can you just get me out of here?" jack told him and my shoulders dropped at how he continued to ignore me.

"yeah, of course".

jack didn't even bother to give me a second look, as he went around the car and got into the passenger seat.

"hey, he'll come around" johnson said, resting his hand on my shoulder.

i nodded my head, "i get it. he's obviously not going to forgive me at the snap of my fingers, so it's fine".

i assured, then watched him get into his car and drive away before i got in mine and did the same.

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so many feels in this chapter, but jack is now a free man, max is now locked up and you guys will just have to wait and see where javannah will go from here

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