Poisonous: Ch. 14

"Come again?" I said, not understanding it fully.

"God damn it, Zanos. Alejandro didn't want you to know because he didn't trust you at all. Everyone knew but you. We broke up because he decided that he wouldn't try to pursue you anymore. It was like a game, he would try to see how far he got with you. You were naive so you wouldn't have guessed it." She said and her widened when she realized what she said.

Huh?

What?

Did I hear her correctly?

Everyone but me knew that Alejandro was gay and everyone but me knew he was only trying to get with me to see how far he could get with the great Zanos Zhukarti? My own best friend knew about this and he tried pushing me over to get with him?

So all this time we've been friends, he wanted nothing but to get in my pants and fuck me? My own best friend knew that Alejandro was pretending to be in love with me and didn't tell me? Wait, was he even in love with me or was it just all a game?

That hurt me, whether or not I wanted it to. My heart dropped down into my stomach and I was left with a queasy feeling. The feeling of heartbreak. My breath felt tight and my chest squeezed. I felt hurt, I felt pain inside of me, I felt betrayed. Was I not that good enough for him, that he had to go and break my heart like that?

He had finally gotten me to fall for him, only to find out that it was all a lie?

Nothing could stop the internal suffering. I felt the urge to cry along with my heart when it broke into a thousand tiny pieces left for no repair.

But most of all, I was livid.

I stood up, full of rage. "You let me fucking think that he broke your heart for all these years I've hated him?!" I marched over to the door, swinging it open. "Zanos wait--"

"No FUCK waiting! You waited all these years to tell me this. FUCK YOU!" I stormed out of the room, nothing but anger on my mind.

Alejandro couldn't trust me, but he was doing a whole lot of trying to get me to date him. But you couldn't trust the one you were dating. This was a game to him? My feelings were nothing but a pawn to him? My heart was nothing but trash to him? Oh hell no. I got words for him.

When I was out of the hotel, I pulled out my phone and dialed his number.

"Hello babe?"

"Alejandro motherfucking Ivanov, you better say your god damn prayers because I'm gonna kick your fucking ass!" I snarled into the phone. "What's wrong?" He asked as I got into the car. "Oh what's wrong? Oh, Zeria just told me the reason why you guys broke up. It was never nothing between you guys, huh?" I questioned. "So I was just a game to you, Alejandro?" I chuckled humorlessly. "You didn't tell me anything that happened with you because you wanted to see how far you could get with me." I breathed out and his breath hitched.

"Zanos I--

"Well I got words for you motherfucker! Get far with this, because we are fucking DONE! After this case is done, do not fucking speak to me again as long as I live or I will, so help me god, fuck you up!" I wasn't gonna shout or scream at him. He didn't deserve my voice. I hung up on him and hit the steering wheel with my hand. How could he do me like that? After all these years we've been friends, why would I do something like that to him? I was just a game to him and he thought he could win me over and that'd be a great accomplishment?

And my own best friend knew.

Dominic, you knew all this time about Zeria and Alejandro but you didn't think once to tell me that I was just a game to him?

I sent him that text and turned my phone off.

I didn't know whether or not I was overreacting, but that hurt my feelings. I didn't know what to think. I was just a game to him. None of this was real? How was I supposed to act when the person you love didn't even want you like you thought they did? Oh I'm sorry, loved.

I sighed. I have better things to worry about.

-

"Have you ever been in love, Madelyn?" I asked as I leaned back on her couch. I came over here straight after leaving the hotel. I needed to blow off some steam.

"Well, yeah," She put her a piece of her hair behind her ear. "It was unrequited, actually. I fell in love with someone who never be mine." She smiled sadly. "Can I have some of your blood?" I blurted out and she looked at me weirdly. "Why?" She asked and I sighed. "I just want to confirm you are the cousin of Maria and not anyone else." I lied smoothly and she nodded.

Thank fuck.

-

"Well it is confirmed that the DNA of the cells in the blood match the DNA of the semen." Giselle looked to me and handed me some papers as I looked around the medical room.

It didn't make sense to me.

Why would she kill her own cousin who helped her through hell?

I turned on my phone and dozens upon dozens of missed calls plagued the screen. Most of them from Alejandro and some from Dominic and Zeria.

Can they not take a hint?

I went to my notes to find out where I put the numbers at. I sent them a joint text and told them to meet me at a nearby coffee shop. "Thank you Giselle." I nodded to her and she looked at me sadly. "You look pissed. Everything okay?" I nodded. "Never better." I gritted my teeth as I exited the building.

-

"Hey guys," I said as I walked up to the two men sitting beside each other. "I'm special agent Zanos Zhukarti." I held out my badge. "I'm Alexander Parker," The man with the long black hair and striking blue eyes shook my hand. "I'm Peter Krantz." I shook the other man's hand. Peter Krantz was a tall man with blond hair and blue eyes. He easily resembled Alexander Ludwig if you thought about it. He was attractive no doubt, so I could see why Maria fell for him. Alexander Parker on the other hand, could've passed for Andy Biersack and he had a way with words. I could see why Maria was head over heels for him.

"I'm going to start with you, Peter, since you dated Maria first." He nodded and I sat back in the chair. "How long were you and Maria together?" I asked, licking my lips. "2 years before she broke up with me." He replied and I turned to him. "Why did she break up with you? You two seemed so in love." I raised an eyebrow.

He let out a soft sigh. "At one of Maria's parties, her cousin slipped a pill into my drink and I passed out in her arms. When I came to, she was on top of me ya know, having sex with me, and I wanted her to get off of me but I was handcuffed." He ran a hand through his hair. "The next morning, we were both sleeping and Maria came into the room with tears in her eyes. I tried to explain the situation to her but her cousin switched the stories and said I raped her." He let out a humorless laugh. "I'm not that kind of person. I would never do anything like that to anyone."

And I believed him.

"You said her cousin. What was her name, do you remember?" I asked, looking at him

"Yeah. Madelyn Sanchez."

My eyes widened at the things he was telling me and to find out that it was all at the hands of Madelyn Sanchez?

I nodded at him and turned to Alexander. "Have you ever met Madelyn?" I asked and he nodded in response. "Yeah. For some reason, she didn't like me and she would always tell Maria not to hang out with me because she didn't trust me. Maria knew me better than anyone, so what would I have to hide?" He threw his hands up. "Then I remember all the times Madelyn was alone with me and she tried to kill each time but it never worked." I looked at him in shock. The sweet lady that I met two days ago did all of that?

"Why do you think she tried doing that?" I tilted my head in confusion. "Because I wouldn't break up with Maria." He replied and I sat up.

"Why in the hell would she want you to do that?" I raised an eyebrow, inquiring about Madelyn's behavior.

"It's obvious." Alexander chuckled and Peter turned to him. "She was in love with Maria and she tried killing or hurting everyone who got in the way of them. I was in love with Maria and she loved me too, but Madelyn couldn't stand that." He finished and I felt like a bomb had just been dropped on me.

I gave the men thanks for their time and watched them get up and leave.

Ms. Intersex Madelyn Sanchez was in love with her cousin all this time? I wonder if Arielle knew anything about it. I mean, she probably just tossed it off as cousin love. I mean, going to the depths of killing your cousin's lovers?

It's a wonder no one suspected her.

I had a feeling Madelyn had made her feelings known to Maria based off of what she told me thus far but Maria didn't see her in that way. The reason for their drifting off might've been because of that. Maria didn't want to be around a person who loved in her in ways that they shouldn't and that enraged Madelyn.

I sat back in thought, trying to put all the pieces together.

Since Maria was in love with Alexander Parker and Maria knew of her cousin's feelings, Madelyn killed her in a fit of rage because if she couldn't have her, not a damn person will.

"Damn, I'm the best fucking special agent there is."