twenty four

Olivia and Fezco didn't talk at all the next day. He wanted to reach out and call her, but he also wanted to give her time to cool off. He wasn't mad or anything, just wanted to talk and try to work things out.


Olivia, on the contrary, was angry. So, she headed down to the school gymnasium and started working on some stunts for the team. She wanted to see what looked good and what didn't. Plus, she knew she wouldn't be able to do this tomorrow because of Daniel's halloween party. Doing cheer stunts while hungover? Not fun.


No one else was in the building, and a lot of the lights were off. So, when hallway lights turned on and Nate Jacobs walked into the gym, Olivia became confused.


She knew the cops didn't keep him for long. Liv figured he was just looking for Maddy, so she looked him up and down, judging him.


"Maddy's not here." Liv said, looking away. Instead of walking out of the gym like she expected him to, Nate just walked further towards her.


"I'm not looking for Maddy, Olivia. I'm actually looking for you." He said. Liv stopped what she was doing and turned to him, a blank expression on her face.


This isn't gonna be pretty.


"What do you want, Nate?" She asked, crossing her arms over her chest. She was only wearing a sports bra and Nike Pros, and felt exposed in front of him.


"Just a little favor." He said, still continuing to walk closer. He stopped until he was only a few inches from her, his hands holding a file.


"I'm going to give you two options, okay?" Nate asked, though it was more of a command. Olivia didn't say anything, nervous as to where this was heading.


"You're going to go home, shower, put some normal clothes on and you're going to get in your car and go down to the East Highland police station. You're gonna walk up to the receptionist, and you're going to tell her that you've witnessed a crime." Nate said. He saw the confused expression on Olivia's face, so he decided to keep talking.


"You're going to tell her that on the second night of the carnival, you saw Maddy being choked by a manย  behind the trailers. You recognized him as the same guy who hooked up with Maddy in the pool the night of McKay's party." Nate explained.


Olivia thought for a moment. She didn't like how Nate was actually telling her she was going to do these things. He was acting like she was in charge of her, and she hated it.


"Nate, if you think I'm going to do shit for you you've seriously fucking lost it." Olivia said. She stepped closer and stared up at him, trying to show she wasn't afraid. It frustrated even more when he chuckled at her.


"I had a feeling you would say that. Olivia, I've been watching you. I see right through your little good girl act, and I know there's more to you than you put off. We're really similar, whether you would admit to it or not." He said. She scolded him saying they were similar. She didn't want to think she could be anything like Nate.


"Cut your shit and get to the point." Olivia said.


"Okay. I have some pictures you might want to see." He offered.


Nate handed her the file he was holding in his hand. Olivia took it, starting to get a little worried.


When she opened it, she saw several pictures of her and Fezco together. One of them was the two of them making out in his car. Another was at the carnival, the two of them making out behind a trailer. The last one was from Olivia's window, him on top of her the first time they had sex.


"How did you get these?" She asked, tears starting to form in her eyes. She blinked them away, not wanting Nate to see her cry.


"Like I said, I've been watching you. If you keep going, I also have nude photos of you. Those I got from a friend." He said.


Olivia kept looking, and saw the nudes Fezco had helped her take when she was still together with Jayson. She shut the file, not wanting to see any more pictures. It made her sick.


"You're psycho." She whispered. He ignored the comment.


"If you don't go down to the station, I will take the pictures of you and Fezco down there myself. He's what, 19? You're still 17. Im not sure if you are familiar with the laws here, but if he's older than 18 and you're still 17 it's technically illegal. I will make sure your boyfriend will go to jail for statuary rape. He will risk criminal charges and a jail or prison sentence, and that's without the cops finding any drugs in his house." Nate told her.


Olivia, again, didn't say anything. He took the file from her hands and decided to keep going. Nate noticed the glossiness her eyes develop, and he was glad he was intimidating her. Even if she tried to hide it.


"I don't want to make you do anything you don't want to do, Olivia. Just know if you don't go down to the station to make a statement, you're relationship will be over and I will post these nudes to multiple porn sights with a burner phone. But, if you do go down to the station, I'll keep my mouth shut about you and Fezco and these nude photos will go away safe and sound." He said.


Olivia felt multiple emotions. She wasn't surprised Jayson gave her nudes to Nate. She was more surprised Nate knew about her and Fezco's relationship because he had been practically stalking her this entire time.


The way Nate was talking down to her also brought up past trauma with Jayson. The two boys were very similar, and she didn't want to go down that road again.


"Nate, I hope you fucking rot in hell." Olivia said, staring up at him. A tear dripped down her cheek, and he picked his hand up and wiped it away with his thumb. It sent bad shivers down her spine and gave her goosebumps. She grabbed his arm to stop his hand from touching her face, which caught him off guard.


"Don't fucking touch me or I promise I will chop your dick off." She said, getting closer to him. The tears stayed in her eyes, and it was noticeable. She didn't let that affect her.


Liv wanted to bring up that she knew about the dick pics in his phone. She wanted him to know that there were girls around the school who shouldn't know that did. But, she didn't. He had dirt on her, and she was scared of him and what he could do.


She dropped his hand, and he knew he had her exactly where he wanted her.


Nate turned around to leave and started walking away, but decided to say one last thing before he exited the gym.


"I remember when we were little and you were..bigger. You look really good now, Jackson." He added.


Off topic, but very affective.


That was the cherry on top of the cake, and her lip quivered. Liv quickly wiped the tears that fell down her face away, not wanting to have a sob fest in the middle of the gym.


"Fuck." She muttered, her voice breathy. She quickly grabbed all of her things, and did exactly as Nate said. She went home, showered, put on leggings and a hoodie, and went down to the East Highland police station.


Liv has never been to the station before. She didn't know what she was doing or how this was going to work. She just wanted to get it over with.


She sat down in the questioning room, waiting for someone to walk in. Olivia looked at the mirror they had hung up on the wall, but quickly looked away. She's seen the cop shows and knew they were watching her.


"Hi. Olivia Jackson?" A voice asked. Olivia looked over and saw a women dressed in a suit walking to the seat across from her. Liv nodded.


"I'm Detective Kennedy. I was told you witnessed the assault of Madeleine Perez?" Kennedy asked, placing a file down on the steel table. It looked like the file Nate had, and it made Olivia cringe.


"Yes. Um, the second night of the carnival, I met Maddy there with our other friend BB. We left her to go on some rides, but I started feeling sick after the Gravatron. So, I was walking to get back to my car behind the trailers when I saw someone push Maddy against the back of one of them by her neck. I didn't know it was Maddy at first, but I saw the outfit she was wearing. I got a glimpse of the guys face, and after thinking, I remembered how he was the guy who hooked up with Maddy in the pool at McKay's party." Olivia said. She prayed she didn't mess anything up, and assumed she didn't when the detective carried on.


"Did anyone coerce you into making this statement today?" Kennedy asked. Olivia hesitated before answering.


"No." She said.


"And you realize that filing a false police report or making false statements to the police impeding a criminal investigation is a very serious crime punishable by up to seven years in prison?" Kennedy questioned. Olivia, again, hesitated.


"I know." She said, it coming out very faint.


"I'll ask you one more time. Are you telling us the truth?" Kennedy pushed.


Olivia waited a few seconds. She could tell the truth and Nate would go to jail like he deserved, or she could put an innocent man away to protect her relationship, someone she loved, and her own embarrassment.


"Yes." She finally replied.

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