Jasmine had just finished her final exams at Culinary School and she could not wait to get home to Karl.
Cooking was everything to her! Being an only adopted child of parents who owned a restaurant, it was bliss, escape and therapy for her.
She looked forward to talking to her parents about it, she knew that they would be so proud and probably more excited than she was.
She had decided to pay for and take the course with the last of her savings because of a gut feeling.
Her parents had no idea that she had taken the class so she was too happy to surprise them!
No one apart from her best friend, Bella and her man, Karl knew about her enrollment into the Culinary School.
Now, more than ever she was excited to show off her accomplishment to the other people in her life, and she was looking forward to putting all that she has learnt into practice.
After the amount of time she had spent in the kitchen these past few months, she knew that she needed a long week of rest as well as a cuddle or two.
The training was meant to have ended by the next day but a few things were done earlier so they completed it a day earlier and Jasmine was definitely not complaining.
She was too happy to be done a day earlier, she also looked forward to surprising her man since he had no idea that she was going to be done a day earlier.
Once she got home she noticed the door was not locked and immediately got alert. She carefully dropped her bags at the door and took off her shoes so she did not make any sounds.
Then she saw her friend, Bella's Versace heels on the floor just by the stairs.
Bruno Mars' Versace on the floor started playing in her head and she immediately felt sick.
She could feel her blood boiling as she slowly walked up the stairs of their gorgeous two bedroom loft style apartment.
Once she got to the top of the stairs, she saw her best friend naked, walking to the bed she shared with Karl, her fiancé holding a cigarette in her hand.
Shaking she felt the tears sting as it begin to well up in her eyes.
"How could the both of you do this?!"
The sound of her voice surprised them and her question had them scrambling around for clothing.
"Omg! Fuck the both of you!! How could you do this to me?"
She yelled sobbing as she stepped away slowly, walking back until she was standing by the stairs edge of the stairs.
Shaking her head, she turned way from what was happening before her, running down the stairs, removing the image before her from her sight.
Once she was at the bottom of the stairs, she begins shaking, she could feel her emotions swallowing her up.
Karl and Bella walked down together with Bella's hair disheveled, she looked smug and satisfied covered in the duvet Jasmine shared with Karl. Karl moved protectively beside Bella.
Jasmine felt so sick to her stomach. She felt like the earth should swallow her. She felt betrayed! And the two people she had trusted with her life these past few years were the ones behind it.
"We tried to tell you earlier, Jas." Bella said her voice sultry and for a moment, Jasmine hated her more than anything in the world.
She even had to guts to talk to her! Jasmine wanted to swing something. It was one of the most heartbreaking realizations for her.
Jasmine ignored her, she was ready to look in the eyes of the woman she had trusted as her best friend.
"Jasmine, you and I…" Karl said before he sighed and move closer to Jasmine and continued saying,
"We just can not work anymore."
"Ohh really? So I had to catch you in bed with my best friend before you decided let me know that we just can not work anymore."
She responded teary eyed batting her lashes and taking longer breaths so her tears don't fall.
She was trying to stay strong. Or composed at least. She did not want them to see her break down.
"Jas…" Bella started saying again, in a voice that had Jasmine feeling messed up.
Jasmine turned to her and all she saw was a snake. A lying, jealous and conniving snake!
"Bella, if you call my name, one more time, I will make sure you regret saying it." Jasmine said dismissively to Bella.
Bella looked shocked as she gasped, "Karl said he would tell you."
Karl started being defensive,
"Now, Jasmine you do not have to do anything rash-"
"You tell me you want to spend the rest of your life with me but then you turn around and sleep with my best friend, then you act like I am the villain?"
Jasmine said in a voice low enough for enunciation and loud enough for them to hear.
The place was quiet for a few seconds then Karl laughed, it sounded mean,
"What do you think this is? A redemption camp? This thing we were doing is over. I am not your fiancé. Not anymore. Bella and I will leave this place in a few minutes so that you can get your things. I will be back in two or three days or would you like to keep the place?"
Jasmine was feeling lightheaded as he spoke, before she replied him, he chuckled and continued saying,
"No, I think I can handle it better after all you've got no job, and look at you, overweight, unattractive. Nobody is going to want to support you like this."
They had saved up the money to get the apartment together but now that she was without a job, she could not handle it?
And what did her body have to do with anything? He was hurting her and Bella was enjoying every second of it.
He placed an arm around Bella and pulled her close in an affectionate hug that ended with a passionate kiss.
"Bella is my woman now, she is everything that I want and everything I have ever wanted!"
"Then why did you propose to me, Karl?"
Jasmine asked in a quiet voice as she slowly found a couch to sit on.
"Because we were pitying you. Bella thought that would help your self esteem, you know, make you confident enough to leave but you never left."
His words did the damage that they meant.
Jasmine fell onto the couch, sobbing softly. She laid there in quiet pain while Karl and Bella "quickly" dressed up.
When they were done dressing up, Karl said something before leaving but she did not hear a thing, her head was banging, she was still sobbing and she was reliving all the wasted moments of her life, then the door closed and everything went silent.
The moment she raised her head up, she sees a large bottle of half drank liquor on the center table with a carelessly written note.
Sniffing she moved closer and read the note;
"We thought you needed it more."
Rolling her eyes at their note, she crumbled it and flung it out of her sight, Jasmine cleaned her tears, picked up the vodka bottle, opened it up and she took a large gulp of vodka.
She felt the burn and let her tears fall down her cheeks. It felt better than the pain she was feeling from her broken heart.
She got up walked to the door and locked it only turning around to take took one look at the whole house from the door.
Her life was about to change and she knew it. The tears started falling again, then her phone rang and she lost her shit!
"Fuckkkkkkk!!!!!!"