Chapter 88 - Chapter 84: Locked In

Jay POV

I was going to kill them.

Not literally.

Probably.

Maybe.

😭

After the incident at the gym, I needed space.

Far away from Section 3-E.

Far away from Felix.

Far away from Ci-n.

Far away from Keifer.

Especially Keifer.

Because every time I remembered what happened...

My face became hot again.

"Why did I do that..."

I muttered.

The memory replayed immediately.

The sit-ups.

The silence.

The kiss.

The screaming.

Felix nearly dying.

😭

I buried my face in my hands.

"I'm never showing my face again."

A dramatic statement.

But a reasonable one.

Eventually I headed toward the changing room.

The gym was still noisy outside.

Which meant nobody would bother me here.

Perfect.

After a few minutes...

The embarrassment faded.

A little.

I took a deep breath.

"Okay."

Everything was fine.

I stood up.

Walked toward the door.

Grabbed the handle.

Twisted.

Nothing.

I frowned.

Tried again.

Nothing.

A third time.

Harder.

Still nothing.

Silence.

"...What."

I pulled harder.

The door didn't move.

My eye twitched.

"No."

Another pull.

Nothing.

"No."

Another.

Nothing.

"NO."

😭

The door was locked.

From the outside.

I stared at it.

Then immediately knew.

"Matilda."

Who else?

Seriously.

Who else?

Nobody else would think locking someone inside a changing room was funny.

"I'm going to throw her into a river."

Unfortunately...

I couldn't even call anyone.

Because my phone was with Ci-n.

Why was my phone with Ci-n?

Excellent question.

I wanted to know too.

😭

I paced around the room.

Growing more annoyed every second.

Then I noticed something.

Above the door.

A small window.

Not very big.

But enough to look through.

My eyes lit up.

"Perfect."

There were several storage boxes stacked against a wall.

Not exactly safe.

But I wasn't exactly patient.

So I dragged them over.

One box.

Then another.

Then another.

A very questionable tower.

"This is fine."

It was not fine.

😭

Carefully, I climbed.

One step.

Then another.

The boxes wobbled.

"Don't do that."

I warned them.

The boxes ignored me.

Rude.

Finally I reached the top.

Almost.

Just a little more.

I stretched toward the window.

And then—

The box shifted.

"Wait."

Another shift.

"WAIT."

My foot slipped.

Pain shot through my ankle.

"Ow—"

The next second...

Everything tilted.

And gravity betrayed me.

THUD.

I hit the floor hard.

Instinctively throwing my hands out to break the fall.

For a moment...

The room spun.

Silence.

Then:

"I hate this day."

😭

My ankle throbbed.

My wrist hurt.

My pride was completely destroyed.

I slowly sat up.

"Fantastic."

Locked inside.

No phone.

Injured.

And probably stuck.

At this point, the universe was laughing at me.

Outside the changing room...

Unaware of any of this...

Section 3-E was still causing chaos.

And nobody had noticed that Jayjay Fernandez was missing.

End Chapter 🚪😤📦💥