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“Like I’ve said before, on this campus, word travels fast.”
I toy with my phone in my hands, wondering what to do. Who to message first.
Odi: Hi Hector, I’m so sorry, I only just heard you got hurt in the blast. Are you okay? I’m guessing you were trying to get to Arcelia? Is she alright?
As soon as that’s sent, I rattle off another quick message. I don’t want to speak to Axel, but if people are talking already, he may need to do some damage control or something.
Odi: People on campus are talking. They seem to know what happened in the forest last night. There’s a rumour going around that I shot you!
His reply is instantaneous.
Axel: Let them talk. They may know the how but not the why. Unless you want to tell people, and that’s your prerogative, Peony.
My heart beats double time. Peony? My choice if I want to tell people what happened? What is Axel’s angle here? Why so out of character? His message is almost…nice. Soft. Kind.
My phone beeps again.
Hector: Heyyyyy Chica. Nice to hear from you. I’m doing good. Arcelia is fine and they’re letting me out of the hospital today or tomorrow. She’s going to drag me back to her place to nurse me better, otherwise I’d say come visit.
Odi: You need to rest. No visits for you. Don’t do anything stupid like that again!
Hector: I would have run into the blast for you too.
Odi: Arcelia’s very lucky to have you
I leave it at that, not sure if I should let on that I know his secret, or not. Either way, I’m glad he’s okay and he has someone who can look out for him.
I stash my phone in the back pocket of my trousers and look hopefully at Lou.
“Can I take that shower now?”
“Sure thing. Help yourself. There’s fresh towels on the shelf.”
“Thanks. I don’t suppose I can pinch some pjs too can I? I’m not sure leather pants work with lounging around watching chick flicks.” I laugh.
“Oh thank god you said that! I was wondering if it would be rude to offer. You look hot as fuck, don’t get me wrong, but you also look like you joined a motorcycle gang, and that’s probably more drama than even I can handle.”
“Because apparently shooting one of my possiblyfourlovers, isn’t too much drama?” I ask with a disbelieving raise of my brow.
Lou laughs then winks. “No babe, that’s just the right amount of drama.”
I guess it was a false alarm. She was at the spa with Mrs Montgomery. Father says I need to be friends with the Montgomerys’ son, but he’s younger than me. A baby. I much prefer Kaiden. He said he died when he was born and was brought back to life. But that’s not possible. I don’t believe him. But I wouldn’t call him a liar. He’s bigger than me. He can be mean too. But not like my father’s level of meanness, just…unkind.
I can’t believe all the crazy shit that’s been going down. It’s been a hell of a week, and I haven’t seen Odi at all in that time. I can’t help but wonder where she is, where she’s staying, if she’s okay. I’ve tried asking Axel if he knows where she is – because of course he must – but every time I do, he just shrugs and walks away. Fucker. He’s far too much of a control freak to just let her go. There’s no way.
Kaiden knows where she is. He’s been disappearing almost every day, and I’m sure it’s to see her. But when I ask him to tell me, he just gives me his shit-eating grin and whistles. He’s such a dick.
I don’t suppose it matters now anyway because I’m going to see Odi today.
Fuck, has it seriously almost been a week? It’s taken me that long to get my head around all this, and I’m still not convinced that I have.
We’re going to a private clinic to find out if my baby sister Rose, who I’ve never even met, who I didn’t even know existed until recently, is actually Axel’s daughter. Blew my mind to find out that Rose isn’t my mother’s baby, but is somehow Odi’s, and I don’t even know how that could have happened in the time that we were apart.
My world is spinning because the girl I love and my best friend might have a child together. And I know that it’s probably even worse for the pair of them because they had no idea that this was going to happen, yet it still hurts. I know I don’t stand a chance of getting her back now.
How can I, if they share a child together?
Odi may claim that Axel raped her, but I know him. He would never. And wouldn’t she have known? There has to be more to the story than this. But once again, being kept in the dark has left too many missing pieces for me to compose the entire picture.
