CHAPTER 58

CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT
All I could think about was what Mrs. Heathers could possibly be hiding from me and why exactly she would be hiding it in the first place. What was it about my dead twin brother that seemed to be so dangerous? Was it about the person who started the fire?

“Can you quit pacing for a minute, please? You are making me anxious more than I already I’m,” Sasha cut through my thoughts.

I paused midway, glancing warily at my untouched dinner before sitting down next to Sasha. We hadn’t figured out where Drake was yet and with no one by our side, we had very limited options. Fuck! Why did I trust him? This was all on me.

“Look, I have no idea what is going on here but I’m going to get you out of this, babe,” For a minute there, I had forgotten about William still being in my house. At the sound of his voice, I shut my eyes briefly releasing a deep breath before turning around to face the hunk standing at the bottom of the staircase. Was I feeling sorry for what I did to him? Very much. But was he starting to get on my nerves? Also, very much.

“Okay, dude. I never liked you before and then after your breakup, I kind of felt bad and actually guilty but right now, I’m beginning to pity you,” Sasha stood up,” I know its hard to accept the truth but you and her are done for good. It hurts but you have to accept it. Otherwise, you are just going to keep on hurting yourself over nothing. Besides, no offense dude, but right now we’d do very well with your absence. Too much is going on here and if you don’t get out of this town as fast as possible, then you as good as dead,”

William’s gray eyes were struck with hesitation for a few seconds but the slowly a look of realization crossed his gaze. He walked over towards me, said nothing as he took my palms in his. For a few seconds, he gazed at the back of my hand, softly massaging my empty ring finger with his thumb.

“You know all I ever wanted was to put a ring on your finger and call you mine. For the longest time I never cared about anything else other than making you happy. Do you know why I always worked so damn hard? Because every time I got interviewed for achieving something, you always had this proud look on your face. You didn’t think I noticed it but I always did,” he paused,” Everything I ever did in my entire life was for you to be proud of the man who you were dating,”

“Please stop Will,” I implored in a gentle tone. If this attempt to make me feel guilty then it was definitely working. I swallowed down the guilt, trying to remain in control of my feelings.

“Don’t you fucking tell me to stop Nadia!” he snapped, the veins appearing on his forehead,” I was in love with you-scratch that- I’m still very much in love with you. And you know what hurts the most? It’s the fact that for three years, you led me on and made me believe that our story was going to have a happy ever after. Look at me now, Nadia. Look me in the eyes and tell me what exactly you see,”

I looked away, afraid of seeing the pain I’d caused him. Why had I thought he’d eventually move on and forget me?

“Look me in the eyes Nadia!” He snapped.

“Alright. You win. I broke your heart right after I told you there was never going to be anybody else in my life apart from you. Our breakup was even at the worst timing because we had just buried your mother. I’m a heartbreaker, a cheater and worse still, a liar. Maybe this why the universe is punishing me right now,” I paused, taking a deep breath,” After all I’ve done to you, the one thing you actually deserve is to move on and find someone better. I know I’m always going to be the villain in your story and I accept that. Tonight, I want close the last chapter of our story, so we can eventually write our own stories. I’m no longer the woman you used to know. I had secrets, dark secrets, that haunted me almost every night. Now that I’m back home, I want to make sure this chapter of my life also gets closed for good. So please Will, just leave town and go back to your work,” I implored.

“So, this is really it, huh?” he shook his head but then stood up, casting one long glance at me,” I have no idea why you chose to hurt me, Nadia but just so you know, you lost a good man today. I loved you with all my heart but you played me. I’m leaving town first thing tomorrow morning but I really do hope you come to your senses. Whatever weird thing you’ve got going on in this little town, you gotta stop it before it takes the last parts of the woman I used to know,”

I watched him walk out of my house, a shaky breath leaving my lips the moment he closed the door after himself. Barely a minute later, I heard the engine of a car start then fade into the distance.

“That was hard to watch,” Sasha mumbled, joining me back on the seat.

“Can you for once just be nice?” I snapped.

“And can you take it down a notch? I was trying to be the ice breaker here. Look Nadia, you can’t go back in time and change your actions but the least you can do is let him be. You hurt him, okay? But you’ve got to-”

“Of course, I know I hurt him, Sasha and guess what? You were championing for it so bad. Are you happy now you’ve gotten what you wanted? I broke his fucking heart!” I snapped.

“Or maybe I just saw through your whole façade when you claimed you loved him!” She snapped back.

“Really now?” She was so fucking unbelievable.

“I was trying to protect both of you from hurting each other!” she softened her voice,” He was falling for you while you were just cruising around in confusion and calling it love. You were never in love with him, Nadia. You were just comfortable. I saw it in your eyes because there were never alive. I knew that one day you were going to hurt him and that was why I championed for you to break up with him but you were just so damn stubborn. But then again, I’m the bad guy, right? Well, fuck me for trying to protect him from you,” she stood up, heading to her room.

This night was the worst night I’d ever had. Sasha and I were not in good terms. Trina had been whisked God knows where by Drake and I was getting absolutely nowhere in figuring out anything.

“The lady seems troubled. May I ask what is going on?” I almost shit myself in fear at Drake’s voice. I officially loathed anything that had a vampire side to it.

“Just the person I wanted to see. Where is Trina?” I demanded, looking at the man dressed in a dark suit complete with a hat. What was with him and suits anyway? His hands were behind him, a smile surprisingly dancing on the edge of his lips.

“So today, I was taking a walk by myself, enjoying the beauty that is this town but then I began to wonder what could make this night even more memorable and Dinner at Watsons Garden Hotel with you seemed like the perfect idea,” suddenly he pulled his hands from behind him, giving me a package,” So what do you say, Mate? Would you like to be my plus one tonight?”

“Where the hell is my friend?” I demanded. I was really at the tether edge of my patience and him being corky was making me want to grab a knife and just put it through his heart.

“Now aren’t you a curious one? You still have the same fire you possessed fifteen years ago? Now come on, time doesn’t really wait for anyone unless of course you happen to be a vampire or in my case, a hybrid,” he nudged on.

“I’m not going anywhere with you and I don’t need your gifts either,”

“Okay, let me try this again. In there is a dress, heels, jewelry and everything you need to wear to this dinner. You and I are going out for a date and then I can fill you in on your little hybrid friend. She is safe…for now,” he smirked. Wait, did he just threaten me with my friend’s life?

Looking at him now, there was no life in his eyes and as much I did not want to associate with him, he already had leverage over me. Besides, maybe I could get him to talk to me about Adrian and how he was connected to all this.