Chapter 38: Talking Makes It More Confusing


    Blythe’s <i>POV</i><i>. </i>


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    Well, I didn’t tell I everything. She asked a lot of questions, and I gave very vague answers. Until she


    started pressing me about my husband and why I was running from him. Apparently, everyone knows about


    my husband, but it doesn’t seem like everyone knows about what Daniel put me through.


    And they all apparently came to the conclusion that I was running from my husband. Which, technically,


    wasn’t wrong. I was running from him, from Daniel, from Silent Divine, and the club. I was running because


    running was the only way to get my freedom. At least, as free as I could get.


    Eventually, I gave up. The way her eyes kept flickering to Karma made me feel like she thought I just didn’t


    want to talk in front of him. Her words to catch upter held a promise that she would be asking me again. In


    private. She was going to be disappointed when I gave her the same answers then.


    I love I, and after tonight, I really don’t think she knows about the abuse I went through. Still, she’s Karma’s


    mother. I have to remember that. I have to remember that none of these people fought for me when Daniel


    decided he wanted to take me. None of them even checked on me when I was gone.


    Outta sight, outta mind, I guess.


    I tried not to dwell too much on all the negative feelings, but I couldn’t forget. I had to keep it in my mind just


    enough to remember that I’m not safe here. I’m not safe anywhere. They all proved that to me.


    “So, now that it’s just the two of us,” I said once we were in the kitchen making lunch. “Do you want to tell


    me why you ran away from your husband?”


    “He was a bad person,” I muttered. That was more of an answer than I gave in front of Karma. That’s all I is going to get out of me though.


    “What did he do to you, Blythe?” She asked quietly.


    I didn’t look at her or respond.


    “Did he hit you?” She pushed. “Force you into something?”


    The irony.


    Actually, Sean was the only one of my abusers who never “forced” anything on me. Not really. Did he hit me?


    Yes. Did he force anything on me? No.


    He just tricked me instead. Tricked me into thinking I was being saved. Tricked me into thinking he loved me,


    cared for me.


    Sean knew I was willing to do anything to get out of Silent Divine. Of course, he did. He used my desperation to get out of that ce as a tool to get what he wanted from me. Sean was the type that liked his women eager and desperate, not afraid and struggling. He got what he wanted with me.


    Almost anyway.


    “Why won’t you talk about it with me?” I kept on when I didn’t reply. “Are you waiting to tell your mom first?”


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    That made me scoff.


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    “Like she would care,” I muttered under my breath.


    “Bly… of course she would, she’s your mother,” I replied softly.


    Tears threatened to fill my eyes and I clutched the knife in my hand, my anger rising rapidly.


    “Then why would she let that man take me without a fight?” I snapped in a low voice.


    “Blythe, honey, you don’t know everything-”


    I scoffed again, interrupting her before going back to chopping vegetables for a sd.


    “Maybe you’re the one that doesn’t know everything, I,” I mumbled.


    “I’m trying to though,” she replied softly. “You won’t let me in.”


    Again, I didn’t reply. I blew out a breath, probably frustrated with me. Tears brimmed my eyes as I wondered if she would push me away now too. Maybe I will grow tired of my new attitude and hate me.


    Just like everyone else. Maybe then they’ll all stop pretending that I belong here.


    “Will you at least tell me why you never came back here?” I asked. “I mean, I know your dad had money,


    and he spoiled you, and you didn’t really even care about what was going on here, but that was a long time


    ago. You were just a kid back then. Most of us understood. You were just a kid who finally had money and


    more friends than ever. We understood that you wanted to hang out with your new friends and fit in. But you’d


    really rather run in fear thane back to us? You know we could have protected you here.”


    I stopped chopping and looked at I for the first time. I wasn’t sure what to make of everything she said.


    What is she even talking about? Money? Friends? They understood? Protect me?


    “Did my mom tell you that?” I asked, starting to feel angry all over again. Did they really tell everyone that I


    was living somevish, spoiled life? They all think that I was having the time of my life without a care in the


    world? Clearly, they don’t know that I dide back. And I was thrown right back into the pits of hell by the very people iming that they would have protected me.


    “Well, honey, sometimes we were around for the phone calls with your dad-”


    “Stop calling him that!” I snapped, mming my fists on the counter. I clenched my jaw and looked away. I dropped the knife and gripped the counter as I took a few deep breaths. I shouldn’t have lost it like that. It’s going to look suspicious now. “I don’t know what phone calls you heard, but somebody is lying to you, I.” I stated, calmer, but still angry. “I would appreciate it if we could just not talk about any of this anymore.”


    “Bly…” I said softly, but I ignored her.


    After a moment, I finally dropped it. She was silent for a while before she started chatting all about their family back in Scond. I finally started to rx a little and even smiled as I listened to her. I used to know all of their family members, and trust me, there’s a lot. It’s kind of crazy to hear how some of them are married with kids now.


    “And Bonnie, bless her little heart,” I said as we brought lunch out to the guys. “She’s really killing it over there.”


    “I’m so happy for her,” I replied with an honest smile.


    “I wish that she would have stayed around more,” I said, pouting. “You two would have been such good,


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    friends.”


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    I wonder if that would have been true. I know that Everly is the reason that Bonnie never wanted toe


    back. Everly told me that herself. I wonder if Bonnie had been here, would we have been a team? Would


    things have turned out differently?


    “She’sing to visit in a few weeks,” I told me. “She’ll be here for a full month. Maybe we can all go out


    together.”


    I smiled at her.


    “T’d like that,” I replied. If I’m still here, that is. I learned a long time ago to take things one day at a time. Things can change in an instant.


    It can take years to build a wall, and seconds to demolish it.


    It was dark outside when the doorbell rang. We all went quiet, and I expected someone to get up to see who it was. Before that could even happen, we heard the front door open and shut.


    “Yo!” called out a familiar voice.


    A secondter, CG came around the corner, standing in the doorway of the living room. His eyes found me immediately and a huge smile broke out on his face. I eyed him warily as he started making his way over to <ol><li>Then he leaned down, as if this were all normal. I leaned back, kind of freaked out, but then CG just kissed the top of my head and stood back up. </li></ol>


    “Missed you all day,” he mumbled to me.


    I looked at him like he’d grown an extra head.


    “Are you high or something?” I blurted.


    CGughed.


    “Nah, just happy as hell that I don’t have to ignore you anymore,” he replied. Then he winked at me and turned to face everyone else. CG hugged and weed I home. Then he had a few words with ze before


    finally bumping fists with Karma. “Dude, what the hell happened to your head?” He asked when he noticed


    Karma’s injury.


    Everyone in the room looked at me. I and ze look all too happy. Karma was giving me a look that I really didn’t understand. Then CG slowly turned his head to look at me, raising a brow.


    Wait, when the hell did he get his eyebrow pierced? That wasn’t there this morning, was it?


    “You did that?” CG asked, smirking at me.


    “He didn’t think I would,” I replied, crossing my arms and frowning.


    “I didn’t say that,” Karma stated gruffly.


    “It was heavily implied,” I shot out, ring at him.


    Karma thankfully kept his mouth shut other than a heavy sigh. He looked at CG and I swear they had a whole conversation with their eyes. It made me feel slightly jealous and I hated it.


    If things were different, if I had never left, would I be able to do that with them too?


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    “Come on, Fireball,” CG said, suddenly in front of me, holding his hand out to me.


    I looked around at everyone else before looking up at CG again.


    He’s gonna walk you back to your room,” Karma told me. “I got some things to wrap up here and take care of at the club. CG gets the night shift tonight.”


    The night shift?


    “You were serious about a babysitter?” I asked. Karma only held my eyes with no emotion whatsoever. “I-


    thought it’d be a prospect or something.” I grumbled.


    “The only ones allowed to babysit you, Little Fireball, are the five of <b>us</b><b>,” </b>CG told me as he grabbed my hand


    and yanked me to my feet.


    Wait five?


    Suddenly, CG was pushed out of the way and Karma took his ce in front of me. He stared at me for a


    moment and I eyed him skeptically. Then he wrapped his arms around me and pulled me to his chest. Karma <fna5f2> Th? link to the orig?n of this information r?sts ?n find[?]ovel</fna5f2>


    hugged me tightly, burying his face in my hair. I remained stiff the entire time, not hugging him back.


    “See you soon, Spark,” he whispered, and then he kissed my head and let me go.


    I was a bit too stunned to move, so I just stood there, wide–eyed and confused.


    “Come on, beautiful,” CG said, grabbing my hand again. “Let me take you back.”


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