Unbrekable

7. Betrayal Hurts

These past few weeks of training Marcus aren't as hard as I thought they would be. He picks up most things pretty easily. Some things he already knew. He's pretty sweet too. A kind heart and a pretty big brain. He's good-looking too. But I would never say that out loud. 

As I walk into the shooting room, I see Marcus and Aaron having a hushed discussion. I hide behind a small pillar and try to make out what they are saying. But I can only make out a few words. 

"Don't do this...won't keep that a secret..." Marcus says first.

"As long...doesn't know or find out that...was in my office this morning...it'll be fine." Aaron finishes. I decide to stop snooping and step out from the shadows. They both turn when they hear my boots walking to the room. They both panic and act as if they were doing something. 

"Hey D! How-how are you?" Aaron says as he cleans the barrel of a gun. Marcus wipes down a few of the goggles as he looks back at me. I look between the two as they awkwardly find tasks to do. 

"What are you two doing in here?" I question as Aaron puts down the gun.

"Nothing. W-we were just hanging out and talking." Marcus stutters out as he glances quickly at Aaron. I nod as I walk up to Aaron and kiss his cheek. I grab a gun and disassemble it to clean it. The silence is deafening but I wait for the men to start talking. Aaron places one last gun on the table before he leaves the room. I look back at Marcus and he shrugs. I follow Aaron to his office.

"You ok?" I ask as I shut the door behind us. He starts pacing. His face is pale and he looks extremely uncomfortable. I grab his arm and make him look at me. 

"Aaron, what's wrong with you? What's got you this worked up?" I ask as his breaths come out fast. He looks at me and his eyes well up with tears. I grab his shoulders and sit him down on a chair. He sobs as I rub his back. He looks back at me and I don't know what to say. 

"I did a-a ba-bad thing." He blurts out as he stands again. I stay seated as he kneels in front of me. 

"Lily and I...We did something...We..." He begins. He shakes his head and takes a deep breath.

"Lily and I had hooked up this morning. It was something quick but it happened nonetheless. I didn't want to tell you since she wasn't at work today. But I..." He stops and looks up at me. I must look like I'm going to kill someone. Because I am. He backs away slowly as I stand from the chair. I grab the chair for support for a second. I take 3 deep breathes as I lean against it. I turn toward it as I grab the handles. 

I lift the chair and throw it at his door. It was made of glass. As the glass shatters, I scream. Aaron looks at me and has his back to the wall. I grab the door handle and walk out of his room. The glass crunching under my boots. I go into the shooting room and close the door. I feel my heart shatter as I load up a gun. I don't even put on my goggles or headphones for protection. 

I turn off the safety and aim for the head. My mind turns to autopilot as I begin to shoot. Marcus says nothing as he watches tears run down my face. He looks at the target and watches as I blow a hole through the head.  I feel my body reload the gun and aim for the chest.

I get 5 good shots in when I hear the door open and out of the corner of my eye, I see Aaron watch me. He doesn't speak. He wipes his eyes and walks toward me slowly. I feel myself come back to my body and I aim at Aaron. 

His eyes widen and he puts his hands up. My hand shakes as I put my finger on the trigger. But I don't pull it. Because it'll only hurt me in the end.

I just shake my head and put the gun on the table. I walk past Aaron and Marcus and leave the room. I walk out of the building and walk home. She's probably home. We can talk about this then. 

I step into the apartment and she runs to the living room as I step in. 

"Delilah I-" She starts, but I hold my hand up to stop her.

"I just want to know why you did it? Why you'd ruin the one thing I needed?" My voice breaks when I ask her this. She whimpers softly as she covers her eyes with her hand. 

"I'm sorry D. I'm so so sorry. I don't know what happened, it was all a mistake I swear it was. It was the heat of the moment and...and...I'm sorry." She cries as she walks toward me

"I loved you both. I LOVED YOU! YOU'RE BASICALLY MY SISTER! WHY...WHY...why why why..." I cry. I walk past her and to my bedroom. She tries to follow but I slam the door in her face. I lean my body against the door and slide down and cover my face. 

I breathe hard and just sit there. When I hear clapping from down the hall, I sigh. I hear Lily gasp and scream. I stand and open my door.

"I'm not in the mood for your theatrics. You actually hurt me. And right now I don't wanna hear anything from you." I say.

I walk down the hall as Lily stands there shell shocked. I turn to see him walk through the shadows.

Douglas is back again.