My Unfortunate Girlfriend

18. Counting On Stupid Things

I woke up with an amazing headache which made me grit my teeth and I hissed. I opened my eyes to see Ms Ivory sitting near me concerned and Tanner scanning my handbook front cover sitting on a chair nearby.

"Don't touch it. "

I said raising my head and the pain increased making me groan. He smiled at me keeping it back on my table and scooted closer to me.

"I remember saying the same thing to you yesterday. But it seems like I was too late. "

I tried to roll my eyes but failed.

"Who hit me? "

He laughed looking at Ms Ivory who tried to hide her smile.

"The security system. You were dumb enough to go into the trap yourself. Can't you just assume that such dangerous weapons are never kept carelessly to be used by anyone? "

He asked and I bit on my lower lip.

"I was just..., curious. "

"I thought you were sleepless. "

He said wiggling his brows and Ms Ivory passed a warning look towards him and he stopped talking.

"I feel angry when someone hit me. Can I hit it back? "

I asked and felt like a baby myself. Tanner laughed leaning back forgetting that the backrest of the chair was on the side where he was supporting his one hand and fell back on the ground. He laughed again.

I also felt like laughing, but my current situation didn't let me.

"I will introduce you to Mr punch bag after you are fit and fine, which is in the same room if you didn't notice. "

He said getting up from the floor and sitting back on the chair properly.

"I will bring your food here since you can't move your head for a while now. Tanner, take care of her when I'm not here. "

"Not a problem. Unless she doesn't get pissed at me. "

He said and winked my way.

I smiled tiredly at both of them when she left us alone.

"So Ms new member, how far do you like our home? "

He asked going through my things on the table nearby.

"I hardly manage to remember, since every time I try to be fine, something happens which practically kill my mood. "

I said honestly and he looked at me amused.

"Really...? So it's worse than I thought. "

He said completely turning his attention towards me.

"My life before this was all very much normal. But since your brother came into my life, I started creating problems unintentionally. Like Nick broke his leg, I attacked Harry, your lost father came back to attack me, and both of your brothers almost got themselves killed. "

"Wait wait..., you're counting stupid things. Nothing in the following were your fault. "

He said making me roll my eyes.

"First one, Klaus coming to your life was never your fault. Like you, he also has his part in it. And because of your stupid boyfriend, you lied to our mother that Klaus is your boyfriend thinking to make him suffer for what he did to you. Now about Klaus breaking his leg, it's not because he was trying to save you, alone. He was driving carelessly, talking on the phone for more distraction, and he was facing the output of his own do. Now about Harry, he's always stupid. He entered your hiding place without saying his purpose on coming in. You were brave enough to think about how to get saved from the attackers yourself without hesitating a moment. So what he got was the product of his own does. Dad coming for you is never your fault. Where you live is your choice. No one got to decide what you have to do with your life until you're bond with any intimate relationship with that someone to care about your life. So what dad did was his way of welcoming a new family member, and what you did was using your freedom. Not everyone can point these out for you always. Sometimes you should have some allies to trust on you when you don't trust in yourself. "

No wonder Ms Ivory said he's the odd one out.

"Now you can talk. "

He said when I kept staring at him. I blinked and shook my head slightly without letting the pain increase.

"And I'm sure within now, Harry would have encouraged you to get out of the house as soon as possible. Am I right? "

He asked tilting his head suspiciously.

He's the right one who can help me here.

"Where is your father? "

"Woo..., biggest question first? Well..., mom thinks that he's dead, Klaus thinks that he's missing, Harry thinks that he's hiding and plotting an attack on us. "

"And what about you? "

He smiled and looked at me.

"Honestly, I don't trust my dad. So the news he tried to spread, that he's dead is never a truth for me. And he's not a coward to hide somewhere and plot anything since he's my dad. Then the next suspicion is..., either he's hiding from someone, or someone is hiding him. "