Trust is a dangerous path.

Chapter 33 : The deep dark secret

We are all rushing out the house since Sandra woke us up about a 20 minutes ago. She said we needed to go see leader Jacob today.

We rushed outside quickly and i stumbled last out the door. "I call shotgun!" Noah shouts. I sit in the back, in between Miles and Lira. Eva was again on Noah's lap.

What happened yesterday is still playing in my head. I now i made the right choice. Maybe not for my dad or Lucy or leader Francis or any of the other angels. But for myself, for my friends, for all the demons.

We reached the house and the first thing that i notice are the cars in front of the house. Probably from the other families.

Inside the house Bryce and Alice immidiately hugged me. I hugged them back a little awkward. When they pulled back i also noticed Caleb and Louis staring at me. I looked at them in confusion. Louis came closer looking with a bit of sadness in his eyes.

"Are you okay? We heard about your dad."
"I'm fine." I gave them a soft smile. We all went to sit in Jacob's office. Louis, Bryce, Noah, Lira and Caleb sat on the long couch while the rest sat on one of the chairs. The silence was extremely loud in my ears. I want somebody to break it.

A couple minutes pass in silence and finally leader Jacob walks in. He doesn't waste time and sits behind his desk looking at all of us.

"So, i want to talk to you about the attack. Just what you know. What could possibly help us." He looked at all of us waiting for answers.
"By the announcement he said he would attack this thurstday night. So tomorrow night." Louis answered.
"For the rest we don't know anything." Caleb says.

"If i know Francis good enough, he won't attack tomorrow. He is smart enough to do it when we don't expect it." Leader Jacob says. And i know he's right. Only we can't help know. We have no idea when he's planning to attack.

"I can find out." Immidiately all heads turn to Bryce. "Bryce, what are you talking about?" Lira asks. "I mean that i can find out through my parents. They are super close to him."

"What no, that's to dangerous!" Louis almost shouts. It stays awfully quiet when Bryce and Louis are the only ones talking.
"If he already has another attack planned, which i know he has. My parents will know." Louis eyes stay focused on every movement Bryce was making.
"I don't want you to leave." He kept a daring gaze look in his eyes. Almost as if threatening Bryce to stay.
"We will find out another way." He tells Bryce with a pleading voice while his eyes soften.
"There is no other way." Bryce words were strong.

"No, are you out of your mind! Leader Francis will find out!" Lira shouted at Bryce.
"I DON'T CARE!" I flinch from Bryce's yell. To say i'm shocked is a undersatement. He never yells.

"I have been afraid of him for my whole life and that's not going to change now! The least i can do is this! I want to do this, i'm sick of letting him control me! He isn't even here and he's still controlling all of us!"

The silence after Bryce's speech is suddenly very peacefull. He's right and everyone knows it. A tear rolls down Bryce's cheek. A second later my arms are around he's shoulders while he hugs me back sobbing on my shoulder.

When he finaly calmed down Louis embraced him and we were all quiet. We all stared at each other, as if words could never discribe whatever has to be said in a moment like this.

"I'm going to ask you guys a serious question?" Leader Jacob leaned forward looking at us all.
"Why are you so afraid of Leader Francis?"

There. The question i rather not answer in a thousand years. I immidiately drop my gaze to the floor. The memories are to dark to bring up with everyone around. I hear deep sights around me who definitely belong to the other angels.

"Well.........i geuss i'll explain." I hear Caleb say.
"Francis doesn't let us hang out with demons which is kind of obvious. When we were younger he taught us how to act, how to be, who to hang out with."
A long silence follows, with very awkward noises from chairs cracking while somebody moves or shoes making high noises when somebody shuffles there feat.
"He would abuse is if we didn't do what he told us. He still does it. Our parents know they are just so manipulated themselfs that they don't see it's wrong."

A single tear rolls down from my face but i still don't look up.
"You mean he has been doing this for years know?" Leader Jacob asks. "Yes."

"That son of a bitch." I hear him curse lowly.
"Don't worry, i will protect you. I'll sent someone to Bryce's house for information." He says before leaving the room. After a while i hear footsteps and see that other people are leaving the room too. I feel a warm hand on my shoulder and when i finaly look up Miles pulls me towards him. He holds me hand tight and leads me outside, into the car.

When we arrived home we all just went to our rooms.

All day i sat there staring at the picture of my family. Miles sat on the bed watching me every time i moved, even if i was just sitting differently. I tried picturing my life without Leader Francis atleast a thousand times. It would be so much more peacefull.

I saw the sun dissapearing and being replaced by the moon. Only then i hear Miles speak up.

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"Because i was scared of how you would react. And by the way it doesn't matter anymore."

"Ofcourse it matters." He picks me up and carefully places me on the bed. He kisses my forehead while pulling the sheets over me.
"You matter to me. You should know that by know."

I smiled and kissed his cheek.
"I would prefer a kiss on the lips." He said while pouthing his lips. I chukkled and quickly placed a soft kiss on his lips.

He makes me forget all the worries, all the memories.