Temptation

Chapter 28 - the truth

"How'd you know?"

"Remember when you showed me your notebook? You had a drawing of him it, I automatically recognized him."

"What does this have to do with you?"

"He's the reason why I made that board, that's the reason why I had your picture on it in the first place. I knew that you would help me because you promised me, I had to see everything in front of my eyes. I promise you that I didn't use you."

"How long have you known?"

"Since the day it happened-"

"Jesus Esmerelda, And you didn't tell me? I thought you said no more secrets, how am I supposed to believe you now? Out of all the things you've kept from me why this?"

"I'm so sorry, I wasn't ready to talk about it yet. Please forgive me Marcus, I'll do anything."

My Tears start to fill up in my eyes and I bite my tongue to stop me from shedding a tear.

"I can't with you right now, I gotta go."

"Marcus please don't leave me! I should of told you earlier. I'm sorry!"

"Are you? Are you really?" He says while looking at me in my eyes.

"Yes I am, you know that I never apologize but I really do mean it."

He puts his hand on my cheek and immediately feel his cold hand giving me goosebumps.

"I forgive you but please no more secrets, especially when it's this topic."

"I promise."

He pulls me into his strong arms while I put my head on his chest, I smell his strong cologne and I feel him squeezing me a little to hard.

"M-Marcus, I-I can't breathe."

"My bad, ready to get out? Martha said you should be able to sleep in your normal bed by now."

"Yeah."

I start to get up slowly and feel a little lightheaded, i almost fall until Marcus catches me.

"Woah, I think we need to take baby steps. I'll just carry you."

He tries to pick me up and his face expression changes immediately.

"What?"

"Why am I just realizing you are so light."

He start to mess around by using me as if I was a couple of weights.

"Very funny, Can you just take me to my room?"

"Oh right I forgot."

"Sure you did."

"You know I can just put you down and make you walk by yourself if you wanna give me an attitude."

"No! Fine I'll shut up, only for now."

"Perfecto." He says in Spanish.

I start to giggle at his Spanish. I swear I can't with him, he could be so aggravating sometimes but other times he makes me wanna laugh my ass off.

"What?"

"Your Spanish is ass but I appreciate you trying."

I Pat his cheek and he takes me up to my room then places me in my bed.

I grab my ibuprofen from my top drawer and swallow a pill to make the pain go away. I tell Marcus to pass me one of my books from the shelf and he takes out the one he used to read to me.

"You still have this?" He holds the book in his hand.

"Yeah I guess, it was stored there I didn't really know it was there in the first place, I thought i got rid of it."

"Do you want me to read it to you... you know for old times sake."

"Sure."

He lays down next to me and begins to read, the memories of us start to rush to my head. We would cuddle up on his or mine bed and laugh all the time having the time of our life's but now everything has changed. I wish we could go back to the way things were before everything happened.

"The world's a hard place, Danny. It don't care. It don't hate you and me, but it don't love us, either. Terrible things happen in the world, and they're things no one can explain. Good people die in bad, painful ways and leave the folks that love them all alone. Sometimes it seems like it's only the bad people who stay healthy and prosper. The world don't love you, but your momma does and so do I."

"Damn that's some deep shit, although he's not wrong."

"This world is seriously fucked up-"

We hear a knocking on the door and Marcus opens it to see the guys waiting at the door.

"We we're literally just attacked yesterday how the hell do you guys have so much energy? Petra not even 24 hours ago you were almost dead."

"I feel better, I had the most amazing nap ever. It's the best I ever slept."

"You guys are weird."

"So are you." Willie says

"Touché."