SUMMER'S RAIN

CHAPTER 45

CHAPTER 45

Two weeks flew by, and Summer has kept her word. Case has been so busy that the only time I see him is when he slips into my bed at night. He always pulls me into his arms whispers to me how much he loves and misses me, he will kiss me, but he’s never tried to do anything more. We always fall asleep together and when I wake up, in the mornings he is already be gone. Case makes me feel loved and safe and the guilt I feel for cheating on him is killing me. I have to make sure he never finds out about Dominick.

My mom and dad are almost completely recovered well physically anyway. My brothers made it back home, and as soon as they walked through the door they had been put to sleep right along with my parents. Sage is still working with the emotional ramifications of what all my parents had gone through. My dad is back one hundred percent. However it’s taking longer to heal my mom’s mind because of the trauma she had experienced.

Harris told me that both their minds have to be completely healed before we can take away their memories, if not it won’t work right, and their memories could come crashing back at any time. So, my poor brothers have to be made to stay asleep, until we can wipe all their memories and replace them with new ones. I’m sitting on the back deck drinking coffee, when I hear someone come up behind me.
“You know you’re never going to sleep if you don't give that coffee a break. I swear it’s got to where that’s all I ever see you with. Do you ever eat anymore?”

“Are you coming out here to sit or just annoy the hell out of me Dom?” I ask’ jokingly.

“I like to annoy the hell out of you Princess of course." He said laughing.

“Smart Ass” I say, grinning.

Dominick sits down across from me.  We got to spend a couple of hours together before he left to go help Harris with something. I’m having a really hard time with this friendship thing we have going on.  Every time I look at him I want to kiss him and feel his arms around me.  Of course these feelings make my guilt worse. In one way, I wish Dominick would just leave so I didn’t have to see him every day but then the thought of not seeing him scares the hell out of me.

The thought of losing Case makes me feel the same way. How can I feel this way about two guys at the same time? My life use to be so easy I’d go to school hang out with my friends then go shopping. That life is almost a blur to me now. I feel as if I’ve lost control of everything.

Two days later Sage tells us that my mom’s mind is healed, but she needs to be kept asleep until her memories have been completely wiped clean and new memories be put in place. He said that if she wakes before that happens she could lose her mind all over again. The memories of what had been done to her by the demons are too much for anyone to be able to cope with. It kills me to think of what my mom has suffered. It’s like I hurt everybody I come into contact with. I need to wear a big sign around my neck that reads, “If you don’t want your life messed up or to be hurt, then stay away from me.” I’m relieved that Sage was able to save my parents, and I know that after we have them settled someplace with new names with a new life, I will be cutting all ties with them. I will stay as far away from them as I could. I owe them that for everything they have done for me in my life. Never again will anything be able to trace them back to me.

Crying and feeling sorry for myself, I went to bed early that night. Lying in bed I cried for the family I had lost for hurting Dominick and for betraying Case. I must have fallen asleep at some point because I wake up when I feel Case’s arms go around me. Rolling over I buried my face in his chest and start crying again. He holds me and let me cry until I fall back off to sleep in his arms.

When I wake the next morning, I’m still in Case’s arms. He is sleeping so I take the opportunity to watch him. He’s so handsome with his blonde hair and straight nose. He looks peaceful lying there. He has been my rock through everything I have gone through for the last nine months never leaving my side. I don’t deserve his love.  He is too good for me. I touch his face running my fingers across his beautifully tanned cheek. He opens his eyes and smiles up at me. I love watching him smile it makes him look like a little boy.

“Good Morning, are you feeling better?”

“All better, guess I was having a pity party last night.”

“You have every right to be upset. You’ve gone through a lot in the last few weeks. I’m just sorry I haven’t been able to be here for you the whole time. Summer has had me doing so much stupid stuff. If I didn’t know better I'd think she was trying to keep me away from you.

I winced at his words knowing he had no idea just how true they were. I asked him how he had managed to be here this morning. He had been leaving on some different kinds of business before the crack of dawn every morning.

“I told Harris I needed a break and wanted to spend some time with the most beautiful girl in the world. He told me to go for it that he thought you needed me right now.”

“I’ll always need you.” I said kissing his cheek then his lips. When I start to pull away Case rolls me on my back then crawls on top of me. Threading his fingers in my hair he let go of my lips, lifting his head and looks down at me.

“You’re beautiful your hair drives me crazy I love it when it hangs down all wild like this. I can’t keep from touching it. Even the color a mix of brown and red is spectacular just like you.” He is rubbing my hair between his fingers looking at it like it like its gold.

“I want you to know I’m sorry for jumping to conclusions that day with Dominick. When I saw him touching you, I thought he was trying to hit on you. I know he is your friend and I respect that. The only thing is I know he has feelings for you.  I will do my best to refrain from kicking his ass. I love you and I don’t want to push you away.  I will not be the type of person that tells you who you can be friends with.  I trust you completely.”

Looking up at Case, I feel like one of the worse people alive. Here, he is apologizing to me when it was me that should be begging his forgiveness. Lifting my hand, I rub the side of his face and tell him he has nothing to be sorry for. I pull his lips down to mine kissing him deeply trying to erase everything from my mind but him. I want to make everything better I want to change everything I had done. I want to make Case happy. I pull his shirt up running my fingers up and down his back feeling his muscles tense every place I touch. Lifting his head, he looks me in the eyes asking permission without words. Pulling his head back to mine I whisper “Don’t stop." Case’s lips take mine hard. His hands and lips are everywhere. He tells me how much he loves me, and how long he has waited for me. Our clothes are disappearing fast when someone knocks at the door. Groaning and saying a few choice words Case raises his head from my neck making sure we are both covered he yells “what” towards the door. It’s Cain’s voice that we hear from the other side.

"You guys are needed downstairs now."

Case rolls onto his back breathing hard. “I’m beginning to think something is conspiring against us." Laughing I crawl on top of him and kiss him again. He pushes me away “You have to stop or I may never walk again.”

“My poor baby” I said laughing when he smacks me on the butt. I roll off of him and my feet hit the floor. “Come on we'd better get down there before we get in trouble, and you get sent back off for another job.”