Obsessive Secrets

Chapter 25

Ashton's POV

"Who Luke?!" I shout rather loudly.

This whole thing with Peter is driving me nuts right now. I want to punch him so badly, but at the same time I know if I do, Dani will hate me. This is just so confusing. I want to comfort her and kiss her and tell her it'll be ok but she won't let me. And now I know she's been hiding something. Then again, he was lying about Lara, maybe he was lying about Dani too. Maybe he's just messing with me.

"Luke!" I shout one more time, snapping him out of his angered state.

"May."

"What?" It takes me moment to wrap my head around this. "May. As in the May you made out with in London?" I say skeptically.

Luke nods. "And we didn't make out, we just... kissed." He adds, his face scrunching up at the memory.

"Wait, so you kissed the girl who broke Dani's heart?!" Lara asks him in disbelief.

"I didn't know she did that! Trust me, I'm one of the last people who would ever want to hurt her!" Luke retaliates.

"Yeah but now look at what you've done! How long have you known this anyway?! Have you been hiding it from us, huh?! I can't believe y-"

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" I shout as I stand up, interrupting Luke and Lara's fight. "Don't you see this is what he wants?! He wants all of Daniella's friends and everyone who cares about her to turn against one another!" Everyone's quiet. "And you," I turn to Luke. "you have about 3 seconds to tell us exactly how much you knew for how long, otherwise, this is going to get very complicated, very quick." I threaten as I walk towards him.

"I just found out two minutes ago. She called me, ok? She fessed up. And it looks like she really did love him at some point because she's had trouble getting over him just as I did with Dani." I stop myself from reacting to that.

Peter's low chuckle fills the room. "So you think you've got it all figured out don't you?" He claps slowly while smirking at me. "Bravo, you figured out that Lara didn't sleep with me, but now, you have to deal with May." Luke stiffens beside him. "And, as far as I can see, you and Daniella are about as distant as ever. Now is my time to take what's mine and leave, your relationship is clearly not going to work anyway." Peter finishes and smiles at Dani evilly, who's still sitting on the floor.

"Fuck you Peter. And Fuck your creepy way of getting under people's skin because that girl right there," I point to Dani. "She is my everything. I love her and I will not let some creep take her away from me, like she'd go with you anyway. Out of all the guys in this room, you'd be the last person she'd run away with. So you can go fuck yourself, because she will not be doing it for you."

"Wow. Aren't you clever." Peter says grinding his teeth.

I tighten my fists, I've had enough of this bullshit. "Calum call the police." I tell him, I can deal with Peter later. Maybe those good for nothing cops will put themselves to good use and lock this psychotic bastard away.

Calum lets go of Peter and runs over to the home phone to dial the number. "Hello police? Yes, hi. This is Calum Hood, we spoke earlier this morning..." Calum pauses to listen to the cops and lets out a frustrated sigh. "We have Peter Smith... the address?" Calum turns away from the phone and looks over at Lara, who has made her way over to comfort Dani.

"It's 3002 North Oak Boulevard." She says, eyes glossy.

Calum repeats the address into the phone and hangs up. "Now what?" He asks as he slams the phone back down into the receiver.

"I'm taking Dani back to the hotel..." I say, turning around to look at her. I don't smile, and I don't frown. I am emotionless, apathetic. "You, Luke, Michael, and Lara, wait for the police. If they're goo, they'll be here in 5 minutes, but if they're the ones we got this morning, I guess you'll be here a few hours. Come on Dani, let's go." I say as I walk towards the door. Calum runs over to me and grabs me by the shoulder.