Devil With a Shotgun

Chapter 9

Chapter 9

<Gavin Forrester>

I open up the front door and slip silently inside but my heart sinks when I catch a glimpse of a light from the living room. Damn, I'm not as sneaky as I thought.

"How long did you think it'd take for me to notice that I was the only body in the bed?" Victoria crosses her arms and continues to stare at the wall.

"I was hoping you'd just stay asleep." I mumble under my breath. I don't need to be yelled at by her at four freaking thirty in the morning.

"Great excuse, I'm so proud." Victoria stands up and glares at me. "You're hiding something, Gavin and I have no idea why. What are you not telling me? Don't I deserve to know?"

"It doesn't involve you; it's something I have to do on my own." I grit my teeth and try to walk down the hallway and away from the conversation but Victoria blocks my way.

"What the hell were you doing leaving the house at midnight and not showing up again until four thirty?" Victoria tilts her head and looks at me angrily.

"I couldn't sleep; I went to go get a coffee."

"What an excuse; this is beautiful. If you couldn't sleep then why'd you go get a coffee? That has caffeine in it which would make sleeping less likely to happen than congress passing a budget." Victoria's eyes narrow and she looks absolutely disgusted.

"I don't need to explain myself to you. You trust me, right?" I ask her in a serious tone.

She nods without hesitation, however, the ferocious anger doesn't leave her expression.

"Then trust me when I tell you I just couldn't sleep and needed to get out of the house."

"You've needed to get out of the house a lot since yesterday." Victoria snaps.

"I'm free, I just needed some time to process everything."

"There you go again. You only tell me half the truth and give me all of these vague answers whenever I ask you very direct questions. I just want to know because I can't shake the feeling that what you're hiding is bigger than just you." Victoria brushes a tear from her eye and walks back over to the couch with me trailing behind.

"If you trusted me then you wouldn't accuse me of hiding something from you."

"Give it a rest, Gavin. I've known you for a while and I know when you're lying. If you trusted me, you would just tell me this whole big secret you're obviously hiding." Victoria lets out a shaky breath and doesn't meet my gaze.

"I can't because I don't want to hurt you." I whisper and rub her shoulder a little.

"What? Did you find someone better and you just don't want to hurt me with the truth?"

"Where'd that come from? Is that the kind of guy you think I am?" I say, my voice choking up with hurt.

"No but it would make your life easier if you just found someone else; there'd be a lot less problems in it then."

"How can you just sit there and say that to me? I went to hell and back for you, Victoria and I'd never even think of loving another girl. Why would you think I'd ever cheat on you?" I stand up forcefully and glare at her.

"No guy leaves the house at midnight to go get a freaking cup of coffee." Victoria states simply as her eyes travel over to me.

"You said you trusted me...You know I'd never do anything that despicable to you; I love you, Victoria." I say in a broken whisper.