The Mentally Brave

Chapter 22

"I'm terribly sorry, I am looking for the auditorium, but I got lost on my way and there is no one to ask for directions" I swallow as I start explaining myself with the best American accent I could conjure under this much stress.

"You're one of the students" The man says looking at the VIP card round my neck.

"Yes, and I'm late, can you please direct me in the right way?"

"What is your name?" He questions still not letting me go. He is wearing a sleeveless shirt, with long jeans. I can see the tattoos running down the side of his back.

"Please don't get me into trouble, see? I had something fly into my eye, so I had to go back and change from contacts to glasses so I'll be able to see" I give him a weak smile

"How did you get in here?" He asks not showing any sign of letting me go.

"What do you mean? I just walked down the corridor"

"This wing is locked 24/7"

"Is it? It was wide open" I point at the direction I walked in from. I read his mind, and my smile gets a little wider. "Listen, why don't you just let me go and we can forget about this whole thing? No one needs to find out you forgot the door open" I whisper to him.

"You never told me your name" He remarks, but finally lets my arm go.

"You never told me yours" I rub the spot he held on to.

"Tom"

"Amanda" I offer my hand for him to shake. As he shakes it, I get a glimpse of a tattoo on his side "Lux.. a girlfriend?"

I see his eyes go a little wide at my comment, having a flash of a memory fly across my mind.

A little blond girl barely walking giggling as she makes her way to her father's arms. The woman holding up the camera moves it for just a moment to say something. I catch a glimpse of her face. Lou. Baby Lux is Tom's daughter.

I sit down between Niall and Taylor trying my best not to be seen by the professor, the dark auditorium is my refuge since he is showing them a slideshow.

"Where the hell were you? Harry is going crazy! I was just about to come look for you" Niall whispers at me harshly. We are shushed by the other students. I take out my phone to find 20 missed calls and 12 messages. Two of each are form Niall, the rest from Harry.

To: Niall

From: Lizzie

I'm fine, I think I know where they are keeping Perrie.

To: Harry

From: Lizzie

Guess who I just met... Tom.. you have much explaining to do later.

To: Lizzie

From: Harry

Bloody hell Liz! I was ready to come in and get you! What the hell happened?

I don't answer Harry's message, having the need to ignore him, after finding out the story they were keeping from me is much bigger then they let on. Tom. How did they meet Lou and Lux? Do they know Tom works for the company? After all Lou was the one who changed Niall and my hair colour for this. It is time for me to know what is going on.