The heartbeats

Chapter 16

>Abbie

Punish me? Since he informed me that he will punish me, I keep thinking about it. It's been two days and he hasn't punished me yet. When is he going to do it? Can he punish me at any time? Or he told me that just to worry me? I have no answers.

I finish putting away my suitcases for these two days in the mountains. I'm getting ready to go to the hospital. I go down and see Ian standing in front of my car.
"What are you doing here?" I ask.
"You don't think you'll go without me, do you?" He answers my question with another question.
"They will find it strange. And I'm the one driving," he continues by tearing the keys from between my fingers, then he gets into my car, into the driver's passenger.
I don't want to argue with him so I stay calm. After about 15 mins, we arrive at the hospital. I go to my doctor's office. I knock and enter after he invites me. "Hello Miss Ridley," he greets me by closing the files in front of him.
"Hello doctor" I greet him in return.
He invites us to sit down.
"So tell me, how are you?" He asks, crossing his fingers on the table.
"I'm fine, thank you".
"Do you have side effects?" He went straight to the point. "Sometimes I felt pain in my chest" I answer sincerely.
Ian puts his hand on my thigh and looks at me. He nods, "tells him" he whispers. I'm looking at my doctor again.
"What's going on?" He asks in a serious voice.
I exhale and then I tell him what happened the night I was with Jasper, without all the details of course, only that I drank too much and had a crisis. He looks me straight in the eye,
"I'll tell the nurse to do you additional tests when you go out and once I have the results, I'll call you," he informs me.
I nod my head. After about thirty minutes, we leave the hospital. I didn't think tests could make me so tired. Ian drives. I close my eyes hoping to rest a little.
"If you're too tired, we cancel our trip to the mountains," he told me.
I open my eyes and then look at him for a moment. "No, it's okay" I answer him with a slightly broken voice.
He places his hand on my thigh and then gently caresses me. I look at his hand for a few seconds, "thank you for coming with me" I thank him by placing my hand on his.
"No need to thank me, pretty butterfly" he takes my hand kisses her and then puts her back in her place. I don't know if it's a fake relationship or not. I don't know anything anymore.

We arrived at the house. Christian and Jane are in the living room.
"So everything is fine?" Jane asks.
"Yes, thank you" I answer.
"Well, shall we go?" Asks Christian while standing up.
"We bring our stuff and we meet you in the car" Ian informs them.
"Two cars or only one?" I'm questioning. "Mine" Christian answers.
I leave the living room accompanied by Ian. We take our things,
"did you take all your medication?" He asks me, I nod.
They are sitting in front. We've been in this car for fifteen minutes. Suddenly Ian approaches my ear, "the time for your punishment is approaching, butterfly," he whispers to me.
I turn my face towards him, my mouth is directly in front of his.
"Ohh, we're here too" Jane laughs, as if we're going to fuck.
None of us pay attention to her. Our heads do not move an inch. Christian suddenly brakes what allowed us to turn our heads.
"I'm sorry guys" he apologizes.
After about an hour we finally arrived.
"Fuck" I whisper when I get out of the car.
"What? What's going on?" Ian asks.
"This is Christian's cottage and we can say that we spent several weekends there" I answer by expiring. All my memories with him in this cottage come to mind. I didn't have to agree to come. Why did I accept? How stupid can I be.
"Hey, calm down, your breathing is fast" I realize right after he informs me.
I inspire and I expire. I'm trying to calm down, I don't want to attract the attention of Christian and his girlfriend. Ian catches me by my waist and then pulls me towards him.
"Do you want me to kill him?" He whispers.
I release a little laugh.
"Is it a yes?"
He asks with a smile on his face.
"No" I mumble. "As you wish, but if you change your mind, I am at your command," he tells me.
I want to kiss him.
"What are we doing now?" ask Jane.
With this question I have regained consciousness of myself.
"Maybe lunch?" Answer Ian with another question by moving away from me.
"Good idea" approves Christian by giving Jane a hug from behind.
We enter the cottage, it hasn't changed, the decoration, the furniture, everything is as before. "What do you want to eat?" I ask the boys by standing in front of the counter.
Ian places himself behind me, wraps his hands around my waist and kisses my shoulder and then my neck.
"As you wish" replies Ian. "Okay" Jane said.

We have finished eating. Since Jane and I have prepared lunch, the boys take care of the dishes while we prepare the rooms. But I keep thinking about what boys can say to each other.
"But why are you worried Abbie?" I whisper to myself,
"and how does it concern you?" I wonder.
"Seems like my pretty butterfly has gone crazy. Are you talking alone now?" Ian said as he entered the room.
Suddenly I start crying but the smile remains on my lips for a few moments. Ian rushes towards me. The worry is filled in his eyes. He grabs the side of my throat.
"What's going on?" He asks me calmly.
I crouch down and cover my face with my hands. He crouched down too.
"Abbie, what's going on?" His voice is full of impatience.
"I—I remembered—my father," I answer with a broken voice, "sometimes when I was angry, I entered my room and I—I spoke alone. My father joined me and—and" I keep crying, "and he told me the same sentence you just told me" I end up trying to calm down.
He looks at me, he puts his hand back on the side of my throat. "I'm sorry, I didn't want to—" I interrupt him,
"you don't have to apologize, you didn't do anything" I said while wiping my tears on my cheeks.
"Come there" he takes me in his arms. The hug is intense, strong.
I'm starting to cry again. He doesn't let me go.
"I miss them Ian, a lot," I said crying.
"I know, butterfly, I know" he whispers.
I stayed in his arms for a while. He wipes my tears while I look at him.
"Do you want to join the two idiots?" He asks me in a low voice, caressing my cheek with a nice little smile on his lips. I nod my head.

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