Devil Says 'H!'

Chapter 38

Skylar sobbed. She fell back as her emotions flowed unconditionally and when she was about to fall, a pair of soft hands touched her shoulders, helping her. She loved the feeling of the hands and she turned behind to look at him. She saw Ed leaning closer towards her, and looking at him made her cry harder, and Skylar put her arms around his neck and she pressed her cheek to his chest.

"Dad..." Skylar mumbled while she was sobbing and Ed smoothed down her hair. "Dad left me, Eddie. I killed him." she hiccuped and her tears renewed once more. Ed rubbed her shoulders reassuringly.

"You didn't kill him, darling," he said. "It was not you." he added softly, and Skylar released her hand from around his neck.

"What do you mean, Eddie?" she hiccuped, as her bloodshot eyes stared up at him. Ed sighed.

"I will tell you everything, darling." he gently thumbed down the tears that were rooting down the side of Skylar's cheeks. Skylar nodded. She did not have enough strength to fight him anymore.

Automatically, Skylar's eyes darted towards her father's body once more. Looking at it was just enough to bring back her tears. She pressed her hands to her mouth and cried softly. Ed sighed. He himself was feeling his emotions build up inside him, but he was more worried about Skylar. He knew that he had not been a favorite of Henry, ever since he had started to date Skylar, but as Henry had always been a kind person, Ed had felt as though he too would be crying when he had seen the final state of him. But, Ed knew that if he were to cry, that would make Skylar weaker, and for the sake of her, he wanted to be strong.

Ed pushed a strand of Skylar's hair behind her ear and he pulled her towards him once more. Skylar snaked her hands around his body and listened to his heart beat.

"Dad..."

Skylar was not able to look at her father's body. However she had tried to listen to Ed and believe in his reason for saying that it was not her who had killed him, she was not able to do so. She knew that if she was to have a normal life, she would not have brought her father with her to fight the dead woman, and she knew that her powers alone had lured him to the scene and just because of her powers, she had made her father meet such a fate.

"Dad..."

Skylar sobbed harder once more. She had just seen the dagger that was lying beside the woman and just having a look at it was enough to make her prove that it was definitely her who had killed him. Skylar hiccuped. She was starting to choke and she turned her head on Ed's chest and stared at the empty wall that was in front of her. She did not have enough strength to look at her dead father anymore. She felt Ed press his lips tightly to her forehead.

"Cry as much as you want, darling." he said softly. "I will be here with you."

Skylar's lips trembled and her tears were freely flowing down her face once more. She remembered her father just telling the same words to her when she had revealed all of the truths regarding herself. At that moment, Skylar had never even dreamed what would happen to her if she lured her father to danger. She did not even think that there was at least the slightest possibility, but Skylar knew that what was to be done, had been done. She pulled her nose up.

Memories after memories flooded into Skylar's mind. She peeped towards her father's body over Ed's shoulder. She saw his closed eyes and his body lying a few feet beside his head. Suddenly, Skylar felt that she needed to be with her father. She pushed herself off of Ed's body and he looked surprised at her.

"Darling..." he said softly, as he looked down at Skylar, who was trying to stand up straight. He stood up soon, and Skylar lifted her arms up for him to help her. Ed held her hands and pulled her up to her feet. Skylar stumbled but she balanced herself by holding his chest for support and Ed held her hands. He pushed her hair out of her eyes as she looked up at him. Ed saw that she was staring at her father's body and he sighed, shaking his head. She looked like a mess and Ed knew that it would take a very long time for her to overcome her emotions over her father's death. Ed was able to feel what she was going through, and he bit his lip. He knew that it would take a toll on Skylar if she restricted her emotions and he just stroked her hair lovingly.