The story of my live

Chapter 11

Tuesday midday
Las Vegas

Lando

We sat on the grass of a small park in Las Vegas. We didn't talk a lot the past time. Just a few questions with short answers. Elina didn't look happy. She seemed insecure and scared about something. She often looked at her phone. We ate our cakes in silence and didn't look at each other.
"Elina, can you listen to me for a second" I softly asked after a while. She looked up from her phone and nodded "Yeah, sure. Go ahead." She forced a smile on her face and looked back down on her phone. I laid my hands on hers so she couldn't look on her phone anymore. "Elina, I'm serious." Our eyes met and I immediately got nervous. "I know the past weekend was rough. And I know you're not happy right now. But you're acting weird today. Tell me what's wrong" I stayed calm. She broke eye contact and looked down at her hands. "I don't force you to tell me anything. I just want to help you." "You can't help me right know" she whispered and looked back at me with tears in her eyes "It's all too complicated." She sighed and sniffed. Tears were running down her cheeks. I felt bad for her. I didn't want her to cry. It broke my heart seeing her like this. "I'm sorry, Lando." She said. "You don't need to apologise. It's not your fault, Elina" I said and softly grabbed her hands to calm her down. "Can we go home?" She asked silent. I nodded "Yeah, of course." I didn't want to force her to anything. She needed time for herself to calm down. I packed the cake in my backpack and we walked back to the hotel. In silence. She often looked around in the city and checked her phone multiple times. She acted nervous and afraid.

When we arrived at the hotel I walked her back to her room. She opened the door and stepped in. I stayed in the hallway. "I'm sorry for today, Lando" she apologised again. I slowly grabbed her hand so she looked up at me "Please, stop apologising. It's all not your fault, Elina. You can't do nothing for what your father did. I know you didn't tell me the truth of what happened on Monday night. I understand that. And you don't need to tell me if you don't feel like it. I just want you to feel better again. Tell me what I can do to make you happy again. I would do anything to make you smile again, Elina. Please know that. You can call me anytime. Whenever you want, I'm always there for you." Wow. Everything I said to her, was real. I spoke out the words my heart told me. And I wanted her to know that. I wanted to help her. In any way it's possible.
"Can I be alone now, please?" She asked shy. "So you can hurt yourself again? Never." I knew she hurt herself. Why else shouldn't I be allowed to enter the bathroom. She cried and based on her situation right now it's reliable. She looked at me shocked "What?" I was serious "I know you're hurting yourself. So I'm not gonna let you alone, Elina. Not until you feel better again." She didn't answer and just at looked at me. "If you mean the glass, that wasn't me" she tried to pull herself out of the situation. "You know what I'm talking about, Elina." I took a short break "Show me." "What?!" "Show me your arms" I told her again. She looked away, avoiding eye contact. More tears were leaving her eyes. She held her hands on her face and started crying loudly. I gave her a hug and rubbed her back. "I can't do this anymore, Lando" She sniffed. "He ruined my life in just 3 days. And the worst about it, he's not even my father!" What? He's not? "What are you saying?" I asked confused. She let go of the hug "In the night he kidnapped me he told me truth. He's not my father. I never was his daughter. My name isn't Stark. I don't even know who I really am." She took some deep breath before she went on "I'm sorry, I didn't tell you earlier. But I didn't want to bother you with my problems." "You don't bother me, Elina. Please remember that." She looked at me grateful "Thank you, Lando. I don't know what I would do without you right now." She slightly smiled and me and we finally entered her hotel room. "Do you want to drink anything?" She asked me, pretending as if nothing happened. "No, you sit down now. I'm gonna get us something to drink and then you show me your arms" I told her and walked to the kitchen. I maybe sounded a bit too rude but I wanted to help her. I got us some glasses and a bottle of water. When I came back she sat down on the couch and took off some bandages of her arm. The white material was full of red blood. I sat down next to her and looked at the wounds. Small cuts were visible on her skin. I got myself a wet towel and cleaned the wounds. I tried to be as careful as possible so I didn't hurt her much. Her eyes followed my moves and I noticed her red cheeks. Suddenly she laid her hand on mine to stop me from what I was doing. I looked up at her and straight into her beautiful green eyes. None of us said anything. We just stared at each other in silence. I felt her warm breath on my skin. My heart beat fast and I felt nervous. My gaze felt on her lips and back to her eyes. She smiled slightly and our faces slowly advanced. Thousand of thoughts ran through my head. But all of them were about Elina. The girl who's driving me crazy every single second I'm with her. Then suddenly my heart went crazy and I felt her lips on mine.

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