Desire

CHAPTER FORTY- EIGHT

Carter

I couldn't bring myself to tell Adelaide the truth about what happened. She doesn't even remember what happened. I couldn't let her lose two people she cared about in the same hour. Even if she doesn't remember Jack. The first thing I did was go to Adelaide's mother's house to tell her the truth. She deserves to know what jack did. I'm so tired of protect him from the consequences of his actions. He deserves to burn for what he did, but even I know that jack will never see consequences because he's the leader of his Mafia. He has everyone tied around his finger. He really had me thinking he loved her. He tricked me. His own brother.

I drove up to her house. Her mom's car in the driveway. I turn the car off and made my way towards the door of the house. My hands hovers over the door. What if she thinks I'm lying? I need to tell her anyways. So she'll keep Adelaide away from Jack.

I knock on the door. Someone yells, "coming,". The door opens and Jack smiles at me. Anger takes over me and I'm pushing Jack until he stumbles down onto the floor. Then, I start pummel him over and over until my fist are bloody.

I hear Adelaide screaming in the background and someone is wrapping their arms around my waist trying to pull me off of him. "Mr Gilmore, please stop" Adelaide screamed. She brought me out of my rage. I looked up at her, she was terrified. Tears falling down her face. I made her terrified of me just like Jack did.

I got up from Jack, I moved towards Adelaide but she moved back. "Jack isn't a good guy, Adelaide,"

She looks at me like she doesn't believe me. I get it. I just beat up my brother right in front of her. If I was her, I wouldn't believe me either. Jack gets up from the floor and Adelaide immediately goes to his side.

"I know you're mom wanted to keep this under wraps because your recovering.."

"Carter. No" Adelaide's mom interrupted. "She's not fully recovered yet. This could set her back. It's not worth it just so you can have her back."

"Tell me," Adelaide says before I could reply back to her mother. Adelaide isn't the girl she was before all this happened. She's stronger than any of us. She has proved that time and time again and she's strong enough for us not to baby her.

"Adelaide," mom tries.

"No, I tired of you babying me mom. I need to know what happened? what is missing? I feel like I'm going crazy trying to piece the pieces together," she screamed at her mom. Her mom stayed silence. She looked over at me. How am I supposed to tell her the truth? I have to.

"Jack is the reason why you lost your baby," I say. She looks at me suspiciously. She thinks I'm lying. "The reason Ella wasn't at your bed side is because Ella has been secretly planning to hurt you and she has. She put you with your psycho ex who kidnapped you and tried to kill your baby. Just a couple months ago she had Jack pretend to fall in love with you and you fall in love with him just so he could hurt you,"

She looks at me skeptical and then back at Jack.

"Look at me, Adelaide. look in my eyes and see if I'm lying" I pleaded. I know she could tell that I wasn't. Her face turned to anger. She turned towards Jack.

"Get the hell out of my house!" she screamed.

"Adelaide I-" he starts.

"No, Leave. Now. Before I kick your ass," she screams again, interrupting him. He walks towards the door and slams the door shut. Adelaide falls, but I catch her in my arms. She cries into my chest. I look at her mom, she looks worried.

"I got her," I mouthed. She left the room to give us privacy. I held Adelaide like it was going to be the last time. Since Adelaide doesn't remember us, it just might be.

I lifted her up and put her on the couch. I sit next to her and she lays her head into my lap. I turn on the tv and caress her hair.

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A couple hours later, like she came out of her sad haze. She gets up instantly. I mute the tv as she looks up at me.

"This is inappropriate, Mr Gilmore. I don't know what I was thinking. I just.."I grab her hand and she stops talking. She looks down at our hand intwined together. It feels so right. Then, she meets my eyes. Time stops and it feels just like it was before with her. I drop her hand like it was on fire. She looks at me embarrassed and then looks away.

I cup her cheek and return her eyes to mine. "I want to do this right this time around. You're going through a lot right now and there's a lot you don't know yet. Stuff that when you find out about it, you're probably going to hate me. I don't want to start this with everything in the air. I want to tell you everything and then decide if you still want me, okay?"

She nods. A shy smile on her face. "Can we at least hangout together. You know as friends? At least so you can tell me what I missed?" she ask, hopeful. I could tell by the look on her face she knows something happened between us. Romantically.

"I wouldn't have it any other way, but please call me Carter,"

"Come on," she teases. "Mr Gilmore is sexy,"

I roll my eyes and reply, "only you can make it sexy," I flirt. She smiles at me widely and blushes.

"Can you...stay with me?" She asks. I open my mouth to protest, but then she says. "Please?"

I nod. I couldn't never say no to her. Why did I even try?