Let Me Show You-Faberry

Chapter Three

Tell me about you

The night events left Rachel confused. She couldn't stop thinking about Quinn and the secrets that they had together. She couldn't stop thinking about hazel eyes and soft hands and words that had saved her life that had made her see the light in this dark tunnel that seemed to have no end.

She couldn't stop thinking about how beautiful the girl was and the feelings that had woken within her after their encounter a few hours ago because she had never felt so drowned to another person before.

Her attention was brought back when someone opened her bedroom door and walked in without knocking first.

Finn.

Rachel put the hair brush down on her vanity before her eyes met his through the mirror. For once he looked like any other man, perhaps he was also getting ready for bed because his hair looked slightly wild and his guard was down for a change.

"I know you've been feeling a little off lately" he said as he approached closer and Rachel saw the black velvet he was holding in his large hands. "And I don't pretend to know why nor do I want you to spell all of your secrets to me at once."

He handed her the jewelry box, Rachel didn't have another choice but to take it. Her eyes were still locked with his through the mirror. She gave up and looked down while Finn observed intently as she opened the box and gasped in surprise.

"I intended to save this till the engagement party next week. But tonight felt perfect. I want you to remember what you mean to me Rachel."

His tone was sincere but it held the superiority that she hate. Inside the box was a necklace, a beautiful and huge red diamond that must have cost a fortune and it was being given to her as a reminder of a man's feeling she was being forced to marry.

"My God. Finn. Is it a..."

"Diamond. Yes it is. Fifty six carats" he proudly provided for her, her eyes went wide. It was too much even for Finn to come across.

With a goofy smile he took the necklace from her hands and put it around her throat. His fingers grazed her soft skin for longer than necessary. He looked up to the mirror to appreciate his gift.

"It belonged to Louis the Sixteenth. It's called Le Coeur de la Mer, the..."

"Heart of the Ocean." Rachel ended up saying for him. She'd heard about the lost diamond, she just never thought that it would be hers one day. "Finn. It's overwhelming" she honestly said as she touched the piece of jewelry that now rested on her skin but his eyes were trained on the reflection of the mirror. The two of them, beautiful, young and worthy. Perfect in all sense to his eyes.

"It's for royalty. And we are royalty Rachel."

The look in his eyes was something that she used to look forward to, he used to look at her with devotion, with love, with respect. Now he just looked at her like she is an object that belonged to him, just like the necklace.

He caressed her neck and her shoulders with his raspy fingers and lack of gentleness.

"There is nothing I couldn't give you Rachel. There's nothing I'd deny you if you won't deny me" she knew what he was hinting at and looking at the diamond through the mirror reflection all she saw was an object, an object that sooner rather than later will belong to him and the necklace was only a reminder that she was chained to him and she felt it closing on her throat to the point where it was almost impossible to breathe. "Open your heart to me, Rachel" he said.

The next day Rachel woke up with a mission in mind and after breakfast at the usual table she left to the last place her mother would think of to look for her.