Facing reality

9) True lies 2

Shawn's POV

I still remember it like was yesterday. Her smile, her scent, her sarcasm, her stories and everything that makes her Emily.
Strange, at one point of time i was someone she couldn't stay apart  from and now I'm the reason she's running away. I wish things had  been the way it was back then. I would have loved, cherished and made myself realize how lucky i was to have her but fate took a different turn and this is were we are now, unsure if its love or guilt  i feel for her. She hates me and will continue to so, I guess i deserve that.

The caller tune of my phone disturbed me from my thoughts.
"Yeah Amanda. Tell me". I answered.

"Shawn, Emily is awake".

"Great, ill be there in 5 minutes. How is she by the way?".

"Its bad shawn. I told her what should be said and she didn't believe me, I took her to the woods but it ended up getting even worse. She dumped me there and drove off. I dont know where she is now. I just got back to the hospital and found both of our phones lying here.Its not working the way we thought it would ".

"Should i alert the police because this is way out of our control and we dont know..."

"No, that will just make things worse, you know what, just come to the hospital now and then we'll decide ".

"On my way".

As i took my jacket and car keys and walked towards the door, the doorbell rang. I knew it would be Emily, something told me so. But when i opened the door and looked out it was  empty. As i turned to look back, someone hit my head with something hard. The blow was fatal and i fell down, my sight blurring, all i heard was

" Thought I would not find you Shawn?".

Mrs. Clark's POV

The boy was unconscious for long. Emily tied him up to a chair. His head hung low and his face looked tired. I think he's got a minor concussion from the hard hit on his head, i had told Emily not to do so but shes got serious trust issues. As i looked at his face, I realized where Kevin got all his looks from. Speaking about Kevin, we checked this place the entire time, looks like Kevin is with his grandad. Emily kept pacing around like a mad person.

"Relax my child, we will find him, lets just wait for Shawn to regain his consiousness".

"He's taking awfully a lot of time. We need to get out of here before Amanda does something".

She walked towards him and poured a huge jug of water over his head. He did wake up rather startled and the pain was evident on his face.

"Emily, ill take care of this from here. I dont want any violence from you".

She didn't say anything but didn't move either.

"Shawn, i know your head hurts real bad, I'm sorry for that but I'm afraid we cant let you go if you dont tell us where Kevin is".

He just moved his head around without answering me.

"Listen child, Im asking you sweetly because you see Emily is in a fit of rage and if she takes over then it can turn bloody, so please just answer me and tell where exactly Kevin is?".

" What the fuck are you doing, Emily?,stop being a bitch" he spat.
And that was all it took, Emily walked over and pushed me out of the way. She hit him with the bat over and over again. Mine and his cries did not reach her ears. I tried to stop her but she screamed and asked me to back off. Just as things were taking a bad turn, a loud voice bloomed.

"Emily, stop".

" Emily, it's Michael, drop the bat down" I added.

And she finally stopped.

Michael's POV

She stood here, without facing me, there was a blood teared shawn on the chair. I walked towards her and hugged her from back. She was panting hard but she didn't move away from my embrace.

" What are you doing here?"she asked.

" What are you doing here?" I asked her back.

"Michael, there's a lot that you dont know about me".

"I know woman, i know" i breathed into her ears.
"But first, we have to get him to the hospital and then we'll talk" i told as i turned her around.

"Stop it Michael,you know
nothing, he knows where my son is and i need to find him no matter what".

I went towards her and held her face.
"Why search for a son that never existed?" I whispered.

She looked shocked.

"You too?. Your also a part of their team".

"Im not a part of anything Amanda, why would i be?, i barely know these people, you think id believe them over you without proof,you know id never do that".

She looked bewildered and confused. She shoved me behind and closed her eyes and kneeled down, placing her hands over her head.

"Dont mess with my head Michael,MC tell him, tell him what you know" she screamed.

Agony filled my heart. Is this the same girl i thought was so strong and unbreakable. She'd been broken the entire time and i didn't see it, instead she held me close and healed me. Seeing her in this state is killing me but i need to save her. Save her, even if its too late.
I knelt down, removed her hands and placed a kiss over her head.

"There is no know here other than three of us, woman".

She opened her eyes and looked around, searching the premises.

"This cant be, she was here the entire time" she muttered.

She got up and ran around.
"Where did she go?.MC, where are you, come out here" she cried out like a crazy person.

I followed her and pulled her close to me.

"Amanda..MC, doesn't exist,if she did, i would have known her, this town is a small place, we know everyone and so there is no one who exist by the name Mrs. Clarke. If she was here,i would have seen her. She doesn't have to hide from me right? And she possibly couldn't just disparate from your sight right?".

She burst out crying, but she looked like as if it all made sense to her. She held my shirt wildly and screamed.

"You have to trust me, Emily" i pleaded.

"I dont know what's happening to me Michael, these past few days are the worst. My head, i dont know whats wrong with it, i dont know what to believe. Is all this a lie?, even you? Are you real? If so then fix me Michael, fix me".

She fainted into my arms and as I held her closer, I promised her that i would fix her.