Hired for Luke brooks

Travis: Part 2

"What do you want to know?" She surprises me now, I wasn't expecting her to just get up and tell me, I was waiting for a fight, a tantrum, but nothing like that came. It made me realise how meture we both are, completely different to when I was first....recruited...to be lukes pretend girlfriend.

"Everything." I speak softly, not wanting to ruin the opportunity to get information from her.

"It's been going on since the day Luke beat him up over you. He started messaging me, constantly wanting to know here you were, and obviously I ignored, and obviously that pissed him off even more...He told me he was going to kill me if I didn't given him what he wanted....."

"What did he want?" I ask this nervously, not knowing if I want the answer but asking the question anyway.

"He wanted you, Katie." She snaps this at me but I don't respond, not really taking of this in fully, not understanding. "I told him no, and then he tried to kill mom and he took me away from you...he said if I told anyone he would kill you." She's sobbing, and so am I. "And that's why I was so angry all the time! It my fault moms dying! This is all my fault!" She's hysterical and I become frozen.

"This isn't your fault." I hug her now, taking her in my arms and I feel her relax slightly underneath my arms. "Don't blame yourself, okay? He's a crazy man, and if anything it's my fault for bringing into our lives and trusting him." I smile sadly at her as I pull away.

"Okay." She agrees with me, her eyes telling me she's sorry.

"I love you, Carter." I smile at her.

"I love you more." She replies.

"Not possible."

"Yeah, it's possible."

*

I let her go back to sleep now, not wanting her to start stressing over the fact she's revealed her big secret and uncovered the monster that's been terrorising me and my family for the past year.

Luke was waiting outside the door for me and when I see him I just hold him close. I don't cry, I don't explain anything, we just hug. I need to be held and if I'm honest it feels like he does too.

I suddenly feel bad for not giving him all the attention he needs these past couple of months, with Carter running away, and my mum being ill I guess it's pretty hard to make time for us.

So much has happened these past couple of months I forget about the good times I've had since my mum has been gone. It's honestly been an amazing experience, living with my boyfriend his brothers and his mum, with my hormonal teenage sister making every single bloody day a challenge. And I love it.

The idea of being free and in control of my own life, it makes me wonder if I ever intended to come back from Luke, until they let me go.

I suddenly feel a wave of panic wash over me. What's going to happen when my mom wakes up? Will everything go back to the way it was? I ask myself this but I know the answer. How could anything ever be the same ever again. How can we go back to that house knowing what happened there. No. We are going to start over, possibly move towns, cities, countries? Who knows, but I know my mother, and I know she's gonna want to leave. How can I expect anything less?

I suddenly don't want her to wake up as much as I did. Because I know the moment her eyes open, everything will change, and I have to ask myself: Am I ready for that? Is he ready for that?

"Luke," I say his name, and his eyes meet mine. "What's going to happen when my mom wakes up?" I ask him this, picking at my nail varnish.

He sighs with a smile, "I guess, everything will go back to normal." And little does he know, that's exactly what I'm afraid of.

Then, the phone rings.