It's been two weeks of living in Tate's castle now and everything has been pretty nice. I usually end up spending my days in the kitchen with Nana because I have banned by Tate to use my car till he gets it fixed by a mechanic so I also haven't been able to go to work if I even still have a job. Speaking of Tate I have spent a lot of time with him lately. It seems whenever I am somewhere he is there too, if he doesn't happen to be busy.
But today is a different story. I finally got my car back and Tate is gone for the day on business so I am heading into the nearest big town to find myself a doctor so I can get a refill on my medicine, and that is what I am doing right now. I am about a three hour drive away from Westbrook waiting in a therapist's office to be seen.
"Haven Simpson." The lady says calling out my name. I get up and she leads me into the usual therapist room. A rolling chair, desk, a bunch of books, a couch for patients, a seat for her, and all her degrees. I take a seat on the couch before Dr. Radcliff speaks. "Hello Haven it is nice to meet you." She says smiling at me while tucking some of her brown hair with a few grey streaks behind her ear. "Hi." I reply while I start messing with my wrist tattoo again.
She looks at me and notices what I am doing before speaking again. "That's a beautiful flower tattoo you have. Any reasoning behind it?" She asks me. I just shake my head no not wanting to get into it. "Okay well what may I help you with today than?" She asks me. "Well my last therapist told me once I had settled down to find another and get my prescriptions set up through you." I tell her. "Do you have your prescription paper with you here?" She asks me and I nod and quickly grab them out of my black hobo bag I have with me and hand them to her.
"Okay. I will have to also call your previous therapist before I can allow you to have these and I will also be getting your file from her, since we will be having regular appointments. Right?" She asks me in a sweet voice. I nod my head knowing if I don't I won't be allowed to have the medicine I need. "Okay great, just give me a few moments and I will be right back, I am going to call your previous therapist so we can get you on your way today." She says before walking into a back room.
While she is gone I hear a buzzing and realize it is coming from my bag. I look through it till I find my phone and see Tate is calling me. I let out a sigh knowing what I am about to do is going to not make him happy one bit and hit the reject button before turning it on silent and putting it back in my bag. Once that's done I sit there for a few more minutes before she comes back out and starts writing something down.
"Okay so I have everything set up and will be sending these prescriptions to the CVS that is about 15 minutes away from here. Will you be able to find it or do you need directions?" She asks me as I get up and she walks me out the door. "No I should be able to find it." I say while placing my bag over my shoulder. "Great, don't forget to set up your next appointment with my receptionist before you leave." I nod my head to her before walking off to the front of the office.
I quickly make my appointment for next month before heading to my car and starting it. Before I leave I take my phone out so I can use GPS to get to CVS and see I have ten miss calls from Tate and twenty text messages. I still ignore them all and go onto to maps to get the directions. Once I have them I start driving there.
Once I reach the store I head in and go to the back for the pharmacy. They tell me I will have to wait about 30 minutes before my prescription will be filled so I just take a seat in those uncomfortable metal chairs that have like no cushion. I finally get my medicine after thirty minutes and start to head to the car when I am stop by a surprising face.
The man I had met at the diner a few weeks back, Vladimir. "Well isn't this a pleasant surprise seeing you here Haven." He says giving me the same smile that made me want to run and hide back then. "Where is your bodyguard?" He asks me looking around. I am confused for a second until I realize he is taking about Tate. I am about to lie and say that he is on his way here right now when a voice from behind me stops that.
"Right here. Leave Vladimir, now." Tate says sounding like he is about to lose it. "Fine, fine I'll go. But not before saying goodbye." He says before quickly walking towards me wrapping me in his arms and kissing me on the lips. "Till next time baby." He says before walking off while I stay frozen not being able to comprehend what just happened.
Tate comes and stand in front of me. He takes one look at my face and his eyes go crystal blue. "Let's go now." He says softly leading me to his car but not touching me. The entire ride back I am completely silent and so is Tate. Neither of us speak a word and the only noise is from the car radio. When we make it back I quickly jump out of the car and run into my room shutting the door behind me.
I head into the bathroom and strip down before jump in and turning it on as hot as it can go. As the scolding water runs over me I let the fear hit from what happened and my panic attack begins. Tears stream down my face but are quickly mixed with the steaming water. I can't hold it together as I collapse on the bottom of the tube and cry.
That's when the flashbacks start mixing together with what Vladimir did and I am unable to tell what is what. I finally know why he scares me so much, he remind me so much of my step-father. As my mind goes to my dark place I start to not be able to breath as the thick steam of the water surrounds me and i start to feel how hot that water really is as it turns my skin a bright red. While I choke on my sobs my visions goes in and out.
That's when I hear the sound of feet pounding until the curtain is ripped back and I see Tate standing in front of me looking terrified at my crumbled naked body. Quickly he grabs a towel and covers me as he turns the water on freezing and takes me in his lap while I cry. I am to out of it to realize I am even in his lap and he is soothing me and cradling my body as I freak out over other reasons.
When I start to come to and my breathing evens out and all I have left in me are small cries, Tate starts to move my drenched body that is still getting hit with freezing cold water but I clutch on tighter to his shirt and hide my face in his neck. "Please don't." I mumble and he instantly goes back to the original position before stroking back my wet hair so it is out of my face area and rubbing soothing circles on my back.
I don't know how long we stay there in that position before I fall asleep in his lap with our bodies attached to the others. But I do know is in the morning when I woke up to see Tate still next to me holding me against him I realize it was the best sleep I have had in years and I actually enjoy someone's touch again. I actually enjoy Tate's touch.
