Megan's POV
"Why are you doing this?" I asked Grayson as we were on our way to a mall.
"Doing what?" He asked confused.
"Helping me." I said.
There was a long pause until he finally spoke up.
"I had a friend once, he was like you. He didn't make it, I'm not just going to let that happen to you. Even if I don't know someone that well it doesn't mean I want them to die." He said as he looked out of the window.
"This friend, what was his name?" I asked curiously.
"David. David Ashcroft." He replied.
My breath hitched in my throat.
"I-I've heard that Name." I said shakily. Grayson's head shot to my direction.
"H-he was killed?" I asked as I stared into space. My hands started to shake.
"No." I said as I covered my face. I started to cry.
When I first met Him, David was there for me. David was the one who helped me escape the first time, David was the reason why He found me again.
I am the reason why David was killed.
"No!" I yelled as I started sobbing uncontrollably. Grayson tried to hug me but I just pushed him away.
He tried again and I had enough.
I undid my seat belt and climbed into the passenger seat next to Ethan.
I then wiped my face dry from all my tears and sat up straight.
All emotion had drained from my face and voice. I just sat there, still, until we got to the mall.
"How did you know David?" I asked as we walked into the mall.
"Family friend." He said.
"Close family friend?" I asked.
"Yeah." He replied bluntly.
"Did your family know much about their family?" I asked trying to find out if going to New Jersey is really a good idea.
"Yes." He replied as he looked straight into my eyes.
"Is that why you want to take me to New Jersey?" I asked straight up.
"Yes." He said nervously.
"I'm not going to New Jersey, Grayson." I said as I turned away from him.
"Megan, they can help you." He said softly.
"Nobody can help me now, it's too late. You know what I've learnt from all of this Grayson? It's that you can't trust anyone. Those who you think are the closest to you can turn on you at a point of a knife. That knife is then turned on you." I said bitterly.
"I don't get what you mean, Megan." He said confused.
"You wanna know my story Grayson? Do you wanna know why I'm like this? Why a murderous psychopath is hunting me? Why so many people hate me? Why so many people want me dead? Why I know how to fight?" I pulled him closer to me by his collar as I continued.
"How I know how to use a gun? How I know how to kill a man in under 30 seconds? How i've robbed a bank twice? How i've escaped death many times? How my heart turned so cold? Why I push everyone away? Why I will never be able to get these thoughts out of my head? Why I will never be able to forget the things I've seen? Why after all these bad things I've done, I still can't seem to get away from Him?" I said bitterly.
"I can tell you the answers to every single one of those things, except the last one. He has me and won't let me go. Do you really want me to tell you all of the things I've done and been through Grayson?" I added.
"I am willing to listen." was all he said. I released my grip on his collar and moved away from him.
We walked into a store and sorted out our passports. Grayson had money transferred into his account and he then booked our flights.
Before we knew it, me and Grayson were on our way to New Jersey.
"Grayson?" I asked as we had just taken off.
"Yeah?" He whispered.
"Do we have to go straight to your family? If i'm going to tell you everything, and I mean everything, then I have to do it somewhere private." I said into his ear. He just nodded.
"We'll stay in a hotel for tonight. We'll go see them tomorrow."
"Thank you." I said as I hugged him. He hugged back and I ended up falling asleep on him for the rest of the flight.
When our flight landed, we got something to eat and made our way to a hotel room.
We walked in and sat on the bed. I was sat leaning against the headboard and Grayson was sat in front of me.
"Please don't judge me for everything I'm about to tell you. Nearly everything I did, I did it held at gun point. I was forced. They threatened to kill me, but more importantly threatened to kill my brother, Grayson." I said nervously.
"I understand, Megan. You don't need to be nervous. Take your time okay?" He said as he placed his hand on my thigh reassuringly. I just looked down and nodded.
"It all started when I was younger. When my father was still around..."
