Dangerous Minds

Chapter Twenty Five

Dangerous Minds- Chapter Twenty-Five

Stefan

She's haunted me with every step I've turned. Every woman that I've dated, every one that I have ever loved. Elena has haunted me for years and she still does.

"I've wondered in my head, dreamed about really. What this day was going to be like. It's honestly, nothing like I've imagined, Elena." I tell her, watching as she leans forward, a small glimmer of what seems to be the old love of my life in her darkened brown eyes.

"What happened to you?" I crack. Truthfully, she was always my weakness and sitting across from her now, even though I'm filled with hatred for what she did to us all. The deeply buried love for Elena resurfaces.

"I grew up. I went through hell, things that no one should have to ever go through at a young age. I'm pretty sure that you remember some of those things." She states in a cold tone, her eyebrows lifting as she yawns. Elena doesn't really look at me, she mostly looks around the room. "This is getting pretty boring already. Aren't you going to ask me why I did it? Why I came back and took her after all these years?" She asks, glancing down at her hands as I lean forward, noticing the scars on her neck.

"Where's you get the scars?" I ask her, leaning back into my seat as Elena mirrors my actions. She puffs out an annoyed breath.

"Does it really matter? Stefan, I kidnapped our child. You know, I did it. To send a message, really. I never meant to hurt her, not once. I was planning on going on the run for way longer than this, to get to know my daughter. But, Enzo and I we-." She pauses, brushing her hair back with her fingers tips as the chains around her wrists loosen a bit when she asks. "Where is Enzo anyways?"

"Wait, you thought that kidnapping Addison would bring you closer to her?" I ask, watching as she shakes her head and clarifies her words.

"No. I didn't. Frankly, I wanted to get to know her better, I wanted her to get to know me as her mother and not the monster that I'm sure you all have poisoned her little mind with." Elena retorts, hearing me let out a laugh.

"We don't even talk about you....." My words cut her so deeply that I can see it in her eyes. The pain of being nonexistent in our daughter's life. She fidgets in her seat uncomfortably before asking about Enzo again. How do I tell her that he was working for us all along? Well, easy actually. Smiling, I tilt my head to the side as I suddenly get up and excuse myself from the room. I find him, sitting in Damon's office as Elijah talks to him and they're recanting the events of the last few days.

"Boss, can I steal him for a few minutes?" I ask, watching as Elijah gives me a perplexed look and before he can even ask me if this has anything to do with Elena's case, I pull Enzo aside and take him with me.

"What's this all about?" He asks, confusion appearing in his eyes as I stop just feet away from the interrogation room. "Did you ever mention to her, who you really were?" I ask him as he shakes his head, explaining to me that when he had met Elena in a dingy old club that he had acted as if he was one of the criminals there, looking for some drugs and a hooker to take home.

"Good." I comment, pushing open the door as I watch her eyes widen and she slams her hands against the table in anger.

"What's going on here!" She demands to know, shaking her head in disbelief as Enzo puts his hands into his pockets, rocking back and forth on the soles of his shoes as he says in a nonchalant tone. "I'm an FBI informant, Elena. I worked closely with Stefan and Damon this whole time. And, it was all to bring you here. They needed someone they could trust and I decided to fill that role."