Can You Feel My Heart?

Chapter 5

The pain in my head decreased and the scene that laid before me dissolved.

I had collapsed to the ground while I saw the images. I slowly made my way back to my feet and tried to push open the double doors. Jackson left them unlocked.

I pushed them open slowly and as quietly as possible. There were three hallways, one to my left, my right, and one in front of me. I decide to take the one in front of me.

I tiptoe quickly and see a grand stairway that leads upstairs.

"Cordelia?" Bailey whispers.

I whip around to see my best friend on the verge of tears.

"I'm sorry I didn't know what I was doing I had no control-"

"It's okay, Bailey. It wasn't your fault. Jackson controlled you, he can do that since he was the one that turned you," I told her.

"So that means that you can't trust me," Bailey said.

"Precisely," I confirmed.

"I'm sorry," Bailey sobbed.

"No more apologies," I said.

Bailey sniffled in response.

"Do you know a way out of here?" I asked Bailey.

She opened her mouth but another person spoke.

"Through the front door," a feminine voice said.

I whipped my head over to see a stunning girl. White skin, red hair, bang blue eyes.

"Who might you be?" I asked.

"A very friendly friend of Jackson's," she stated.

"How friendly?" I asked.

"That's none of your concern," she said.

"Can I leave?" I asked.

"Has Jackson told you yet?" She asked me.

"Told me what?" I asked.

"Leave it," Jackson said from the too of the stairs. He began slowly walking down each step.

"What do I need to know?" I asked sternly.

"I will tell you when you are ready. Allow me to escort you and your friend home?" He asked.

I glared at him.

"What is this? You force my best friend to bring me here and begin to tell me this story-"

"You were too curious," he said while raising his voice.

"Annabelle will have to take you home," Jackson said.

"Evangeline." I said.

He stopped abruptly.

"What. Did. You. Just. Say?" He said through clenched teeth.

"The Lady. You fell in love with her," I said.

"Don't be daft," he said.

"I guess Evangeline was very 'daft' to trust you," I said.

Jackson whipped around and was in front of me in a matter of seconds. His hand were on my throat but not squeezing it.

"I'm not Evangeline," I told him.

His hand left my throat.

"Annabelle," Jackson said.

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Annabelle took us to my house first.

"See you Monday at school," I told Bailey.

I stepped inside my house and told my parents that I loved them and went to my room. I plopped down on my bed and stared at the ceiling. I drifted to sleep.

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"Try to catch up," Evangeline called.

Jackson comes up from behind and scoops her up into and embrace. Evangeline is laughing madly.

"Calm down, you are a lady," Jackson said.

"That's just my title, it doesn't define me," She said.

"Come," Jackson said.

He led her to a large tree with white blooms. It was the only tree with white blooms in the clearing.

"It's lovely," Evangeline said.

"It reminds me of you. So...pure and alone," Jackson said with a twinkle in his eyes.

"I'm not alone. Not anymore," Evangeline said while grabbing Jackson's hand.

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