This Life We Live- Complete

Chapter 5- Spilling some secrets

" Aunt Tasha"

Christian said as he wrapped her in a huge hug, while Lissa and I studied the man standing a little bit behind her. He was tall, fair skin, dirty blonde hair and reminded me of someone, but I couldn't place who. Tasha walked over and pulled me and Liss into a bone crushing hug. She always had been an affectionate person. She stepped back and put her arm around the mans waist and smiled happily.

"Guys this is my husband Ivan Zecklos."

I choked on the air I had breathed in. Zecklos as in Jesse, they had the same features and that's why I had recognized him. I felt like my world had started spinning and I was dizzy. Was he like him? Would he call them and tell where I was? Christian and Lissa were at my side holding me up. Tasha looked frantic and her husband looked confused. I could see when I dawned on Lissa why I'd had this reaction.

" Do you know a Jesse Zecklos?"

Ivan didn't look too happy when that name was mentioned. He actually looked pretty pissed off.

" Yeah he is my cousin. But we don't speak, why?"

He said with a lot of hatred laced into his words.

" We just know him is all!"

Lissa was always the one to avoid unwanted topics. Thank god because I didn't want to get into any of this, I wanted to forget. I finally pulled myself together, somehow knowing this man was nothing like his cousin, and we went inside. Tasha gave Lissa and I a glass of wine which I really needed. It would calm my nerves the rest of the way.

She told us we were just waiting for Ivan's best friend and then we could eat. So we chatted about how Montana had been since she left. Christian and Lissa told her about their plans to open their own restaurant. We had been talking for about twenty minutes when there was a knock at the door. Tasha went to answer it.

" Dimka!" she said happily.

" What the fuck is a Dimka?"

I blurted out, Ivan looked like he was about to lose it in laughter when someone cleared their throat behind me.

" I'm a Dimka."

Oh sweet mother of god, that thick Russian accent. I turned around and just about dropped the glass in my hand. The man that stood in front of me could only be described as something chiseled from Greek mythology. He was tall probably 6'7", with shoulder length brown hair he had tied back in a pony tail at the nape of his neck, and his chocolate brown eyes. I felt like I could get lost in them for days. He was the most gorgeous man I had ever laid eyes on. Stepping forward he put his hand out.

" Dimitri Belikov"

I grabbed his hand to shake it and a spark went straight up my arm and from the look on his face he felt it too. I let his hand go.

" Rose Hathaway Mazur"

He looked shocked for a minute, huh guess he'd heard of my daddy. Tasha led us all into the dining room, and as luck would have it Dimitri was sitting across the table from me. Lissa sat down next to me and Christian across from her, with Ivan and Tasha at either side of the head of the table.

" So Rose what have you been doing? Are you in school?" Tasha asked

" Umm... yeah I'll be finishing my last semester of nursing school on-line and taking my boards here in Russia."

She looked thrilled it always amazed me how happy she was all the time.

" Oh Dimka is a doctor he just finished school and is doing his residency at the local doctors office. Dimka maybe you can get her a job. You are staying here right? Of course you are why else would you be taking your boards here."