Being the Weakness

Chapter Eleven

Chapter eleven: gone

Stepping into the shower I try to muffle a scream. When the water hits my body I feel the burn of the whip all over again. I close my eyes and face the pain full on and after a few seconds the water turns into a soothing flow of liquid falling on top of me. I stand there and think about what James isn't telling me. I know he was withholding something about this 'job' but I can't figure out what. I just wish he would tell me things.
I wash my hair and try to wash my body without getting soap inside my wounds but the soap still sometimes drips into my cuts. It stings but I do my best to stay calm. I take a deep breath as I rinse out my hair. I turn off the water and grab a towel. Drying out my hair as much as I can before I wrap the towel around my body I notice that I don't hear anything outside the bathroom. I open the door and look for James but he isn't there.
Oh My Gosh!!!
He's GONE!!!
He left without saying goodbye and I am supposed to just sit here and wait for his dad to come get me? I don't think so! I grab my clothes and put my hair into a messy bun. Putting on my converse as I try my best to get to the entrance but before I open the door a man walks in. He is tall and has tan skin and sandy blonde hair like James', but he has dark blue eyes where as James has mysterious green eyes. He is older but muscular like James. Two girls walk up begin him but I can't see who they are until the man turns sideways. I meet eyes with Michaela and Audrey, my two best friends in the world!!! Tears start rushing down all of our faces as we engage into a group huge. My back stings but I don't care I'm safe and they are safe.
"Oh my gosh Caroline are you okay?" Audrey asks grabbing my hand.
"We were so worried." Michaela adds.
"Yeah guys I'm fine." I say putting a small fake smile on my face to show that I was 'fine'.
"We need to go. I assume James filled you in on the arrangement." James' dad says as he shuts the door and heads towards the parking lot. No one says a word on the drive to James' house. I've never actually met his dad or been to his house before, we only hung out at the beach or at my parent's rental beach house that we stayed at over the summer.
We drive up to a huge house and my mouth drops in awe. The front yard is almost the size of a football field and the house is humongous. I turn to face the girls and they have matching O's for mouths. The house is completely white with metal beams surrounding the house, all different shapes and sizes. The front door (more like doors since there are two) is twice the size of me. As we walk in I notice the large winding staircase that leads to the second and third floors. The walls are white like the outside of the house and the ceiling is a dark shade of gray with a large modern chandelier hanging from the center of it The open space leads into an equally modern kitchen with stainless steel appliances and a matching hardwood floor throughout the house.
"You will be staying with us for a while so Mr. Smith will take you to your rooms." James' dad says as a man in a suit steps forward.
"Hello ladies I'm Mr. Smith and I'm here if you need anything. First your rooms. Follow me." he says leading us up the stairs. We stop at the first door to our right and as he opens the door he says, "Ms. Audrey this is your room." The room has light blue walls and a king sized bed with a light blue comforter to match in the center of the room. A white wooden dresser sits on the left wall and a light pink lamp and throw pillow next to and on the bed. "Your things have already been placed in your rooms." he announces.
"Sweet!" Audrey says entering the room. We move on.
We pass two doors the the right and then we stop at the next door to the right and Mr. Smith says, "Ms. Michaela, this is your room." He opens the door to find another large room with another king sized bed. The walls are a light lime green and the bed spread is white with lime green polka dots on it and a matching white dresser like Audrey's stands against the left wall and a lime green lamp sits next to the bed. The rooms are like identical but just different colors.
"Awesome!" she says entering the room.
We walk down the hall until we get to the back to a dead end and we walk into the last door to the right leaving one more to the left. "And this is your room Ms. Caroline. It was on special request that I give you this room Ms." Mr. Smith says opening the door.
I step into the room and see the most beautiful bedroom I'd ever seen! There is a wide window to the left that looks out onto a beautiful garden. The bedroom is painted white with gray detail on one corner of a wall. A beautiful purple king sized bed sits perfectly in the center of the room. with gray and white pillows on top of it. I notice something that the other girls didn't have though. Two doors that lead behind the room. I open them to find my own bathroom and closet! Wow! "Do you like it?" Mr. Smith asks. I almost forgot he was there.
"Yes!" I half yell. "I love it. It's so beautiful."
"Good. Dinner will be brought up at six thirty. Could you tell your friends, I forgot." he asks.
"Yeah. Sure." I say still in awe.
Once he leaves I text my friends and sit at the windowsill. I stare out at the garden to think.
I don't even really know him. I mean how can I when he is a spy, lives in this beautiful home that I've never been too, and he goes on secret missions that he can't tell me about. How can I be in love with him?! I don't even know who he is. But I do. I settle on that and I walk to the bed deciding to take a nap. And I drift off to sleep before it's time for dinner.

Soooo... how do you like it so far. Sorry I haven't been writing in a while. nothing that important happened in this chapter but let me just tell you it's gonna get exciting in the next few chapters so please be patient with me. I am going to make the next chapter in James' point of view so I hope you like my story! Thank you for reading!!! love ya!
-Sarah