Hearts Of Glass💔🥀 [completed]

37: The Story of Caiden Harris (Part 1)

One Direction- The Story Of My Life

"The story of my life, I'll take her home
I drive all night to keep her warm and time
Is frozen
The story of my life, I give her hope
I spend her love until she's broke inside
The story of my life
And I've been waiting for this time to come around
But, baby, running after you is like chasing the clouds"

Cade

Maia lay beside me. I felt her breath against my arm. I had been holding onto her since we made love. Maia is definitely my source of strength. So I had found enough strength to tell her the truth.

"Blue."

"Cade."

"I think I'm ready."

"For another round?" She joked.

I laughed a little.

"Well of course, but right now I'm talking about the truth."

She rose her head and positioned herself so she could face me.

"What truth?" She was getting anxious.

"Relax Blue. The Caiden Harris thing. I'm ready to tell you the truth. I don't want there to be secrets between us anymore." I told her.

The glistening of her eyes made my heart melt. Damn why is she such a goddess?

"I'm listening." She said attentively.

"My birth name is Caiden Harris. My parents are Mark and Janelle Harris. They live in New York."

"So why are you here in Portland? When you could be out there in the big world?" She asked.

It was a good question.

"Oh Maia, back then I used to have everything. Rich parents, the best education, cool friends who had everything. Almost as if I was born with a silver spoon. I had it all. I did whatever I wanted. But most importantly, I had a girlfriend, Roxanne." I said trying not to get deep in thought.

"Roxanne?"

"Yeah, the girl who died in the fire. I loved her Maia, she was the love of my life. I was attracted to her in every way possible. She's the one who made me forget about the material things, she taught me that life isn't just about money, fortune or fame, life is about love, friends, family, happiness, peace and success."

Maia was getting a little uneasy.

"My fairytale life ended the day she died."

"What happened?"

"Roxanne's parents died when she was a baby. She was a street person most of her life, then she got into a foster home and was adopted. But she had a weakness, a really bad one. She was a drug addict."

Her eyes widened.

"I tried Maia, all I could to get her to stop. The streets corrupted her. And she convinced me that she had changed. She did and I believed her. We went for rehab. I paid for all her sessions, and she was better Maia. But the joy was short lived."

"Go on,"

"My parents were away on a trip. It was my brother Dave and I at the house. Roxanne stormed in and she was high. I remember wrestling with her when she threatened to kill herself. And she screamed, she destroyed furniture and then she went on to take some of the liquor in the kitchen. Dave and I tried to stop her Maia, we did. But things got out of control. Before I knew it she set the house on fire. I tried taking her with me but it was either dying together or leaving her to die alone. They accused me of raping her because when we were wrestling, she started shouting 'Leave me alone, you're hurting me!' and the neighbours heard her."

"Wow, Cade, I don't know what to say. I mean why then did they accuse you of setting the house on fire? And why did you change your name? Where's Dave? Why don't you live with your parents?"

"Honestly Maia I don't know. My head wasn't even stable when I was charged of all those crimes. I changed my name because I was wanted in New Jersey. My parents were heartbroken, so they told me to run away. That's when they moved to New York and we were separated. Dave got married in Seattle, and he's got a 3 year old son now. As much as I wanted to live with my parents, I didn't feel ready. They lost their house and I wasn't in the right mind. I came here because I have an aunt who works here."

"What about the house you live in? Who's is it?"

"Grandparents. They both died and I inherited both that house and the beach house."

Maia looked blown...