Ownership

Chapter 9: Mortal Boy

     I stood there as jezebel and her gang, disappeared back inside. I breathe a sigh of relief before turning back to Lincoln. Who had a look of confusion on his face. At that moment it hit me, Lincoln didn't know what we were talking about.

   "Edgar,what kind of game are talking about ?" he asked me. I honestly didn't want to tell him what it was, fearing he might freak the hell out.

   "Um... well linc, it involves me and jezebel giving you a headstart and." I paused trying to find more courage to tell him. I could tell by the look on Lincoln's face, he was starting to feel uneasy.

   "Are you trying to tell me that you guys are going to play your own version of the most dangerous game?" He blurted out  the question. I still didn't say a word, I just nodded my head. I witness lincoln's terrified demeanor turned into a look of  pure anger.

   "You're doing the same shit when we were preteens. Damn it  Ed, you always volunteered me for things without my knowledge" my servant shouted. As a result, I myself began to get pissed off.

   "Lincoln, I get it, I fucked up. But i can't just back out" I told him. The white haired lad raised an eyebrow at my statement.

  "Oh, why not mistress lee" lincoln wondered,crossing his arms. With a defeated sigh i admitted the reason why i couldn't.

  "It's not that i can't do it. It's just that if i back out jezebel will make fun of me and call me names". After hearing what just escaped my mouth, my face turned red with embarrassment. You see with me, growing up with an abusive dad  i developed a back bone.However the word hurts but not as much. I  just didn't want to be embarrassed in front of lincoln. The 16 year old scoffed at me probably thinking I was pathetic. That when he proposed an idea to me.

     "Edgar you're not the only one who can manipulate. I figured out I could do that myself,but in a good way. Let me talk to jezebel" Lincoln explained with a grin. I had to admit that sounded like a great idea yet I still had my doubts. The idea of him and that bitch making out without me knowing, really made me sick to my stomach. But if i needed to get anywhere with him i needed to trust him.

   "Sounds like a good idea lincoln. You can try it, however no funny business" I sternly advised.
Lincoln gave a little chuckle before going inside the mansion. I  waited by the front steps, I didn't pay attention to the time so I didn't have a good idea of how long I've been waiting. If I had to guess I would say 10 or 15 minutes. I began to get worried, well worried isn't the word. I started getting  extremely jealous. I ran up the steps only to bump into someone. Luckily neither me or the person got hurt. I looked to see it was Lincoln  standing in front of me with a huge grin.This made me feel relieved.

"It worked didn't it?" I asked trying to hide my excitement.

"Like I said you're not the only one who mastered the art of persuasion" lincoln retorted with a cocky tone. A lightbulb went off in my mind, this was a perfect excuse to  have private time with my servant.

"Hey lincoln lets go for a walk" I suggested.

"Sure, where to" lincoln asked. I looked around to find a location where we can walk and talk alone. I turn my head to see the huge wilderness in the distance.

"There, the forest. its quiet, peaceful"

"Deadly, creepy, evil" lincoln interjected. I rolled my eyes  dismissing  his response off as him overreacting.

"Come on nothing bad is going to happen" I assured him.

"No" Lincoln said through gritted teeth. At that time I didn't really care what he wanted. We are going to spend time together, whether he liked it or not.