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17 | Uncles & Strangers

"If I got rid of my demons,
I'd lose my angels"
- Tennessee Williams

One More Mistake
Chapter seventeen

❱ "No!" My voice came out more louder than I expected. Soon everyone in the hallway looked over at me and I quickly wiped the tear that came out of eye. It was a mistake to let that tear go. My heart was getting involved and I couldn't do that, he couldn't possibly know how much Caine really means to me. I was afraid, afraid of what he would do to him.

"No need to get dramatic" he whispered in ear as he smiled at the nurses who were looking at us warily. After knowing the nurses weren't looking at us, he gripped my arm and pulled me close to him.

"Now show me where his room is, don't make me ask, your choice" I pulled my arm away and smirked.

"They wouldn't let you in either way" I couldn't help but be pleased.

"I could easily make someone do something, or should I say pay someone" he wasn't lying, he used his power and money for his own dirty laundry. He was aware of the desperation, he used that as his advantage. I wouldn't be surprised if he used that when he got full custody of me.

"Now are you going to tell me or are you going to make me ask?" He knew the answer to that but either way he still asked. I crossed my arms and didn't respond back to him. All he did was nod before walking towards the receptionist. It didn't take long before he got the directions towards Caine room. Though he couldn't go see him at this moment, he was in chemotherapy.

"Your just in luck, you could've just told me that earlier. Expect to see me tomorrow, what I have to say is urgent." He didn't say anything else before bumping into my shoulder and walking away.

"What is it?" He stopped on his tracks before turning around to face me. He has this look, it made me want to punch it out of him.

"That's for me to know and for you to never found out" he didn't let me ask anything else because he walked away.

I turned to look at Kace but all he did was look away from me.

"Don't follow me, just know I'll be around" I didn't say anything else before walking away and towards the entrance.

"I guess you really do hate your uncle like they say you do" Raine stood in front of me with nothing but a hospital gown. I was shock to see her here especially knowing she was a patient.

"Raine" I say as I look at her arm which happened to be in a cast.

"Was he the one who did that to your neck?" she asked as she pointed at my neck. I was taken off guard, but either way I didn't respond. The bruise on my neck was still there but it was fading a bit though it's still visible.

"Okay, well now that I finally know that your not the same person as your uncle and that I can trust you, we need to talk" I eyed her before taking a step towards her.

"What you mean by finally?" I hardly knew Raine, I wasn't sure what to expect from her.

"I've been watching you, and I learned a lot about you. Like for an instance, you hate your brother because he faked his own death, though that's not the main reason. The main reason is because he left you alone when you needed him the most. You also have a sister who overdosed a while ago and you always visit someone in the hospital, everyday after school. And finally, your parents are dead, I suppose, so you live with your uncle, Bruce, and it's pretty obvious you hate him" by now I was confused at how much she knew about me.

"Oh and you have a bodyguard that always follows you everywhere" she says as she glances behind me. I look over my shoulder and find Kace standing behind me.

"You know I didn't just enter royal high because I needed to but because I was trying to find you. Thea Nightingale, you were hard to find but here you are. I tried to get close to you by getting close to the people I thought you trusted most but I guess those people I've encountered didn't know you as much as I thought they did and you sure as hell didn't trust them"

"Rory Clark was my first choice, though that was a huge mistake because now I know that you two are nothing but strangers but at that time I didn't know so I slept with him. My next choice was Alexis though I didn't get much from her but a leaked sex video and a horrible humiliation from the school"

"And you did all this for what?" I asked.

So she was behind it all.

"To tell you that I want to get my revenge and I want you to help me" she sounded determined yet angry though that anger wasn't towards me but towards Bruce.

"Revenge for what?" She didn't answer but she did glance behind for a second before looking back at me.

"I need to go, but if you do want to help me than come to my room tomorrow and ill tell you all about it" she didn't say anything else before walking away, leaving me completely and utterly confused.

"Don't you dare go" I turned towards Kace and found him pale from the face.

"You know, don't you?" by the way he looked at me, I didn't need to hear his response to know he knew this and about Raine.

"If you say anything to Bruce about this, I'll make your life a living hell" I didn't need to say anything else because he didn't need it. He wasn't going to tell him, he couldn't possibly betray me again.