Desperado

part 21

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i stand in front of the door with my hands shaking, do i knock? do i walk right inside?

what do i do?

i've never been so scared to talk to someone

i take a deep breath and turn the knob of the door opening it to reveal the house i was at just a few days ago

the broken glass is gone, the flowers are back in there vases, the chairs are fixed, and the pictures on the wall are hung back up

i take a step inside the house and scan around the place, my anxiety has calmed down a bit

who cleaned this place up? did joey hire someone or did he clean it up himself?

i walk into the kitchen and see all the plates are cleaned, the table is set up and it looks just brand new

"cleaned up well right?"

i turn around to see joey leaning against the wall with his arms crossed and a smirk on his evil face

"did you clean up?" a laugh escapes my mouth

i walk around the counter, "yes" he says and i look up at him

he's wearing black jeans and a white t-shirt, his hair is wet which i assume is from his shower, and he's wearing a gold chain

"surprised?" he raises a brow

"didn't think you are capable of doing such a thing" i admit, with where his mind is, i wouldnt think he would even waste time to clean up after himself

"you always doubted me" he lifts himself off the wall and walks to the table

"that's not true" i furrow my brows

he chuckles, "you doubted me a couple days ago"

he stands on the other side of the table which is in the middle of the kitchen and looks at me, "what are you doing here? aren't you scared of me?"

"i just wanted to talk to you?"

"and what? give me those puppy dog eyes when i do something that i was born to do?" he rolls his eyes

"you weren't born to kill people" im offended by his eye roll

"yes i was. it's what i do"

"you stopped for 6 years joey" i remind him

"that's when i was in the right state of mind" he fires back

"you can control yourself, you don't need someone to always help you" i say

he doesn't say anything, he looks away from me and focuses his eyes on the floor

it's quiet in the house and the only thing you can hear is his heavy breathing

he looks at me and shakes his head, "you know elena, it's hard to not fall in love with someone who showed you another side of life, the good side obviously. so i'm sorry if i lost my control when i lost the person who showed me my worth"

"that's why you learn from them. you learn to control yourself and how to handle certain stuff. not go crazy and scare a 13 year old boy who doesn't know his mother is in the hospital because of you"

"we all react to things differently" he says

i take a deep breath and stare him in the eyes, "you shot lexi and david"

"david was all over you!" he shouts

"i knew what i was doing" i defend myself

"crying for him to stop, that's what you were doing! fuck!" he runs his hand through his hair