Touching The Heart Of Ace (SAMPLE)

Chapter 42

"Again!"

Jason screamed next to my ear.

"That is enough, dear. Go to sleep, you two." She kissed my cheek, rubbing my head.

"Aww... One more time."

I heard my mom giggling. "We lived happily ever after. The end."

"It is cheating." Jason grumbled.

Mom covered us in a blanket. "I only wish you came into our life earlier. I lost so many years of you. Papa Bear would have loved you so much."

"You sure? I was a brat."

"You are still a brat, Jace." I put my two cents in.

"You shut up, Dave. You are just jealous." He huffed as I snorted.

"Do not wet the bed." Mom waved from the door.

"She was talking to you, Dave."

"You know, you are the one with wetting problem, so just shut up."

Jason waited until mom was gone. "I am here."

I was going to laugh but it came out shaky and I was crying on his chest. I did not mean to.

"He... he did not even... I was there, Jace... He behaved as if... Why did he come back if he was going to treat me like this. All I wanted was a phone call, slave... Am I a joke, Jace?"

"I... I honestly do not know what Robert thinks. You always say I am good at reading people. But he... The only time I could read that man was when you went MIA from him."

"I do not even know what to do. I thought I had everything in control."

"You never have anything in control, Dave. Not when it comes to him. But... then again, he doesn't either."

"Do you think he misses me?"

Jason only sighed.

And I cried harder.

I was there, standing in the lobby expecting him to come back alone. He had done that before; when I was so wary of him. He isolated me from everyone, trapped me in a bathroom stall and had his way. "Did you miss me as much as I missed you, baby?" His hand was covering my mouth and I could only moan and that was enough for him. "I swear to god; I will never let you go."

An atheist, promising me in the name of God.

I was there that day; waiting for him, for how long I had no idea. But only mom came back and I was so depressed to go back to my college. Mom called Dean and lied to him that I had a fever. She had missed me enough to lie. I did that to her.

But staying with mom meant, bottling up my emotions, my heart and fucking mind. I was feeling a lot better, now that Jason was here.

"Please stop crying this much, Dave." Jason was rubbing my back. "Chris said we should consider talking to someone."

"You think I am crazy?"

"Dave..." Jason warned. "You had two terrible panic attacks in short periods of time. He got worried."

I did not bother to reply. I was not going. I never had a panic attack when I was with Robbie. When the coldness seeped in, all I had to do was to run to him, then it would go away. But then again, I never had that creepy coldness before Robbie. I only had that when it was related to him.

I chuckled dryly.

Oh, Robbie, what are you to me? My tormentor? My protector?

"I am worried too." Jace added softly.