Desperado

part 37

"come on" joey holds me bridal style, slowing dipping me in the bath he made me

he has candles lit in the corners and even added some blue bubbles in the bath, "you're so extra" i tell him

"only because i love you" he says, his arms get wet when he lowers me down

i position myself in the bath and look at him, "i love you"

he sits on the toilet staring at me, "i love you too"

i grab my hair tying it in a bun, i can feel his eyes burning on me. the bubbles smell like blueberries, joey starting eating blueberries every since sophia said she hates them

he loved to prove her wrong. i laugh at the memory of them fighting over blueberries

"what?" he notices my smile

"remember when you and sophia got into a fight about blueberries?"

he chuckles, "of course i do"

his phone rings, again. that damn cellphone keeps ruining everything

joey looks at it, then declines the call

"why didn't you pick it up?" i ask

"it's geo, probably filling my head with more bullshit to get us to come back"

"what did he tell you in the car"

he runs his hand through his hair, "it's not even important elena"

"then tell me" i just want to know what the hell happened 16 years ago

he looks down, "they um" he pauses, he's upset. whatever they told him is making him rethink a lot

now he has to tell me because i won't be able to sleep knowing something is bothering him

"geo told me they have my mom"

my eyes widen

"but he's lying elena" he tells me, "i talked to my mom 16 years ago and she told me that she's leaving forever. she wants nothing to do with me"

"joey" i frown

"she left to who knows where and i haven't seen or heard of her every since that day. geo knows how badly that hurt me, he's telling me this because he knows i care about her"

i didn't know joeys mom ever did that to him. i didn't know him back then so he had no reason to bring it up to tell me

i feel so horrible, "do you really think geo would joke about something like that?"

he sighs, "i-i don't know. he knows if it comes to my mom i will do anything for her. i just want to think he's lying but i also wonder if maybe he isn't"

"joey, we have to get her" i don't know what to say to make him feel better

he keeps his head down. i press my lips together in a line, "um-"

he looks up at me

"i don't remember if giovanni told me this or ethan but they told me that they have something that belongs to you, and that it's so special to you, that you would turn me in for it" i tell him

his face drops, "what?"

"that's what they told me" ethan told me but i know if i told joey it was ethan he would go find him and kill him

joey thinks for a little, his brows are furrowed. his eyes keep going from me to the floor

a silence falls as he keeps his head down

i just want to know what hes thinking. i wish i could read people's mind, that would solve some of my problems

joey looks hopeless right now. it's making me a bit worried to be honest. what if this special thing is his mom?

"would you?" i break the silence

he looks up at me, "would i what?"

"would you turn me in to have the special thing that they have of yours" i bite my bottom lip

"what no, i would never elena" he knees down next to me, "whatever they have will never be as special as you"

"what if it is your mom though?" i gulp

"my mom left me elena. even though i love her, she doesn't love me. i love you more then her"

i shake my head, "no you don't. it's your mother joey, you even said you would do anything for her"

"i would but they don't have her. i know it baby" he wipes my tear

"but what if they do-"

"stop it elena" he interrupts me, "i would move a mountain for you, i would die for you. i would do anything for you okay? stop overthinking"

"everyone knows that i would choose you over anything" he moves a piece of my hair, "okay?"

"okay" i say just to make him feel better. i trust him, but i know once the person is standing right in front of you, you have no chose. it's another feeling

like when i saw joey after thinking he was dead for 6 years. i loved him but i was mad at him. i didn't want to see him

everyone reacts differently and i know joey. he is a mean and dangerous guy but if it's for the people he loves, he'll do anything, no matter how much they've fucked him up

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joeys now on the bed and i'm in the bathroom brushing my hair. he's on the phone with geo, talking about his mom

i cant even hear the conversation since joey talks so low when on the phone. all i can hear is the nots in my hair

i look around the bathroom counter looking for my detangle spray that madison bought me, or stole from a event she went to

then i remember that i left it in the bathroom back at her place. shit

i cant go back after what happened. she was crushing ethans bones. i mean it was all she would talk about

i just didn't think that she would actually do it. i wonder what they are doing right now

is ethan even upset? ethan was always so caring of me, i'm even pregnant with his baby and i know how important this is for him

it just isn't sitting with me... he wouldn't be with madison if i was carrying his baby

honestly i don't even know what to expect from ethan anymore. he turned against us and is hiding my kids from me

my phone rings and i look at it. a text message from leo

leo:
jeremiah won't talk to me. this is all your fault. just wait till i pick lexi up and tell her

i turn the phone off and stare myself in the mirror. jeremiah deserves the truth, he is such a good boy

why would they even hide something like that?

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