A Broken Rose

Chapter 6

Chapter 6

We arrived at Abe’s place and I just stood there and stared.  It was one of the biggest houses I have ever seen.  I hear Abe chuckle behind me and ask If I was going to stay outside all day or come in.  I grab our bags and follow him inside while Adrian is right beside me. 

“Wow” I hear Adrian whisper as he is looking around the place.

“I know this is crazy I have never seen something so big” I whisper back to him.  “Hey old man how many people live here with you?”

“Just me and the guardians of course.  Why?”

“Oh no reason” I replied.  Adrian and I were showed to our rooms they were next to each other.

“I know that you are an adult now Kizim but you two will be sleeping in separate rooms.  Do you understand me?” Adrian shifted around looking nervous and said he agreed.  I just looked at him and shrugged my shoulders “whatever old man.”

He left us to unpack which did not take too long since I did not bring a lot of things with me.  It took Adrian even less time so he joined me making himself at home on my bed. 

“So what are you going to tell your dad?  He is not going to take the news very well.  I still remember his threats from our talk.  I still have nightmares about them.”

“Well that’s because you are not a bad ass guardian like I am.  He doesn’t scare me.  I will tell him the truth I just need to convince him not to hunt him down and kill him.  As hurt as I am right now I don’t want him getting hurt.   I just want him to get on with his life and eventually be happy again.”

“What about you?  Are you going to be happy again?”  Adrian asked me nervously like he was afraid of my answer.

“I will be happy again Adrian.  Don’t think that I have forgotten what you are doing for me.  I know that I will be leaning on you a lot and it’s not fair to you but you have made it clear that you are not going anywhere.  I don’t know what I would do without you.”

Adrian got off the bed and came over to me and pulled me into his arms “luckily you will never have to know what it’s like without me.”  He leaned in and gently kissed my lips. 

“Ahum” Abe cleared his throat and we broke apart.  “I believe someone owes me an explanation and as you can see there are no other guardians around so we have our privacy.”  I looked into Adrian’s eyes and he just nodded his head to tell me that I need to do this.

“Well I am going to explore this mansion you live in” He gently kissed my forehead and left the room.

“Okay look old man before I tell you anything you have to promise to let me finish and that you will not go hunting someone down and hurt them.  If you cannot promise me this then I am not saying a word and we can leave.”

“I don’t like the sound of this already.  You are my daughter and I have every right to want to protect you.” Abe told me.

“Protect me?  Do you forget that I am a guardian?  It is I that protects you.  I have trained my whole life to protect you.  I do not need protecting” I exclaimed getting a little annoyed that he thought he could protect me better than I could protect myself

“That’s true; you do not need physical protection.  I saw you at your trials you are an amazing guardian.  I am talking about protecting you emotionally.  I know that I was not there for you your whole life but that did not mean that I did not love you every second of your life.   I always wanted to be there for you but your mother thought it best for that not to happen.  She thought it was for your protection.  There hasn’t been a day that has passed since you were born that I haven’t thought of you and loved you.  It is my job to protect your heart from dumb people that will do and say anything to get you to trust them and then leave when they get what they want.”  I stood there speechless I never knew he thought of me all these years. 

“Well I am still not going to say a damn word unless you promise me.”  I was not going to let his nice little speech make me forget what he is capable of.

“Fine I promise.”

“Okay why don’t you sit down for this…”