Ephemeral //H.S

Chapter 22

-Lucy Urbinati-

"I'll do it." He says, his elbows resting on his knees with his hands joined beneath his chin. I look at him, frowning slightly and tilting my head to the side.

"You'll do what?" I ask confused. After telling him everything I feel so out of it, this wasn't meant to happen but it did and now I'm not sure if I have anymore words left in me.

I told him everything, about the letter I got from my parents and about how I only recently found out about Giorgio's gang, and he believed me. He believed me when I said that I didn't who tried to kidnap me, and now he knows about the car that I bought yesterday. I told him that I made a reservation on the car weeks ago and that last night I didn't know what to do, so I still went and bought it because I can never be too safe. I told him the exact reason why I bought it, my reasoning behind it, and what I plan to do with it when I'll need it. If I need it.

"I'll help you."

But I didn't ask for help.

I look at him, swallowing harshly as a smile tugs at my lips. I feel my chest caving in, my sinuses tightening for some reason and I nod, feeling my eyes burn but I hold it in.

"Really?" He nods, clearing his throat.

"But I need to ask you something first." I nod, answering with a 'go ahead'.

"What's 1118GEN?" He asks and my face falls, I feel my breathing getting more difficult to work for and my leg is jumping up and down. I can't remember the last time I heard about this, how does he know about this? I rub my sweaty palms against my sweatpants since he let me get ready and changed before talking to him.

"How do you know about this?" I look down, swallowing harshly as I try to stay calm.

"I hacked into your paypal." He says casually and my eyes widen, my lips part as I stare at him in shock.

"You did what?!" I shout, looking at him like he's a mad man and he rolls his eyes, shaking his head at me.

"Oh come on don't pretend to be shocked, you know what I do and I had to make sure you weren't part of a gang!" He says and I sigh, closing my eyes as I run my palm over my face. Of course he did.

"It's nothing, don't worry about it." I look at him, talking quietly.

"It's not nothing whoever that is sent you over 72 000 dollars! You haven't even touched any of it it's just sitting there, what the hell are you hiding?" He starts getting angry even if he was really calm before when we were talking, and I feel my blood boiling.

"Look it has nothing to do with any of this okay? It has nothing to do with Giorgio, or his gang or any of this bullshit okay?!" I shout back and he raises his eyebrows, taking a deep breath. "So let it go." I say with a softer tone and he sighs.

"Fine fucking hell, You better not be lying to me." He points at me and I nod, calming my breathing.

"I'm not, I swear okay? It's just, too personal." He nods, looking at me in the eyes and we fall into silence.

"I have to go to work, I want to be the first one to know if something happens alright?" I says, standing up, and I nod at him.

"I have no one else to tell." I whisper, biting on the inside of my cheek and he doesn't say anything at first.

"I won't tell him, but you're gonna have to sooner or later because I don't want to be the one picking up the pieces if you mess it up." I nod, looking down at my hands.

I don't think I could ever do it, it's a lot.

"And you can tell me, even if it's the smallest thing you come to me alright?"