it’s time for you to go. I’ve been keeping you against your will and it’s not right.”
“But you’re not keeping me against my will. Not anymore. I like it there Tobias. You don’t have to feel bad about kidnapping me. It was actually the best thing that has ever happened to me.”
Yep, this was definitely going to be harder than I thought.
“I’ll have Amelia pack up your things and Tristan will drop them off for you. I’ll take you to a hotel and-“
“This is a joke right, some kind of birthday prank? You kidnapped me Tobias, held me against my will and now that I want to stay you’re kicking me out? Are you serious right now?”
I never noticed before but her eyes change shades with her emotions. Right now they were a dark blue and full of fire. I could tell I was doing a great job at pissing her off and she would probably hate me forever.
“I’m sorry-“
“You can take your apology and stuff it where the God damn sun doesn’t shine.”
She jumped off the bar stool and stormed towards the door with her shoes in her hands.
“Where are you going?”
“To go pack up my own shit before you get home so I never have to see your face again.”
With that she left. It felt like there was a huge weight sitting on my chest making it hard to breathe. The only person I had ever shared my secret with was walking out of my life.
“Well boy, you are officially the biggest idiot I have ever met in my life, hands down.”
Micky stood there drying off the glasses he’d washed this morning. I let out a sigh and folded my hands against the back of my head.
“I didn’t have a choice.”
“There is always a choice. And you son just made the wrong one. That girl spent all morning gushing over how special you made her feel last night with that party. Did you know her mom died when she was ten? Poor girl hasn’t celebrated her birthday since then and you gave her the first birthday she has had in fifteen years.”
Her mom died? Well that was news to me and it made me feel like shit. First I gave her the best birthday, now I’ve turned it into the worst. I needed to get back to the house and fix things. Even if she refused to stay now, I needed to at least make sure she left with us on good terms.
I said by goodbyes to Micky and headed outside only to find that my motorcycle was gone.
CHAPTER EIGHT
WILLOW
My eyes burned as I refused to let myself shed any tears. If Tobias wants me gone then fine, I’ll leave. I never belonged here anyways.
I had my suitcase opened laying on my bed with half of my clothes already packed into it. I stood there folding the rest of them when I heard a knock at the door.
I refused to answer it, but that didn’t stop Amelia from coming into the room. She was holding two cups of tea and placed them down on the bedside table.
“Do you want any help?”
I shook my head no but I didn’t dare speak because I knew my voice would fail me and I’d no longer be able to hold back the tears.
Amelia came over and pulled me into a hug. It was weird because before last night she had always hated me. I wasn’t much help most of the time. I was unfair in hating her because of what she did to Tobias when I really didn’t even know her.
I gave in and put my arms around her. That was enough to make the tears fall. I had no idea why my heart was breaking over this. I had only known Tobias for less than a month and yet it felt like I was losing a part of myself.
Something about Tobias made me feel safe and secure, but now that he’s making me leave it feels like the carpet has been ripped out from under my feet.
There was a knock at the open door and when Amelia and I turned around we saw Tobias standing in the door way. I had a déjà-vu moment from the first day I had woken up here and tried to escape. Once again he took up nearly the entire door frame blocking