My Undoing

Chapter 12- Smoke and Mirrors

Olivia's P.o.v

I stood there motionless for a moment unable to move when I heard the door knob turning. My heart began to race and swell with fear, was he coming back to finish what he started? That's when my eyes were met by warm honey. I tried to mask my fear but failed and he could see my failure written all over my body...."Olivia? Hey.. are you alright?".. Owen comes closer and I flinch out of habit, but he gives me a reassuring look and I relax a little."Olivia you're bleeding do you have any gauze or a clean washcloth?...." I nod and motion towards the bedroom and slowly follow behind him. As he makes his way to the bathroom I slowly sit down on the bed as if I'm on autopilot. I reach over to turn on my small table lamp when I notice them. Flowers,they were beautiful...but where did they come from?

Owen walks back in with my small first aid kit and a damp washcloth from my sink.He crouches in front of me..."Don't move okay, this might hurt and I'm not into S&M."He gives me a small smile and winks at me and I can feel my cheeks burn red. He carefully wipes the blood from my lip and does it with so much concentration I have to surpress a smile.My eyes roam to the blue and white vase once again."Who told you I liked tiger lillies and white roses?"He stares at me as if I were speaking Korean."The flowers,did you bring them?" He looks at me with bewildered confusion then gives a small smile."Well Ms.Vega I know it seems like I'm a mind reader or that I have super powers but those flowers aren't from me.." I look down embarrassed..."But now that I know what they are, I'll make a mental note of it. There I think you're all set, how bout we get something other than water in your system.."

He cleans up and then heads towards the kitchen.I sit there a moment admiring the flowers some more and wondering where they came from and that's when I notice the floor is clean as is everything else in my room.I make my way into the kitchen inspecting every step, seriously my house is never this clean. I join Owen in the kitchen and that's when I notice the clean dishes and the pot boiling on the stove"Are you making soup?" And again I'm met with confusion ."I'm just heating up what you left on the stove didn't you make this before you left?"I look at him a moment and try my best to act as if that's exactly what happened."Yeah, I guess I must of forgot after everything that happened today."

The smell of broccoli and cheddar hits me and my stomach growls.Owen asks me where I keep the bowls and I gesture to the top left cabinet. He tells me to take a seat doctor's orders. I sit on my small sofa and just look around. Seriously who cleaned in here, and who made the soup...And the flowers...the god damn flowers. If it wasn't Owen, and I'm pretty sure Kaeli from work had no way of getting into my appartment. Wait...no it couldn't have been, he's never been this nice to me, and how the hell did he get in here? I'm about to text him but I have no idea where the hell my phone is I'm about to start searching but then I see Owen make his way into the livingroom.

Owen joins me on the couch and puts the bowl of soup in front of me..."So Ms.Vega you have to stay awake for a few more hours what do you wanna do? We can watch a movie, or bad TV, or we can talk abou..."Before he can finish his sentence I say movie because I rather do anything than talk. I let him pick it's the least I can do for babysitting me.After inhaling the soup I'm fighting to stay awake I'm just soo exhausted at this point and begin to doze off.

Owen's P.o.v

I am super engrossed in the movie but every so often I glance back at Olivia she looks so tired and I can tell she's losing the battle to stay awake. Every minute of so I can see her nodding off or hear her let out a small yawn. By the time I start the second movie I feel her head slowly hit my shoulder.I try not to move I don't wanna wake her.She leans into me some more and I know it's unintentional but I can't help but smile. She smells like wild berries and vanilla. After a while I see she's getting cold so I slowly break her embrace from me and decide to carry her to her bed.I pick her up bridal style and she wraps her arms around my neck as if it's second nature to her and she lets out a small relaxed moan.

I look down and she seems super relaxed in my arms, she nuzzles her head into my chest. I gently put her to bed and slowly take her shoes off. I cover her with her muted yellow blanket and I see a smile creep up on her face as if the warmth is everything.I brush the hair from her face and study her features. The curvature of her lips, the fullness of her cheeks, and the bruising on her delicate neck. She turns over and I can see part of a tattoo exposed on her left shoulder.... tiger lillies.

I cover her some more and spot a mustard yellow chair in the corner with some clothes on it. I decide to put them in the closet but on my way I stop to look as some of her photos. Pictures of her when she was younger with that electric smile, a sea of people and artwork I don't recognize. That's when I see a familiar face staring back at me.."Is that Reigns....no f**king way...It can't be.."I look at the picture and Olivia looks like she's in highschool, and he has his arm wrapped around her like it's second nature. How long have they known eachother. Is that why he was here...what is really going on between them.As I'm studying the picture I hear her breathing hard and she's mumbling something. Suddenly she screams and I drop the picture...