chapter 43
LeeAnn pov
I wasn't sure if i should have handed over that letter to him, but i knew he needed to read it, i watched as he balled it up and was about to toss it in the trash. I stopped him and told nim that no matter what, he was his brother, he didn't want to read any more of the letters so he locked them up, I knew he was having a hard time about this, getting up from the chair i was sitting on, i took his hand leading him to the bathroom,
“Come shower with me, i was nervous about this, i knew he has seen me nude, but not in the shower, i wanted him to relax so when we got into the shower, i washed him and he washed me, he even washed my hair, we dried off and then got dressed, i had no clue what else to do, i knew he was upset, i could feel it, He was angry and upset, i needed to tell him what i did with Amanda, though i wasn't sure how upset he would be, but i needed to tell him,
“Xander, there's something i need to tell you,” He set at his desk cutting on his computer, when i said i needed to tell him something, that got his full attention, He turned in his chair to listen to what i had to say, I sat down on the edge of the bed, maybe this was the wrong time to tell him, i should have thought about this before spited on what i just said, crap, i knew this was a bad idea, but he was just sitting there waiting for me to tell him what i had to say, signing i was thinking to myself, here we go, a big explosion is about to happen in this room,
“"Before you get mad at me, just listen to what i have to say, and then if you want, i will show you okay,” He nodded me having his full attention now, I could just jump his bones that would make him forget what i had to say, but then there was tomorrow we would have to face tomorrow, so i needed to tell him,
“Listen, don't get mad at her, because i found out a few things before she came and told me and i made her take me to that spot where it all happened, i demanded to know, because i was tired of waiting for you to tell me, so I called her over here, She told me everything, than I asked her to take me to the place where it happened,” the look on his face turned to anger, he got up from his chair pacing back and forth, than turned to look at me with anger on his face, the look of disgust was on his face,
“How dare you go behind my back and order the beta female to tell you what was going on, you had the nerve to sit here and watch me being upset and telling you the details of my life, but on the inside you was laughing because you already knew,” I was shocked what he just had said to me, i didn't order anyone to tell me anything, i let him get his anger out first, he needed to do it, all the balled up anger from all those years were coming out, stepping toward him he backed away from me angry at me, but i had to show him,
“Xander, please, just let me show you okay. You will understand why i went there to find out,”
“It's all lies, whatever your going to show me is nothing but lies, i knew i failed to cover the hurt look on my face, but i said f**k it, this is going to put him in shock, but if he keeps talking to me the way he is, im going to end up punching him in his face, so i grabbed his hands making see what i saw. this might just piss him off even more, but im willing to take that chance, i grabbed onto his hands, he jerked making me fall forward, i said f**k it grabbing onto his head with both of my hands, if this is how he wants it, this is what hes going to get, closing my eyes, i made him see what i said, first the female talking to the witch, they were arguing over something, than she shot her and stabbed her in the chest, she heard something running off, than came his brother finding the dead witch, He was holding the bloody knife when his sister came and saw him, she killed him, and than a few minutes later, He came and thats when everything happened, the curse, the spell, than i let go of him, i quickly stepped back just incase he swung at me, He fell to his knees screaming and crying, i hurried over to him kneeling infront of him holding him in my arms, the rumors that everyone had heard was not true, this man has the biggest heart i have ever seen in my life,
“I'm sorry, I kept knowing from you. But I didn't want you to be upset with her. You see, he never did anything to that witch. But someone did. All he was doing was trying to look after you. Please don't be angry with me.” When his sobs were no more. He held me in his arms, and then he whispered to me.
“I'm sorry for how I spoke to you. I just been so angry since that happened, I thought all along he did. I was angry with him. And I was angry with myself for not getting there on time.” I understood him. Things probably could have been different if he did. Or both of them could have died that day. I don't ever want to find out. We sat on the floor for what felt like forever when he finally sighed, standing up. He helped me off the floor,
“So, what do we do now? All we saw was the back of that girl's are we supposed to do. Look at the back of the heads of every female?” I didn't know what to say about that. I really didn't,
“I don't know, maybe we should wait and see if the girl slips up or something. Maybe I can go back and see if I can see a face. But it's late. We can do it tomorrow. But you might not want to see it all over again. So I will have Amanda go with me if that's okay.” He stood there looking at me in an odd way. Like he couldn't believe I just said something like that.
“Listen, I can handle it. They don't call me ruthless for nothing. Let's just go in the morning. But right now, I have some making up to do,” I didn't know what that meant until he pulled me to him, kissing me passionately,
Xander pov
When we showered together, I thought that was the beginning of a good night together. But I also knew I had down work to do. So I wanted to hurry and do it. But she had other plans. She told me she needed to talk to me about something, so I turned and gave her my attention.. She told me she already knew about the curse that she and Amanda had gone there and she saw something. I was livid. No one was supposed to go out there. It was against my rules. But they did anyway. I knew I should have never said what I said to her. If all things she did show me the letters and the album, she did show me the rooms that were hidden..she didn't even have to do that. She could have kept it all to herself, but she didn't, and I spoke to her like that, I wouldn't shut up. I kept backing away from her every time she took a step. The next thing I knew, she placed her hands on the side of my head, and then the nightmare started. I saw what had happened and how it happened. I fell to my knees and just cried. For so many years I was mad at my brother for dying on me, I was mad because I had thought he killed her but he didn't, he was just at the wrong place at the wrong time, I was thankful she showed me. And I had to make it up to her, so I pulled her to me, kissing her passionately, lifting her off the floor, then placing her on the bed. I knew tonight wasn't the night, I wanted it to be, but I didn't want to force her into doing anything she didn't want to do. So I stead we kissed. And trust me, if we didn't break that kiss, things would have gone further than they should have,