Beautiful Confusion (New Adult Romance) Room 105 by Whitefeather Sheri

Author:Whitefeather, Sheri [Whitefeather, Sheri]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Room 105 - Book One
Publisher: Sheri Whitefeather
Published: 2013-11-11T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

An unholy tremor came over me. I shook so hard, I thought I might faint. How could I be the one who was ill? And how could there be no Abby? My sweet baby sister with her choppy blonde hair and waiflike smile. It wasn’t possible.

Duncan pressed his lips to my forehead, but I didn’t take kindly to it. I wanted to punish him for thinking that I was crazy. I’d been fighting for my sanity for most of my life and now he was preying on those fears. I tried to push him away, but he wouldn’t let go.

“It’s a lie,” I said in a traumatized whisper. “It’s a lie.”

“No, Vanessa. It’s the truth.”

“I don’t believe you.” I made my voice more audible, but that didn’t improve the shattered tone. “I just saw Abby two weeks ago at The Manor. And then I went there again last week to tell her about you. But on that day, I decided not to see her because I wanted to bring you with me instead. And now Carol has convinced you that she isn’t real.” I wasn’t going to let my aunt do this to me. “Carol lied to you, Duncan. She’s only saying that Abby doesn’t exist because she thinks Abby is bad for me.”

He didn’t reply. He was obviously sticking by his story, the tale my aunt had told him.

Distraught, I gazed at the fire and noticed that it was burning down to nothing, the embers dark and low. It was no longer a friendly bonfire, no longer a place to laugh and talk and roast marshmallows.

Duncan pressed his lips to my forehead again, as if he was trying to heal me somehow. I wanted to tell him that I hated him, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it.

“I’m taking you home,” he said. “And we’re going to talk to Carol so she can explain everything to you.”

“I don’t want to see Carol.” I didn’t want to hear her lies. This was her fault. She’d done this to me.

“There’s no other choice, Vanessa.”

He put out what was left of the fire. Then he lifted me into his arms and carried me toward his truck. I was too weak to fight him, too dizzy and confused, too hurt over my aunt’s betrayal.

“What about your stuff?” I asked. I gazed over his shoulder at the blankets, the towels, the ice chest, and our half-eaten snacks.

“I’ll go back and get it after I get you settled.”

He was so big and strong, so protective, yet he was taking me to see the enemy. “You could be the warrior. You could be him. Sometimes he’s fierce.”

“I’m not him. And I’m not trying to be fierce. I just need to get you home.”

I spouted my pain. “Home is where the hurt is.”

“It doesn’t have to be.” He unlocked his truck and placed me in the passenger seat. “Carol only wants the best for you.”

“That’s what I kept telling Abby. I defended Carol, saying that she loved my sister.

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