Previously:
"What?!"
"He's dead"I was speechless. It was hard to breath and that's the l remember for an hour or two
Claire's POV
I had passed out after Myrnin had told me he was dead. I woke up an hour later I was led on the couch with Eve holding my hand and with my head in Myrnin's lap. I began to get up but Myrnin gently pushed me back down. I looked up at Myrnin, I must have started crying as he was running he thumb along my cheek. Then all the memories flooded back to me in a huge rush of emotion. So much that the water pipes burst and my eyes were leaking big time. It was a chain reaction, Eve started crying, Myrnin handed us a box of tissues.
Myrnin's POV
It hurt me so much to see little Claire so upset. I had never seen her cry like this. Her head was in my lap and I was stroking her hair. I sat her up so she could drink so water and wipe away the tears. She got up, took some tissues and walked upstairs to her room.
"Should I? Eve sputtered.
"No I'll go"
I got up and walked up the stairs and strolled down the hall. I stopped outside her door. I could hear her crying. I gently knocked on the door. When I heard no reply I pushed it open and stepped inside. She was led on her bed crying with tissues around her. I went over and sat on the bed next to her.
"Shane was a good man and if I'd been there I would of stopped Brandon but I went upstairs, by the time I came down Shane was almost dead and I had you in my arms. I couldn't help him."
"H-how did he die?"
"Brandon drained him"
She started crying every more. I wrapped my arm around her shoulders. I lay down on the bed beside her. She rolled over to face me and buried he face in my shoulder; I wrapped my other arm around her waist. We just lay there entwined for what seemed like hours, I probably was, in silence.
Claire's POV
I couldn't stay down there with them it just made me miss him even more. He was gone forever; I didn't even get to say good-bye. As I ran up to my room I tried to think of something else, something that didn't involve him or his dad. His dad was an ex-biker who wanted to take revenge on the vampires for murdering his wife and daughter. His mom's wrists had been cut open and she had been thrown in a bath full of water where she bled to death. Their house had been set on fire by Monica Morrell and Shane's sister Alyssa had been trapped inside as the house burnt. By the time I had slammed the door and thrown myself on my double bed all the memories had come flooding back to me of all times I and Shane had spent together. I was sobbing so much when the knock came. I didn't say anything but Myrnin came in. He's my boss and a vampire but secretly I think he loves me not just as a person but as him future lover. I mean lately he has always been there when I needed a shoulder to cry on or if I just wanted to talk to someone he would be there. He came and sat on the bed next to me and put his arm around my and shoulder. I rolled on my side and buried my face into his shoulder. He started talk about Shane which torn my soul apart even more. I didn't think I would ever recover from his death. I will never in my life find anyone else as special and funny to me as Shane. I went to sleep on Myrnin's shoulder and woke up feeling worse than the evening before. Myrnin had gone but left a note on my bedside table.
It read I'm sorry that you had to find out that way and if you don't feel up to working in the lab don't come but if you need anyone to talk to I'm just a portal away. It was written in his scribbled writing. I smiled a bit to myself when I read it. I got out of bed to see that Myrnin had dressed me again. I really needed to tell him to stop doing that it's kind of perverted. A boss really shouldn't dress their employees. I didn't feel like doing work but I felt like talking to someone or at least being in someone's company. I went over to the mirror to see in the reflection a reek of a good life. I looked like I had just been run over. I brushed my hair, washed my face and slapped on some make-up to try and make myself look more like a person. I pulled on some old jeans and a cute top. I checked my phone to see I had two missed calls and three text messages. One call was from Eve and the other was from Michael. I had one text from Eve, one from Michael and one from Mum. I went to the app on my phone. There was a portal in the living room open. I opened it into the lab and walked in. Myrnin was busy over something in the corner of the room.
"Little Claire, Come in my dear"
"Hey Myrnin"
"You sound sad still"
"What you working on"
"I'm glad you asked that, I'm working on a new version of the machine, I could really use a hand but I'm sure you're not up to it."
"No I'll help; It will take my mind of things"
He beamed at me and beaconed for me to come to him. We worked on the machine for hours up to the stage that it was ready for us to test tomorrow. Myrnin pulled me into a hug before he let me walk back through the portal. It was Tuesday, chilli night with Shane's homemade toxic chilli. That made my eyes tears up again. The house was very quiet. I went into the kitchen to get a coke. I saw something on the table. It was a note from Monica
It read Heyy dork sorry for ur lose Shane was gd in bed I will miss him and all the fun we had in bed together.
I gasped. I pulled out my phone and scrolled through my contacts until I came to Monica's name. I texted her wat do u mean he was gd in bed how do u even knw.
She texted back a minute later. I went to bed with him like last month I guess he didn't tell u tht he was cheatin on u.
I gaped at the text….