Chapter 1- The Truth
It's been 3 months since Lissa was crowned, and everything is good, though for the past 2 weeks, I've been throwing up a lot, so I went to the doctors to see what for, and guess what; I'm pregnant, with Dimitri's baby. I'm so happy; I'm actually on my way over Lissa to tell her the good news right now.
As I get to her door, I can hear moaning and was about to leave thinking she was with Christian when I remember that they aren't together anymore, so I very quietly open the door a little bit to see who she is with, because the bond is now gone, when I see something that makes my heart brake. There, on Lissa's bed is her and my boyfriend, Dimitri Belikov going at it like rabbits.
Just as I saw it though, the bond came back again, so I checked to see if Lissa had used compulsion on him, when I saw she didn't need to, and that he started I burst into tears. The sound of my sobbing ended up stopping the pair in doing what they were doing to look at whom it was crying at their door.
When Dimitri saw me he looked like his heart broke, but still didn't move from the position they were in.
"How could you?" I whispered almost inaudibly. But I know that they heard me.
"How could you this to us?" I asked again, hugging my stomach.
"Roza-" he started but I cut him off.
"Don't you 'Roza' me Dimitri, I have the worlds best knews and know you chose to do this. How could you?" I was still crying, and very hard now.
"Rose, it was my fault don't blame him, I compelled him to do it." Lissa said. Trying to get me to believe that it was all her fault.
"How long?" I whispered.
"What" they both asked, now Lissa was wrapped up in the sheet while Dimitri had his boxers on.
"How long has this been going on? How long have you been 'compeling' my boyfriend to do this with you?" I asked, using my hands around the word compeling.
"This is the first time I swear on our friendship, that this is our first time" Lissa said back, while she thought 'Thank god the bond is gone, other wise we'd be doomed'.
"Well, then okay" I saw them relax, until I continued "We're not friends anymore" I finished.
"Rose, I swear on our friendship. How come you don't trust me?" she asked with tears in her eyes.
"Well you obviously don't care about our friendship then because obviously you don't trust me enough to admit that this has been going on for two weeks now." I said after looking into the bond. Each morning I was throwing up, Dimitri wouldn't be there and I always thought that he was doing rounds, but know where he really was. Right here, having sex with my best friend.
As I looked at their faces I saw shock written all over. Lissa was thinking 'No, the bond is gone, she doesn't know that. She can't know that, it will destroy my reputation.'
"Well, Queeny-poo, I'm sorry to say but it just opened up. Maybe that's all it took, heartbreak from the two I loved the most. And it just so happened to be when I had the greatest news in the world."
"The bond shouldn't open though. It was broken when you were shot."
"Yes well, now look at me, destroying the precious reputation you care about more than a heart broken best friend. Seriously, is that all you think about, yourself. Although, I do like the fact that you tried to save Dimitri, but that was for you still wasn't it. I would stop trusting Dimitri and then you could get him all to yourself. Well, good job. Because that's exactly what you achieved. I'm quitting, and if you actually love me Dimitri then you will try and stop me from taking both me and a part of you away from this life forever." I said walking out the door.
As I made it to my room, I checked back into the bond to see that they really don't care. They just back up what I stopped. Until Dimitri stopped and said,
"Lissa, I'm going to go talk to Rose." He said, getting up and getting dressed.
So he really does care about me that am a relief. I thought sarcastically.
By now I had already packed and was just sitting in an abandoned park swinging on one of the swing sets. About five minutes later, Dimitri showed up and set in the swing next to me.
"Why" was all said. It was neither a question nor a statement. Just a word.
"Because I don't love you Rose, I haven't for the past month. Lissa was always with me because we'd be guarding her. And she can give me the one thing you can't-" I cut him off and finished it for him.
"Children. But I can, that's what I was going to tell you this morning, I'm pregnant Dimitri, with your child. I got the results back today. And you're telling me that you don't love me. That you've been cheating on me for two whole weeks. Every morning that you were gone, I spent throwing up in the toilets. Waiting for you to come back and comfort me. But you never once came back." I said.
"Stop grabbing at straws Rose. I won't ever go back to you. And if it means making sure that you really don't have a child that you could connect to me then so be it." Said getting off the swing and helping me off of mine.
"What do you mean?" I asked cautiously, stepping back whenever he would step forwards. He had this glint in his eye that I remember from when he was a strigio.
"Oh, just guaranteeing that you won't ever have my child." He said in an ice-cold voice. And knowing that I don't have the energy to run when he punched me in the stomach, really hard. I did the one thing that I could do in this moment. Scream. And I did just that, I screamed at the top of my lungs. Though, when I said that the park was abandoned, I wasn't kidding. No one knew where it was or how to get to it.
So I just lied on the ground, coughing out way to much blood for it to be healthy, and I'm pretty sure that the baby would be dead by now. I know that I have 2 broken ribs and a broken arm from when I tried to protect my stomach when he kicked me. I pulled out my phone secretly and recorded the whole thing with the camera.
When he was sure that I wouldn't be moving for a while, he knelt down next to me and punched me one more time before leaving. I saved the video and then sent a text to Eddie saying where I was and the video included and waited.
I was almost out when I saw Eddie running into the clearing. That was the last thing I saw.
I woke up a few hours later to see Mia, Christian and Eddie standing beside my hospital bed. I groaned and sat up. Then fell down, screaming in pain. I kept on screaming as the pain increased in my ribs and stomach. Then I suddenly remembered what happened.
Before anyone could say a thing I broke down crying while smaller screams form the pain of my shoulders shaking.
"No, this can't be happening. He wouldn't do this to me. He's dead isn't he?" I asked no one in particular but none of them knew that I was talking about the baby.
"Rose, Dimitri's fine" Mia tried saying to me but I just screamed at her.
"Everyone always thinks that he's perfect. Why can't they be right? I wasn't talking about Dimitri, He's the fucker who did this to me, I meant my baby, my baby's dead isn't he Eddie?" I screamed.
"I'm sorry Rose." He said hugging me.
"But why would Dimitri do this to you? I don't think I believe you Rose, I mean how you could be pregnant without cheating on him anyway." Mia said, about to walk out the door.
"Eddie, please show her the video" I asked weakly. He just nodded and got out his phone then played the whole video, including me screaming for help. Each hit I took all three of them flinched. When the video I was crying again and Mia was trying to say sorry to me, but I just wasn't listening.
A week has past and I am now up and walking about. I just got out of the hospital and is now sitting in my room packing the rest of my things away into my bags and suit cases. As I was zipping up the last of them, Christian Mia and Eddie walked into the room.
"Rose, what are you doing. What's with the bags?" Asked Mia. These three are the only people that I've talked to since the beating. Now I'm afraid of everyone that tries to touch me.
"I need to get away, guys. I'm sorry, but if you want me just call, I don't know where I'll be but once I'm settled and working a normal job, I'll tell you guys and get you to come visit." I said, hugging them all then grabbing as many bags as I could and left, Eddie grabbed the rest of them and we walked over to the airstrip.
Earlier before, I called Abe and asked if I could some help in leaving. He asked why so I sent him the video. He told me that he'd send one of his privet jets with the best pilot he's got and that they were both mine. As an 18th birthday present.
As I walked up the steps with the others trailing behind, I got to the top and said
"My name is Rosemarie Hathaway-Mazur and my father sent you. Correct?" the pilot just nodded and led me into the plain. On the inside it looked like this small jet cost around 2 million dollars. The thing was awesome there was sofa's lining each wall and one in the middle with 2 small TV screens either side of the doors that lead to the bedroom.
The exterior of the plain was blood red with a black blooming rose in the tail. The old man had it repainted for me. That and apparently he had been putting about 1-2 million dollars into a bank account for when I turned 18 and it would go straight to me. Making up for missing out on the most important years of my life.
Looking back at the other three, I noticed that they were now walking around the main cabin touching almost everything that they could see. I had to laugh at that.
"You're flying to where ever you want in this. I would just make them fly me all over the world and never get off so you don't have to give it back." Said Mia.
"So would I IF I did have to give it back. But I have no one to give it back to, 'coz this baby is mine." I said as I sat down on one of the chairs.
"Well, as much as I love you guys and I really don't want to kick you out of the plain but I need to leave. You were all great but I really do need to leave. I'm sorry guys" I said as I started to cry.
"Oh, Rose, we know you have to go, but please keep in touch. We'll all miss you" said Mia hugging me, then standing up to leave, but not before letting the other two hug me good bye. As soon as they were on the runway I stood up and told the airhostess to close the hatch and walked to the pilot's bay.
"Hello, I'm Rose. It's a pleasure to meet you Mr.….." I asked kindly.
"Brooks, Daniel Brooks. And the pleasure is all mines Ms. Mazur. I and the rest of the crew below to you, and we will humbly serve you until death if needed." He said.
"Oh, well thank you. But that will not be necessary. I can fly myself sometimes, I have my pilot license so you can all have a brake sometime soon, but I currently need a rest so please to Quantico if you can, thank you." I said and went back to through the plain until I got to the bedroom and slept for most the flight.