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Chapter 2

Amelia stared at Sookie with her mouth hanging slightly open in disbelief, there was so much she wanted to say, so much she wanted to ask. She had to be honest with her friend, whether she wanted to hear it or not, but first she needed to get all the facts from Sookie on what happened in Eric's office.

"Sookie, after you walked in on Eric kissing Camille and found out she was his Pet, what happened next. Did you wait around and talk or did you bolt before he had a chance to say anything?" Amelia figured Sookie ran; frankly she would have wanted to stake Eric first and then run, but was curious as to what Sookie did.

"I honestly was in shock, and couldn't believe what I was seeing and what I was hearing from inside her head. I could only ask Eric if it was true. He knew what I was asking about and he said yes, like it was no big deal. When I turned and asked Camille if she knew about me, she told me she did, but it didn't matter to her that Eric was with me. She said that was because he always came back to her in the end. I just let out a cry, Amelia I don't know where it came from, but I was heartbroken. I thought all that fucking torture I endured at the hands of those fairies was the worst pain I would ever go through, but I was wrong. Finding out Eric has been having an affair with another woman the whole goddamn time I have known him is by far worse." Sookie took in a ragged breath, still sobbing, and turned to look at her friend, "Did you know about this, Amelia? Did Pam ever tell you about her?" All Sookie kept seeing in her mind the whole time she was explaining to Amelia was Eric's face and how he did not look a bit upset the whole time this was playing out in his office.

"Oh my God, Sookie, no, I absolutely did not! If I knew, or even thought that Eric was capable of this, I promise I would have told you." Amelia was blown away, still not believing everything that Sookie was telling her. "What happened next, Sookie?"

"When Camille told me he always came back to her I thought Eric was going to drain her, but Pam stepped in and dragged Camille out of Eric's office. She fucking saved Eric's Pet! I thought she cared about me, but she was more worried about making sure Camille was safe. I started to cry, tears were coming down my face and Eric tried to hold me, tried to talk to me. The fucker tried to put his arms around me and I just pushed him away and slapped him across the face. I told him to get his fucking hands off me, that he had no right to touch me anymore." Sookie's eyes were wild at this point, and Amelia was starting to worry about her friend's mental state. She reached over and patted her knee as Sookie continued to rant.

"I asked him if he loved her, and he immediately said no. I said 'you were kissing her you and must feel something for her if you lived with her? What exactly do you feel for her?" He told me he cared for her and wished her well, but that it was nothing like what he felt for me. I asked him how he could have not told me about her, almost five years he was with this girl, living with her and he never told me. He said he wasn't living with her exclusively and that he hasn't been with her since we were pledged. Like that was supposed to make everything ok. That as long as we weren't married, him fucking her and sharing a home with her sometimes should have been alright. I was speechless Amelia. I know that I have no right to be upset about whoever Eric was with before we met, or even while I was with Bill and Quinn, but what about after the takeover? After he remembered what we shared? Here I thought he was busy with his new Masters; what a crock of shit. He was busy fucking her."

Sookie started to cry again and Amelia asked her if she wanted a glass of water or better yet a gin and tonic?

"Water would be great Amelia." Sookie waited for Amelia to get her a cold glass of water and when Amelia handed it to her she took a huge gulp. When she finished swallowing Sookie started in again on her story of what happened next.

"I asked Eric why he never told me about her before now, and he said it was because she was never more than just a pet to him, and that she really wasn't much more than a meal and a fuck he didn't have to glamour. Jeez, can you believe that he said that? I asked him about when and where he met her and how he came live with her? He said that he met her when she came to the bar, long before he ever knew I existed. He told me he was getting tired of searching for his meals and was looking for companionship as well." Sookie pause to take a deep breath and another large drink from the glass water in her hands. She took a brief moment to collect herself before she began to speak again, her voice a little more subdued.

"I asked him how he could keep her a secret and how he could be with me and act like he really cared for me, when he was fucking her the whole time. He told me that he did truly care for me; that I meant more to him than any other person. But, he said, he always felt like I didn't care enough for him, that I always kept my distance from him. He reminded me that I was with Bill and then Quinn, and who he fucked during those should have no bearing on our relationship and therefore never needed to be revealed." Sookie took another long and shaky breath, and Amelia could tell that her friend was just now getting to the really painful part. She placed her hand over Sookie's to show her support and lend her comfort as her friend spoke again.

I asked him if he had given his blood to her. His answer was that he had never willingly given her his blood, but that she took it once. Like I need a visual on how that happened? He accused me of hating the bond we shared and that I had never wanted to be his. I told him not to turn this around on me. That right now this wasn't about me, it was about his deceit. I actually told him as I started to cry again that I couldn't believe I had actually come to Fangtasia to tell him that I loved him, but instead, I found out what a fucking fool I was. I told him he was as bad as Bill, and that I must be the biggest idiot in the world. I told him he broke my heart and that I didn't want to see him again, ever. I ended it with telling him to go back to his fucking Pet Camille and then I ran out the door and got in my car and just drove for hours. I ended up at the Quick Mart, where I called you Amelia." Sookie felt like she had just run a marathon after explaining everything to Amelia, but it did feel good to share this. She needed her friend, and she needed to make some major changes in her life.

"Master do you now believe you were wrong for not telling Sookie about Camille as I suggested? Dear Abby always says that while the truth might hurt, deceit hurts more." Pam wasn't so sure that Eric thought how he handled his omission was wrong... She felt bad for Sookie, and even though Pam is a vampire and may look at things differently than a human would, she still figured she knew how Sookie would feel about Eric hiding Camille from her. She also knew that Eric too, was devastated by Sookie's reaction to finding out about this. She could not remember the last time she had seen her Master cry. Watching him shed his bloody tears and feeling his sorrow through their bond made her long dead heart ache for him. She knew that all Eric ever wanted to hear was those three words from Sookie's lips. She also knew that he would have never thought it would have been followed by how she thought herself a fool for ever feeling that way and that she never wanted to see him again.

This was bad and she did not see Eric ever getting Sookie back without a fight. She only wished Eric had listened to her from the beginning. She told him to tell Sookie about Camille after they had bonded in Rhodes, but he refused. She knew Eric was still with Camille only because Sookie rejected him time and time again. However, when Eric regained his memories of their time during his curse, he should have cut Camille out of his life right way. She knew that he only kept her around because he didn't want his new King to be able to use his feelings for Sookie against him. If the King of Nevada, Felipe DeCastro, knew their bond was one that stemmed from love, then he could, and certainly would, threaten Sookie to hurt Eric. Because of this, he allowed himself to use Camille so the King would not see his weakness. This plan backfired, however, when Victor told Eric that the King wished to make Sookie one of his pets. Suddenly Eric had to re-strategize. He knew he could not allow Sookie to become the Kings pet; that is when he decided to trick Sookie into offering him the ceremonial knife in front of Victor and into being pledged to him as his wife. It was also then that he told Camille that he couldn't go on with her any longer. He told her he was going to be pledged to Sookie and that Sookie was his bonded. He told Camille that he had had a good time with her, but that all she was to him was someone to pass the time with until Sookie became his.

Eric told Pam he needed to go find Sookie and explain everything to her. He needed to tell her he was wrong; to explain to her why he was with Camille even after his memories returned. He needed her to know that even though he was sharing one of his many homes with Camille, he was not fucking or feeding from her anymore; that he couldn't after he had regained his memories of his time living with, and loving, Sookie. He really didn't want anything to do with Camille after he bonded to Sookie in Rhodes, but he was so jealous that Sookie was with Quinn, and he knew he would look like a fool for not wanting anyone but her. He never got the chance earlier to tell Sookie any of this; she took off before he could.

Pam was surprised Eric revealed all this to her, but she knew he was desperate and needed her help. She told Eric to go home and get some rest. Tomorrow evening they would put a plan together to fix this cluster-fuck of a mess. After Eric left, Pam started thinking, and she knew she had to come up with something good because she didn't think Eric could survive losing Sookie again. He was almost destroyed when he thought the fairies would kill her. But if Sookie walked away from Eric for good because of something he did to hurt her, well, that will make him want to meet the sun and that was one thing she would not allow to happen.