Seth rolled his eyes as she came over to the house for dinner. He was trying to show his disgust for her although he had to give her credit for her way of dressing. He had expected seeing her all dolled up, trying to get it on with either him or Roman as the fangirl she obviously was, but she was just in a pair of light blue jeans and a black t-shirt. He knew better. She was just hiding it away for now while Galina was present. He was sure of it.

"Sit down while we finish dinner," Roman said and disappeared out in the kitchen to Galina.

They sat down next to each other, both of them clearly not wanting to be this close or in a room alone but they didn't have much of a choice. He looked at her. She didn't even look back at him. He wondered why. Clearly she would be starstruck around him too no matter how bad he treated her. He cleared his throat and decided to address what he thought was the problem.

"Why are you here?" He asked.
She turned her head and finally looked at him.
"I'm here because my friends invited me," she answered.
"No, why are you really here?" He asked.

She opened her mouth to answer but was interruped by Roman yelling from the kitchen.

"Oh, by the way, Dean's coming by tomorrow."
"Good, someone I actually like to see," she yelled back while twisting a smile at Seth.
"Ha! I bet you do. Are you gonna try to fuck both him and Roman? Maybe get knocked up by one of them so you can stay in their lives and get their money?" He snorted.
"It's kind of hard getting pregnant without an uterus," she said calmly, like it was no big of a deal.

He stared at her for a few seconds. He knew he had crossed a line again and he knew he should apologize but he just stared at her. No words wanting to leave his mouth. His eyes were hard and she figured he just didn't care about that kind of information.

"Well, what would you know about something like that anyway? You probably don't know much about the female body at all. You know how to fuck a woman and leave her within a two minute time frame but that's about it, right? You have no clue how to really satisfy someone," she said in a cold tone.

He wanted to fire a smart comment back at her but Roman's laughter caught them both off guard. They turned their heads to see him in the doorway. Clearly he had just walked in on the last part of what she had been saying and he found it very amusing.

"You're not completely wrong about that. Seth has fucked his fair share of women," he laughed.
"Shut up!" Seth sneered before turning his head back at her. "And for the record, I last way longer that two minutes and no woman has ever complained about my skills but you'll never find out just what I can do."
"And thank god for that," she said.

Dinner went by uneventful. Seth and Patricia refused to look at each other or talk to each other so no mean comments went over the table as long as Roman's family was present. It seemed to be a silent agreement between them considuring there were children present. After dinner she excused herself and went back to the guesthouse so she wouldn't have to look at Seth any longer that day.

"Can't you just give her a chance?" Roman sighed later that evening.
"Why? You might be blind when it comes to her but I see right through her," Seth said.
"And what do you see?" Roman asked.
"I see... ehm... someone who's just not good. Plain and simple," Seth answered.

He wasn't quite sure what he didn't like about her. He had this idea in his head about her but so far she hadn't met it at all but he was stubborn and refused to give her a chance. She was a no good woman just trying to get a piece of the good life. He was sure of it and it would only be a matter of time before she proved him right.

Roman and Seth walked to the gym next morning to get some training done. They found her in there beating up the punching bag.

"I'm pretty sure it's your face she sees today," Roman chuckled.

Seth just rolled his eyes but he knew Roman was probably right.

"Patricia!" Roman called out.
She stopped and turned around.
"You're up early," she said.
"So are you. We were gonna get some training done," he said.
"I'll leave you to it," she said and stepped away from the punching bag.
"You don't have to leave. Stay and watch us if you like," he said.
"And feed Seth's crazy fantasy about me drooling over you?" She asked.

Her eyes challenged Seth for a snappy comeback and it probably would have come if Galina hadn't made her presence known.

"It's your dad," she said and handed Roman's phone towards him.
"Just a second," he said and went outside to take it, leaving Seth and Patricia alone in the gym.

He stared at her, his eyes cold and hard. He just wanted to hurt her right in that moment.

"Your parents must be really proud of you," he said in a cruel tone.
"I wouldn't know," she said.
"Aw, they didn't wanna stick around for you? You were such a bratty teenager that they kicked you to the curb?" He taunted.
"No Seth, they didn't. They're dead," she said, shook her head and left without allowing him to say anything else.

He knew he'd done it again. Crossed a line he shouldn't. There was just so many bloody lines with her that he didn't know where they began or ended.

"Hey, hey, what's wrong?" Roman asked as she came walking out with tears in her eyes.
"I can't control the situation," she answered.
"Hey, don't cry," he said and put his arms around her.
"I can't control it. I need to control it," she sobbed.
"I know. Seth's an idiot. I'll talk to him. Just don't... you know..." He said nervously.
"Have a little more faith in me. It takes more than him to push me to that point," she said angrily and pushed herself out of his arms. "I'm going for a walk."

Roman quickly walked back inside the gym.

"What the fuck did you say to her?" He sneered.
"Apparently her parents are a touchy subject," Seth answered and shrugged his shoulder.

Roman ran his hand down his face.

"No, you didn't. Tell me you didn't!" He raised his voice.
"What? So they're dead. So what? We all lose our parents at some point," Seth said.
"Not like she did, you idiot! Her maniac ex broke into their home and beat them to death with a hammer. She hid under the bed while hearing their screams. She was fresh out of surgery three weeks prior, a surgery he too had been the reason of, and she had to walk in pain through the silent house to find their bloody corpses and call for help. She was fucking 17 years old! You're a fucking asshole, Seth!" Roman shouted.

He turned around and stormed out of the gym.

"Fuck," Seth growled to himself.

He knew he had way overstepped the boundaries this time. He waited for 15 minutes, enough time for Roman to calm down, before he walked back to the house to find him.

"I'm sorry, Roman," Seth said.
"I'm not the one you should be apologizing to," Roman said.
"I know. I'll apologize," Seth said.
"And you'll fucking leave her alone from now on," Roman said.

Seth nodded.

"So she doesn't have anyone?" He asked.
"She had a big brother but that's it," Roman answered.

Again Seth nodded. He couldn't help but feel a little sorry for her.

"You're fucking her up, Seth. With everything that has gone down in her life, she needs to be in control of every situation, and she can't control you. When she feels like she's losing control completely, she does things," Roman tried to explain.
"Like what?" Seth asked.
"Like... hurting herself. She's a cutter. It's the only way she can deal with this extreme pain inside her. Mostly she can hold the urge down as long as she can control everything so please stop messing with her head," Roman sighed.

Dean showed up as dinner time was getting close. All three men walked into the dining room. Roman looked at the table and then at his wife.

"We're missing a plate," he said.
"Patricia's not coming. She texted me saying she found a place downtown she wants to try out," she said.

She went back to the kitchen and Roman turned to look at Seth.

"This is on you," he said.
"What did he do?" Dean ask.
"He's been nothing but a jerk towards her and today he brought up her parents," Roman answered.
"Oh no, you didn't," Dean said.
"You know about them?" Seth asked.
"Of course I do. She told me last week," Dean answered.
"You already met her?" Seth said.
"Yeah, of course. I had to meet this woman Roman's been talking about. She's really sweet," Dean answered.
"And now she's staying away because of him," Roman said.
"You're an idiot, Seth. I came here today to see her too but as always you just have to ruin it for everyone," Dean said.

Seth couldn't fall asleep that night. He knew he was to blame for a lot of things over the past two days and her still not returning back had him on edge. Not that he cared about her. She could stay away for as long as she wanted. But he cared about Roman and he seemed nervous when he went to bed that she still hadn't returned home. Like he said, she was in a strange town and it was the first time she stayed away like that. Her phone went to voicemail straight away.

So Seth had stayed up, just looking out the window. Around 4 in the morning he saw her walking back. She didn't go to the guesthouse though. She went straight to the gym and he figured he better apologize and get it over with.

He heard her shouting right away as he opened the door to the gym.

"Fuck you! You fucking idiot! I fucking hate you!"

He found it hard not to laugh. He was probably the one she was shouting at in her mind and he found it rather funny that she was probably picturing herself beating him up. Something that he knew would never happen. This girl didn't stand a chance against him.

He silently walked over to her. Roman had warned him about doing so but how hard could she really hit? He found out five seconds later when he placed his hand on her shoulder and she instantly spun around and connected her fist with his face. That hurt. Not enough force to make him go down or break anything but it still hurt which both surprised and angered him.

"Fuck!" She growled. "I'm sorry."

She walked past him and out of the gym. He wasn't gonna let her get away that easy. She had just hit him. He took off after her, caught up with her outside and spun her around.

"You just fucking hit me!" He raised his voice.
"I said I'm sorry!" She started shouting too.
"Like that's supposed to make it any better! You can't hit a superstar like that!" He yelled.
"Then don't fucking touch me!" She yelled back.

"What the fuck's going on here?" Roman voice thundered through the darkness.
They both turned their heads in the direction of his voice. Soon after his face showed up.
"Well, she..." Seth said and turned his head back just to see that she was gone.

She had taken off silently and was probably hiding in the guesthouse behind a locked door by now.

"Well, at least she's back," he said.
"I take it you didn't apologize to her," Roman said.
"I was going to but she fucking hit me," Seth sneered.
"I bet you deserved it," Roman said, turned around and walked back to the house.