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Chapter 34;

20 MINUTES LATER;

Matt's POV;

The smell of the fire seemed to fill the air around the land that my brother owned and there was no escaping it. I watched as the fire fighters fought to get the fire under control and to stop it from spreading through out the property.

Smoke and bright light from the fire pierced through the night as water seemed to fly high in to the air and fall down on to the burning home of my brother.

When I had seen the smoke I had thought that Jeff must have been burning some rubbish as we always did but then I had noticed how high the flames were and I knew that he wasn't burning rubbish. I had quickly ushered Lucas in to the house, grabbed the keys to my car and made the quick mile drive down to my little brother's house.

I had kicked the door in and had all but been singed from the heat of the raging relentless fire as it tore through the house, I had screamed for Jeff, Cameron and CT but nothing, if they had been in that house they would have been long dead as it creeped in to every inch of the home.

Instinct had taken over as I backed away from the door and called the fire department. Once I had done that I had tried calling Cameron but her phone had been engaged so I had called my brother and was instantly thanking God when he answered sounding calm but the minute I had told him what had happened he had become frantic about Jack; wanting me to get his beloved pet out of the house.

It broke my heart to hear the helplessness in his voice as he pleaded with me to get Jack out of the house.

The sound of Jeff's Ninja motorbike engine roared loudly piercing through the sound of fire fighters yelling for more water, and the rushing sound of the water as it propelled out of the hose pointed at the house.

Turning to see Cameron controlling the monster green motorbike, Jeff clinging to her tightly his eyes were almost instantly on his home as she pulled up next to me and killed the engine.

Climbing from the bike she pulled the helmet off and shook her long hair free and moved to me where I pulled her close and clung to her tightly.

"Thank God you weren't…" I couldn't seem to finish the sentence as she gave me a tight squeeze and pulled back reaching up and kissing my cheek.

"Matty!" She whispered her eyes brimming with tears as Jeff just stared at his home; all of his possessions in the world going up in smoke; everything that he had owned, all his wrestling memorabilia, his cloths, his paintings and sculptures and little Jack.

We both looked at my little brother as he refused to move from the back of the bike; his eyes watching in horror as I continued to hold Cam close to me and after watching him for a few moments she buried her head in my chest and I could feel her sobbing softly.

"Hey it'll be ok!" I whispered in to her ear as I gently ran my hand up and down her back soothingly.

It was a warm summer night so she was dressed in a pair of ¾ length faded and ripped jeans and a black vest top that she had been wearing when we had all gone bowling earlier in the night.

Despite the heat her flesh seemed to have broken out in goose bumps that left her shivering almost uncontrollably.

Eventually a police officer made his way over to me where I still had Cameron in my arms rocking her back and forth trying to give her all the comfort I could but it was obvious that she had something on her mind from the way she was quietly muttering that this was all her fault.

How could she think that this was her fault?

What could have possibly made her think that she had anything to do with this?

Jeff was seemingly on autopilot as he just sat on the bike and stared at the house that the fire fighters were slowly getting under control.

I informed the police officer that Jeff was the owner of the home and watched as he moved to my little brother who seemed to snap out of his trance and just stared at the man before him until Cameron removed herself from my arms and moved to her man and the police officer.

"Officer could this possibly wait until morning?" She asked placing her hand on Jeff's leg lightly. It was obvious that she was taking charge as my little brother seemed to crumble completely before our very eyes.

"Yes I am sorry! If you could just give me the address of where you will be staying and I will have someone come by in the morning," He said nodding his head.

"The address is…" She started to say her own voice breaking all over again.

"They will be staying with me," I said moving forward and giving the officer my address, which he wrote down and offered his condolences and moved away from us as the fire fighters finally finished up.

"Matty you don't have…" Cameron started to say but I silenced her almost instantly.

"I don't want to hear that ok? I can't let you drive all the way back across town to your place…honey you look exhausted and Jeff ain't in no fit state to drive anywhere,"

"Thanks babe," She smiled softly as she looked at her man and the worry creased her beautiful features deeply.

"Alright well just come on up to the house when you're ready ok?" I said leaning in and kissing her cheek softly while placing a hand on my little brother's shoulder but he barely even registered my presence as he stared at the burnt house.

It was more than obvious that he had lost everything save the few things that he had at Cameron's house. Cameron nodded her head softly at me and moved closer to my brother as I made my way to my car and headed in the direction of my home.

Cameron's POV;

I watched Matt pulling away, leaving Jeff and I alone with the last handful of fire fighters who were packing up their equipment getting ready to leave too.

Jeff finally reached for me and pulled me so close that I was sure he was crushing bone as he refused to let me go. I found that I was clinging to him just as tightly; silently thankful that we hadn't been in the house.

"Ron…everything-is…I've lost almost everything…" He whispered as fire fighters moved around us.

"I know baby; I am so sorry…"

"No I-I don't…I don't want you to be sorry; this isn't your fault beautiful," He said pulling his head back to look at me but still holding me so close to him that it almost felt like we were one being. "All I can think about is that I am just glad that I didn't loose you and CT!"

"Awe baby I am glad that I didn't loose you; I am just glad that you were with me and CT at our place…"

"I know me too!" He said gently releasing one arm from around me and wiping the hair from my face; his eyes burning in to mine as we just stood there taking comfort in one another and the fact that we hadn't been locked in that inferno as it had burned everything to the ground.

I couldn't seem to get Randy's words out of my head as I thought about all that he had told me. Steven wanted to make Jeff pay, he wanted to hurt Jeff where it would hurt the most and nothing I could tell myself seemed to ease the guilt that this was my fault. That Jeff had lost everything he had worked so hard for because of me and the fact that I had drawn him in to this stupid situation.

By the time we got back to Matt's house it was starting to get light outside and Matt was sat in the living room waiting for us to arrive. Jeff stood in the hallway of his big brother's house as I went in to the living room where I hugged and kissed Matt on the cheek.

"Just take one of the spare rooms honey ok?" He said looking to Jeff who was rocking back and forth on the balls of his feet; hands stuffed in his jean pockets as he stared at the floor.

"Ok thanks Mattitude," I smiled as he looked at me concerned.

"How's he doing?"

"He's been better…! Listen are you going to be up for a bit?" I asked in a whisper.

"Sure; why?"

"I'm going to stay with him until he falls asleep and I will be back…I need someone to talk too,"

"You got it baby girl," He replied smiling softly at me as I turned and made my way back to Jeff's side as Lucas toddled up to him and looked up at him with huge brown eyes. Leaning down, Jeff lifted his brother's son up in to his arms. Matt had always called Lucas his son and he spoiled him just as if he were indeed human. Lucas licked Jeff's face happily as Jeff seemed to fill up with tears again.

"Come on baby, let's get to bed," I whispered softly touching my man's arm and he looked at me and nodded.

Climbing the stairs with Lucas still in his arms where the dog seemed more than happy to be. Jeff and Matt were both huge animal lovers; their pets were always with them, Jeff had only left Jack at his place because Shadow and Jack were still in the stage of getting to know one another, we hadn't been sure if a whole night together would have been a good idea.

Matt had laid out 2 sets of his cloths at the top of the stairs for us. Jeff picked the bedroom at the far end of the hallway and we disappeared inside. I changed in to the cloths that he had laid out for me. Thankful that Amy had left some cloths behind when she left; they weren't my scene but they were clean and didn't smell of the fire that had raged unforgivingly around us.

I crawled under the covers with my man as Lucas lay down at the bottom of the bed. Holding on to Jeff, I rocked us gently until he slowly slipped in to sleep and left me lying here awake with my guilt and suspicions of Steven causing the fire that had burned away all of Jeff's things.

Satisfied that he was asleep, I gently and slowly let him go and slid out of the bed. Moving to the door as Lucas crawled up the bed until he was lying next to his Uncle Jeff, I smiled and let myself out of the room closing the door behind me leaving it open just a fraction.

"Is he asleep?" Matt asked as I walked in to the kitchen where I heard him moving around.

"Yeah!" I sighed heavily running my hands through my hair as Matt handed me my Jack Daniels. "Oh Matty you're the best," I admitted taking the glass and gulping it; feeling the burn as the liquid flew down my throat.

"So they tell me sweetie," He smiled as he helped himself to a beer from the huge silver fridge. "So what's going on? What did you want to talk about?" He asked me leading the way in to the living room where we both collapsed down on to the sofa and fell against each other.

"Randy called me tonight," I admitted resting my head on his shoulder as his arm wrapped around me and held me close.

"What did his sorry ass want?" He all but growled.

"To say he was sorry…"

"Sorry? Sorry? That doesn't seem to cut it though does it?" The contempt in his voice was obvious for everyone to hear.

"No it really doesn't but he said something…"

"What? What did he do now?"

"He uhm…he told me that Steven said that he was going to make Jeff pay for being with me…that he was going to hit Jeff right where it would hurt," I admitted in a whisper.

This was all my fault. If I hadn't gotten together with Jeff this wouldn't be happening. If I had just kept my distance from everyone; the people I loved wouldn't be in danger right now.

"Cam this isn't your fault sweetheart ok?"

"But if I hadn't…"

"No I don't want to hear if's ok? You are in no way responsible for what you're psycho ex does…wait; you think that Steven did that to Jeff's house?" He asked instantly reading me like an open book.

"Seems a bit strange that the night Randy calls me to tell me what Steven said is the night that Jeff looses everything that he has worked so hard for…I can't believe this Matt…"

"It's not your fault! Trust me Cam; if Steven was responsible for this… you didn't hold a gun to his head to make him do it…"

"Didn't I?"

"I don't understand…"

"I knew that being with Jeff was going to make him mad; I knew that by not hiding what Jeff and I had wouldn't sit well with him when he found me and what do I do…? I continue living my life as if he had never been a part of it…I may as well have held a gun to his head 'cos I know what he is like…"

"Cameron you are not to…" He started as I felt the tears beginning to fall from my eyes thick and fast.

"I just never thought for one minute that he would go after Jeff; I never thought that he was that unhinged you know?"

"You can't blame yourself Cam…if you do then there will be no coming back from that and yet again he wins; do you want that?"

"No but…" I started as his hand lightly rubbed up and down my arm trying his hardest to comfort me.

"No but's trust me; there is nothing for you to feel guilty about…I don't blame you for what happened and I know for a fact that Jeff won't blame you for it either," He soothed in a tender tone that left me questioning myself.

Maybe there really was nothing I could have done different!

"Everything happens for a reason Cameron; we may not know what the reason for this is yet but it will become clear given time…"

"I just want this over with Matt; I don't want to live my life on eggshells anymore; I left Steven so that I didn't have to do that and now here I am right back to the pathetic looser I was before I left him you know?"

"You are not pathetic! You never were baby girl; you are stronger than you are giving yourself credit for…"

"What's going on?" Jeff asked appearing in the living room from the hallway. "What are you 2 doing?" He asked watching me and his brother closely.

"Just talking baby, I thought you were asleep," I said getting up and moving to him.

"I woke up and you were gone; what were you talking about?"

"I'm going to leave you 2 to it," Matt said getting up and moving towards his downstairs master suite.

The sound of his door closing signaled that Jeff and I were alone and as I looked at my man, I thought about whether I wanted to tell him what I had been thinking.

What if he actually thought that I was to blame?

"Talk to me beautiful," He pressed as he moved us to the sofa and we sat down where Matt and I had just been sat talking.

Taking a deep breath I let it all out; everything that Randy had said, everything that I was thinking about this being my fault and how I didn't think that I would ever be free from Steven.

Cupping my face in both of his hands; his eyes bore in to me deeply marking me as his forever as he leaned towards me and brushed his lips over mine.

"I don't ever want to hear you doubting yourself like this again! This is absolutely not your fault Ron; you didn't know that he was capable of something so vicious and I know deep in my heart with everything that I am that this is absolutely no way anything to do with you,"

"But I…"

"No but's…we don't even know if it was him that started the fire…" I looked at him questioningly. "Yes there is a strong possibility that it was him but as always we have no prove of that…it's like you said…he's crazy not stupid! As long as we stick together there is nothing that he can do to us ok?"

Nodding my head, we stayed there, holding on to one another, taking comfort from our loss until the doorbell began to ring. It turned out that it was almost 9 in the morning and it was police. Jeff and I listened to them telling us the cause of the fire.

"We believe it was started intentionally. Mr Hardy there was someone in your house…and unfortunately they didn't make it out," The officer informed us solemnly.

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