I slept for practically three days straight, images of the park, Lewis, and
my mom and dad running through my mind. Mom was starting to get worried; I
could feel it through my door. On the afternoon of the third day, my mom
finally came through my door and gently shook me awake. I opened my eyes
and looked straight at her, not bothering to get up all the way. She looked
really worried, not that I really cared. I was numb; I don't think I really
had forgiven her yet.
"Honey, you gotta get up." She said with a reassuring smile.
"Nah." I closed my eyes again. I felt her trying to cover her feelings while she walked away.
"Mom?" I said with my eyes still closed.
"What?" She asked getting her hopes.
"No matter how hard you try, you still can't cover up your feelings from a dominant. That's why dad can read you like a book." I told her with a laugh. For some reason, this was fun, which wasn't like me, but something in the back of my head just kept telling me, "She lied to you your whole life, it's time for a little payback."
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Sloan came out of Anna's bedroom feeling more dejected than when she went in. She walked over to Tom, who was sitting at the kitchen table and sat down.
"How is she?" He asked putting his hand over one of hers.
"Cold and detached. She doesn't want to get up; she doesn't want to do anything. I am worried, Tom." A tear rolled down Sloan's cheek.
"Give her time, Sloan. Just."
"Give her time! I have given her time, three days time. She went from being my little baby to a cold- hearted bitch. I can't live with this much longer."
A couple hours later Tom was trying to calm Sloan down by watching TV, when Anna finally emerged from her room. She walked up behind the couch.
"Lewis says 'hi'." She said aloud. Tom and Sloan turned around immediately.
"WHAT?" They both said at the same time.
"Lewis says 'hi'." She repeated. Tom jumped to his feet and ran to Anna.
"Is he here?" He asked, worried.
"No." She replied. Now Sloan got up too.
"What do you mean then, honey." She put one hand on Anna's shoulder, trying to comfort her.
"I talked to him. In the park. The night I ran away from the lab." She answered, shrugging away her mother's hand. She could see it made her mother flinch.
"Did he attack or hurt you?" Sloan knew a visit from Lewis could never mean anything good.
"No, of course not. Why would he do that? He was very nice, actually. He was also the one who convinced me to come back to the lab." Anna was totally appalled at the fact that they were suggesting the nicest man would hurt her.
"He's a dominant, Anna." Tom tried to reason with her, he could feel she was defensive of the accusations about Lewis.
"Yea, your point? So are you."
"A very dangerous one." Tom continued.
"He didn't seem real dangerous to me."
"It's just that he has attacked your dad and I on several occasions. He's." Sloan stopped herself when she saw Tom shake his hand behind Anna.
"He's. what?" Anna asked turning back to her father, knowing he had stopped her.
"Nothing. I just used to know him. We're worried, that's all. Is that all he said?"
"Yea." She lied, directly leaving out the fact that he was her substitute.
"Okay." He reached around her and gave her a hug that wasn't exactly returned.
"The school called before. Do you think your ready to go back yet?" Sloan asked.
"Yea, sure. I think I need some normal activity now, anyways."
"Okay. You'll go back tomorrow, okay?" Tom asked as he kissed the top of Anna's head.
"Uh-huh. I think I'll go call Claire and tell her." She answered.
"Not too long, Anna." Sloan told her as Anna left the room. As soon as she was back in her room Sloan turned to Tom.
"What was that about?"
"There's something about Lewis she's not telling us." He stated.
"What? You think he hurt or something?"
"No, nothing that serious. But there's just something."
"Honey, you gotta get up." She said with a reassuring smile.
"Nah." I closed my eyes again. I felt her trying to cover her feelings while she walked away.
"Mom?" I said with my eyes still closed.
"What?" She asked getting her hopes.
"No matter how hard you try, you still can't cover up your feelings from a dominant. That's why dad can read you like a book." I told her with a laugh. For some reason, this was fun, which wasn't like me, but something in the back of my head just kept telling me, "She lied to you your whole life, it's time for a little payback."
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Sloan came out of Anna's bedroom feeling more dejected than when she went in. She walked over to Tom, who was sitting at the kitchen table and sat down.
"How is she?" He asked putting his hand over one of hers.
"Cold and detached. She doesn't want to get up; she doesn't want to do anything. I am worried, Tom." A tear rolled down Sloan's cheek.
"Give her time, Sloan. Just."
"Give her time! I have given her time, three days time. She went from being my little baby to a cold- hearted bitch. I can't live with this much longer."
A couple hours later Tom was trying to calm Sloan down by watching TV, when Anna finally emerged from her room. She walked up behind the couch.
"Lewis says 'hi'." She said aloud. Tom and Sloan turned around immediately.
"WHAT?" They both said at the same time.
"Lewis says 'hi'." She repeated. Tom jumped to his feet and ran to Anna.
"Is he here?" He asked, worried.
"No." She replied. Now Sloan got up too.
"What do you mean then, honey." She put one hand on Anna's shoulder, trying to comfort her.
"I talked to him. In the park. The night I ran away from the lab." She answered, shrugging away her mother's hand. She could see it made her mother flinch.
"Did he attack or hurt you?" Sloan knew a visit from Lewis could never mean anything good.
"No, of course not. Why would he do that? He was very nice, actually. He was also the one who convinced me to come back to the lab." Anna was totally appalled at the fact that they were suggesting the nicest man would hurt her.
"He's a dominant, Anna." Tom tried to reason with her, he could feel she was defensive of the accusations about Lewis.
"Yea, your point? So are you."
"A very dangerous one." Tom continued.
"He didn't seem real dangerous to me."
"It's just that he has attacked your dad and I on several occasions. He's." Sloan stopped herself when she saw Tom shake his hand behind Anna.
"He's. what?" Anna asked turning back to her father, knowing he had stopped her.
"Nothing. I just used to know him. We're worried, that's all. Is that all he said?"
"Yea." She lied, directly leaving out the fact that he was her substitute.
"Okay." He reached around her and gave her a hug that wasn't exactly returned.
"The school called before. Do you think your ready to go back yet?" Sloan asked.
"Yea, sure. I think I need some normal activity now, anyways."
"Okay. You'll go back tomorrow, okay?" Tom asked as he kissed the top of Anna's head.
"Uh-huh. I think I'll go call Claire and tell her." She answered.
"Not too long, Anna." Sloan told her as Anna left the room. As soon as she was back in her room Sloan turned to Tom.
"What was that about?"
"There's something about Lewis she's not telling us." He stated.
"What? You think he hurt or something?"
"No, nothing that serious. But there's just something."
