Chapter Eleven:

She felt safe.  There was no other word to describe the emotion over taken her as she sat in her living room her mom holding her hand, her dad on the other side holding the other hand.  And even though the topic of conversion was the most serious she's ever had with her parents she couldn't keep the calm that evaded her away.

"I knew…God…I knew there was something about him that made me cringed when ever he was around and I'm sorry baby, I'm sorry that you had to pay for me not listening to my inner-self."

"You did nothing wrong, mom…nothing.  You asked me over and over what was wrong and I wouldn't tell you…I couldn't."  Liz felt her tears fell her eyes again and run down her face.  "I'm sorry…"

"Look at me."  Jeff demanded reaching out and wiping at the tears surging down his daughters face.  "I don't want to hear you apology ever again.  Do you hear me?  God…Liz.  I know why you put up with what he did to you and everything in me want to rejoice when I think of the amazing daughter I've help raised, but you have to understand.  It's not your job to take care of me. It's my job to take care of you.  That's what parents are for, so don't every take that away from me again.  Do you understand?"

"Dad, I'm sor…yes I understand, but he's your brother dad. He's your only link to grandmother Claudia and I didn't want to…I didn't want to take that away from you."

Closing his eyes he sighed.  "You are my link to my mother."  He reassured her.  "Your so much a like that at times it actually scared me.  You have her wit, her intelligence, her gently soul.  Whenever I look at you I see her."   He laughed the humorless sound hovering around them.  "God…how could I be so blind?  How could I not see what was right in front of me?"

"Don't blame yourself dad.  I didn't let you see what was going on…I couldn't.  At least I thought I couldn't."  She smiled at him her love shining through her tears.  "What happens next?"  She made herself ask.

"Illegal I don't know."  He made himself admit. But come morning he would make it a point to find out.  "But where my family is concern he wasn't my brother from the moment he started to hurt her you." He said holding her eyes with his. "You…my daughter are the most important thing to me and your mother.  You are what we contribute to this world and with everything inside me I want you to believe that you have always made us proud."

"Oh…dad…"  She cried throwing her arms around him, her tears freely running down her face.  "I love so much…both of you."  She said as she drew her mother into the embrace.

'I'm Liz Parker and today the most dramatic thing in my life has happen, more dramatic then Max saving my life, if that can possibly be possible.  Mike is no longer a demon hovering in the background.  He's now exposes for the monster that he is.'

She knew that he was there before she actually looked up from her journal.  Smiling she put the book down and went to the window and opened it for him.    When he climbed through and stood before her she throw her arms around him taking his mouth wildly.  He drew her closer eaten at her mouth.  Rejoicing in the fact that she seem all right.  The imagines started instantly.  He's pain, his rage, his determination to make Mike pay for what he'd put her through.  She suddenly pulled away from him her heart racing inside her.

"No…God…Max no."  She cried tears suddenly stringing into her eyes.  "Don't…please don't do this for me."  She begged.

"I don't know what you're talking about."  He said looking down into her eyes.

Pulling away she returned his stare her heart racing at the rage she'd witness running through him.

"Let it go…please…let it go."  She begged.

"Have you?"  He demanded turning away from her.  "Have you been able to let it go?"

"Max…."

"No!  How can you ask this of me?"  He asked his heart racing.  "How can you ask me to let what he did to you go?"  He turned to face her his pain, his rage emulating from him, tears running down his face.  "How can you ask me to let the person whose hurt the most important thing in my life go without making him pay?" He demanded.

"This isn't your fight…Max…please."  She begged touching his arms.  "Please let me fight my own battles."

"Oh God…Liz…do you know what your asking from me?"  He asked.  "Do you know what you're asking from me?"  He repeated pulling her into his arms.

"I'm asking you to let me take control of my life…Max…I need this…I need this."  She cried as he held her.

TBC.

TBC