Chapter 19
Rhiannon, after talking to the people she had known as her parents had decided to move to New York to live with Nancy and her mother. She packed the rest of her things to be shipped, and walked down the path to the cottage to tell Barnabas what she knew and get receive answers to her questions, which she felt sure he could answer. Also, to say goodbye. She realized she had been unfair to Barnabas when she first met him, and no matter how he looked, he was still a person, with good nature, vast knowledge, and an excellent teacher. If only he could teach her what to do now.
She was halfway to the cottage when she saw a familiar shape walking from that direction. No, not Barnabas, she mused as it came closer, but Quentin! And in a very bad mood by the looks of it. She had to get away. She couldn't face him, not like this. Before she could slip into the woods he spotted her. "Rhiannon! Well well, so you've come back I see." Rhiannon tried to avoid his gaze and slip past him. "Yes Quentin, I-I have to see Barnabas, my uh, lessons you know, see you later." He grasped her arm and prevented her from leaving. "Oh I believe your done with those, and we both know the purpose of them now don't we?" he said, his voice like velvet and very near her ear. " I know what they were for, but I've changed my mind you see- ""Changed your mind?" he broke her off, "What do you mean changed your mind? Do you mean you don't desire me anymore? Am I not good enough for you? I suppose you saw more desirable men where ever you were, where were you anyway? And why isn't Nancy back with you? Has she left me?" he demanded harshly, "Tell me, has she left me?" "Yes, and I don't blame her! I know all about you, Nancy wanted me to go with her to find her mother, and we did and she told us." His face turned almost vicious and he held her arm in a vise-like grip. "Now you listen to me, nothing has changed do you understand? I still want you, I'll still have you, and then you'll tell Nancy I've changed, you'll tell her I want her to come back. Won't you?" "I won't do anything of the kind! I'd never tell her to come back to you, do you think I'd do that to my own sister?" Too late she realized what she had said.
"Sister?" Quentin shook her, "What the hell do you mean sister?" "I mean that not only is Carolyn Stoddard Loomis, Nancy's mother but she's mine as well, and if you weren't such an animal you would have known that, and we wouldn't be having this conversation!" "What do you mean? You'd better tell me or else!" "I mean that you're my father you bastard!"
Quentin stared at her in shock. "Father? But I can't be, I-oh god, why didn't I see it before, my eyes! You have my eyes! I'm so sorry it had to be this way Rhiannon, because this means I have to kill you."
Rhiannon, after talking to the people she had known as her parents had decided to move to New York to live with Nancy and her mother. She packed the rest of her things to be shipped, and walked down the path to the cottage to tell Barnabas what she knew and get receive answers to her questions, which she felt sure he could answer. Also, to say goodbye. She realized she had been unfair to Barnabas when she first met him, and no matter how he looked, he was still a person, with good nature, vast knowledge, and an excellent teacher. If only he could teach her what to do now.
She was halfway to the cottage when she saw a familiar shape walking from that direction. No, not Barnabas, she mused as it came closer, but Quentin! And in a very bad mood by the looks of it. She had to get away. She couldn't face him, not like this. Before she could slip into the woods he spotted her. "Rhiannon! Well well, so you've come back I see." Rhiannon tried to avoid his gaze and slip past him. "Yes Quentin, I-I have to see Barnabas, my uh, lessons you know, see you later." He grasped her arm and prevented her from leaving. "Oh I believe your done with those, and we both know the purpose of them now don't we?" he said, his voice like velvet and very near her ear. " I know what they were for, but I've changed my mind you see- ""Changed your mind?" he broke her off, "What do you mean changed your mind? Do you mean you don't desire me anymore? Am I not good enough for you? I suppose you saw more desirable men where ever you were, where were you anyway? And why isn't Nancy back with you? Has she left me?" he demanded harshly, "Tell me, has she left me?" "Yes, and I don't blame her! I know all about you, Nancy wanted me to go with her to find her mother, and we did and she told us." His face turned almost vicious and he held her arm in a vise-like grip. "Now you listen to me, nothing has changed do you understand? I still want you, I'll still have you, and then you'll tell Nancy I've changed, you'll tell her I want her to come back. Won't you?" "I won't do anything of the kind! I'd never tell her to come back to you, do you think I'd do that to my own sister?" Too late she realized what she had said.
"Sister?" Quentin shook her, "What the hell do you mean sister?" "I mean that not only is Carolyn Stoddard Loomis, Nancy's mother but she's mine as well, and if you weren't such an animal you would have known that, and we wouldn't be having this conversation!" "What do you mean? You'd better tell me or else!" "I mean that you're my father you bastard!"
Quentin stared at her in shock. "Father? But I can't be, I-oh god, why didn't I see it before, my eyes! You have my eyes! I'm so sorry it had to be this way Rhiannon, because this means I have to kill you."
