Kelly and Scott had decided to give the barn back to the pigeons for the
night and returned back to their rooms. Almost as soon as Kelly had
stripped out of the clothes, something in the pocket of a pair of her
discarded jeans began to hum and vibrate almost angrily. Remembering, she
reached into the pocket of said jeans and pulled out a shivering chrome
cell phone looking device.
"Hello Raven," She said coldly and listened to Raven on the other end. "I told you that I'm working on it.that was a mistake it wasn't supposed to happen.I know time is running out, but I don't think that I can do it," There was a long pause before the woman on the other end said anything, and when she did, it wasn't exactly settling. "Yes, I know Raven.but this isn't.Of course," Kelly said softly. "Right.Bye"
She closed the device and sighed deeply. As if in a trance, she slowly dressed into dark gray pants and a white tank top that had bubblegum pink hibiscuses scattered across it. She scrubbed her face with a handful of sugar she had stolen from the kitchen in a baggie to scrub away the dead skin and turned the water on full cold. Cool water dripped down the front of her shirt but she ignored it and crawled under the covers of her lush bed.
Icy lemon sunlight flittered through the windows of her room and cast shadows across the room when Kelly awoke. The sheets were tangled at her feet as she had slept fitfully the night before and she kicked at them to get free. She ran a hand through her hair and looked at her reflection in the mirror. Ugly yellow bruises were beginning to form under her eyes and marred her freshly tanned skin. She had to make a choice and this was one that she couldn't put off, as much as she wished she could.
She went to find Jillian but her soul sank when she was still asleep. Kelly resided herself by sitting in a chair by Jillian's window while she watched her, she gazed around the room and gave a little smile, blue magnolias today, she thought to herself. Kelly didn't know how long had passed before Jillian had began to stir and slowly wake, Her pretty brown hair that Kelly had always admired was knotted from sleep. Her eyes were wide and a brighter green then Kelly seemed to remember but wouldn't let anything derive her from the task at hand.
"God what time is it?" Jillian murmured as she used a hand to shield the sunlight as she sat up, only to find that her one arm was still weak from sleep so that she only fell back down onto the bed. "7, but that's not important, I need to tell you something" Kelly went and sat on the edge of the bed when Jillian managed to drag herself back up instead of snuggling under the warm covers. "Ok then tell me," Jillian said and Kelly took a deep breath and began. "Firstly,"
10 Minutes later when Kelly was done unloading everything on Jillian, she looked imploringly at Jillian and began to play with the petals of the magnolias in the urn. "You're telling me the truth?" Jillian asked after a moment. When Kelly nodded, all Jillian could do was push out a sigh through her pursed lips. "You need to tell Charles, it.this is really huge" "It was all so carefully orchestrated," Kelly said. "All that it needed to be perfect was for me follow my part and it would be done"
"But you didn't," Jillian murmured and looked up at Kelly through her long inky eyelashes. "Clay?" She said. Kelly shook her head. "He doesn't know. He doesn't have to know anything about this, I don't want him to" Jillian nodded in understanding. "And Logan, what about him?" Kelly dipped her head so that Jillian couldn't see the sadness creep into her eyes. "No, he doesn't know. None of them do"
"You have to tell them" Kelly nodded but couldn't look at Jillian. Her voice was so soft and she was looking at her with such bloody patience that it made Kelly want to scream She would have been prepared if Jillian was shouting and throwing things, as she were sure that Logan would do when he found out, but that was an annoyance for later. "How did this happen?" Jillian asked and raised a perfectly shaped eyebrow.
"It's a really long story how it actually happened, but it has, and now I don't know what to do" Jillian was silent for a moment. "I would tell Charles," She murmured and Kelly nodded. "I know I should, but God Jill I'm terrified of what's going to happen when THEY find out" Jillian hugged her reassuringly and switched sides so she could rub Kelly's hunched shoulders. "Why aren't you mad?" Kelly asked as she took the pleasure from the message in small doses. She supposed that if she took it all at once then she would forget what kind of horrible mess she was in.
"Because I've seen some really horrible things, so I guess that, while mind you I don't agree with what you have done, isn't as bad as it could be, like if you had actually followed through with your instructions" Kelly nodded but still couldn't look Jillian in the eye. The mossy green depths were full of a kind of sympathy that Kelly wasn't sure she was able to accept just yet.
When she left Jillian's room, she turned and found that Clay was right there and pressing her up against the wall with his hard body. "Hey beautiful" He murmured and tortured her with a kiss as smooth as he was. She didn't want him, she couldn't. She pushed at his body. "Clay stop," She managed to say as she dodged his mouth. "There's something I need to tell you,"
She took his out of the mansion and towards the lake that lapped at the long cattails. "What do you need to tell me?" His voice was deep and roughened by lust, which gave Kelly the fleeting idea of a rogue Scottish warrior. "I'm nor who you think I am," She murmured and cast her eyes down to the ground.
"What are you talking about?" He asked and was rather surprised to see the tears that had suddenly filled her honey-hued eyes.
"My name isn't Kelly, it's Athena...like after the goddess" Clay's eyes darkened slightly as he pinned Clay with his intense stare. Kelly.Or Athena Collins as was her name, sighed softly. "Will you let me explain what happened?" She asked, still not looking at him but could feel his intense gaze on her. "Ok" He said softly. Athena took a deep breath and tried to will the tears out of her eyes, but in the attempt, one crystal tear slipped over.
"When I was 5-years-old, my parents abandoned me, I was found wandering around an alleyway by a man named Eric Leincsher. He took me in and for eleven years I've lived with him and the others. It was a sort of 'my roof my rules' sort of relationship. He was the father I don't remember I had and I was the daughter I suppose he always wanted. He never made me work too hard.do a little research here.write a paper there, but it was always do-able,
"Then he woke me up at 3 in the morning one day and told me that he needed me to do some hands-on research. He handed me this portfolio and it was all about Logan," She said as she looked back at the mansion rather sadly. "It was so thin I supposed that it wouldn't be that hard. He told me that all I would need to do was pretend to be someone I'm not. I've done it for him before that it wasn't much of a big deal. So for a little while I would be 'Kelly Morgan' the daughter of little Miss Rich Annie Morgan, and pretend to be Logan's daughter,
"So I called the mansion when I knew he would be awake and told him where and when to meet me, he came and he ate the story right up once I showed him the picture of Annie I had. When I first met him I didn't feel any remorse for what Eric was making me do. But after Charles took me in, after I knew every one and really got to see more of the Logan then he wanted anyone to see. which was pretty much was Eric wanted, I decided that I wasn't going to do it any more.I wasn't going to help Eric hurt him
"So when Raven Darkholme called, I told her I didn't want to do this anymore, she scolded me of course threatened to tell Eric so he would unleash his fury upon me.oh he never shouted or hit me anyway, but he would just talk very calmly and that's enough to make you fall to your knees. But.um.I guess it doesn't really matter anymore because after Raven tells him.I really don't want to think about what's going to happen. And that's it"
Clay had began to chew on his thumb nail with extreme interest during Athena's speech and when he realized she was done, spit out the chewed nail and adjusted his jacket. "Well that is a pretty little mess," He said in between a sigh. "Have you told Logan?" He asked as he shifted his gaze from the discarded nail to her. "No," She said a tinge of fear in her voice, which had suddenly put on a pleasant Australian accent, which Clay suspected she had been hiding.
"I can't force you to do anything Athena," He said smoothly, her name rolling off his Scottish tongue that Athena knew could be as sharp as a double-edged gilded sword. "But I suggest that you tell him, for the sake of everyone here. Now is not the time to be selfish" With this he rose and Athena expected him to walk away, but he outstretched a hand and helped her to her feet. She took it and immediatly felt hopeless. She crumpled against his chest and let the tears that she had tried so hard to maintain broke free and when he collected her in his arms, it was more then Athena could take, even if she was trying to be Kelly Morgan.
"Hello Raven," She said coldly and listened to Raven on the other end. "I told you that I'm working on it.that was a mistake it wasn't supposed to happen.I know time is running out, but I don't think that I can do it," There was a long pause before the woman on the other end said anything, and when she did, it wasn't exactly settling. "Yes, I know Raven.but this isn't.Of course," Kelly said softly. "Right.Bye"
She closed the device and sighed deeply. As if in a trance, she slowly dressed into dark gray pants and a white tank top that had bubblegum pink hibiscuses scattered across it. She scrubbed her face with a handful of sugar she had stolen from the kitchen in a baggie to scrub away the dead skin and turned the water on full cold. Cool water dripped down the front of her shirt but she ignored it and crawled under the covers of her lush bed.
Icy lemon sunlight flittered through the windows of her room and cast shadows across the room when Kelly awoke. The sheets were tangled at her feet as she had slept fitfully the night before and she kicked at them to get free. She ran a hand through her hair and looked at her reflection in the mirror. Ugly yellow bruises were beginning to form under her eyes and marred her freshly tanned skin. She had to make a choice and this was one that she couldn't put off, as much as she wished she could.
She went to find Jillian but her soul sank when she was still asleep. Kelly resided herself by sitting in a chair by Jillian's window while she watched her, she gazed around the room and gave a little smile, blue magnolias today, she thought to herself. Kelly didn't know how long had passed before Jillian had began to stir and slowly wake, Her pretty brown hair that Kelly had always admired was knotted from sleep. Her eyes were wide and a brighter green then Kelly seemed to remember but wouldn't let anything derive her from the task at hand.
"God what time is it?" Jillian murmured as she used a hand to shield the sunlight as she sat up, only to find that her one arm was still weak from sleep so that she only fell back down onto the bed. "7, but that's not important, I need to tell you something" Kelly went and sat on the edge of the bed when Jillian managed to drag herself back up instead of snuggling under the warm covers. "Ok then tell me," Jillian said and Kelly took a deep breath and began. "Firstly,"
10 Minutes later when Kelly was done unloading everything on Jillian, she looked imploringly at Jillian and began to play with the petals of the magnolias in the urn. "You're telling me the truth?" Jillian asked after a moment. When Kelly nodded, all Jillian could do was push out a sigh through her pursed lips. "You need to tell Charles, it.this is really huge" "It was all so carefully orchestrated," Kelly said. "All that it needed to be perfect was for me follow my part and it would be done"
"But you didn't," Jillian murmured and looked up at Kelly through her long inky eyelashes. "Clay?" She said. Kelly shook her head. "He doesn't know. He doesn't have to know anything about this, I don't want him to" Jillian nodded in understanding. "And Logan, what about him?" Kelly dipped her head so that Jillian couldn't see the sadness creep into her eyes. "No, he doesn't know. None of them do"
"You have to tell them" Kelly nodded but couldn't look at Jillian. Her voice was so soft and she was looking at her with such bloody patience that it made Kelly want to scream She would have been prepared if Jillian was shouting and throwing things, as she were sure that Logan would do when he found out, but that was an annoyance for later. "How did this happen?" Jillian asked and raised a perfectly shaped eyebrow.
"It's a really long story how it actually happened, but it has, and now I don't know what to do" Jillian was silent for a moment. "I would tell Charles," She murmured and Kelly nodded. "I know I should, but God Jill I'm terrified of what's going to happen when THEY find out" Jillian hugged her reassuringly and switched sides so she could rub Kelly's hunched shoulders. "Why aren't you mad?" Kelly asked as she took the pleasure from the message in small doses. She supposed that if she took it all at once then she would forget what kind of horrible mess she was in.
"Because I've seen some really horrible things, so I guess that, while mind you I don't agree with what you have done, isn't as bad as it could be, like if you had actually followed through with your instructions" Kelly nodded but still couldn't look Jillian in the eye. The mossy green depths were full of a kind of sympathy that Kelly wasn't sure she was able to accept just yet.
When she left Jillian's room, she turned and found that Clay was right there and pressing her up against the wall with his hard body. "Hey beautiful" He murmured and tortured her with a kiss as smooth as he was. She didn't want him, she couldn't. She pushed at his body. "Clay stop," She managed to say as she dodged his mouth. "There's something I need to tell you,"
She took his out of the mansion and towards the lake that lapped at the long cattails. "What do you need to tell me?" His voice was deep and roughened by lust, which gave Kelly the fleeting idea of a rogue Scottish warrior. "I'm nor who you think I am," She murmured and cast her eyes down to the ground.
"What are you talking about?" He asked and was rather surprised to see the tears that had suddenly filled her honey-hued eyes.
"My name isn't Kelly, it's Athena...like after the goddess" Clay's eyes darkened slightly as he pinned Clay with his intense stare. Kelly.Or Athena Collins as was her name, sighed softly. "Will you let me explain what happened?" She asked, still not looking at him but could feel his intense gaze on her. "Ok" He said softly. Athena took a deep breath and tried to will the tears out of her eyes, but in the attempt, one crystal tear slipped over.
"When I was 5-years-old, my parents abandoned me, I was found wandering around an alleyway by a man named Eric Leincsher. He took me in and for eleven years I've lived with him and the others. It was a sort of 'my roof my rules' sort of relationship. He was the father I don't remember I had and I was the daughter I suppose he always wanted. He never made me work too hard.do a little research here.write a paper there, but it was always do-able,
"Then he woke me up at 3 in the morning one day and told me that he needed me to do some hands-on research. He handed me this portfolio and it was all about Logan," She said as she looked back at the mansion rather sadly. "It was so thin I supposed that it wouldn't be that hard. He told me that all I would need to do was pretend to be someone I'm not. I've done it for him before that it wasn't much of a big deal. So for a little while I would be 'Kelly Morgan' the daughter of little Miss Rich Annie Morgan, and pretend to be Logan's daughter,
"So I called the mansion when I knew he would be awake and told him where and when to meet me, he came and he ate the story right up once I showed him the picture of Annie I had. When I first met him I didn't feel any remorse for what Eric was making me do. But after Charles took me in, after I knew every one and really got to see more of the Logan then he wanted anyone to see. which was pretty much was Eric wanted, I decided that I wasn't going to do it any more.I wasn't going to help Eric hurt him
"So when Raven Darkholme called, I told her I didn't want to do this anymore, she scolded me of course threatened to tell Eric so he would unleash his fury upon me.oh he never shouted or hit me anyway, but he would just talk very calmly and that's enough to make you fall to your knees. But.um.I guess it doesn't really matter anymore because after Raven tells him.I really don't want to think about what's going to happen. And that's it"
Clay had began to chew on his thumb nail with extreme interest during Athena's speech and when he realized she was done, spit out the chewed nail and adjusted his jacket. "Well that is a pretty little mess," He said in between a sigh. "Have you told Logan?" He asked as he shifted his gaze from the discarded nail to her. "No," She said a tinge of fear in her voice, which had suddenly put on a pleasant Australian accent, which Clay suspected she had been hiding.
"I can't force you to do anything Athena," He said smoothly, her name rolling off his Scottish tongue that Athena knew could be as sharp as a double-edged gilded sword. "But I suggest that you tell him, for the sake of everyone here. Now is not the time to be selfish" With this he rose and Athena expected him to walk away, but he outstretched a hand and helped her to her feet. She took it and immediatly felt hopeless. She crumpled against his chest and let the tears that she had tried so hard to maintain broke free and when he collected her in his arms, it was more then Athena could take, even if she was trying to be Kelly Morgan.
