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Chapter 10: "Trust?"

Well my life just keeps getting better and better. I would have fainted but that would have been too Gone with the Wind for my taste.

Paul turned towards Jesse and whispered something to him. I still couldn't bring myself to look at him in the eye. I saw a look of pain and disgust on his face and then headed down the stairs. I grabbed Paul, pulled him in the room and shut the door.

"What did you say to him and how did you...why did he...?"

"Jesse is taking care of a little problem for me. Oh where are my manners. I am Paul Slater and you must be Jesse in the flesh. It is nice to meet one of you who don't want to kill me." He let out a little laugh in spite of himself and extended his hand forward. Jesse took it hesitantly; still looking bewildered from everything happening around him. I would have been too. I mean this is a pretty messed up situation we have found ourselves in. I then remembered that Jesse could see himself so he must be...

"Are you a mediator?" I had to just go out and say it. He stared at me stuttering on his words.

"Well, I mean, in some ways yes, and I suppose you are one as well. Is he?" He nodded towards Paul.

"Kind of. He likes to call himself a shifter, which is what I am also."

"Yes my grandaunt talked of that. She is..." He was cut off by Paul hurrying over toward us. He grabbed my upper arm steering me toward the door.

"Uh Suze we really must be sticking to the plan. I don't know how long my distraction will last." I didn't care. I needed some answers

"Did you know Jesse was a mediator?" I said angrily to Paul.

"It is my job to know, of course I did."

"And you never decided to tell me."

"I thought Jesse would have told you that, seeing as you too are so close and all. It seemed pretty important." Ok even Paul knew. Jesse was never very open about his past. Well now that I think about it, we're even on the whole lying thing I mean. As mad as I was, I held it in. We had a job to do and that was the important thing.

"Paul, do you think we should just tell him the whole thing?" Jesse might as well know since he was a mediator too. He might not find what he are doing as weird as others might.

"All right. We have come by some information that maybe of some importance to you. Don't ask us how, just listen. Maria was displeased with you rejecting her. She sent Diego out here to stop that information from coming out in the open. He is down stairs in the saloon as we speak. We need to get you out of here and now." Jesse started pacing the room cursing in Spanish under his breath. I couldn't blame him. If I had just seen my own ghost, got some odd visitors, and then been told by said odd visitors that someone wanted to off me, well I would be saying some pretty colorful words right now. I walked over toward him and put my hands on his shoulders. I looked into his eyes.

"Jesse he is telling the truth, you must trust us. We have to get you out of here. What you saw, or who you saw, is what will happen if we don't." He stared at me searching my face. He leaned forward and whispered in my ear.

"I do trust you, querida, but for some reason I don't trust your friend Mr. Slater." Well there were so many reasons he was correct on that assumption.

"Jesse, please you must come with us. It is the best, for everyone." As I said this I could feel the tears form behind my eyes. I knew I was doing the right thing. Then why did feel so wrong. Paul saw my weakness forming and stepped in.

"We can go out through the window, take the horses and head out of town. I have some friends who will take you to a safe location. Susannah and I must leave before anything else is altered. You will have to stay there until you hear news of Diego and Maria's wedding. Then it will be all right for you to head back to your family." Paul had really thought this out. He headed toward the window and motioned us to follow. Paul was the first one down. I was just about to jump out when Jesse pulled me aside.

"Do you trust him?" Well, I trusted him enough to take me to the past to stop the love of my life, you, from being strangled to death by your deranged fiancee's lover. I would say I trusted him. Although there was something in my mind questioning his motives. So I guess there is something about him I don't trust. That is what I wanted to say, but all that came out was a squeaky "Yes"

"Then up you go." He helped me out the window, then waited till I reached the ground to climb down. I remembered my Jesse was still in the house. I turned to Paul and asked,

"What will happen to Jesse?" He knew which one I meant.

"He will fade like a memory once the sun rises. Then the alteration of the past will be complete and we can go home. Don't worry. You are doing the right thing Suze." I felt better. I don't know why. All the questions in my head disappeared and I felt I would soon be free of all my painful memories.

Paul managed to acquire two more horses. We got on and headed out of Carmel.

"Do you trust him?"

"Yes."

I should have known better. I wish now I could take that back.

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(A/N: Ok this chapter was really hard to write and I don't know why. Sorry if it was bad. It was just something I needed in the story to get to the good stuff! please review I really appreciate it! Oh and what will Paul do? Does it have something to do with his "friends"? I will try and post soon! bye for now!)