Chapter 14
OoO Tell Me All The Secrets OoO
It was noon the next day, but Piper was still at her apartment.
Her heart told her to go, but her legs wouldn't move, she just couldn't bring them to.
Why did he want to talk to her about Luke? How did he even know about him?
She wanted to know, but she was afraid, something that wasn't a common feeling for Piper, it was unfamiliar, and it scared her.
Finally, she gathered herself and drove over to the park.
It was cold, and she had an old gray sweater on with the first pair of jeans she found.
In addition to that, it was raining, which was not helping to Piper's already muffled mood.
When she got to the park, it was already well over one, and she was sure he wasn't there anymore.
Relived she didn't have to have the conversation she feared so much of, she turned around to run back to her car, and there he was.
He was soaked with the rain, and she figured that so was she.
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"I hoped you weren't here." She said.
"Yet, you came."
He stared at her for a few moments, seeing things he never did in her before.
Without a word, they found a cover from the rain and both settled down on a bench.
It was about two minutes later when Leo first spoke.
"I'm sorry about yesterday."
"Why? I was the one who through you out." She said, never looking at him.
"True. But that wasn't quiet the reason I asked you to come."
"I gathered that."
"I talked to Darryl yesterday." Leo said, and instantly she looked at him, shocked.
"You know Darryl?"
"Darryl Morris is an old friend; I helped him investigate his former partner's murder." He saw her take a deep breath, and knew she knew he was talking about Luke.
"Why are you doing this?" She asked again, the same thing she did the day before, sounding wretched.
He gently took her cold hand into his, and looked at her with sympathy.
"I wish I wasn't the one telling you this. Piper, what happened was no accident."
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It took her a few seconds to understand what he was talking about.
No accident? What the hell was that supposed to mean??
Luke, she thought. He was talking about their accident, one which killed her husband and son.
She was starting to feel lightheaded, and wasn't sure that it was just the foggy rain around them.
"I don't understand..." She finally let out.
"Luke knew things that were a danger to his life..."
"Then BM files?" Piper asked, recalling Luke talking about it so much.
"You know about them? Do you know what BM stands for?"
"No." She mumbled.
She could tell that he knew by his expression, but she was still not seeing the connection.
"I still don't get it... what does his death has to do with..."
"It was a planned murder." He said.
Piper jerked her hand away, and got up.
She felt trapped, like her lungs were closed and no air would come it.
With deep breaths, she asked;
"They... KILLED him?"
He just stared at her for a few moments, but she could see the answer in his eyes.
Her breaths just fastened with every passing second, and she realized she was panicking.
Feeling hot and cold as one, she started pacing back and forth, but stopped when she felt her knees were about to give away.
Next she felt Leo's hands around her shoulders, which brought her steadiness back.
The idea was starting to sink into her head, and she started replaying events from over three years ago.
She remembered the endless knights of work, then the wonderful dinner, and the car that was coming strait at them.
"But... they must have known... I was in the car too, why..."
"They wanted you dead too." He said.
She looked up at him with confusion.
She should have been dead, just like Luke and the baby. If only Luke didn't lean to save her, if only he... She would've been dead, and wouldn't have had to go through those painful three years.
Sadness and confusion were being replaced with anger.
Whoever they were, they killed all she cared about in her life, all that was ever important, just because of one's knowledge.
The stress was starting to get to her, and she needed to let it out.
She found herself screaming with frustration, and feeling Leo pull her closer to him, and felt herself shake against his skin.
"I am so sorry, Piper..."
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He was starting to feel panic himself, not sure what to do to comfort her.
How do you comfort someone who has just found out that their life was ruined not by an accident, but a murder?
"Come on, let's go to my place and I'll give you something hot to drink, ok?"
She didn't answer, just kept crying into his shirt, so he slowly started leading her to his car.
At that moment, Leo decided he was not going to rest until whoever those fucking men were; so called 'Big Man' and his goddamn cult were all going to hell.
"I just... I don't understand, what the hell could have been so important that they would want to kill for?" She asked unstably, her voice breaking with sobs.
"I told you, it's the files. They knew he knew what was in them, and they suspected you knew something about them as well. Evidently, you really do." He said carefully.
She was silent through the rest of the ride, which only made him more uncomfortable.
About half an hour later, they were both sitting at his kitchen bar and he put tea in front of her.
She looked up at him for a moment, but said nothing a slipped from her mug.
Again, she wasn't the Piper he knew, she was completely different from the Piper that walked into his office just a month ago, if not less.
Yet, his feelings for her just grew stronger and stronger every day, and he tried not to think of the previous day when she threw him out of bed.
"You know, Piper, I really can't even imagine what you are going through..." He begun, but she cut him short.
"I learned to live with the fact that it was god's hand that killed Luke and the baby, that it was their destiny and mine... But now, I mean this changes everything. It wasn't god who made this happen. I just don't know if I can live with that..." Her voice trailed off.
He didn't even know what to say.
"And why the hell did Darryl never tell me?!" She suddenly asked, angry.
"I don't know Piper." He answered, honestly.
"How long have you known?"
"Not more then twenty-four hours. I only found out last night. I didn't even know you were his wife before that." He told her.
"Thank you for being honest. Really."
She was finishing her tea when his cell rang.
"Leo here."
"It's me." Darryl's voice came.
"What's going on?" Leo asked his friend.
"We need to talk."
"The files? Did something happen since last night?" Leo asked, and saw Piper jerk her head up.
"No. But I looked closer into this Nathan guy, and I think it's time to reopen Luke's case."
"Are you serious?"
"Now more then ever. You yourself said that he was Piper's boss before he came to work for you. I think they are still careful about her, and I am starting to believe they had someone around her all these years, making sure she doesn't say anything. Leo, we need to talk."
"I agree. Why don't we do it with Piper in that case, considering it is concerning her...?" Leo said.
Piper questioned him more with her look.
"She doesn't even know Leo." Darryl said.
"Oh, well, I took care of that, seeing as you didn't bother to."
"Asshole."
"Look, she deserved to know. I don't see why you never told her."
"You don't know her like I do Leo, she was better off not knowing."
"Not anymore as it seems."
There was a long silence.
"Yes, you are probably right. I'll be at your office tomorrow at eight."
"I'll see you then."
He turned back to Piper after he put the phone down.
"It was Darryl." He informed her.
"I figured. Is there something else I need to know Leo? Just drop it all on me; I'm starting to get sick of being the last one to know things that concern me."
Leo took a deep breath, and started the exhausting 'tale'.
AN: I tried to show this chapter shifting from Piper to Leo's point of view, just to keep it interesting, although I am not very proud of this chapter. Tell me what you think, and sorry if it as a little off... lol, thanks for all you reviewers out there, last chapter I got many nice once too... so thanks! And hope to hear from you all about this chapter too.