AN: Thanks again to everyone who reviewed... again I enjoyed every single one of your thoughts.
I won't thank each personally, but I do remember a few things mentioned; first, I'm sorry, I can't answer the question about Piper being pregnant or not... can't even hint, you'd have to wait and see... (It can really go both ways).
And also, I don't know how much this fic has left, I'm thinking quite a bit tho, I still have some things planned in my head that I know you'll like. Well, enjoy this chapter........
Chapter 25
OoO William Wyatt OoO
He brushed the back of his hand against her cheek, trying to calm her down.
She took another shaky breath in, and squeezed Leo's hand in the process.
Did she really just say it? Did she just tell him that she remembered what was in the files?
"You remember what the files are?" He asked, looking closely at her as if trying to read the answer from her eyes.
"Leo, there is so much... It just all came to me so suddenly..." She mumbled, looking down, suddenly very interested in the texture of the blanket covering her.
"Can you try and tell me what's in them?" He asked carefully.
"Luke told me the night before the accident; I remember how I promised him I would never tell, he said it was dangerous to know, but I insisted he told me because he suffered so much from knowing all that information and unable to share the burden with anyone..." She was rambling, but he didn't have the heart to stop her.
"So many people died... Leo you have to stop him..." He could hardly make out anything else she was saying.
"Shh... It's ok, try to calm down..."
He lightly pushed her back on the bad into a lying position, knowing that trying to get her to tell him what the files contain would be useless and only stress her out more.
"It's all in there, everything... EVERYTHING..." she kept mumbling.
Leo could tell she was still not fully awake, but knew what she was saying was true.
"Try to rest a bit, ok? How are you feeling?" He asked, trying to change the subject so she would relax a bit.
"Very noxious." She admitted.
He pulled his shoes off, and got in with her.
She was hot and sweaty all over; her hands were still shaking as he wrapped himself around her.
He didn't realize as he fell asleep himself.
---OoO---
Piper woke up and felt hot and cold all over.
She released herself from Leo's pleasant hold, and pulled herself out of bed.
It was like a nightmare.
Every time she would close her eyes, conscious or not, she would see Luke, telling her about the files, sweat covering his forehead.
He was so stressed; she remembered it very well now.
That was why they decided to go on that dinner, they wanted to relax, to live life and celebrate it.
Now she could even remember Big Man's real name.
She shivered as she remembered it.
What would Leo think? How would he react?
Who would have thought?
She knew there was something familiar about the name William Wyatt when Leo told her about his father.
She now remembered him talking about him, telling her about his six wives (or was it eight?).
Oh, poor, poor Leo.
She looked at him as he lay in his bed, his arms still as though she is in them.
She unwillingly let out a small sob, which was followed by an even more unpleasant feeling when food started coming up.
She covered her mouth with one of her hands, as if stopping the food from going any further, and swallowed it back in.
Walking down the hall, she again remembered three years back when Luke was telling her about all the people Big Man killed, all in the files.
But what scared her the most back then, was the fact that Luke was on that list.
It wasn't just people either; it was codes and combinations of banks and companies around the world from which he has been pulling money from for years.
It was like a diary of some kind, everything that Big Man has ever done was on there, and the punishment was sure to be death.
Not that Big Man was a man you could easily catch, but there was so much more on those files Piper could hardly think about it all at once.
And to think that he was Leo's goddamn father!
Junior was probably his son from another marriage, the son who followed his father's footsteps.
She collapsed on a chair as soon as she reached one.
"Miss Halliwell?" Came a woman's voice, making Piper's stomach turn.
She looked around to see who it was, and only let out a breath when she realized the voice belonged to Marta, Leo's cleaning lady.
"Oh, I'm sorry; I didn't mean to startle you." She apologized with the warm Spanish accent she had.
"No, it's perfectly ok; I'm just a bit jumpy." Piper admitted.
"I didn't know you were here, I'll make a second breakfast." Marta said.
"Oh no, please, don't bother because of me, I'm not hungry."
Marta smiled.
"Rubbish, you look like you haven't eaten a thing in days. If you stay here, you eat." She said, walking closer to Piper.
Piper smiled weakly.
She really was starving, but only realized it then. She hasn't eaten much the last few days. Not because Big Man (or should she say William Wyatt) didn't feed her, because he did, but she had no appetite to eat a thing.
"You don't look so well you know." Marta said when she was closer. "Sick?"
"No, I don't know, maybe. It's been a long week."
"I see." Marta smiled again, looking very understanding.
"Is Leo up yet?"
"No, not yet." Piper said.
"Very well. I'll go get started in the kitchen." Marta said, and disappeared into another room.
At time like these all Piper wished for was just a few moments of silence on her peach colored couch, Ronald warming up her feet with his soft fur, and Elvis Costello singing 'She' over and over and over and over...
Leaning her head on her hands which were on the table in front of her, she thought about Leo's father again.
How the hell was she supposed to give him news like that? How would he react... and James... there were so many people involved.
Leo probably expected the files to have some secret codes in BM's company or something along those lines.
She knew he wasn't at all close to his dad, but he probably had no idea that he was a man whose hands are stained with blood of tenths of innocent people.
The phone rang, but Marta answered.
Seconds later she came out, a bit confused.
"Miss Halliwell? It's for you."
Assuming it was her sisters; she took the phone with relief, but almost had a fit when she heard the voice on the other hand.
"Well, what a surprise to find you at Wyatt's." He said.
"You bastard."
"I love you too darling."
"Fuck you." She muttered, and saw Marta's confused glare.
"Maybe another time. I don't know how they located that damn plane, but I hope for your sake you weren't behind it."
"Are you threatening me?"
"None the less. Seriously, you better be careful. I'm watching you." He said, and with that the line went dead.
She fought hard the urge not to throw the phone with rage, feeling the tears of anger in her eyes.
"Miss? Are you ok?"
Piper nodded.
"Could you get me some water maybe?" She almost begged.
"Right away!"
Seconds later, Marta put a glass of water in Piper's hands, and Piper poured it into herself.
A minute didn't pass when Leo appeared in the room.
His legs carried him straight to Piper, and he put one of his hands on her back.
"I was hoping I'd find you here. How are you?" He asked.
Piper swallowed the last trace of water in her mouth, which still seemed dry, and spoke.
"Leo, it was him, just now, he called here."
"What?!" Leo seemed suddenly outrageous.
If only he knew WHO it was... he probably wouldn't be able to take it.
"What did he want?" He asked a bit more calmly.
"Nothing in particular. It was like he was checking that I was here. He said to be careful." Piper said, recalling his words.
"I can't believe he had the urge to call here."
"I can." She said quietly.
Marta, who has been watching the scene with confusion, used the silent moment.
"Breakfast is ready." She said.
Leo, who seemed to only just notice her in the room, nodded.
"Thanks Marta."
They had breakfast, and she forgot her hunger almost completely and ended up playing with the food on her plate, moving it around like a two year old.
Leo didn't seem to be too interested in the food in front of him either.
Piper knew that very soon she'd have to tell him what's in those files, and she won't be able to hide it.
She figured that was the main reason Big Man wanted those files.
His fucking name was on them.
"Piper..." Leo started.
"I know Leo. I still remember." She answered his unheard question.
"Start from the beginning, try to remember as much as you can, don't hurry, we have all the time in the world." He encouraged while putting his fork down and focusing his attention right on her.
"Luke told me the night before they killed him. He figured out the writings, I don't know how. He knew for a while then, and was prepared to tell Darryl the night after that. He was scared Leo, his name was on the list."
"What list?"
"The list. People, men, women, all dead. And those that weren't, were to die soon, and I'm guessing most of them already are."
She stopped, waiting to see Leo's reaction, then continued.
"But it was hardly just that. He's been pulling money from banks and companies for years now, probably Wyatt investigations too, and those were all codes..." She kept her story going until there was nothing more to say.
Only one thing.
"That son of a bitch. No wonder he wants those files. If anyone reads them and finds all that out there will be so many officers and detectives on this case that he will have no chance." Leo thought aloud.
Piper found herself taking a shaky breath.
"Is there more?" Leo asked, reading her thoughts.
"I know his name."
Leo's eyes widened.
"William Wyatt." She cracked out, her voice breaking more then once, but he heard, she knew by the blank expression on his face.
AN: DAM DAM DAM...... Just one thing: Most of you probably don't remember me mentioning Leo's father before, but there was one time when he was telling Piper about him, about his many wives and how he wanted him to join his company but Leo created Wyatt Investigations instead...
So yeah, just a reminder.
Another thing is... I want to get started with a new story, not post it here yet but just get a little head start. I'm not sure what am I doing yet, so I want to ask you, my favorite readers, what would you want to read about? You can write it in your review or e-mail me some ideas if you want. I know I'm not too hot about a teen fic right now, since I've already done one, but all ideas are appreciated. Thanx!!