A/N: FINAL CHAPTER! THANKS TO ALL WHO HAVE REVIEWED! YOU'RE ALL AMAZING! ALSO, THANKS TO EVREYONE WHO HAS WAITED PATIENTLY FOR ME TO UPDATE THIS STORY! HERE'S THE FINAL CHAPTER TO THE SERIES! ENJOY!
Hours passed and Bradin fell asleep waiting for a doctor to come get him to see Kaitlin.
"Brae," someone said shaking him.
He moved, looked behind him, and saw Lauren. "Come on," she said, "She's up."
He got up quickly and followed Lauren to her sister's room. As he entered the room, he looked at Kaitlin who was talking to Sean. He saw Sean look over at him and back at Kaitlin who then looked at him. She watched as he walked up to her bed.
"What happened?" Bradin asked sitting on her bed, "I heard Sean's version. What's yours?"
She sighed.
"I got a text message from my father. That's why I ran out of the room earlier. As I walked to where he wanted me to meet him, I was pulled into an abandoned building. He began beating me. Um, as I lied on the ground, the knife from my room fell out of my pocket. He saw it and grabbed it. He opened it and raised it over me. These are his exact words:
You're a fucking piece of shit. I'm finally going to get rid of you for good. I tried killing your mother by putting pills into her food at the restaurant she went to earlier in the day. If she chose you over me, you both should die. What you've been telling people these past eighteen years was no lie. You are one big mistake. You weren't supposed to be born. Oh, before you die, I want you to know that I hired Tanner and Sarah to kill you.
He raised the knife above my chest and swung his arm to stab me. And, that's when Sean came in."
"Why didn't you tell Bradin that he messaged you?" Lauren asked.
"You don't get it," she said, "I didn't want any of you to be a part of something that you had nothing to do with."
Kaitlin looked at the three that were in her room. She used her unwounded hand to wipe away her tears.
"Baby, don't believe him," Bradin told her.
She broke down. "For all of my life, I have been getting phone calls, e-mails, and letters from him saying that he was going to kill me one way or another."
Bradin hugged her tightly. "It's okay. It's all over," he said running his hand through her hair, "It's all over. You don't have to be scared anymore."
"I'm a mistake!" she yelled but not loud enough for people outside of the room to hear, "I'm a mistake! I shouldn't be here!"
"That is so not true," Lauren said.
"Yeah," Sean said, "If you were a mistake, you wouldn't have faked your death to protect yourself and all of us. You wouldn't have tried to save us last year when Tanner and Sarah tried to kill us. You wouldn't have showed us what life really means and why we're all here."
She looked away not wanting to hear anymore. She cried even harder and closed her eyes. She placed her hand over her eye as tears fell.
"If you were a mistake, Sean wouldn't want you as a best friend, Lauren wouldn't want you for a sister, and your mother wouldn't want you as a daughter. And if you were a mistake," Bradin said, "I wouldn't want you as my wife."
Kaitlin's head whipped in his direction when he said 'wife'. "What?" she asked.
"I was going to wait until your mother was here. But, she's not up yet."
Kaitlin looked at Sean and Lauren. Bradin placed his hand on her cheek and turned her head.
"I'm not asking them," he said looking into her eyes, "I'm asking you."
She bit her bottom lip as she watched him lower his head and look back up at her.
"I am in love with you. Yes, even after you faked your death and hid for a year. I was pissed. I still love you, though. There's nothing that you can do that will change that. I'm right by saying you're not a mistake. Everyone who has said that is right. You are nowhere near a mistake. Will you do the honor of being my wife?"
She didn't know what to say. It wasn't because she was confused. She was surprised. She wasn't expecting this at all, especially after what she's done. A knock sounded on the door.
"Kaitlin?" a middle-aged man asked walking in.
"Mr. Hath," she said.
"How are you feeling?" he asked.
"I'm in a lot of pain," she told him.
"I as wondering if I could talk to you alone," he said looking at the people that surrounded her. She looked at them, too, and gave them a head motion to leave. She watched as they stood up. Bradin walked out without looking back at her.
"I wanted to say that you've done a very good job this year from hiding from your father and everyone else in life that wasn't family," he said.
She nodded.
"I heard about your mother. I hope she gets better. I wanted you to know that your father hacked into your phone service and found your hone number. That's how he messaged you about meeting him somewhere. We didn't know that he was that smart to do that or find a name that you would use. I'm sorry that we did this to you."
"Don't worry about it," she said quietly.
"Those three kids, they care about you?"
She nodded.
OUTSIDE THE ROOM
The three sat outside Kaitlin's room waiting for Mr. Hath to come out. Lauren sat beside Bradin. Mr. Hath walked out of the room and up to the three.
"I'm Mr. Hath from the Witness Protection Program that your friend was involved in. I wanted to say that I'm sorry that we made her do this but it was for her own good. We didn't want her to die. We didn't think her father was smart to actually know that she was still alive and here. I better get going. Oh, which one of you is Bradin?"
"I am," he said.
"Congratulations on your engagement," he said before walking away.
The three looked at each other with wide eyes. Bradin ran into the room and up to the bed. He sat down and kissed her hard on the lips. He pulled away and looked at her. She placed her hand on his cheek and smiled. He smiled as well and kissed her again.
"So, he was right," Sean said, "You're not a mistake at all."
"I will always think that I am one," she said, "No one can change my mind."
"And if you ever say it out loud to anyone, I will argue," Bradin said, "And, I will win."
"Oh, you will?" she asked.
"I will indeed," he said kissing her.