Eve lightly touched the spot were Julian's kiss had fallen.
"I have to be strong. I can't let Julian believe that I still like him.", Eve thought. Eve smiled as she thought back to last night, "He was so sweet. It was so nice to cuddle up to him again like I used to. He was always warm and comforting." Eve slowly made her way over to her doctor's outfit. The memory of what happened haunted her. She walked away to the bed. "Great, what am I going to wear? I can't wear Julian's pj's all day."
Julian was already at the table eating when Eve came down.
"Still in your pj's, I see.", Julian remarked with a smile spread across his face. She looked very sexy in his pj's.
"Well I found out that I have no clothes."
"Oh yes, that is a problem. Well don't worry, I have you covered. I'll buy you something."
"Oh Julian, thats a nice thought, but I don't feel like... going out."
Julian understood. Of course he had a backup plan, but he'd tell her later. Slowly he stood up.
"Come; sit down and have something to eat.", Julian said as he pulled out a chair for her.
Eve slowly sat down, thinking, then quickly spoke.", Julian, I don't feel very hungry. I'll pass."
"But you must eat something."
"I'm not feeling well."
Concern etched into Julian's face, "What's the matter? He didn't actually do anything did he? I didn't think he did. It didn't look like he did..."
"No, Julian that's not the problem. I know what that feels like."
A dagger stabbed Julian through the heart. It was all his fault. She felt like that when she was pregnant with his child and he left... but he had to leave, he had no choice.
"There was nothing I could do!", Julian yelled.
"Julian, what are you talking about? I was talking about when I had my daughters. Oh... did you mean... no Julian I didn't mean him."
"Eve, I think we need to talk."
"No Julian, we don't.", Eve said, choking back tears as the memories of her and Julian's past returned to her. Quickly she got up and ran upstairs to her room and locked the door.
Tears flooded her eyes as she buried her head into the pillow. A knock sounded on the door.
"Go away!", Eve yelled, tears rolling down her cheeks.
"We need to talk!", Julian yelled back.
"Get away you bastard!"
Julian sunk down onto the floor, tears coming to his eyes. "I supposed I deserve these slings and arrows...", Julian thought heavily.
"I'm sorry.", Julian whispered.
"Eve!", Julian yelled through the door. "Please let me in. I'm sorry; I want to talk to you. Please Eve don't make me feel any worse. There's only one time I've ever felt this bad and that's when I left you. Please open the door."
The door opened a crack and Eve peeked through. She could see Julian's tear stained face.
"Eve, can I come in?", Julian asked softly.
Eve nodded her head. Once inside Julian wrapped his arms around her. Tears fell from his eyes, wetting Eve's hair. Julian slowly looked at Eve; he could see tears running down her face.
"I hate to see you cry.", He said softly.
"I've never seen you cry, but seeing you right now I can honestly say I hate seeing you cry too."
Julian smiled a bit. Eve looked down. Julian lead her to the bed and sat down.
"Please sit down.", Julian requested.
"I've never heard you say please so many times.", Eve said with a slight smile.
"Eve, I'm being serious. I love you. I always have; I've never stopped."
"Then why did you leave me and our son, whom you told me was dead?!"
"Eve, I'm sorry, but father was gonna disown me. I would have had no money..."
"So you picked your money over me and our son... over our love."
"Eve, listen. Father also wanted to kill you and the baby..."
"We could have ran away. Fortunately that's all in the past, thank God. And I have my family. I have T.C. and my girls and I am very happy. So just leave me alone!"
Julian closed his eyes. An old saying popped into his head. Don't mix up a sorry and an excuse.
"Eve, I'm sorry. I did what I thought was best. I'm sorry. Please forgive me, because I was terribly wrong. I'm here to tell you, from the bottom of my heart, I was wrong."
"Wow, you're good, Julian. I could almost believe you're sincere, almost...", Eve said sarcastically.
"I've never been more sincere in my life. Please forgive me."
"Forgive you, forgive you? You almost ruined my life! So you're sorry?"
"About all of it, terribly."
"Oh, the hell you are!"
"I'm being honest, Eve."
"I was your plaything, Julian. And then you got tired of me..."
"No, never."
"And you dumped me. You just forgot all about me."
"That isn't what happened, Eve. I love you, with all my heart. That's what I've been trying to tell you. I really did love you. I really did want to spend the rest of my life with you."
"Well you're a little too late. Now I have TC and he loves me. He's my one and only."
"I remember a time when I was the only one for you."
"Julian you wrecked that. You have no one to blame but yourself, you......."
The rest of Eve's words were stopped when Julian's lips pressed against hers. Eve froze and backed away.
"Please, forgive me.", he asked.
Eve lowered her head, "I'll think about it."
"Fair enough.", Julian said as he got up and walked out of the room.
"What am I doing?", Eve thought. "I cant forgive him, but I want to so much. Eve curled up on the bed; sleep quickly overtook her.
"TC what are you doing here?", Eve asked as TC walked into her room.
"What do you think I'm here for? I'm here to save you and kill Julian!", TC yelled.
"But he didn't do anything."
"Didn't he, Eve?!", TC yelled as he ran out of the room.
"No!", Eve yelled as she followed.
TC ran inside of Julian's room. Eve followed. A glint of silver caught Eve's eye. She closed her eyes as TC thrusted the pointed dagger down into Julian's chest.
"AHHHHH!", Eve yelled.
"Eve, what's the matter?", a male voice asked.
"He killed him.", Eve choked out.
"Who? Eve what are you talking about?"
"TC killed Julian."
"I'm right here."
Eve looked up into Julian's concerned face.
"Oh, thank God you're alive.", Eve whispered as she kissed his face repeatedly.
Julian wrapped his arms around her and held her close. Eve continued to cry into Julian's chest.
"Shh, it's alright. I'm fine.", Julian whispered.
"But... but it was so real. I saw the dagger. I saw it go in your chest."
"Don't worry; I'm here. I'll never leave you, I promise."
"Julian..."
"Shh, don't talk.", Julian interrupted.
Julian slowly rocked back and forward.
"Come with me.", Julian whispered.
Eve nodded.
"Sit down on the couch.", Julian suggested.
Eve sat down and curled up. Julian walked over to the TV and popped in a video.
"Can you please bring a catalog with women's clothing?", Julian asked into the phone.
"I'm on my way, sir.", a voice on the other end replied.
"Julian what do you want a catalog for?", Eve asked.
"So we can buy you some new clothes while you live here."
Suddenly a man dressed in a suit walked in briskly.
"Here's the catalog, sir.", the man said.
"Thank you, James.", Julian replied. "You can have any piece of clothing you want. You can have your heart's desire. After we've ordered your clothes we'll watch a movie. Alright?"
Eve nodded.
"Its time for bed.", Julian whispered into Eves ear.
Eve sat there, staring ahead. Julian stood up and collected Eve into his arms and headed up to her room. Once inside he gently laid her down on the bed.
"Good night Eve.", he whispered.
"No, don't go. Please stay."
Julian looked down at Eve laying on the bed, looking up.
"Eve, I can't do this. I can't spend night after night curling up to you and then realizing in the morning that you don't love me, let alone forgive me."
"I would never have thought that the great Julian crane would give up a chance to sleep with a girl."
"I have a heart."
"How come you never showed it."
"Because it was hurting. After you left, all I felt was pain. I couldn't live with it anymore, so I hid it. But then you came back into my life, and then we saw that vision and I knew that you loved me as much as I loved you."
Eve looked down at the bed covers, Julian turned to leave.
"Why?", Eve asked.
"Why what?"
"Why, night after night, did you sleep with some other floozy?"
"'Cause I thought it would stop the pain in my heart. For a few minutes it did, but it never lasted long enough. I was always looking for someone to love me again. You were the first person other then my mother to love me. I wanted to feel that connection again. I never did. Eve, I gave you my heart and soul, and you still have them."
"Oh Julian, I loved you so much, you won't believe how much it hurt when you left."
"I do know how much it hurt. It hurt me the same way. You have to understand that I did what I thought was right. If I could go back in time I would have changed my path, honestly. I'm so sorry for what happened. Please forgive me, give me a second chance."
Eve choked back tears, "Alright Julian I..." BANG!
"What was that?" Julian yelled.
"It sounded like a gun shot. Oh no, they're after me."
"They're not after you! I'll go down and investigate."
"No! Don't leave me again."
Quickly Julian kissed Eve's forehead, "It's safer if you stay up here. I'll be back; I promise."
"Who's there?", Julian called out as he walked down the stair. "I know you're here; show yourself!"
Suddenly a figure stepped out of the shadows, "Where is she Crane?"
"TC? What are you doing here?"
"I've come to save my wife from your clutches, Julian."
"I assure you no harm has or will befall her."
"You're nothing but a liar, Crane; You always were."
TC lunged toward Julian, knocking him down to the ground.
"I'm going to make you pay for all the pain you've caused everyone!", Tc yelled as he punched Julian's face.
"TC, nooo!" Eve yelled from the top of the stairs.
"Eve, get back!", Julian yelled.
Blackness swirled around Julian. Suddenly Eve's terrified image caught his eye, bringing him back. "I must save Eve from this monster.", he thought. Julian's fist knocked TC off guard. He stumbled backwards into a wall. Julian sat up breathing heavily. Eve came rushing down and ran towards TC. "After all this and she still runs to him," Julian thought, pain ripping through his heart. "I knew that what's happened lately was too good to be true."
"TC stop this instant. You'll kill Julian.", Eve yelled.
"What do you care? You know as well as me that this man has no heart and doesn't care for anyone."
Eve thought back to their talk, "He was surely a different Julian. He had, had the biggest heart. Well a heart has to be close to the body to be used, and if it's true that I have his heart then it is me that's making him so sweet." Eve smiled at the thought.
"TC, he does have a heart!" Eve yelled.
"Are you doing something with him?"
"No, how could you even think that? How could you doubt our love?"
"Well you're acting all concerned and you've been spending a lot of time with him lately."
"TC have you forgot what happened to me? You unthoughtful son of a bitch!"
"Don't speak to me that way!", TC yelled as he slapped Eve across the face. Eve stumbled backwards holding the side of her face. That sent Julian over the edge.
"How dare you! You should be praising her like the goddess she is!", Julian yelled as he rammed into TC. TC stumbled backwards into a statue then rested on the ground. The statue wobbled and fell on his head. Julian put his arms around Eve who was still in shock.
"You're alright..." He whispered peering over at TC's unconscious body.
"He... he slapped me. How could he do that to his wife?"
"He's not worthy of you Eve, can't you see that? I'm surprised you don't live in fear from that man. He's more of a beast though."
TC was still unconscious when the police arrived.
"Alright what happened her mamm.", officer Doyle asked.
"Well me and Julian were talking..."
"Where were you talking?"
"In my room. Then we heard a gun shot. Julian went to investigate. I stayed in the room for a while. When I came out I saw TC punching Julian and...", Eve let the sentence drop.
"Yes mamm...", The officer urged.
"She tried to stop him and he slapped her. I tackled him and that was the end. The statue knocked him out cold.", Julian said, finishing Eve's explanation.
"Has he ever hit you before?", The officer asked.
Eve nodded her head no. Her face still swore.
"Do you live in fear of this man?", The officer asked.
Eve stood there thinking. "No, I don't", she thought. "But then again I do live in fear that he'll hate me if he found out about my past." She wasn't sure what to say. Suddenly a set of arms encased her. She turned her head to see behind her. Julian's smiling face comforted her. Eve quickly relaxed into Julian's embrace.
"Yes.", she heard herself saying.
"Alright mamm. Well, you're going to have to stay here longer."
The thought didn't bother Eve as much as it had before. She was actually starting to enjoy herself. It was like a mini vacation staying here.
"Eve what were you gonna say before the gun went off?" Julian asked.
"I was gonna say...," Eve was about to say when suddenly Pilar ran into the room.
"Excuse me Mr. Crane, theres a problem."
"I have to be strong. I can't let Julian believe that I still like him.", Eve thought. Eve smiled as she thought back to last night, "He was so sweet. It was so nice to cuddle up to him again like I used to. He was always warm and comforting." Eve slowly made her way over to her doctor's outfit. The memory of what happened haunted her. She walked away to the bed. "Great, what am I going to wear? I can't wear Julian's pj's all day."
Julian was already at the table eating when Eve came down.
"Still in your pj's, I see.", Julian remarked with a smile spread across his face. She looked very sexy in his pj's.
"Well I found out that I have no clothes."
"Oh yes, that is a problem. Well don't worry, I have you covered. I'll buy you something."
"Oh Julian, thats a nice thought, but I don't feel like... going out."
Julian understood. Of course he had a backup plan, but he'd tell her later. Slowly he stood up.
"Come; sit down and have something to eat.", Julian said as he pulled out a chair for her.
Eve slowly sat down, thinking, then quickly spoke.", Julian, I don't feel very hungry. I'll pass."
"But you must eat something."
"I'm not feeling well."
Concern etched into Julian's face, "What's the matter? He didn't actually do anything did he? I didn't think he did. It didn't look like he did..."
"No, Julian that's not the problem. I know what that feels like."
A dagger stabbed Julian through the heart. It was all his fault. She felt like that when she was pregnant with his child and he left... but he had to leave, he had no choice.
"There was nothing I could do!", Julian yelled.
"Julian, what are you talking about? I was talking about when I had my daughters. Oh... did you mean... no Julian I didn't mean him."
"Eve, I think we need to talk."
"No Julian, we don't.", Eve said, choking back tears as the memories of her and Julian's past returned to her. Quickly she got up and ran upstairs to her room and locked the door.
Tears flooded her eyes as she buried her head into the pillow. A knock sounded on the door.
"Go away!", Eve yelled, tears rolling down her cheeks.
"We need to talk!", Julian yelled back.
"Get away you bastard!"
Julian sunk down onto the floor, tears coming to his eyes. "I supposed I deserve these slings and arrows...", Julian thought heavily.
"I'm sorry.", Julian whispered.
"Eve!", Julian yelled through the door. "Please let me in. I'm sorry; I want to talk to you. Please Eve don't make me feel any worse. There's only one time I've ever felt this bad and that's when I left you. Please open the door."
The door opened a crack and Eve peeked through. She could see Julian's tear stained face.
"Eve, can I come in?", Julian asked softly.
Eve nodded her head. Once inside Julian wrapped his arms around her. Tears fell from his eyes, wetting Eve's hair. Julian slowly looked at Eve; he could see tears running down her face.
"I hate to see you cry.", He said softly.
"I've never seen you cry, but seeing you right now I can honestly say I hate seeing you cry too."
Julian smiled a bit. Eve looked down. Julian lead her to the bed and sat down.
"Please sit down.", Julian requested.
"I've never heard you say please so many times.", Eve said with a slight smile.
"Eve, I'm being serious. I love you. I always have; I've never stopped."
"Then why did you leave me and our son, whom you told me was dead?!"
"Eve, I'm sorry, but father was gonna disown me. I would have had no money..."
"So you picked your money over me and our son... over our love."
"Eve, listen. Father also wanted to kill you and the baby..."
"We could have ran away. Fortunately that's all in the past, thank God. And I have my family. I have T.C. and my girls and I am very happy. So just leave me alone!"
Julian closed his eyes. An old saying popped into his head. Don't mix up a sorry and an excuse.
"Eve, I'm sorry. I did what I thought was best. I'm sorry. Please forgive me, because I was terribly wrong. I'm here to tell you, from the bottom of my heart, I was wrong."
"Wow, you're good, Julian. I could almost believe you're sincere, almost...", Eve said sarcastically.
"I've never been more sincere in my life. Please forgive me."
"Forgive you, forgive you? You almost ruined my life! So you're sorry?"
"About all of it, terribly."
"Oh, the hell you are!"
"I'm being honest, Eve."
"I was your plaything, Julian. And then you got tired of me..."
"No, never."
"And you dumped me. You just forgot all about me."
"That isn't what happened, Eve. I love you, with all my heart. That's what I've been trying to tell you. I really did love you. I really did want to spend the rest of my life with you."
"Well you're a little too late. Now I have TC and he loves me. He's my one and only."
"I remember a time when I was the only one for you."
"Julian you wrecked that. You have no one to blame but yourself, you......."
The rest of Eve's words were stopped when Julian's lips pressed against hers. Eve froze and backed away.
"Please, forgive me.", he asked.
Eve lowered her head, "I'll think about it."
"Fair enough.", Julian said as he got up and walked out of the room.
"What am I doing?", Eve thought. "I cant forgive him, but I want to so much. Eve curled up on the bed; sleep quickly overtook her.
"TC what are you doing here?", Eve asked as TC walked into her room.
"What do you think I'm here for? I'm here to save you and kill Julian!", TC yelled.
"But he didn't do anything."
"Didn't he, Eve?!", TC yelled as he ran out of the room.
"No!", Eve yelled as she followed.
TC ran inside of Julian's room. Eve followed. A glint of silver caught Eve's eye. She closed her eyes as TC thrusted the pointed dagger down into Julian's chest.
"AHHHHH!", Eve yelled.
"Eve, what's the matter?", a male voice asked.
"He killed him.", Eve choked out.
"Who? Eve what are you talking about?"
"TC killed Julian."
"I'm right here."
Eve looked up into Julian's concerned face.
"Oh, thank God you're alive.", Eve whispered as she kissed his face repeatedly.
Julian wrapped his arms around her and held her close. Eve continued to cry into Julian's chest.
"Shh, it's alright. I'm fine.", Julian whispered.
"But... but it was so real. I saw the dagger. I saw it go in your chest."
"Don't worry; I'm here. I'll never leave you, I promise."
"Julian..."
"Shh, don't talk.", Julian interrupted.
Julian slowly rocked back and forward.
"Come with me.", Julian whispered.
Eve nodded.
"Sit down on the couch.", Julian suggested.
Eve sat down and curled up. Julian walked over to the TV and popped in a video.
"Can you please bring a catalog with women's clothing?", Julian asked into the phone.
"I'm on my way, sir.", a voice on the other end replied.
"Julian what do you want a catalog for?", Eve asked.
"So we can buy you some new clothes while you live here."
Suddenly a man dressed in a suit walked in briskly.
"Here's the catalog, sir.", the man said.
"Thank you, James.", Julian replied. "You can have any piece of clothing you want. You can have your heart's desire. After we've ordered your clothes we'll watch a movie. Alright?"
Eve nodded.
"Its time for bed.", Julian whispered into Eves ear.
Eve sat there, staring ahead. Julian stood up and collected Eve into his arms and headed up to her room. Once inside he gently laid her down on the bed.
"Good night Eve.", he whispered.
"No, don't go. Please stay."
Julian looked down at Eve laying on the bed, looking up.
"Eve, I can't do this. I can't spend night after night curling up to you and then realizing in the morning that you don't love me, let alone forgive me."
"I would never have thought that the great Julian crane would give up a chance to sleep with a girl."
"I have a heart."
"How come you never showed it."
"Because it was hurting. After you left, all I felt was pain. I couldn't live with it anymore, so I hid it. But then you came back into my life, and then we saw that vision and I knew that you loved me as much as I loved you."
Eve looked down at the bed covers, Julian turned to leave.
"Why?", Eve asked.
"Why what?"
"Why, night after night, did you sleep with some other floozy?"
"'Cause I thought it would stop the pain in my heart. For a few minutes it did, but it never lasted long enough. I was always looking for someone to love me again. You were the first person other then my mother to love me. I wanted to feel that connection again. I never did. Eve, I gave you my heart and soul, and you still have them."
"Oh Julian, I loved you so much, you won't believe how much it hurt when you left."
"I do know how much it hurt. It hurt me the same way. You have to understand that I did what I thought was right. If I could go back in time I would have changed my path, honestly. I'm so sorry for what happened. Please forgive me, give me a second chance."
Eve choked back tears, "Alright Julian I..." BANG!
"What was that?" Julian yelled.
"It sounded like a gun shot. Oh no, they're after me."
"They're not after you! I'll go down and investigate."
"No! Don't leave me again."
Quickly Julian kissed Eve's forehead, "It's safer if you stay up here. I'll be back; I promise."
"Who's there?", Julian called out as he walked down the stair. "I know you're here; show yourself!"
Suddenly a figure stepped out of the shadows, "Where is she Crane?"
"TC? What are you doing here?"
"I've come to save my wife from your clutches, Julian."
"I assure you no harm has or will befall her."
"You're nothing but a liar, Crane; You always were."
TC lunged toward Julian, knocking him down to the ground.
"I'm going to make you pay for all the pain you've caused everyone!", Tc yelled as he punched Julian's face.
"TC, nooo!" Eve yelled from the top of the stairs.
"Eve, get back!", Julian yelled.
Blackness swirled around Julian. Suddenly Eve's terrified image caught his eye, bringing him back. "I must save Eve from this monster.", he thought. Julian's fist knocked TC off guard. He stumbled backwards into a wall. Julian sat up breathing heavily. Eve came rushing down and ran towards TC. "After all this and she still runs to him," Julian thought, pain ripping through his heart. "I knew that what's happened lately was too good to be true."
"TC stop this instant. You'll kill Julian.", Eve yelled.
"What do you care? You know as well as me that this man has no heart and doesn't care for anyone."
Eve thought back to their talk, "He was surely a different Julian. He had, had the biggest heart. Well a heart has to be close to the body to be used, and if it's true that I have his heart then it is me that's making him so sweet." Eve smiled at the thought.
"TC, he does have a heart!" Eve yelled.
"Are you doing something with him?"
"No, how could you even think that? How could you doubt our love?"
"Well you're acting all concerned and you've been spending a lot of time with him lately."
"TC have you forgot what happened to me? You unthoughtful son of a bitch!"
"Don't speak to me that way!", TC yelled as he slapped Eve across the face. Eve stumbled backwards holding the side of her face. That sent Julian over the edge.
"How dare you! You should be praising her like the goddess she is!", Julian yelled as he rammed into TC. TC stumbled backwards into a statue then rested on the ground. The statue wobbled and fell on his head. Julian put his arms around Eve who was still in shock.
"You're alright..." He whispered peering over at TC's unconscious body.
"He... he slapped me. How could he do that to his wife?"
"He's not worthy of you Eve, can't you see that? I'm surprised you don't live in fear from that man. He's more of a beast though."
TC was still unconscious when the police arrived.
"Alright what happened her mamm.", officer Doyle asked.
"Well me and Julian were talking..."
"Where were you talking?"
"In my room. Then we heard a gun shot. Julian went to investigate. I stayed in the room for a while. When I came out I saw TC punching Julian and...", Eve let the sentence drop.
"Yes mamm...", The officer urged.
"She tried to stop him and he slapped her. I tackled him and that was the end. The statue knocked him out cold.", Julian said, finishing Eve's explanation.
"Has he ever hit you before?", The officer asked.
Eve nodded her head no. Her face still swore.
"Do you live in fear of this man?", The officer asked.
Eve stood there thinking. "No, I don't", she thought. "But then again I do live in fear that he'll hate me if he found out about my past." She wasn't sure what to say. Suddenly a set of arms encased her. She turned her head to see behind her. Julian's smiling face comforted her. Eve quickly relaxed into Julian's embrace.
"Yes.", she heard herself saying.
"Alright mamm. Well, you're going to have to stay here longer."
The thought didn't bother Eve as much as it had before. She was actually starting to enjoy herself. It was like a mini vacation staying here.
"Eve what were you gonna say before the gun went off?" Julian asked.
"I was gonna say...," Eve was about to say when suddenly Pilar ran into the room.
"Excuse me Mr. Crane, theres a problem."