Vivian walked into her motel room and sat on the edge of the bed.
Flipping on the television she heard a knock on her door. "Who is it?"
she asked getting up to answer it. No one answered. She looked at the
door with caution and opened it slowly. Lionel Luthor stood in the
doorway. He wore his usual black suit with a white shirt and gray suit
jacket. "What do you want?" She asked. "I just want to talk." He
replied. "Well I don't want to talk to you." She said going to shut the
door. Lionel caught it and held it open. "I don't know what you think
you're going to get out of this… relationship with my son but, whatever
it is he won't give it to you." He said. "He already has." Vivian said
with a smile. Lionel looked at her with a side glance and a smile grew
in the corner of his lips. "You think he loves you?" he asked with
curiosity. Vivian glared at him. "I'm here to tell you dear that… Lex
hasn't loved anyone since his mother. It's… it's a trust issue he's had
his whole life." He said. "I'm sure he gets that from having you as a
father." Vivian barked defensively. "I'm sure he has. Lex has to learn
that no one does anything unless it benefits them in the end." Lionel
said. "I'm not like that." Vivian said. "Yes you are." He said with a
smile as he let the door go. "You are seducing my son so that he'll
love you. His love… is your benefit." He said. "You'd better leave if
you know what is best for you." Vivian said. Then she slammed the door.
"Lex will never trust you." Lionel said through the door. Vivian's eyes
flushed with color as she squeezed her hand into a fist. "And without
trust… he'll never love you." Lionel said. She slammed her fist into
the door causing it to vibrate on its hinges. She stood at the door
until she heard Lionel's car drive away. Slowly she lowered her fist
and looked at her bleeding knuckles. "Liar." She said through her
teeth. She turned on her heels and walked to the bathroom. Running her
hand under the cold water she watched the blood swirl around the drain
before looking up at her reflection in the mirror. He eyes were a
violent green and her cheeks were flushed with anger. She heard another
knock on her door. She sucked in a deep breath before asking who was
there. "It's Lex." She turned off the water and shook the excess from
her hand as she walked towards the door. Opening it her eyes fell on
his shoes as she held her hand at the wrist. "What happened?" he asked
taking her hand into his. "I hit the door." she confessed. "Why would
you do that?" Lex asked leading her to the bathroom where he put her
hand back under the water. "You're father was on the other side." She
said. Lex looked at her with anger and bewilderment. "What did he
want?" Lex asked. "He came here to warn me about you." She said in pain
as Lex shut off the water. He patted her hand dry and then searched
through the medicine cabinet for bandages. "You'd never hurt me… would
you Lex?" she asked. Her voice was like that of a child as she spoke
the words that haunted her. Lex looked into her eyes and saw pure pain.
He smiled and kissed her forehead. "No, I won't hurt you." He said. She
let a smile slid across her lips as he wrapped up her hand. "I think
you should stay with me at the manor." he said. "No one will bother us
there." he added. She nodded and left the bathroom to pack her things.
Setting
her suitcase in the trunk of the car Lex got in beside her. She was
leaning her head against the window staring out into space. He smirked
weakly and started the car. Driving the speed limit for once it took a
half hour to get to his house. He had no reason to rush this time.
Pulling into the garage he opened Vivian's door and helped her out.
Walking her up the stairs to his bed room he let her rest as he walked
back down to his office. With a deep sigh he squeezed the bridge of his
nose and paged security. "Yes sir?" a voice said. "Call my father. Tell
him I'd like to speak to him immediately." Lex said. "Yes sir." The
voice replied. A ping told Lex that he had mail. He opened the laptop
and clicked on the mail icon. It was an email from Chloe. Opening it he
scooted his chair closer to the desk.
Lex,
Thought you'd like to see the latest story added to the Torch. It's
going to be printed I just wanted you to read it before the rest of
Smallville.
Chloe
