Happy New Year Lovelies! I am so sorry that it has taken me soooo long to update this story. Trust me I definitely did not forget about it but I couldn't stop life from interfering with my writing this time. I will try to at least update this story every two weeks until I complete it. Thank you for being patient with me and I hope you enjoy.
Hanna looked at the men around her before taking the bag from Tristan and attending to the wound on Jordan's head.
"Love, you should turn on your phone. My brother will be fine." Tristan says. The glare Hanna gave him was not welcoming and Tristan smiled. Hanna ignored him and continued attending to Jordan before she pat his cheek lightly.
"Jordan . . . Jordan . . . JORDAN!" Hanna says and then yells. Jordan's eyes open as he immediately holds his head and groans. "Are you alright?" Hanna asks as she touches his cheek. Jordan shakes his head.
"No love and I am so sorry." Jordan says. Hanna looks at him as her eyes narrow slightly.
"Sorry for what . . ." Hanna says before she is interrupted by Tristan.
"Hanna, you should really turn on your phone love. I am pretty sure you've missed a few calls." Tristan says as Hanna looks at Tristan then at her phone. Hanna turns it on immediately, waits for it to do the jingle before her phone immediately rings. Spencer. Hanna says to herself as she answers the call.
"Spence"
"Hanna! Me and Claudia have been calling you for hours! Caleb was taken by some men. Toby has been searching for him and supposedly he found him. He is in some prison in California. Toby and I are on our way there. Stay at the hotel and I will call you as soon as we land. Han . . . the charges that Toby found on Caleb . . . It doesn't make any sense it's like with these charges there is no hope. We have to go. I'll see you in a few hours" *click. Hanna grasps her phone tightly. Her eyes never left Tristan's as she listened to Spencer. Hanna moves the phone from her ear.
"What did you do?" Hanna says coldly. Tristan laughs and sits down in the high-backed chair.
"A few bounty hunters took Caleb from Montecito and brought him to Los Angeles where he is sitting in prison for murdering Charlotte Thompson Harris and her lover. He was also arrested for extortion, blackmail and robbery. Miraculously his finger prints have been found at a few banks that were robbed in the Philadelphia area and two in Los Angeles. Caleb has been a naughty boy Hanna." Tristan says right as Hanna throws her heel at his face and the side of her heel cut beside his eye. Tristan's smile disappears for once as he walks towards Hanna and body slams her to the floor before wedging himself between her legs and putting her hands above her head.
"That wasn't nice love"
"Ask Darren how much nicer I can become when people I love are threatened." Hanna says as she arches her head so she can look at Darren. "Did you tell him how long it took you to walk after our time alone together Darren? Did you tell him how you screamed like a bitch!" Hanna says before Tristan covers her mouth. Darren's anger was unparalleled and David who was blocking him from Hanna kept Darren away from her.
"Hanna" Tristan says drawing Hanna's eyes to look into his. "If you cut my face again or hurt me I'll make sure Caleb dies where he is. Would you want that? Would you want to know that you were the cause of his demise love." Hanna's eyes widen and Tristan's smile grows before he's pushed roughly off Hanna. This time Tristan's eyes are murderous as Jordan helps Hanna up and puts her behind him.
"Don't touch her . . . ever . . . Tristan" Jordan says tiredly before his shoulders slump slightly and he staggers. Hanna holds on to him as she helps him to the couch falling back onto it as Jordan blacks out and falls on her. Hanna holds onto him as Tristan stands and smirks.
"Well he suddenly became useful. Now you can neither move nor throw shoes love." Tristan says as he dabs at his cut with a paper towel.
"What do you want? There's a reason why you did all this Tristan so what reason is it. You failed at corrupting his system and now you got him arrested for killing your wife? Does Melissa know you were already married?" Hanna asks. Tristan looks at her and then laughs.
"I was never married before now love." Tristan says amused.
"But you said Charlotte Harris . . ." Hanna says before Tristan cuts her off.
"Yes, I did love but I am not the only Harris you know, am I?" Tristan says as Hanna looks at a knocked-out Jordan on her and her eyes widen.
"He killed . . ." Hanna begins before being interrupted by Tristan.
"Don't be silly love. Jordan couldn't harm a fly least of all commit murder. No, I killed Cece because of something her older sister Elizabeth did to me. Before you let your morals take you for a whirl, like you did when we kissed and spent alone time together, Charlotte cheated on Jordan from the moment they got married. They have been separated for years and he never cheated on her until he met you in New York. You captured his heart like you did mine so long ago." Tristan says as Hanna looks at Jordan. She looked at Tristan.
"What do you want?" Hanna asks Tristan again. Holding onto Jordan suddenly becoming very protective of him.
"I will meet with you in two days. If you want to know what I want Hanna, ask me when I know you mean it. Henry will take you home and don't mention who I am or what we've discussed here to anyone that knows me as Wren until we meet next. If you disobey love, Caleb dies." Tristan says as the door opens and Melissa returns. Tristan helps to move Jordan off Hanna before Hanna puts on her shoes and walks to the door.
"Not staying for some wine Hanna or do you have less important things to do." Melissa says rudely and snobbishly. Hanna smirks evilly before looking at Melissa.
"Melissa did you ever ask Wren about our time together. He does have miraculous oral skills and he did make me cum when we had our . . . moment. So think about tasting me every time you kissed him my senior year." Hanna says as she walks out slamming the door closed behind her. Hanna holds her heart as she looks at the limo before her knees buckle and she falls to the floor.
Henry walks to Hanna and helps her up. Hanna holds onto Henry tightly as he helps her into the back of the limo. Henry gets inside and looks at Hanna in the rearview. Henry has never seen Hanna look like this. Even when she left the house she looked confident but the moment Hanna looked at the limo she looked lost. Henry drives off and takes Hanna to the hotel.
Melissa hadn't stopped yelling since Hanna left. It didn't bother Tristan. He found her amusing since he knew, even with all the yelling, the minute he snapped his fingers she would be the docile but manipulative creature he knew and loved. However, he gave Hanna props for bringing up their time together. She met Melissa's bitchiness with facts that Tristan was very sure Hanna never even told Caleb. Yes, it happened, when Caleb left and Hanna was feeling vulnerable. Tristan remembered he and Hanna vividly and even though he performed oral on Hanna and Hanna came, the guilt she felt after that kept Hanna away from him. That was a secret Hanna told no one, not even her best friends. Tristan never even got around to thanking Spencer for pushing him towards Hanna that day. Spencer was worried about Hanna. Hanna hadn't come to school in a day or two and when she did come it was as though she kept pretending that Caleb didn't exist. Tristan promised Spencer that he would talk to Hanna and make sure she was mentally coping with Caleb's absence. Tristan had stopped by after school and when Ashley Marin had left to go to a client meeting. Hanna and Tristan talked about Caleb, and about how she was feeling. Tristan remembered wiping her tears away and then kissing Hanna as he watched her vulnerability. She straddled his lap and their make-out session continued until Tristan got up with Hanna still straddling his waist. He laid her on the couch and continued kissing her everywhere. He undressed her partly, laid between her legs and enjoyed a meal he never expected he would get. Hanna's moaning, arching, clenching and hair pulling brought him to a major hard on. He wanted to take her then but knew he couldn't since he heard a car drive up that he was sure belonged to Ashley. Hanna put back on her underwear and jeans and resumed sitting beside Tristan just as her mother opened the door. Tristan remembered introducing himself to Ashley saying who he was and why he was there. Ashley immediately accepted the lie with Tristan even adding a little about what he and Hanna spoke about before he said it was time for him to go. Ashley thanked him and when his eyes met with Hanna's he knew he would not get a chance again to get that far with Hanna. Tristan stops thinking about the past and looks at Melissa who was now pacing. Tristan looked at Darren and at this moment Darren was pissed.
Darren looked at his boss and realized that everything was a game for Tristan. Darren realized that Tristan never needed him. He knew Hanna, truly knew her and knew how to hurt her even more than Darren thought possible. Darren was furious that Tristan got a chance at what he wanted from the moment he arrested Hanna for shoplifting.
Tristan smiles at Darren Wilden and at Wilden's simplicity. Tristan knew Darren from Rosewood. He knew everything there was to know about the snake which is why he added him to his employ. Although Hanna had a hard-exterior Tristan knew Darren made her nervous and for a good reason. If Darren ever got a vulnerable and unprepared Hanna alone, Hanna would experience things done to her by Darren repeatedly . . . and of course against her will. Hanna is not a fool and due to Tristan having somewhat of a soft spot for her, even now, he would never let Darren touch her. Tristan watches Jordan stir before finally looking at Melissa.
"You've gone on for too long love. It's time for you to stop or I will become angry and me being angry is something you have not seen. Have a seat love or you're welcome to go down the hall into a bedroom while I talk to my brother." Tristan says as Melissa looks at him before storming off and slamming a door. Tristan shakes his head and wonders if he made a mistake by marrying her. He did love her but Tristan wondered if it was long lasting love or just temporary infatuation.
Jordan's eyes open and he realizes two things at once. Hanna was gone and Tristan was still here. Jordan looks at his brother. As he stated earlier his brother truly made him nervous, just as much as their father used to.
"What did you do?" Jordan asked. An amused Tristan laughs before getting up and looking in the mirror. He never expected Hanna to be the type of woman to mark him let alone mark his face. He was impressed.
"I insured Hanna's obedience in such a way that in two days I will make an offer that she cannot refuse." Tristan says as he wipes the cut with an antibacterial wipe before leaving it alone.
"I told you not to hurt her Tristan." Jordan says as he sits up. Tristan smiles as he sits down in the seat he vacated earlier.
"And I didn't. Hanna is not hurt. You saw for yourself. However, Caleb, in the next couple of minutes will be in immense pain. He may even be taken to the infirmary." Tristan says as he laughs again before getting up and walking towards the room that he knew his wife was in. Tristan opens the door, looks at Melissa and closes before locking the door behind him.
"We need to establish a few things love and I believe it is high time we do." Tristan says as he begins unbuttoning his shirt. For a moment, Melissa feared him. Scared of who Wren really was. She backed away from him and the more she did the wider his smile became. Melissa looked up at her husband before hanging on to her Hastings name and giving Tristan a glare that made him stop walking. "There she is." Tristan says as he grabs Melissa, crashing his lips against hers. Melissa, being the weak person she is, immediately responds putting aside her waring thoughts about her husband.
Hanna enters her hotel room and closes the door behind her. She kept the tears behind her eyelids until this very moment. Now, as Hanna slid down the length of the door, her tears burst forth until sobs racked her frame. Hanna grasped at her hair as she thought over what Spencer said. Charges that have Caleb looking bad. There was no hope or rather Spencer said it looked like there was no hope. Murder? Burglary? How did Wr . . . no Hanna had no intention of calling him that. How did Tristan get Caleb's fingerprints to use them in two different locations? Hanna knew Tristan planned this meticulously but why? What was the reason for all of this? Hanna thought over all that Tristan told her. Jordan was married. Hanna wasn't as upset as she thought she would be and it's probably because of what Tristan told her. No matter what Charlotte did Jordan never cheated on her until he went to New York and met Hanna. Hanna was curious as to what Elizabeth did to ensure her sister's death?
"How could he get someone killed and not even care?" Hanna asks herself before her phone starts ringing. Hanna looks at it.
"Hello" Hanna says as she closes her eyes and listens to Claudia. "Tell me everything that happened and don't leave out anything." Hanna says as Claudia tells Hanna everything.
Claudia gets off the phone with Hanna as she continues thinking about her son and what mess he got himself into. Claudia looks at the maid and sees her escorting Miranda. Claudia looks at Miranda for a long time and realized why Miranda and Caleb could never work. The Miranda that she has seen looked so different yet exactly alike to the Miranda standing in front of her. Miranda, having come clean a few weeks ago, to Claudia, told her exactly who she was and Claudia was impressed. Did she like Miranda any different. Not, if Claudia had to be honest she liked Miranda even more with the new-found information. However, Claudia knew that if her son loved anyone he loved Hanna Marin. If anyone could get Caleb out of trouble, once again, that would-be Hanna Marin. Claudia will not lie and say she likes Hanna. She doesn't and she was sure that nothing would ever change that. What Claudia did is give Hanna the respect she knew she deserved.
Miranda looked at Claudia and realized something was wrong.
"What's wrong Claudia?" Miranda asks as she sits on the settee and crosses her legs. Claudia looks at her, begins crying and quickly dabs at her eyes. Miranda moves to sit beside her and rests her hand on her back.
"It's Caleb. He was taken yesterday by some men and now I don't know where he is, what trouble he is in or if he's ok." Claudia says as Miranda stands.
"What men? Describe them to me." Miranda asks as her eyes widen at the descriptions. "I need to call Hanna. I know exactly who those men are and Caleb is in danger. I'll be back tomorrow Claudia." Miranda says as she immediately starts dialing Hanna's number. Her heels clicking on the tile as she grabs her jacket and walks to and then out the door. Claudia crossed her legs, covered her face with her hands and cried. Claudia finally admits to herself that maybe her judgement in women was pure since if Miranda knew those men that would mean she was behind whatever happened to her son.