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Emily/Amanda's POV
"Good morning sunshine" I say as I walk in the manor's basement "I hope you're chatty today."
"Get me the fuck out of here, bitch" he spits.
I left him here the whole night because I wanted to stay by Harriet's side. He's still sitting where I left him yesterday.
"Oh don't worry honey. You'll soon be either out of here or in the cemetery digging up your grave" I smile ironically.
I put the bag I was caring on top of a wooden table and open it. I keep all my weapons in it and today I'm gonna have to use it. I take out a knife and swing it from one hand to another to get use to it. Yeah, I haven't used my weapons for a while.
"New game, my rules. You speak and you don't, you don't speak..." I point the blade at him "Easy game, right?"
He growls and I take that as a yes. I move closer to him till I'm beside him. I slide the knife through his arm slightly. I'm not giving up this time, I'll torture until I get the answers I'm looking for. Just like Takeda taught me, no mercy.
"What did Victoria Grayson asked for?" I ask.
He stays silent. Oh god this guy is really stubborn. I put the blade under his chin and that makes him speak "She wanted something to kill a person quickly so I offered her Aconite, also known as wolf's bane. This poison can take hours to kill but with large doses death is almost instantaneous."
"The doctors said he was infected with tetrodotoxin, why?" I ask harshly as a grab him by the hair and pull it back.
"I made her think I was giving her aconite but gave her tetrodotoxin instead." He answers.
"Why?!" I punch him in the stomach.
He growls and answers "Because someone made me do it! This guy was waiting in my room, where I keep my products, and he threatened to kill me if I didn't give sell her a slower poison."
"What? Someone saved him?" I say as let go of his hair "Who?"
I don't get it. Who was it? I thought Aiden had no other friends or family besides me and Nolan. A man? Aiden has never mentioned anyone.
"I don't know him. He's tall and big. He said he's leaving town that afternoon, that I shouldn't try to find him" He says.
"Fuck!" I lost the only opportunity to know who that person is and why he saved my Aiden.
I grab him by the collar of his shirt and bring him close "If you happen to be lying I swear you'll regret it." Then I push him back and the chair falls bringing him down with it.
"How's he doing?" I ask as I desperately walk in the room.
"It's okay Emily, he's fine now." Nolan answers me as he walks towards me.
"You told me he was crashing." He called me when I was driving back here and told me Aiden was crashing. My heart almost sank when he said that.
"He was Ems" he looks down.
"Isn't he supposed to be getting better?! What are this doctors doing?! Are they even helping him?!" I shout.
"Darling look at me." I hear Harriet say from her seat beside the bed. I do and she continues "They're doing their best, okay? It isn't their fault. I know how you're feeling but we got to be patient."
"I just, I'm sorry, I want him to be alright. I constantly have this feeling, it's like I'm scared all day that something could happen to him."
"Come here" she motions me to the chair beside her. I make may way over there and sit. "That, my dear Emily, is called love. Do you know where it comes from?" She raises her hand and places it on my heart "Here. And even though that feeling hurts like hell, it's worth it."
I don't say anything, I just smile sweetly back at her. She's so wise and sweet. Oh my god I wish I had a mother like her. I keep staring at her as she caresses Aiden's hand. She's unbelievable, how can she be so strong? I change my gaze at Nolan and he smiles back at me as if he could read my thoughts, we're both admiring this woman's heart.
"Wanna hear a story of Aiden as a kid?" She asks.
Aiden's always been bad at talking about himself. Our conversations are mostly about me, my dad, my life, and I just realized it. He never shared something with me about his life as a kid. "I would love that" I answer.
"When he turned six he was obsessed with batman and he would go to school dressed as batman at least three days a week. He even got in the baseball league so they'd call him the bat-boy." We all laugh "Then all of the sudden a girl started dressing as batgirl. One day some little girls started messing around with her and Aiden, literally, jumped out of the window to attack the girls. He thought he could fly because of his cape. Luckily he only jumped off the first floor and broke one arm."
"Oh my god" I say and laugh.
"Seems like 007 has always been protective over his girls" Nolan laughs.
"Oh you should have seen him when he first started dating, he was around thirteen. Her name was Ellie and he took her to an amusement park. He gave her a giant teddy bear and she was head over heels for him." She laughs.
"Who wouldn't be? He's got your eyes." I compliment her.
"Oh darling, you should have seen his father's eyes. They're exactly the same, deep blue ocean" she looks up as if daydreaming.
"Aiden never told me much about his father" I tell her.
"Tough topic" she breathes heavily "They loved each other. His father was a hero to him. His father would take us to his mother's farm every holidays, so he bought him a horse and left it there. Astrology, that's the name he gave the horse. A month later there was a fire and since Astrology was just a baby, she got lost when escaping. His father found her two weeks later and he admired his father ever since. And well Colleen was his little princess. She was definitely a daddy's girl" she laughs.
"He never told me any of this. His father sounds amazing I wish I could've met him, and well Colleen sounds charming too" I smile tenderly at her.
"I miss it, I miss my perfect family. They're all slipping away, you know, and I'm here watching." Her voice cracks at the end.
"Hey, hey" I wrap my hand around hers "You're not alone, I'm here."
"Thank you Emily." she takes a deep breath "For everything, for buying me a flight, for paying for my son's recovery, for supporting me. Thank you so much"
I can't take it anymore, I wrap my arms around her and hold her tight.
She hugs back and I feel safe.
It's been a month since Aiden's almost death, four weeks in coma. Harriet is staying at my beach house while I'm staying in the manor, which is now mine too because the Grayson's had to sell it or starve for the next few years. I should be happy, my revenge is over and I was successful but I'll never be happy while Aiden is in a coma. The doctors said he's really doing better and that they could see him waking up soon. I'm praying for that to be true. I also miss my dad, I did all of this for him and he won't be able to enjoy it, here, alive. Jack's been working non stop since he joined the police, Nolan and Harriet are at the hospital watching out for my guy right now and so I'm alone. Actually I'm not, I'm babysitting Carl, he counts. We were watching a movie, or I was watching a movie, but I got bored so I put him to sleep and now I'm making myself scrambled eggs. I look at my hands as I cook and my ring makes me smile.
Flashback
"When you and I first met we'd both lost so much and faced a dark pain, but out of that pain came something beautiful. Love, a love that will always triumph from the darkness, a love that I would lie down my life for." Aiden starts getting down on one knee and my heart skips. Oh my god I can't believe what my eyes are seeing. He smiles goofily and I can't help but smirk "Amanda Clarke," I can't quit the smile out of my face "will you marry me?"
I continue smiling and answer "Yes."
He lets out a small nervous laugh as he grabs my hand. We both keep chuckling slightly as he starts sliding the ring around my finger, but when it's almost all the way in I take a deep breath. This is it, I'm happy, I'm safe. He stands up and I throw my arms around him immediately. We kiss tenderly but full of passion at the same time, full of love. This man is mine and I love him.
Okay no, I can't do this, I can't mourn him every second of everyday. Can I? Is it possible to love someone so much that you can't stop thinking about him? I've never been good at relationships and I'm afraid I'll mess it all up. He was my first love, literally, he was my first boyfriend. I just wasn't that kind of girl who would go out with every single man they know and well I'm not a lesbian so I had no relationships back in juvie. Yes, what you're thinking is true, he was my first. I remember being so nervous about telling him but I had to.
Flashback
"What did you wanna talk about?" Aiden asks me as we start jogging around the beach.
We're skipping our last fifteen minutes of training because I want to talk. He agreed but only if we continued jogging and now here we are. I've been trying to talk to him for a while now but my nerves always get in the way.
"Well I have to tell you something" I answer.
"I imagined that" he laughs and starts jogging faster.
"Funny" I catch up to him "Okay, so there's something I haven't told you yet."
"And what would that be?" He keeps looking straight ahead "Hey how about we go for a swim? Or a shower?" He smirks.
"Aiden, pay attention!" I say as I stop running.
"Oh, sorry" he stops running and walks towards me "What's up?"
"Well we've been going out for a while now and I think there's something really important to me that I should tell you." I start " So I've lived a pretty busy life and I've never had the time to get into romantic relationships. I've never told you this but you're my first boyfriend. Uhm I know I can be cold sometimes but you're the one person who I've opened up to completely. And it scares me, I don't wanna ruin this, I don't to ruin us. I guess that's why I haven't told you what I'm about to tell you, because I'm scared I won't be enough, or good, or good enough. If I'm terrible at it, I'm going to be so embarrassed. Now I'm just totally rambling and this is not like me. Can you see the effect you have on me?I'm totally messing this up, oh my god-"
His lips shut me up. Then he speaks "Emily, what is it?"
"Oh come on! Don't act like you have no clue about what I'm trying to explain here" I answer.
"I wanna hear you say it" he smirks as he moves closer to me.
I look at him in the eyes. This is it, is now or never. I take a deep breath and let it out "I'm a virgin."
He smiles, oh god that smile. I feel his arms wrap around my waist and he starts leaning in "And I love that."
"Oh, you do?" I smirk. I grab his neck and pull him down so our lips meet.
My phone ringing brings me back to reality. I take it out from my pocket and answer.
"Emily?" It's Harriet "He's awake."