Chapter 5 – Guilty
Lissa POV
"YOU WHAT?" shouted Abe I saw Tasha actually flinch, and a twisted smile appeared on my face. As I stood at the door of Abe's office. "Let me explain sir" I know I had said I thought it was Tasha's responsibility to tell Abe what she had done. The moment Rose had woken up unable to talk to any of us, I knew that the person who allowed this to happen need to be punished. When I say Rose couldn't talk to us, she could she just choice not to. She had ordered both me and Dmitiri out of the room as soon as she was a wake enough to know what was going on. As soon as she got a glimpse of the marks on her skin, she refused to tell us anything and kept shouting for us both to leave. Not wanting her to hurt herself any more, I had pulled an almost heartbroken Dmitiri from the room. He wouldn't go any further then the hallway outside her room, mumbling some nonsense about it being his duty to look after her, and he would stay outside the room no matter how long it took for her to let him back in.
Another shout brought me back to the present and what was happening in the room in front of me. "LET YOU EXPLAIN, YOU ALLOWED THAT SICK BARSTED TO DO …" he seemed unable to describe what Jesse had done to his own daughter the words seemed to get stuck in his throat, and I could see the desperation and guilt which was swimming in them. He did as I knew he would blame himself partly for what had happened he had used his daughter for his own gain, knowing she would be the best person to seduce Jesse, and he had been right. "THAT, TO MY DAUGHTER. WHAT IN FUCKING HELL DO YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN!" He managed to get words out eventually and I could see his temper raising and by the look of Tasha's scared face so could she.
As if Abe had sent a invisble signal, both Eddie and Mason appeared behind me with Christian behind them. I saw Christian eyes jump from a angry Abe who stood facing them behind his desk. Chair long forgotten, pushed back and almost following on the floor in his anger, and his auntie who stood with her back to the door, her back straight and head high. "I have said from the beginning that Rose was not to be trusted, she was member of Jesse's gang and he allowed her to come her" everyone in and stood outside in the hallway knew all too well that she meant Dmitiri, when she said he.
"I know and so does the rest of this gang that you miss. Ozera like the one you call 'he', and do not blame him for you act. Yes Rose was a member of Jesse's gang when she came, but if you had heard her story to why she was in that ally way that night you would know that all her emotional ties with the gang had been cut, mostly by Jesse himself and a friend I believe called Becky?" he said glancing and raising an eyebrow at me. I tried to keep the happy smirk off my face as I nodded. He nodded back and continued "So to why could I not trust my own daughter that was willing to help anyone to destroy her ex-boyfriend. And the real question why would trust have anything to do with Rose being tortured and left for dead?" he finished his rant by crossing his arms over his chest and turning his head to the side in confusion.
"She could have be contacting the other members of Jesse's gang or Jesse himself all the time you have let her stay inside the academy." Abe looking like he wanted to use his fire on Tasha right there, and I almost laughed at how satisfied it would make me if he actually lose his temper and do just that. "Do you not think we thought of this? Dmitri, Adrian and I, have all been keep an eye on her while everyone in the gang have been keeping all main gang secrets to themselves. Unless you have told her anything, Rose knows no more about my gang or its members then Jesse already knows, which would me any information she did manage to slip past all three of Dmitri, Adrian and Mine eyes would be useless."
I could see that Tasha was running out of excuses "So if we are done, trying to stich up my daughter to justify and unjust able act. Should we get to the real reason to why you allowed that son of a bitch, to cut up my daughter" he said crossing his arms over his chest. "I…..I" said Tasha unable to explain herself. "Right, I think everyone here knows the reason so there is no point in speaking it in words" Abe walked round his desk to stand directly in front of Tasha "I want you out of my academy by night fall. And if I hear that you attack any of my gang, my daughter, my ex-wife or whisper a word of my gang's plans, structure, members or methods to everyone. Mason, Eddie, Adrian, Christian and I am sure Dmitri would love to see you on a little visit. That I am sure you will not enjoy."
His order was met with silence from Tasha and all of us watching. "Do you understand me Natasha?" Tasha nodded and turned to walk out and for the first time saw that all of us were there. It wasn't good that she hadn't known that at least four people were stood behind her. I glanced at the three guys to both Eddie and Mason looked angry and like they would love to rap their hands around her throat till she felt in a tenth of the pain that Rose went through and still will.
But Christian looked betrayed, Tasha was after all the only family he had since his parents had betrayed the last gang they were members of and gave information to rival gangs, for safety that they were grated even after the information was given which meant that his old gang leader found and killed them with appositely no mercy. Tasha and Christian both stood watching each other, the Christian turned and walked away, no saying a single word to the person who had been his mother figure for almost five years. I followed after him also silently, I allowed him to walk alone for a moment following behind at a respectable distance.
But he knew I was there and he stopped and turned to look at me. I could see his sadness in his eyes, and I knew it was me that had put it there by telling Abe the truth but I felt no guilt because even though she was Christian's auntie she need to pay from what she did to Rose. I saw him smile slightly and his hand outstretched to me. I smiled back and linked my fingers through his. He pulled me in so I was between the wall pressed against my back, and him as we stood chest to chest. I just looked up into his wonderful eyes wishing I could rid them of the worry inside them. "I love you" that all he said then his lips came over mine.
I knew that he would allow me to know what he was feeling later but know he need me to comfort him. So I wrapped my arms round his neck going up on to my tippy toes, and I fiddled with the short soft hairs at the back of his neck.
Dmitri's POV
I sat with my back against the door; I didn't know how long I sat out here. But it had been a while since Rose had sent both Lissa and I out of her room. I didn't know why Lissa had stormed off in anger as soon as I told her I was not moving until Rose allowed me to go back in, and I didn't really care at that moment. I was trying to listen out of sounds coming from inside the room which would tell me if Rose tried to get out of bed or not.
Finally I heard her gasp in pain and I knew she had tried to get out of bed, and I couldn't take it anymore I raised from where I was sat on the hard ground and slow opened the door. To show Rose in her underwear other than my button down shirt which was hanging open around her. Her eyes snapped to me when she realised there was another presence in the room. It was almost painful to drag my eyes away from her beautiful body, but I knew that she was feeling self-conscious about the scars at the moment.
"You shouldn't be out of bed" I said when either of us spoke. "I was trying to go and wash" she said in a small voice, I looked back at her to see she had lowered her self-back on to the bed, and was looking at the floor. It was almost heart breaking to see my strong feisty Roza, looking so broken and low spirited. So I had no hesitation to cross the room, and kneel in front of her, so we were the same height and she had no choice but to look me in the eyes.
"Let me help you" I said I was surprised at how desperate my voice sounded and so was Rose by the emotion flashed across her face. She shook her head trying to move away from me by sliding backwards on the bed. But wrapped my arms loosy around her waist so she could move. "Why not?" I asked watching her face carefully trying to pick up on emotions she was trying to hind from me. She licked her lips closing her eyes, taking a deep breath then looking at me right in the eyes. "Because Dmitri, I am now branded with the mark of another gang and I know that it would always bring you disgust to look at it. And I don't want to, no I can't have you think of me as disgusting." She said her eyes flicking between mine for a reaction.
I didn't think either of us would have thought what I did next would have happened but it did. I closed the small distance between are lips, and kissed her like I had wished I could do since I met her. She kissed back, but it was not long before she realised what she was doing and pulled away. "Don't Dmitri…" she said but I cut her off before she could finish her sentence. "I would never find you disgusting Rose Hathaway, I fine you beautiful" I saw a small smile come over her lips. And I kissed her prefect lips quickly hoping to seal it there.
I was the one to pull away first this time when it turned in to more than the short kiss I had planned. "Right you said you want to get washed" she nodded her cheeks flushing. I smiled and careful pulled her into my arms and made my way to the bathroom. I put her on the side carefully making sure I didn't hurt her then I took off my duster, pushing up my selves kneeling down by the bath tub running both taps to fill it.
We both sat in silence as the tub filled, and once it was finished I tested the temperature satisfied it was the right temperature I turn back to my Roza. I help her slowly take off the shirt then once again picked her up gently laying her in the bath. I once again sat by the bath, this time slowly trailing my fingers along the water. "Dmitri?" I looked up at her to show I was listening "Can I ask you something?" I smiled at the uncertainty in her voice. "Anything Roza"