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Chapter 8:
(Dimitri P.O.V)
"Rose, Sonya finished making your necklace," Lissa said, getting the necklace out of the jacket pocket.
"I'm not a big fan of jewelry, but this is beautiful!" Rose exclaimed, taking the necklace from Lissa. "Simple, but beautiful. Hey, it matches my wedding ring!"
"It's also the color of your birthstone," Lissa noted, smiling.
Taking the necklace from Rose, I helped her put it on.
"I love it!" Rose looked down at where the necklace laid perfectly on her chest.
Needing to talk to Eddie, I said, "Eddie, why don't we let the girls catch up."
Stuffing his hands into his pockets, Eddie gave me a small nod. Kissing my Roza on her head before I walked toward the hot tub room with a quite Eddie following behind. I held the door open for him, closing it behind me. Coming to a table, we sat down in the chairs.
"I know what we did is unforgivable." If it wasn't quite in the room, I don't think I would of been able to hear him. "I know you're mad and you have very right to."
He's right! I am mad, very mad. They don't have the right to keep information like this from Rose and me.
"We never meant to hurt you or Rose," he continued. "We just wanted to keep you both safe and..."
He trailed off, clearly upset about lying to us. Leaning back in my chair, I crossed my arms over my chest. Not saying anything until Eddie was done talking.
"...and we're sorry," he said after a few moments. "Please Dimitri, I already lost Mason. I can't lose you and Rose too!"
Even though I'm angry at him, I couldn't help but feel sorry for Eddie. Mason Ashford was both Eddie's and Rose's best friend. They still blame themselves for what happened back in Spokane, Washington when Mason was killed by a Strigoi.
Understanding what it feels like to lose your best friend and not being able to help them; I still blame myself for what to Ivan. Hate seeing him like this, I chose my words carefully.
"You're not going to lose Rose and me. Ever," I finally said, eyeing him. "No matter what happens, always remember that we're a family and sick together through the ups and downs of life."
Eddie kept his eyes on his hands, afraid of looking up at him. "Even though I kept a major secret from you?"
"Yes, but there's more I want to know."
"Like what?"
Like if anyone else knows? If so, who? If anyone knows that you and Lissa are here to tell Rose and me about the kids being captured? This is going to be a long night!
I might want to start from the basic and work my way up. "Who else knows?"
Shrugging his shoulders, Eddie replied, "mostly everyone."
One of the guardians many rules is never give a straight answer to anyone. Knowing Eddie, he's going to make me ask a lot of question before I get the answers I want.
"Who's everyone?" I asked, getting angry that he won't just tell me.
"Well..." he began slowly. "Lissa and I know-"
"I already know that. I want to know who else know about the kids being kidnapped."
Taking a deep breathe, Eddie started listing the names of everyone who knows. "Hans, Janine, Abe, Christian, Jill, Jacob..."
And so on he went. Name after name. Everyone Rose and I know. Everyone we trusted.
"...Mikhail, Sonja, your family, Alberta, Stan..." Eddie kept listing.
My family knows? They never once called and told me this. I feel very betrayed by everyone I love and care about.
(Rose P.O.V)
It's so nice to just sit and chat with my best friend about anything we wanted. Laughing and swapping memories each other.
"Tyler is just like you," Lissa was telling me, taking a drink of her green tea. "He scrunches his nose up when he doesn't get way. He's always hungry and takes up most of the bed."
We both started busting up laughing. Lissa covered her mouth, so her tea doesn't go everywhere. Grabbing a napkin from the coffee table, I handed it to her.
"He's a little cutie," I told her. "Tyler's going to be a little heartbreaker when he starts school."
"He's already a heartbreaker! Plus, it's not him you have to worry about it comes to breaking hearts. It's beautiful, stubborn, little Rosalie who is going to be breaking a lot of hearts just like her mom."
Laughing, I lightly punched Lissa in her arm. But, it's true; I was a major heartbreaker in and out of school. Hey, wasn't my fault though! I was just looking for the right guy and I found him. My Dimitri.
Having Lissa and Eddie here made me wonder who's waking the kids.
"Hey, Liss, who's watching the kids?" I asked, taking a drink of milk. "If it's Sparky, please tell you left a manual or something for him."
"Rose! Christian knows how to take care of kids even your wild one," she answered, looking outraged that I thought her husband couldn't handle kids.
But, what stood out more than her outrage, was the fact that she said "wild one." Dimitri and I have two kids going on three, not one. Maybe it was a mistake or something, but I couldn't seem to let it go. Looking at her, Lissa didn't seem to notice anything wrong with what she said, but I did of course.
"Liss, what do you mean wild one?" I asked, kind of upset that this is bugging me. "Who has my kids?"
Lissa took a long drink, clearly stalling. I waited until she was done. I know I said this a lot, but I really wish we still had our bond.
"Okay..." she said slowly. "Well...Christian is watching Tyler and they're both doing fine."
"I'm glad they're getting along," I told her. "But, what about Rosalie? How is she doing?"
There a pause before Lissa said, "well...Rosalie and James were kidnapped!"
She covered her mouth as quickly as she said those words. Starring at her with wide eyes, I opened my mouth, but no words came out. So many emotions filled my insides. This can't be happening, it can't!
"How...how." I can barely get any words to come out do the shock of this surprising news I had no idea about. "How...when...Rosalie."
"Rose, I'm so sorry!" Lissa cried, trying to hug me, but I pushed her away. "Please, Rose! I'm sorry!"
Standing up, I walked clear across the room. Needing to be far away from her as possible. I can't believe my best friend better yet my sister would lie to me about my baby girl.
That's why she and Eddie...Eddie! Turning around, I faced her. "Does Eddie know too?"
Lissa nodded her head slowly and that's what made me march all the way down the hall toward to where the boys are at.
(Dimitri P.O.V)
All of a sudden the door burst open with a pissed off Rose storming in and a crying Lissa running after her. I'm guessing she knows now. Lissa and Eddie barely got here and already things gone from good to worst in a short time.
"What were you thinking?" Rose yelled at Eddie who looked like he wanted to crawl under a rock and stay there forever. "How can you two keep a major secret like this from us?"
"Roza," I said, standing up. "Please, calm down."
Seeing the fire in her eyes when she turned to look at me. "Do you know about this?"
"I know as much as you do," I assured her.
"We're so sorry!" Lissa cried, wrapping her arms around herself. "We only wanted to protect you. Please-"
"I don't to hear it!" Rose snapped, on the verge of tears herself. "You lied to us! My own best friends lied me!"
"We're not the only ones who know," Eddie chimed in from where he was still sitting. "Other people know too, only because we need their help to find-"
"Oh, so you need other people's help, but not mine and Dimitri's?" Rose asked, a tear rolling her face.
Knowing that's not what Eddie meant, I was about to say something when Rose stormed out of the room. Leaving a crying Lissa, a scared Eddie and a confused me. Rose just needs time to cool off.
"How about we go into the kitchen and I'll make some hot chocolate," I said, trying to lighten up the mood.
Both Lissa and Eddie gave a small nod, following me to the kitchen. Turning on the light, I got the milk and hot chocolate mix.
"Is Rose going to alright?" Lissa asked, sitting on a bar stole.
"She's just needs time to cool off," I answered, grabbing a pot and placing it on the stove.
"Do you think she's hate us?"
"Lissa, Rose doesn't hate you. She's upset that her little girl and friend have been kidnapped and no one told her."
Even though I'm still mad at the both of them, I do feel sorry for them. I would ask the same questions if I were in their situation.
"Do you think we'll lose her?"
Seeing Eddie's eyes go wide at the thought of losing another one of his best friends is unbearable. Knowing the lost of Mason Ashford had a huge impacted him. Wanting to be out there searching day and night for my little princess, I knew the reasonable thing was to sit and wait until we have a current location of them.
"No, you're not going to lose her," I said, looking at Eddie. "You'll never lose her or me. Ever."
Pulling out his phone from his pocket, Eddie checked it. "It's my father. The van has been spotted near a hotel in Las Vegas."
"The van that has Rosalie and James," I guessed, stirring the hot chocolate. "They're in Vegas?"
"Yes." Eddie looked back down at his phone. "He wants us to come back to court, so he can go over the plan and make sure Lissa is safe."
"Rose and I will pack our things and we can be on our way," I said, getting two coffee cups.
"You don't have to come," Lissa assured me. "Finish your honeymoon. We'll be fine."
"I'm going to help look for my daughter and no one is going to stop me." Pouring hot chocolate in each of the cups, I handed Lissa and Eddie one.
"I'm going too," Rose said from the doorway. "I'm not staying here while my daughter is in Las Vegas with God knows who."
One thing's for sure when we get back to court, I'm going to make sure Rose doesn't come with us to find the kids.
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