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Chapter 5: I Have To Get Out Of Here
"That he nearly killed me" Emily whispered, her voice so light that it was barely audible.
Nolan's eyes widened in horror and he pulled away from her so that he could look into her eyes, "Daniel Grayson, shot you?" he asked slowly, nervously...fearfully.
Not feeling able to look Nolan in the eyes, Emily slowly nodded her head, trying to hide the agony displayed on her face.
Nolan's heart instantaneously dropped, he couldn't imagine that, being shot by the person you loved , let alone on your wedding day. Such disgust filled his mind, Emily had trusted Daniel to love her and in turn he had trusted Daniel to take care of her. But he did the opposite, to an extreme that no one should go, and nothing made him more enraged than that, he thought he had hated Daniel before but now he out right resented him.
"I am so sorry, Em's" Nolan whispered distraught, as he reached for her hand comfortingly and gave it a gentle squeeze.
Emily slowly wiped away the stray tears from her eyes and a pained little smile spread across her lips as she murmured, "I'll get through it".
"I don't doubt that Em's, you're the strongest person I know" Nolan whispered matching that pained smile she'd sent him.
"I don't feel like that right now"
"You keep saying that Daniel broke you but you're still here, you're still in one piece and you're still Emily Thorne, he can't take that away from you."
"I'm not in one piece though, he's already taken my heart and devoured it." She murmured morbidly.
"I'm sorry", he whispered softly, feeling such torment inside. He hated this, he hated seeing her in so much pain and not being able to make her feel better, "I'll make sure you get it back, even if I have to shove my hand down his throat all the way down to his stomach, and pull out your heart which he cruelfully took from you, I'll make sure it comes back to you in one whole piece."
Emily finally looked up at Nolan, fighting back more tears as she looked into his determined blue eyes, "Thank you Nolan" she whispered.
Wrapping his arm around her shoulders, he just held her like that for a while, before hesitating and then tentatively asking, "What happened that night?"
"It's simple really" she replied bitterly, her voice low and cold, to prevent herself from crying once more, "That night I went outside on the deck to catch some fresh air, I just wanted some time alone to let my thoughts run amuck in my head but that didn't last long because Victoria came out looking for a confrontation about my pregnancy. She didn't believe my pregnancy was real and with that my love for Daniel and so we argued, I said some harsh things, she said things back. I don't know if Daniel overheard that argument, but after it, you came up to check on me and I was a bit shaken up by it because even though I hadn't admitted to it, she had threatened to find a way to expose the fake pregnancy."
Nolan nodded his head remembering, "and that's when we talked about the fake pregnancy, and how horrible you felt about it."
"Exactly" Emily replied, "and Daniel definitely overheard that conversation. After you left to let me gather my thoughts alone, before re-entering the celebration, I heard Daniel's angry voice behind me. He was enraged and maddeningly intoxicated too, he was stumbling, his words came out slurred, his eyes were bloodshot and his whole face was red."
"His voice alone sent chills up my spine, but it wasn't until I turned around and saw that unrecognizable look in his eyes and that gun pointed at my chest that I froze in fear, realizing my imminent danger. After that everything happened so quickly, I uttered I'm sorry and he pulled the trigger and shot, and then again, watching as I fell into the ocean."
Nolan cursed angrily, "Where did he even get the gun from?"
"It was the Grayson's yacht, they had a couple onboard for 'safety' he must have taken it out of its draw, from where it sat, nearby to where everything happened."
"We're going to bury him in court" Nolan said determinedly, "He's not getting away with this."
Emily shook her head slowly as she murmured, "It's over Nolan, I just know that I have to get out of here, get out of the Hampton's."
"And what about Daniel, you're going to let him get away with this?" Nolan said, his voice raised in a mixture of anger and disbelief.
"When I first remembered what happened I vowed to make him pay, I vowed to make him hurt as much as he hurt me but I... I'm tired, I just want to get away from him, forget him, forget everything that happened and start fresh. I can't do that if I'm tethered to him, and I definitely won't be able to begin healing either"
"And what about your justice then? We can help you fight"
"It doesn't matter" she said dejectedly, "the Grayson's are terribly rich, they have an endless amount of connections and they don't mind getting their hands dirty. Even though he did shoot me, there's no way we would beat them in court... or if by any chance we did it would take years."
Nolan sighed, she had a point... but still, "You still have to do something, slip it to the press, the news will blow up, Daniel will be under suspicion by the public, Voulez ratings will go down because of that and also because they won't be publishing the juicy news on Daniel that everybody wants to hear."
Getting more animated as he spoke about Daniel's demise, he carried on, "It's perfect, and if you don't want to take it to court, then just say that your memory hasn't returned yet...Then if you leave him a week later, everyone will really think it was him, which obviously won't bode well for him, and you'll be able to start over somewhere nice and new and away from him, it's perfect."
"Nolan, I told you, I'm done" she said sharply
"I can't understand that, not after what he did to you, I can't believe you would just run away" he replied, his voice raised in frustration as he raked his fingers roughly through his blond hair.
Emily glared at him, shaking away from his touch, "It's because you've never been in love" she shouted angrily, "You're all fine with one night stands and everything, but you don't know love, or what it feels like or how it burns when you lose it. You couldn't possibly understand what I'm going through!"
There was a long pause as her angry words lingered in the air and his mind, and she looked away not wanting to see the hurt expression on his face, as she realized the harshness of what she'd said to him.
"Do you know why I've never looked for love, Emily?" Nolan asked, his voice no longer raised but low and serious, "because you were always my first priority, I've always been too busy looking out for you, making sure you were headed in the right direction, making sure you were happy, making sure you had a safety net to fall back on when need be. Making sure you were alright."
Emily's expression softened ever so slightly, but she still refused to accept that, "I never asked you to do that and you long since repaid whatever you felt you owed my parents for their kindness."
Nolan shook his head, and then reached towards her face, lifting up her chin, so that she was forced to look into his eyes, "I do it because I care, not out of debt, I loved your parents, and I love their daughter, you're my family Em's, you're like a sister to me, a sometimes annoyingly stubborn one , but a sister nonetheless...that's why I can't stand for it when the man who was suppose to love you as much as I do, betrayed you so harshly."
"I know" she whispered softly, feeling touched, "I'm sorry"
"You don't have to apologize, dummy" Nolan said tenderly, as he reached for her hand, giving it a gentle squeeze.
"Thank you for always being there for me" Emily murmured, "...but even still, I have to get away".
Nolan nodded his head resignedly; he hadn't expected her to change her mind, "As long as you believe that's best for you."
Emily nodded her head, "I do"
"Alright then" he murmured slowly, maybe this really was the best thing for Emily, as much as he hated Daniel he didn't want her to get so caught up in revenge that she began to lose herself.
"How are you going to get out of here with the guards that Victoria's ordered not only to keep people like me in but to keep you from coming out?" he asked.
"I'm just going to let Daniel... and Victoria know that I remember everything, that I won't retaliate and that I'm leaving." She replied simply.
"I don't trust the Grayson's" Nolan said with disdain, "and so I'll be waiting right outside of Grayson manor, if you're not out by 12 pm, then I'm going to assume that they're keeping you in against your will and I'll call the police and tell them everything."
Emily slowly nodded her head in consent, "I'll let them know that too"
Nolan looked at her worriedly as he said, "Are you sure you'll be okay, confronting Daniel?"
"I'm not really looking for a big confrontation; I'm just looking to leave."
"Let him know, you hate him at least" Nolan uttered.
"Of course" Emily replied with an almost wicked glint in her eyes.
Standing up to leave, Nolan looked at Emily and said, "I'm afraid I have to go, Charlotte just texted me, saying that her and Victoria are leaving the city and on their way home."
Emily nodded her head, watching as Nolan reached inside his pocket, and threw something onto her lap, "In case plans change" he said, as he watched her pick up the cell phone he'd gotten for her.
Nodding her head once again, as she hid the phone underneath her mattress, she looked up at Nolan with the tiniest of smiles on her face as she murmured "I guess I'll see you tomorrow then, Nolan"
Nolan smiled back warmly, feeling accomplished for getting a smile out of her, "Yep, I'll see you tomorrow Em's and then we'll go down to the stowaway to meet with Amanda and Jack, we haven't done that for a while, so it'll be nice, us two blonds kicking it up with the Porter's".
Feeling a lump begin to form in her throat, Emily pushed it down and nodded her head, not wanting to get so emotional over the simple idea of that, no matter how lovely it sounded.
Just before Nolan got to the door, he turned around looked at Emily and then hesitated before honestly saying, "You're wrong Emily, it's not all about one night stands for me anymore, I'm in a relationship now, a good one."
Emily's eyes widened in surprise but then she smiled for Nolan as she said, "I'm happy for you" and despite her current heartache, she truly meant it.
"Thank you" Nolan said earnestly, as he walked out the door one lanky limb at a time.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter, comments are always welcome ;)
There were lots of Nemily feels in this chap, I just love those too they have such a lovely relationship (but don't worry, they won't be shipped romantically in this fic)
Next Chapter, there will be an Emily and Daniel confrontation of sorts, so that should be interesting.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving