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Here is chapter 8!...
"What do you mean very bad?" I demand.
I look back at Jeremy, who is now staring at me with intensity as he hear's my voice raise with the the question. How did we get to this point? One minute I'm having the most magical kiss of my life with my soulfinder and next he say's he cant be with me and now I'm about to find out something 'very bad' about Jeremy.
"Jeremy Valentine as in the son of Marcus Valentine..." He pauses mid sentence and I hear him breathing heavily down the phone. What could be so bad it turned my Uncle, an FBI agent, into this? He's dealt with everything.
"...And what about him?" I ask.
"Marcus Valentine is one of the most wanted men in America, Amelia. He started off when he was only fourteen years old, he worked for some dealers in his area and then as time went on he contiued to get involved with more crimes. You name it, if it's illegal he is involved in it. Lately he has been known to be associated with arms dealing and human trafficing in California. I dont know what he is doing here or planning but you have to stay away from this family, they are no good and the last thing you want is to be invovled with them. I'm sorry Amelia, I wish I had better news."
I can't breath. Jeremy's dad had done all of this? No wonder he seemed weird when I meet him!
I turn back again to see Jeremy still watching me, completly unaware of what I had just found out. Jeremy's green eyes pierce into my blue eyes, like he is trying to look into my soul. Suddenly Jeremy makes perfect sense to me. All his life he has had to live with that man, watching him live a life of crime. They probably have to constantly move, constantly watch their backs. It's no wonder Jeremy is the way he is.
"But that's not Jeremy's fault he has Marcus as his father, you cant blame him for his family. Like mum and her past with her aunt and that Phil guy, just because she grew up around a criminal doesnt make her one herself and it's the same with Jeremy." I explain to him, hoping he will understand. Just because Jeremy has him as father, doesnt make him like his father.
I can't blame my soulfinder for his actions towards me, his father probably made him do it. Marcus must have never meet his soulfinder to stop him for his criminal ways, but Jeremy has meet me.
"I wish that was the case, Amelia."
What is he talking about? Of course that is the case!
"Amelia, what is going on?"
I spin back round and realise Jeremy is stood inches from me. I had momentarily forgot he was there, even though I had just been talking about him.
"Why didnt you tell me about your dad?"
"What?" He asks, masking his face with a look of confusion but I can hear the slight quiver in his voice as he knows I have found out the truth.
"Amelia?" Vic's voice alerts me back to the phone.
"What are you talking about Uncle Vic?"
"I dont know how to tell you this..."
"Uncle Vic this isnt his fault, why cant you just arrest Marcus if he is responsible for all that stuff? Jeremy could go into care for a little while, it is only a year or so till he is going to be eighteen and then he can live alone or he could live with us even. You can't blame him for something that isn't his fault!"
"Look Amelia, it isn't that simple. If it was Marcus Valentine would be in prison, but even though we know he is responsible for all those crimes we cant pin it on him, it's frustrating I know but it is what it is."
"Well...you still can't tell me not to see Jeremy. Surely we should be helping him get away from that monster."
"Amelia, there is someting else..."
"What? What more could there possibly be?" I question him, needing to know all the details but still fearing what they were exactly. But before i could hear a response from him Jeremy pulled the phone out of my hand and snapped it shut.
"Hey! What are you doing?" I demand, now getting completly frustrated and irritated this entire situation. I thought finding your soulfinder was meant to be the best thing in your life and make your whole world perfect but so far finding my soulfinder has only destroyed my world.
"You need to let this go, Amelia." Jeremy whole demoinor seems to be tense and on the edge, completely different the his emotionless expression I'm use to seeing.
"How can I let this go? Your father is a terrible guy, I understand that Jeremy. I want to help you. Why cant you see that?"
Jeremy lets out a long sigh as my phone rings and he declines the call.
"Please, I dont need your help. Me and my dad wont be here long, soon we will be gone and you can move on. Until then just put me out of your mind."
"Put you out of my mind? Your my soulfinder Jeremy! You are always going to be on my mind, why are protecting a criminal? You can be safe with us, I want to help and so will my family too."
Once again my phone rings but he declines it, before speaking "Please, you deserve better than me. You can't be with me."
"You are the perfect guy for me! Dont you understand about soulfinders? They are perfect for eachother, we are perfect for eachother. I can't be happier with anyone else."
He walks closer to me and trails his thumb across my cheek and catches a falling tear.
"Nobody deserves your tears, me espically. I'm so sorry about all of this, I never wanted any of this."
"It can be different though."
"God I wish it could."
"But..." I choke on the tears now falling freely down my face and Jeremy now kisses them away gently.
"Please stop Amelia dont make this more difficult than it has to be."
Jeremy places the phone back in my hand and walks away and mounts his motorbike and drives away into night, leaving me stood their paralysed unable to move or even speak. All I'm able to do is watch and feel the tears fall down my face as my whole world drives away from me and I feel my heart rip out of my body leaving me empty.
Uncle Vic rings again and I answer not sure what else to do in the situation other than go into a sort of emotionless auto drive.
"Yes?"
"Amelia, are you alright? You dont sound good." His concern is clear through the phone but I dont care, the one person I want to be concerned about me just rode out of my life.
"Fine, what is it that you were gonna say earlier?"
"It's about Jeremy..."
"For godness sake, spit it out already! I need to know what it is, I can take it."
"You know how you were saying about how it's not Jeremy's fault and he is not involved..."
"Yeah, what about it?" I ask, now getting really annoyed with him avoiding the answer.
"He is not as innocent as you think."
"What do you mean?"
"Jeremy is a murderer."
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