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Chap 24
Life was on edge now. Tam and her brothers were restless and snappish, and the clan was getting stressed too, but I don't think it even came close to what Tam was going through. She would be nineteen now on three days. Three days and then she would be gone, as well as her brothers. I didn't see much of her, and neither did Lexington: even thought he was working there now like 24/7. He was building some sort of computer system, and from what I had seen of it, the thing would be a very goo thing to put into the world. Tam had finished her project but she wouldn't tell anyone about it. Her Aunt was on the news now constantly. I figured it was because of tam's upcoming birthday. Her brothers were edgy too but they showed it in different ways. Cale wouldn't even write now, and Roy wouldn't sit still. Ever.
Two days until she turned nineteen. Tam's crew was starting to realize that something was up. They got more hunched and wary of people and things. They loved tam dearly, and I think they would do their best to make sure she was ok. The shop was busy, but that didn't stop Tam from closing early and opening late.
Tam was on and in my thoughts now, constantly. Even as I slept, when it should have been dreamless, she was there. I was ready to tear my hair out and scream with rage, but somehow I held it in. Oh yeah, life was going bad now…
Then tam came around. It was early in the evening yet, and Elias was with her. I hung back, so I could walk away if needed. "I've decided to head out. I have no right to endanger you like this and if I had you blood on my hands I would never be able to live again." She held herself like a leader, a commander who thought they were making the best possible decision. In a way, she was. Hudson stepped forward, his expression a mix of things. "Lass, ye've been a friend to us, and ye have been very good about keeping yourself afloat, but when ye say this do ye mean it?" tam looked all of us in the eye, even me. "Yes. I mean it. I mean it with every fiber of my being. I don't want to see you hurt. I figure if I'm ever going to face Her, now would be the time." Goliath wasn't smiling, but he wasn't frowning either. "You are sure you want to do this?' tam squared her shoulders. "Yes. I have the whole NYPD, and many others standing behind me. I will not lack in force, but I will lack in friends. I'd be honored if I could still keep in contact with you." She wasn't saying something though. She was holding something back. I had to ask. "So what's the other reason for leaving?" I had a very cold tone, and I wasn't looking so happy. She flinched and looked directly at me, as she addressed us all. "Because there is just too much pain here, and no one could heal it…." her eyes were starting to fill with tears. The only other time I had ever seen or heard her cry was when her brothers asked when they would see their mom and dad again. Otherwise she never shed a tear. I got pissed. "Oh yeah?" I stepped forward and they others kind of melted away from us. But I didn't notice I was too busy glaring at her. "Why can you leave why others can't? Why should you leave? You have good thing here and yet, you're going to abandon them! Like your shop! As well as your crew!" she got mad too. I could see it in her eyes, and she also started to smoke around the mouth and nostrils and her eyes became silted: like a cat's…or a lizard's… "Maybe because it has to do with the heart! Not because I'm running scared!" she spat "oh-ho! So you think you can run away from something in the heart that hurts? No! It will follow you, no matter what!" "What if I don't want it to? Ever think of that? What if I need to forget? What if I need to erase those memories? Hm? What then?" she was ranting, but I was gearing up for it. "yeah? why?" Her hands were clenched into fists at her sides, and I was too. A single tear made its way down her cheek. "Because of you!" her eyes got big and she clapped a hand over her mouth. "Me? Why me?" she was screaming, but I was to so it was even. "You pretty much said all but out loud that you don't care for love! What if someone loved you?" "Yeah? Who? No one will ever love me! Ever! Why should they start now?" I stalked off and went to the battlements and launched myself into the air.