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Chapter sixteen

Eric's POV

"Eric, what's wrong?" Sookie probes when I come back out of the room several minutes after Ammy had left. I couldn't even care where she was, she could be lying dead in a ditch for all I care right now. She has disgraced me, talked to me as if I was a piece of shit; who does she think she is verbally attacking me like that? I have done nothing but care and look after that child, and this is how she repays me? She is no daughter of mine; she is exactly like Hunter – her real mother.

"Nothing" I sigh as I drop down into my chair, I run my hand through my hair as I try to come to grips with what exactly happened in there. She has the wrong end of the stick, I love Sookie; God do I love her. I could never cheat on her, that's why I was so enraged with myself for allowing myself to come so close to doing it. If Sookie finds out I risk everything.

My Lover.

My Family.

My children.

Our future.

The wedding.

Everything.

How is that fair? How is it fair that I risk losing absolutely everything that I hold dear to me over one small mistake? Nothing even happened. I managed to control myself, I was just hungry. That's all.

"Please talk to me. I just want to help, Eric; you have been so distant since you decided to come back and live here with us instead of being king. You stepped down in the Vampire world so that you could be with us, but since you've done that you have been so miserable. If you don't want to be here with us, but instead you want to be some big shot king, then go. I would rather see you happy and back to your normal self than down here and like this. Your children are worrying about you, I worry about you. We're all starting think that we're not enough for you, and if that's the case. Well, I think it's time we changed things. I don't want to lose you, Eric, ever. But if in order for you to be happy I have to let you go; I will" Sookie's voice is practically at a whisper as she finishes off her heartfelt speech.

This is the women I am going to destroy if I tell her what I almost did; I can't do that. I need to hide this from her, from everyone if I can. Which means I need to send Ammy off to live somewhere else for a bit while things settle down. Maybe Pam will have her; they always seem to get along like a house on fire. Believe me, I do not want to move my child away from me; it kills me to do it, but right now I need to secure my life with my Lover. Then when that is secured and Ammy has calmed down, I will talk to her. We will have a proper talk; she has always wanted to be treated like an adult, she will have that chance very soon. Before I can even say anything back to Sookie there is a banging down the stairs; Sookie and I both get up and head into the hallway where we find Ammy pulling a suitcase down the stairs, she also has a backpack over her shoulder.

"Angel, where are you going?" I query, keeping my voice soft. I don't want to shout at her anymore, if anything, I need to apologise to her and give her the explanation she wants.

"I'm going to live elsewhere for a little bit. I can't be here right now, not while he's being a complete ass and lying to you and to himself. Mom, I hate to tell you this, I really do, but he's selfish, we don't even come onto his scale of concerns. We don't exist in his mind. He's experienced better things than us; we don't mean anything to him. You deserve better" Ammy tells Sookie before heading out the front door, I chase after her until I am stood in front of her, blocking her way out.

"You aren't going anywhere. We will work this out as a family, families stick together and that's exactly what we are going to do. I will tell you everything, but you need to get back in the house; you aren't leaving" I order her, making her narrows her eyes at me.

"Eric, you were thinking about shipping me off to Pam's only seconds ago. And don't deny it, I heard you" and to emphasise her point she taps her head; I flinch at her referral to me through my real name rather than dad.

"And I was stupid to contemplate such idiocy. Ammy, I love you; you are my daughter. I cannot allow you to leave here, I'm sorry for how I treated you back there in that room, I'm sorry I have not been the best of fathers. I am sorry I haven't been there for you, but I want to make that up to you. To all of you. You, Zach, Annika and especially Sookie. You all mean everything to me, and I know what you are thinking. You think I cheated on Sookie, but I didn't. I love her, I could never do such a thing. I was taking a time out period to allow Sookie and I to both clam down, she was being hormonal and I was being an ass. And while I was on said time out period, I interviewed a new dancer for Fangtasia. She came onto me, she tried to lure me into fucking her; I didn't. I know this is something I shouldn't be telling you, but she wanted me to fuck her, she rubbed herself all over me. I will admit that I came close to indulging myself in her as part of my pity fest, as Pam refers to it, but I stopped. I controlled myself. I was hungry, I hadn't fed; but when that phone call came it snap-" I get cut off there when Sookie's teary voice sounds through.

"You're telling us that if it hadn't of been for that phone call you would have cheated on me. You would have gone off with another woman? You would have happily have cheated on your pregnant fiancée just because you were 'hungry', as you like to claim? You're unbelievable, Eric, you really are. Just as I thought we were finally getting somewhere, that we were finally ready to get married, have another child together; you go off and do something like that. What I see in you I will never know" Sookie shakes her head as tears pour down her cheeks. Every single one of her words felt like a stab to my unbeating heart.

"Sookie, please, I can explain" I try to reach out to her, she just shakes her head some more before running back into the house.

"If what you say is true, and you really do love her and you actually do want to marry her and keep this family. I suggest you go after her. Make her listen, make her understand. Just don't hurt her" Ammy points out before turning away and walking off into the darkness. Again. Have I really just wrecked my family? I quickly wipe at the bloody tears on my cheeks before zooming into the house and towards where the bond tells me where Sookie is. Ammy is right, I need to make her listen and make her understand. She is all that matters to me; I have wrecked this family so much over the years, that I think it's time I started to fill in some of the cracks I have made. But this is one crack I am not sure I can fully cover.

AN: I know this chapter is short and very sad, but I promise to make up for the length in the next chapter. I also promise to make everything perfect again very soon, the next chapter will be all heartfelt and full of tears (good ones, hopefully), so do beware xx Also, please don't kill me! xx *hides away*