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Ch. 30
"Olivia? Alex questioned now standing.
In her bare feet she stood eye to eye with Olivia.
Waiting.
Waiting for Olivia's response.
"You're not denying it, so if you're thinking of lying to me, make it a good one."
"I would never think of lying to you."
"So you didn't have Lucas killed?"
"No... I didn't have him killed."
"But?"
Olivia looked away.
Alex watched as Olivia's tongue swiped across her lips.
"God Olivia!"
Olivia looked sharply at Alex.
"I knew there was a hit on him." She confessed in one breath.
"Oh my God. Who? How did you know there was a hit on him?"
"Nicolas… he worked for Gareth. I spoke with him, he told me he was going to kill Lucas."
"You spoke to him! When?"
"A week ago." Olivia said shrugging her shoulders as if it wasn't important.
Alex took a step back from Olivia in disbelief.
"Alex." Olivia said pleading her name.
"Olivia I don't even know what to say… what, what are you thinking? What were you thinking?"
"What was I thinking? Alex, what have I not been thinking about in the last few weeks?"
"So you just decide to call this Nicolas? You say, 'oh by the way I'm not dead… and then he says, oh good well I'm going to kill Lucas.' You say what? 'Ok, great.'"
"Something like that." Olivia said not missing a beat.
"Do you know how dangerous that was to call him? And not to mention you knew he was going to kill Lucas! Have you lost your mind!?"
"I had to know. I had to know something, anything. I had to know he was locked away… that's why I called Nicolas."
"Was Martin's word not enough? I thought you trusted him."
"I do."
"But you had to call this Nicolas guy? Martin said he was behind bars, Martin wasn't going to let him get out, get near you again."
"Again," Olivia repeated.
"What?" Alex asked confused.
"Let him get near me again. Martin was with me in Paris when Lucas took me off the street. He wasn't there…"
Alex couldn't breathe.
Not one single breath.
"I take care of myself," Olivia said emotionless.
Tears fell down Alex's cheeks as Olivia stood there bold, unrelenting.
Not backing down from her decisions.
"I'm sorry… I'm so sorry this happen to you, I'm sorry you have to go through this. And I understand you wanting him dead, but to actually know that there was a hit on him. Olivia, I have to know you still have a conscious…"
"Maybe he took my conscious. It feels like he took everything else from me."
Alex clinched her eyes shut.
When she opened her eyes again she just looked at Olivia.
Looked at someone she wasn't sure she recognized.
"I know you're hurting, and I can't imagine the way you feel. But I just can't justify your thought process right now Olivia."
"Don't you feel safer?"
Alex's eyes widened.
"Liv," Alex breathed.
"Weren't you even a little relieved when Martin told us he was dead?"
"I won't lie, yes I did. But knowing now you knew about the hit, you knew what was going to happen… and you say you feel better that he's dead. It made you feel better, but you're not better! What happen to you still happened! Lucas being dead doesn't change what matters! It doesn't make you better!"
With no response from Olivia, Alex turned towards the bedroom.
She turned back taking another look at Olivia, "I just need some time to process this, to take it all in. I just don't know what to think right now. I'm not sure what to think about you right now."
Alex walked towards the bedroom and before she could disappear she heard Olivia's voice.
"I told you it would happen."
Alex stopped dead, turning to Olivia.
"You told me what would happen?"
"That you would tire of me, of my antics."
Alex looked away, and then back to Olivia.
"I love you," was Alex could say as she left her standing there alone.