But Who?
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The next few days were tense with both Aaron and Jackson walking on egg shells each afraid to say the wrong thing, their routine remained the same they shared a kiss before leaving for work but at night they'd taken to sleeping on opposite sides of the bed not letting their bodies relax in case they collided with the other.
With Aaron working right next door to Dale Head he felt sure that if the poison pen writer struck again he would see them so it was a surprise 4 days after the first letter that a second was waiting on the doorstep when he finished work, he was tempted not to open it, just to destroy it without reading it but then he found himself shakily opening the envelope.
Once again the paper was blue and the words had been ripped out of newspapers an magazines, the words made Aaron feel physically sick, he screwed the paper up and threw it at the wall before dropping onto one of the chairs in the kitchen and putting his head in his hands.
As soon as Jackson walked in he knew something was wrong and he could guess what, he didn't like seeing Aaron as he was, he didn't move or acknowledge that the builder was there, Jackson approached causiously never knowing how his partner was going to react, he ran his fingers through the mechanics hair.
"Tell Me"
Aaron still didn't look up but he pointed towards the wall, it took a few seconds before Jackson saw the paper, he sighed as he picked up and read the filth on it.
Once again he was the target of the attack with the author claiming to have evidence that he'd done things, sexual things, with a complete stranger, the evidence wasn't in with the letter, Jackson knew it was a bluff but it had obviously unnerved Aaron.
"It's not true" Jackson once again used the statement he had when the first letter had arrived
Teary blue eyes looked up at him "It must be true He says he's got proof"
"So now you'd rather believe a stranger, a coward, someone too scared to sign his own name than Me, Why Aaron?"
"Cause you're too good for Me it was only a matter of time before you realised it and looked for someone better"
Jackson felt his rage explode
"Three Years, three fuckin years and I've never, not once looked at someone else, but you'd rather believe this filth than Me" the builder shook his hand containing the letter "So I may as well live down to My reputation" with that he turned on his heel and headed for the door.
Aaron knew that if Jackson left Dale Head feeling as he did that it would be the end of them, he didn't want that, he'd never want that, with a shaky voice little more than a whisper he called to Jackson "Jackson"
The builder heard just as his fingers curled around the door nob he still intended to yank open the door and walk out but something was stopping him, he knew what it was, it was his love for the mechanic that still refused to believe that they were finished, they'd promised to talk to each other but once again they'd done the opposite and in doing that the writer of these letters was winning, well he had to turn the tables on this perpetrator or his life with Aaron would be over.
Aaron couldn't believe his eyes as Jackson turned back to the table and with a heavy sigh sat down beside the younger man, brown eyes staring into blue, but Aaron saw and understood, in those eyes there was no hint of betrayal, there was only love and understanding, even now after all the hateful things he'd said to the love of his life, the man who made his life worth living.
"I'm sorry Jackson"
Aaron reached for his partners hand wrapping his fingers through the builders and gripping tightly
"Hush, I know, but we're letting him or her win, this is what they want, they want us believing them and not each other, I'm going to say this one last time so you better listen up good, I have never and I will never cheat on you, you Aaron are all I want, I love you, do you understand that?"
This time it was Aaron that attacked Jackson's lips in a desperate bid to show the builder just how much he loved him.