Chapter 14
As I lay in my bed Leah's words haunt me. Everything she said is so real so painful it's hard to take in. I never knew she left for three days let alone found an imprint. Did anyone know? I wonder. Does she expect me to keep her secret now? Why did she trust me with such a thing? My mind races to find answers but none come. I can't help but think of Evie. There is so much I don't know about her. Will I ever truly know anything about her? Did Leah meet her? If so what part did she take in her life? Just as I ask myself that question I hear a soft knock on the door. I walk down the Stares trying to be quiet. As I reach the door I half expect it to be Leah. Nothing could have prepared me for who it was though. As I pull the door open I take in the site on front of me. A young woman about twenty one stands crying.
Her long black hair hangs just past her shoulders in natural straight locks. Her deep chocolate brown eyes are flooded with tears and her expression almost looks as if she is in immense pain. The thing that shocks me the most is that she doesn't say a word she just stands there silently holding her swollen tummy. It almost seems as though she doesn't see me at all she is looking past me searching for someone else. But I'm the only one here. "Can I help you?" I ask the stranger. She jerks as she hears my voice as if she forgot I was here. "Where is he?" She whispers softly. "Where is who?" I ask. "Caleb." She says and I instantly know who she is talking about. "Leah's friend." I say simply but as soon as the words come out I know I've said the wrong thing. "No she doesn't even know him! They are not friend! She was supposed to be my friend! He is my husband! How could she take him away from me!" She screeches "How could he let her?" She whispers helplessly. As soon as she says the words I hear the laughter from the living room & I'm shocked no one is here. I'm alone. "He's here. You lied to me." She says as she brushes past me on her way to the living room. I can't say anything I'm to stunned. "Sarah?" A male voice asks who I can only assume is Caleb. "How could you?" Sarah asks him. "I'm so sorry." He says defeated. "You said you loved me that you'd protect me. All you have ever done to me is lied. Did I mean nothing to you? Did are son mean nothing to you?" She asks. As she asks him these things I can't help but notice the agony that all to clear on his face. I glance at Leah the unshed tears are visible in her eyes. But there's a hardness in her expression I know all too well. "Why are you still standing here?" Leah asks Caleb. He looks as if she had smacked him across the face. "What do you mean?" He asks her. "She's your wife. She is going to mother your son. Why would you give that up for me?" She says the tears betraying her true feelings. "Leah." He says moving towards her but she only backs away. "I don't want or need your sympathy & I will not except it! She needs you." She says her voice breaking on the last part. "Leah I'm sorry." Is all he says as he walks to Sarah and gives her a hug. I glance at Leah not sure what to say or do. But when I look at her she runs past me out of the house. I follow her calling her name. But she never responds. As we go up the winding path I know exactly where we are headed. As we reach the porch of the all to familiar house I can't help the since of dread I suddenly feel. She yanks the door open and rushes inside to the kitchen where we have been so many times. "How could you do that to me?" She yells at Sam who is helping Emily put dishes away. "What are you talking about?" He asks her. "How could you just give in to the imprint and forget me so easily?" She says tears spilling out. "You wouldn't understand it Leah I can't explain it? It's just hard to ignore your imprint. I can only hope one day you'll find yours and forget me." He says genuinely. "I found him." She whispers. "What?" Sam and Emily say in unison. "I found him." She says again. "Have you told him?" Sam asks. "He knows."She says. "What's he like?" Emily asks. "Something's wrong with me." Leah says. "What do you mean?" Sam asks. "I imprinted on him. I know he feels the imprint not as much as I do of course but he feels the pull . Yet he can so easily walk away back to the one he really wants." She whispers. "Leah, I don't know what to say." Sam says. "That's all you can say? You don't know what to say? How about you don't know how this feels. You have no idea what it's like to love someone who totally rejects you. I've lost my fiancé and my imprint. They didn't want me at least not enough. It was so easy for him to brake the imprint for the girl he really loves. It brings everything back just like it happened yesterday. Did you ever really love me?" She says in a rush. Sam looks stunned he can't seem to find the words. He just stands there looking at her as if she grew another head. "You don't know what to say right?" She says with venom dripping from every word. "You can't even tell me you loved me before her you can't say it was all a joke? All you had to do was answer and you won't! I hate you!" She says screaming at him at the top of her lugs she runs outside and I follow her again. We travel deep in the woods before she turns to look at me. "Did you enjoy the show? I guess it was pretty funny huh? Just one big joke." She says. "I didn't find it funny at all." I tell her honestly. "Am I supposed to believe that? Why should I trust you?" She asks. "I'm not like them. I wanna be your friend. I wanna help you." I say with shrug. "Ha I've heard it all before. Your all the same." She screams. "What do you mean I ask confused as Leah suddenly changes from Leah to a small girl I'd say no older then ten. "Grown ups all you do is tell lies!" The child screams at me. Just I'm about to answer she again changes. Into a form I know all to well a girl I see every time I close my eyes. She's a grown up version of the little girl it's Evie. "Your a the same. You brake promises. You lie. And you don't even care. Do you are about anything?" She whispers. "Your wrong I care. I care about you." I tell her honestly. "What makes you so different then the others?" She asks me. I can't say anything I don't know what to say. "Oh I see you don't lie. You just keep secrets." Her statement sends chills down my spine she sees right through me. I wish I could just tell her everything now but I can't. "Your just like the rest." She says in disgust be fore she disappears. I search frantically for her but she is gone... I wake up in a cold sweat. It was a dream it was all a dream but it had to mean something. I feel it in my gut. There is one thing that I take from this dream that I know instantly. Evie is more like Leah then I could have ever imagined...