Chapter Fifteen

Chapter 15

“Where are you going?!” Piper yelled after me when I got in line at the ticket counter. I didn’t answer even when she stood beside me.

“Kali will you take Piper and everybody and get settled in at school I’ll be there later.” I said and she nodded realizing I was leaving alone. She pulled on Piper and everybody followed them then I turned to the lady at the counter and bought my ticket.

I got off the plane and ran to my little home that I’d cast my first spell on. It was where I’d figured out that Piper had messed up when she’d done the spell on me and I’d told her then she’d told Liz to check Kalila’s future. It was the home that Kalila and I had ran off to as humans that we had grown up in that I had lived in until the day that I’d changed and then I’d changed her. I sat on the bed and thought about my horrible human life that I’d tried so hard to forget ever since I’d met Cole.

“Hey are you okay?” Kalila whispered sitting down beside me and wrapping her arms around my shaking self I hadn’t realized I’d started crying again.

“How’d you know I was here?”

“Ever since… well before and then when Cole turned fifteen…” she was being careful tripping over her words so she didn’t hurt me, “It’s been eerily like your human life.”

“That doesn’t explain anything I didn’t know I was coming here until it rolled off my tongue to the ticket mender.”

“I knew you’d come here the last time you’ve felt the pain of the loss of a child and the loss of yourself.” She whispered no longer trying to be careful just trying to be truthful and I realized I could no longer keep everything away from Cole.

“If I asked you to do something would you?”

“Yes.” She nodded but I could tell she was worried I was going to ask her to leave and let me stay away even longer. I could tell I’d been away for at least a couple days.

“I want you to go get Cole for me. It’s time to…” I took a deep breath, “…Tell him the truth about my human life.”

“Why haven’t you?” she asked quietly.

“Have you ever tried to tell somebody… never mind you’d never have too.” I shook my head.

“I’m sorry you had to do that.”

“I never thought twice we needed the money and Jonathon was good to me.”

“Except when you came home with bruises.”

“It was my fault when that happened and he’d give us a raise the next week and come here to apologize and collect his forgiveness.” I shrugged, “Now please just go get Cole before I can’t do this.”

“I’ll be back soon. I’m just going to call him and I’m sure he’ll blink to me.”

“Okay.” I whispered feeling guilty realizing how worried he’d been. I walked up to the attic to the place I’d hidden everything I’d taken from home when we’d run away from our abusive father after our mother died. I’d taken everything I could carry of my mother’s.

“Hello Lilybelle.” His voice came from the corner but I didn’t turn I wanted to pretend he wasn’t there maybe he’d disappear. “I’m not leaving we need to talk.”

“What do you want Jonathon?” I asked still not turning to look at the man that had made my human life horrible and then had eventually changed me and tricked me into changing Kalila. He showed up a few times every life Cole had but Cole had never seen him and Kalila still thought he was dead.

“I want to meet Kalila and it’s the last time I’m asking nicely.”

“I haven’t had time to tell her you are actually a vampire and the reason we are vampires.” I felt Cole’s mind and started to worry knowing I had to keep my mind blocked as long as Jonathon was here. “Just leave right now and I promise that I’ll tell both of them soon and you’ll meet them this life.”

“This life of ours or this life of Cole’s because you told me that his last life and I’m tempted to just wait here for them.”

“You’ll meet them this life of his.”

“You’re right.” He smiled and then I heard Cole and Kalila come in downstairs I’d been so concentrated on getting Jonathon out I hadn’t paid attention.

“Please not tonight.” I begged, “I promise I’ll pay you back if it’s not tonight just…” I trailed off as he suddenly disappeared but then I realized what he expected his payment as. He always expected his payment as the same thing and when it didn’t come it got nasty. I felt a tear fall as Cole and Kalila entered the room.