miss her, I miss her so much!”
I reach for him and try to bring him into my arms but he twists out of my hold and stands up again. He turns to stare down at me, “You should go. I can’t cope with her smell being all over you. It’s driving me crazy and all I want to do is go to her.”
He turns away from me again and that fucking hurts me as I crave his touch, not his rejection. I push myself up by my hands and I take a step towards him, I keep some distance between us and I lean over and kiss his neck and whisper, “I’m sorry.”
I turn to walk out of the room and I hear him mutter, “I love you. Please hold Peppa a little tighter to show her I love her too.”
I stop and talk with Saul and Jade for a while and ask her if she will take extra care of Noah tonight, as he is hurting, and if she can get him to talk that would be great. I wanted to know he is still ok with the whole vampire thing and I know he won't talk to me about it yet. Saul asks me to wait for him as he says goodbye to Jade and we both make our way north to become Viper for a couple of hours.
We are terrible tonight, each of us mess up somewhere in the set, which is not like us at all, especially not Cruz but the crowd didn’t seem to notice as they storm the stage at the end of the set. I'm glad when we made it out of there, you can only have your dick and balls grabbed so much before they start to hurt and throb. Cruz isn’t happy and wants us to practice but is told by Saul and myself to fuck off, it will have to wait. Before he leaves, he reminds us that we are moving to a different city for the next couple of gigs and gives us the address of the hotels that have been booked. I said my goodbyes and ask Saul to get in touch if Noah needs me and I am off to Peppa’s to find out how today worked out for her.
There is no one about when I enter, they must have gone to bed, so I make my way to Noah’s room and I’m hit with Peppa’s thoughts as soon I open the door. I can’t stand the thought of her thinking Noah would have another woman. He is plainly in love with her as my time with him tonight showed me. I say hi and I try to kiss her but she moves her head away from me and I close my eyes and fight the pain that gesture brings. Once again I feel rejected, twice in one night is not good for my ego but deep down, I know I brought this upon myself.
She explains what Detective Payne implied and I am not impressed, he made Peppa question her relationship with us.
When she asks if I will leave her too, I fucking lose it, but know I have to calm myself down. I'm quiet for a while trying to do that. She tries to push me away but I’m not having any of that and I let my anger show. I make it very clear that we both need her and love her and I wasn’t going anywhere. I also told her to stop twisting herself up about there being another woman because there isn’t. I hold her as she cried yet again and I felt all her pain and anguish because I felt it too and I know Noah did as well. This is so fucked up and there is only myself to blame.
After Peppa tried to get her emotions under control, she proceeds to tell me all about Detective Payne and his line of questioning. I let her know I’m not happy and he and I will be having words. I take my leave and say my goodbye before the sun rises as I need to feed quickly. With sorrow seeping out of every pore in my body, I turn to take one last look at her. It gets harder each time I leave her alone.
Chapter 6 (PEPPA)
I shiver and shake even though sweat is pouring off my body. The nightmare I have awoken from is still vivid in my memory. I lie there in a fetal position terrified that my dream can come true and I open my eyes trying to rid myself of the image of Noah lying on a mortuary slab.
When I was a child my mother would comfort me after a nightmare and she would tell me to imagine my happy place, where I can go and have fun and laugh. As I lie here, I take myself back to that place
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