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they decided to have me committed to the mental institution. They said I was suffering from delusions as a result to the trauma and ‘probable guilt’ of my parents’ murders. They had no other suspects and their argument was that I was the only one in the house. The only flaw with their case was that I didn’t have a drop of blood on me and they had no way to prove I was anywhere near their bodies. A year or so later my grandparents decided they were fed up with everything and got me out of the loony bin, whisking me across the country,” I stared out the window and waited for his reaction.
    “Wow.”
    “I bet you think I’m crazy now. I was in the mental hospital you know,” I said wincing.
    “No. I believe you. I don’t think you are capable of hurting people you love and I also believe there are things that exist that no one can explain. Sometimes people have a hard time admitting it, especially if they’ve never encountered anything weird. Is that when episodes started?”
    “I’m not sure honestly, but I first realized it at the hospital. People would try talking to me or guards would try to take advantage of me and weird things would happen. Eventually they put me into my own room with a recreation area to keep me away from other patients. They kept me drugged most of the time and guards stopped coming to my room. They would slide my food through a slot in the door and my medication would be administered through IV when I was sleeping. I hated that place,” I hugged myself, remembering the faces of the awful people there and shuddered.
    Christian gripped the steering wheel tightly. He remained silent, chewing on his thoughts. I glanced at him a few times and felt ashamed. I was sure he would drop me off and speed away, never to look back. A few tears escaped and I tried to be conspicuous at wiping them away.
    “I know it was difficult for you to tell me. I wish I could take it all away and make you forget all of those horrible things. I hate how much pain you’ve been through. Promise me that if you ever find yourself in a position where you feel trapped you’ll figure out a way to contact me. I’ll do whatever I can so you won’t have to go through anything like that ever again,” he said roughly. Had the car not been moving I would have contemplated running. The look on his face terrified me.
    “Okay. I’m sorry if I made you angry. I didn’t mean to…”
    “It wasn’t you, Lia. Knowing that other people tried to take advantage of you makes my blood boil. I assumed that thing with Dallas was actually saving you from it and now I realize there were countless others that never crossed my mind,” he softened a bit as we came to a stop at my house. He ran his fingers over his buzzed hair and blew out a long sigh.
    “Sometimes bad things happen, Christian. We can’t always control them. I couldn’t be saved back then, but you have saved me now. It wasn’t just from Dallas either. I actually feel really happy for the first time in a while. It sounds weird after only knowing you for a few days, but it’s true,” I rested my hand on his arm. He smiled tightly and nodded before slipping from his seat to help me out.
    “I feel happy to. Thank you for being stronger than I am. I hate to think about anyone hurting you. I know that I’ve only known you for a few days and I can understand if that sounds weird,” he said slipping me easily from the seat. I smiled and inched up on my tiptoes, kissing him lightly. His grip tightened for a moment as we leaned against the car.
    His kisses were more frantic than I expected and he leaned into me. I wrapped my arms around his neck and felt like I couldn’t get him close enough. All I could feel was the electricity of his touch and his lips as they played sparks onto my own. Talk about fireworks! He pulled back abruptly and stared at me. I was breathless and slightly overwhelmed, but I wanted more. I started to kiss him again but he inched