Seduced by My Childhood Sweetheart’s Brother
Chapter 118

118- Choice and changes

Megan turns to face me, a look of amusement on her face.

“He is really really thinking through all this, isn’t he?” She asks. I nod.

“Yeah, it’s almost impressive. It’s scary… but at the same time, I totally get it. Also we REALLY need tomeet this girl.

“You just want to see if she’s his soul mate.” Megan accuses. I shrug.

“What’s the point in being able to see spoilers if I don’t get to know about the actually invested in?” Ipoint out.

people

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“True, that’s fair. Will you tell him though?” She asks.

“I’ll tell him the same thing I told you. Basically that it’s better he doesn’t ask unless he already knowsthe answer.”

“Well, at least you’re consistent.” Megan admits.

“Would you tell me?” She tries again. I look her over, unsure.

“Will you be able to keep it to yourself? No matter how dumb his decisions are?” I demand. Meganimmediately nods, then pauses and seems to rethink her decision.

“Uh… I’m not sure. I knew about you and Bellamy but I gave that away without realising it. Maybe Ican’t be trusted.” She looks pretty miserable. I lean in and give her a hug.

“Hey, that wasn’t your fault. I never blamed you. You are definitely a trustworthy person! I was actuallyasking if you want that kind of responsibility. It’s not always fun watching. people make the wrongchoices. If it weren’t for the black thread that Tristain had with Bellamy I probably wouldn’t have eversaid anything to you.” I admit.

“I would have let you marry him and just made sure to be there for you when it ended.” Megan is quietfor a minute.

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“Really? I’m not quite sure how I feel about that.” She says in a subdued voice. I sigh.

“I know, and I’m sorry about it. But that was the choice you made. Without the chance to make choicesand mistakes, what’s the point in even having free will? I could tell everyone who they should be with,but that’s not going to make them want that person. And if they do really care about someone, nothingthat I say is going to change their minds, it might even make them more stubborn about it.” I explain.Megan contemplates my answer for a few

minutes.

“I understand… and maybe don’t tell me, at least not until I’ve worked it out for myself.” She winks and Ilaugh.

“Sure.”

Bellamy and I both end up going to bed late. When Megan and I finish our movie I check his room andrealise that he is still downstairs in his office. I have a quick shower and change into pyjamas but whenI emerge he still hasn’t joined me. I wonder if he knows how late it is? I pad downstairs on barefoot tocheck on him. I replace him at his desk, hunched over and hyper focussed. He looks up and gives me astrained smile as I enter.

“Hey,” he greets me.

“Hi. What are you looking at?” I ask.

“Information that Alex helped me replace about the Brooks family.” Ah, well that explains hist

stressed out posture.

“Anything interesting?” I prompt and Bellamy shakes his head, then shoves his hand through. his hair,pushing it back and sighing.

“No, not really. I can’t replace anything in their finances, they didn’t appear to owe anyone money, nor werethey wealthy enough for it to be worth kidnapping a child, not to mention that would make murderingthe parents an accident, and I can see that happening with one, but both parents? Then why keep thegirl? Alex also got ahold of some of the official

Lion stuff from law enforcement, don’t ask me how. I have no idea. The family didn’t

appear to have issues with anyone. In fact it seems they kept to themselves a lot. The family are allrecorded as Magics, but there is some debate as to which kind. The mother was a

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Witch, as we thought. But the father and Kiara. Well, that seems unclear. Mostly these reports are justconfirming information we already knew. But I’m going to keep looking. There are plenty more sourceswe can check. The guys are going to talk to their friends, work, neighbours, the school. Surelysomeone will know something.”

“We hope. Are you finished for tonight?”

“Not yet, I had just a few more things I wanted to read over. You can head up to bed if you’re tired. I’lldo my best not to wake you.” Bellamy offers. I shrug.

“Nah, I’ll wait.” I move into my recliner and curl up.

I wake to Bellamy picking me up off the recliner.

“Hmm?” I mumble drowsily.

“Oh, shit. Sorry. I was trying not to wake you. It took longer than I thought and you fell asleep.” He says,his tone apologetic..

“S’okay.” I feel like I should tell Bellamy to put me down, insist that I can walk myself to bed. But I’m sosleepy and comfortable. He doesn’t seem to struggle to carry me. Not even when we reach the stairs.He fumbles with his bedroom door knob a little but he manages it without jostling me all that much. Helowers me into the bed and pulls the blanket over me.

“I’ll be right back.” He whispers, with a kiss on my forehead. I nod and snuggle into the blankets. Trueto his word, Bellamy returns a minute later wearing sleeping pants and not shirt. He climbs into bedbeside me, flicks off the light and tugs me close to his side. He lets +11 out a deep sigh and it takes hima while to relax. I don’t know how long exactly thought because it only takes me a few minutes to fallcompletely asleep.

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This time when I see her, Kiara is asleep. Her hands are still tied and propped under her head. She’scurled up in a little ball on the ground and she looks like she’s freezing. Even in sleep. she looksstrained and miserable. I watch her for a long time. Eventually, she rolls over and my heart races whenI see the purplish bruise forming on her cheek. We are going to replace her and I am going to make surethat nothing like this, nothing bad, ever happens to her again. I can’t undo what’s happened to her,even if we save her, she’s still going to be a little girl with no parents, just like I was. But she’s strong. Ihaven’t seen much of her but I know that. I can

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see it in the defiant looks she gives and the way she resists when she gets pushed around. It know it’sa little hypocritical of me, particularly considering how I told Megan that I would have let her marryTristain, but some people shouldn’t be allowed to have free will and make choices. Not when thedecisions they make hurt others so much. I spend a while watching Kiara, looking out for signs of anychange, but it seems like she’s being left alone to sleep.

that, something changes, I don’t know exactly how but my vision of Kiara fades and I replace myself fallingback into blackness and I stay that way until morning.

Once I’ve accepter

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