Chapter 33 – Kai
L ana passes out on my chest. I don’t want to disturb her, but I have to get up. I carefully lay her down on her pillow. I get up and go to her bathroom to clean up my knife.
Once that’s done, I put the knife back in my backpack. I quietly put my clothes back on. I didn’t want to tell Lana but I know Liam is up to something. I didn’t hear everything but I heard him confront her.
I don’t know why she didn’t ask me certain questions but I’m glad she didn’t. I sigh. She was honest with me. I want to be honest with her, but I’m worried it will push her away. Especially when she finds out the truth about her date in Seattle.
I take my backpack out to my van. I sit there for a few minutes reminiscing about that night. I wish I could take it back but I can’t. I just have to hope that Lana can forgive me. I was jealous and in a vulnerable spot.
1990
I bide my time waiting for Lana and her date to finish dinner. I watch them come out of the restaurant. They hug for a long time and he kisses her outside. I clutch my steering wheel. She’s mine.
She kisses his cheek, waves and walks to her car. Now I’m really upset because he didn’t treat her like the queen that she is. I wait until she leaves the parking lot to tail him. He goes to a secluded spot in the middle of nowhere. I tap on his window.
He jumps. He’s got his dick in his hand. He rolls down his window after trying to shove himself back into his jeans. “Can I help-” I grab his suit and pull him out of his car.
“Yeah. You can help me.” I slam him up against his car. I land a punch to his jaw. “Yo, what the-” I hit him again. And again. And again. And drops him. He tries to crawl away. I step on his hand and easily break three of his fingers. I kick him in the stomach. More than necessary.
“You can leave my girlfriend alone.” I spit on him. I kick him in the skull. He’s barely breathing. I don’t bother wasting my time with him any longer. I go back home to Portland.
Evening rolls around, I spent all day with Lana which is amazing. But I can still tell there’s tension between us. I try to keep my mouth shut, because I am aware Blake happened before me. But really? Kari’s party? The thought alone makes my blood boil.
I don’t want to think about Blake’s grubby hands all over her body. I also have to give her benefit of the doubt because she lost him to apparent suicide.
I’m not really sure how much of that is true. Blake Ellis committing suicide? That’s about as unlikely as Kurt Cobain committing suicide. That’s my personal opinion though.
Lana is having a hard time looking at me too. I think we need to have a talk before the thoughts consume us both. We’ve been sitting on her couch, watching a movie. There’s clear tension. I sigh.
“What’s wrong?” I turn the TV off. “Can we discuss something?” She meets my gaze. She fidgets with her hands. “Why Liam?” She looks taken aback. I guess she thought I would discuss Blake first. We will get to that later.
She averts her eyes. “Well, he is nice, sweet, and didn’t force me to be something I’m not.” She looks back at me. “What? Just because I said, you’re mine? That’s a promise, not a threat.” I say. “Liam didn’t force me to be anything for him.”
I mess with my lip piercing. “Okay. So then, why are you here with me?” I really stare at her. I can tell she doesn’t want to talk about the real reason but I bring it up anyway. “You’re not here because sweet Liam, threatened you?”
Her face pales. “You eavesdropped on me?” I chuckle. “You think I had a choice? I know there’s something wrong with Liam.” She bites her lip. “He accused you of something serious. He called you dangerous.”
I narrow my eyes. “Let me guess, he got possessive over you. You saw a flicker of something malevolent in his eyes.” I look at her. “This isn’t funny, Kai.” She crosses her arms over her chest.
“Does it look like I’m laughing? Have you thought that Liam may be the ‘dangerous’ one?” I say. She rolls her eyes. “Fine. Don’t listen to me. Make jokes. Laugh it up. I’m just telling you what he told me. You’re not confirming or denying.”
I go to kiss her. She slaps me. “Where is this coming from?” I ask. “I don’t know. Get the fuck out. I don’t want to see you right now.” She pushes me out the door.
Just like last night, I kick my foot out to stop her from slamming the door in my face. “I’m not going anywhere.” She glares. “Fine. Did you ever hurt Tina?” She asks me point blank. I don’t speak. Mostly, shock I guess.
“Get out.” This time I don’t know what to say to make it better. She kicks me out. I go ahead and head to Midnight Mayhem. Lana and Liam have a production night so I’ll be working without either one of them there. Good.
I don’t want to be around a douche that accuses me of shit, and I don’t want to be around a girl who believes him, just because she spent five days with him.
Good riddance.