Prisoner 4-0-9 novel Chapter 43

"Is there anything I can do to help, Ms. Devila?" Rex asks, as we drive back to my apartment and I tiredly shake my head.

"Are you hungry?"

"I'm fine, Rex."

"Okay." He reads into the mood and remains quiet for the rest of the ride.

There's a fine line between denial and truth.

I was just leaning on pure denial.

Whether I wanted to believe it or not, Trevor did do this for me. He got rid of Dain, who abused, raped, and well killed our unborn child.

And for these past few months, I thought that maybe if I... Sought his killer I would be more than just the psychopath who was happy that her ex-boyfriend was dead.

I felt guilty for being pleased that he was murdered, part of me found joy in it. So I pushed those feelings away and replaced it with what I thought would be the sensible thing.

Worry ... Honesty ... integrity.

But the truth is I was just being plain stupid, and everyone could see it but me.

Upon this realization, I still didn't know how to feel about Trevor. He had done all of this for me, and I appreciated it, but how do I accept it.

No really, think of it.

How do I just push myself into this life of...security, a house, a car, a business, bags of money, after how everything went down?

These things were well thought of before we got into this predicament, so at least it would be hard to say that he really did this so that I could forgive him.

I wish I could call him ... Or see him, but maybe his mother was right. Maybe I needed to stay away.

If I was being completely honest, I don't think I'm mentally there yet to see him or to jump into anything with him.

Maybe we both just need some space.

"Rex..." I say as we arrive, and he pokes his head around to face me. "Help me move some things to my house."

"Hi everyone, thank you for being here to welcome me." I smile at my... Housekeepers. They all nod at me, looking sharp as ever in their attire.

"I just want to say that I won't be needing you all every day." I watch as their faces slowly drop, and I get a little confused.

"So we're fired?" The gatekeeper asks first and my eyes bulge.

"Oh no, no, no, no. I will need you guys, but just on certain days. And don't worry, you'll be paid the same, even for the days when you aren't working. You however gatekeeper, I'll need you every day."

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