Song: We are Warriors- Avril Lavigne

I lean back against the wall and close my eyes thinking of what she just said. I know Eli is not working for my father; surely he wouldn't lie about that. I think about when Atticus walked in on us at the apartment and how he was so mad to see Eli there by my side. I keep trying to play the whole thing in my head. Atticus had told him that he had orders to stay away from me. He stated that Mekhi would be pissed off if I brought him back home but I didn't want to leave him. Once here, my dad even admitted that he hadn't talked to Eli that Doctor Mateo was the one who told him that I broke my ankle again.

However I did find it odd that Jasper was already here at the house. Why would he be here now? But why would he have anything to do with Eli watching me or working for my dad. I reach up and grab my head with both of my hands and pull on the strands of my hair in frustration. If my dad didn't hire him who did and why was he really there that night? I'm trying to rack my brain, shuffling thoughts and theories around in my head. Then it dawns on me...Scarlett! If course she would do that.

Shit...My dad might have hired Eli in the beginning and once I found out he stopped, however that is when Scarlett took over. I think about when we both walked in the door how she was excited to see me but when her eyes focused on Eli her whole expression changed in that moment. Even though I know she was warned by Atticus that I was bringing him, it was like just to lay eyes on him confirmed everything. I just don't understand, she knows how much I like Eli, why would she hire him to keep following me this whole time. What bothers me more is why in the hell would Eli keep it all from me.

It takes me a little while to get up from the floor. I reach for the crutches and leave the workout room. As I am making my way down the hall, I hear voices coming from the office. I stop to listen in, knowing that I shouldn't be. I would have listened a little longer if I hadn't been interrupted by Atticus.

"You know they will have your hide for listening in like that."

I jump a little startled by him, mainly because I thought for sure he would have been in the office talking as well. "I...I just thought I heard my name is all. I wasn't really listening in." I tell him and proceed to walk on down the hallway towards him.

I wait for him to make another comment to me but he doesn't. I head back out to the back patio and look around to see who was not there and that would tell me at least who else is in the office with my dad. However I notice that my dad is sitting out by the pool chatting with his sister Meagan and her husband. My eyes jolt quickly around the area and my mom is not out here, neither is Eli or Jasper, not to mention that Atticus never came back out either. I'm sure he went to tell her that I was in the hallway.

I look over at the table and Amaya looks up at me and tilts her head to the side. She has on her ear buds as if she is listening to music but in reality she is spying on her own family, listening in to everyone's conversations and I wonder how long she is been doing this.

I decided to turn around and go back into the house. I wanted to walk back over to the office just to see what I might stumble upon but instead I just go on up to my room. I am not sure I even want to know what they are discussing. I'm half way up the stairs when I see my dad in the hallway and heading towards the office. I can hear the door open and close right behind him. I shake off the feelings of mixed emotions running through my head and head on up to my room.

I'm not sure how long that I lie on the bed before I hear the door open. I close my eyes as the sound of his steps walk over closer to the bed and the bed shifts as he sits down behind me. I keep my eyes closed, pretending that I was already asleep. I'm just not sure I want to bring up everything right now and start an argument with him. His body falls next to mine and he wraps his arm around my waist, pulling me in to him. He rests his head on my shoulder and snuggles next to me. I usually love having him this close to me but at the moment I'm no so sure.

Long after he falls asleep, I slide out of the bed. I sit across from him in the over sized chair and watch him sleep. I think about him as a person and there is a huge part of me that doesn't want to let him go. I have so many feelings for him, however there is another part of me that wants to take him out and kill him. Surely it wouldn't be that hard to slit his throat or cut his heart out. I just don't like being lied too. I don't like being betrayed and with him still working for my family quite frankly pisses me off. I think I need to choose my battles cautiously and think about what I need to say or do next before jumping to conclusions.

In the early morning hours, I wake back up from dosing off in the chair. I open my eyes to see him snuggled up with my pillow in his arms as if still embracing me. He is still fully clothed and his shoes are next to the bed. I get up and make my way towards the bathroom to freshen up some and then head downstairs. I already know the rest of the family will be at the table eating breakfast and then once done they will all go work out.

I sit down along with them. There is already a plate in front of me; I just need to fix my plate. I reach over and grab the plate of eggs and scoop some to my plate. Then I grab a slice of toast. Not sure why everyone is so quite this morning but as I grab the juice, my dad grabs it and pours it for me. "Good morning, so where is that fellow of yours?"

Instead of looking at my dad, I look at mom to see if there is any reaction from her and of course nothing. I glance over at Atticus and he is eating bacon, pretending that my dad didn't say a word. "He is still sleeping, I guess. It is not my job to watch after him."

Funny how they all look at me at the same time and not one dares to say anything. I grab my juice and take a sip before sitting it back down on the table. "So where is Jasper this morning?" I ask.

"He had to leave out early this morning," my dad replies.

"Oh...darn it would have been nice to catch up with him. I mean it's just been so long since I have seen him. Well hopefully he got to tell Eli bye."

"He told him bye last night," says my mom without looking my way. "When you are finished eating maybe you can join us in the workout room."

"Sure." I nod my head slowly in agreement even though I so don't feel like working out. I should be prompt up on the couch with my leg up and resting but I know that for sure in the hell is not going to happen. If anything, I know she will want me to at least work on my upper body strength. I been here before and I know that they will not let me do nothing all day.

Eli never comes down to eat breakfast with us and by the time he does come down we are all in the workout room. I am over at the weights and working on lifting. Marcus is helping me while my parents and Atticus are working out on the mat. He walks over to us and shakes Marcus's hand. "I got this if you need to go help them out."

"I was told to help her." He looks down at me and up at my parents. I see them nod and he looks back at Eli. "Ok then, I will be right over there if you two need me." Once he walks off, Eli hands me the weights. "You sure you got this, damn these are freaking heavy?"

"Just let go, Eli. I can do it. I have been lifting all damn morning. As a matter of fact my whole freaking life...seriously I got it."

He lets go and I lift the weights five times, taking in breathes each time and then I hold it up for him to grab and put back on the rack.

"You could have waked me up this morning." He looks down at me with a slight smile.

"It's not my job to wake you up." My eye happens to twitch on the word 'job'.

"No one said it was. I just thought that we could have you know." He raises his eyebrows up and down and then winks at me. He was hoping that I would have waked him up so that he might have had the chance of getting a little action.

"Yeah well, you looked so peaceful sleeping there; I really didn't want to wake you up. Besides I'm not so sure you want to be doing that under the same roof as my parents." I whisper back to him.

He glances up and my parents and then looks back at me. "I don't think they would mind. No one has to know everything that you do in your own room do they?"

I shake my head in disbelief. "Why do you think that they wouldn't mind? What do you guys have some kind of agreement?"

He scrunches up his face. "What the hell are you talking about? Agreement?" He eyes narrow right along with his eyebrows and I think I just hit a nerve or something. "I told you that I am not working for them anymore."

I sit up and grab the towel at my side to wipe the sweat off my face. I put on a fake smile. "You are right...I am sorry. I don't know what came over me." I reach over to grab my crutches and pull myself up into standing. "I'm going to go get out of these drenched clothes."

He steps over closer to me and reaches out for my arm. "You want some help?"

"Actually no. I think I got it. How about you work out with my parents maybe you guys can plan your next move."

"What the hell are you talking about?" This time he raises his voice and the room goes quite. I wonder who they will protect, me or him.

I turn back to look at him. My eyes look over to the rest of my family. I bite my bottom lip. Inside I urge my voice to keep quite but my mind wants to take over. I hate that they all are keeping secrets behind my back. "I don't know maybe you should tell me."

"Tell you what? There is nothing to tell." He sounds really defensive and his eyes quickly dart over to my mom and then back at me. I wonder if he is waiting for her reaction or maybe give him some kind of clue on what he should do or say for that matter.

"Yeah...keep telling yourself that." I turn back around and leave the room. As I stand outside, out of view I wait for them to start talking to each other but nothing is said. I hop along down the hall and up the stairs to my room to change out of my sweaty clothes, cussing at myself the whole way.