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Chap. Nine " Jasper Whitlock"

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Maureen stopped drinking; Although her demons were still not quiet, they stopped tormenting her for the moment, but they were too strong and foolish to be beaten so easily, but Maureen had understood that if the victim was victimized, if she lowered her head she would be seen as weak, already She couldn't curl up and cry until her wounds stopped hurting because she knew such a thing would never happen. You learn to live with pain, but it never goes away. Perhaps it was too exaggerated that months have passed since that terrifying night, but an attempted rape is never completely overcome. Less coming from someone you trusted so blindly. Because at the time Thomas Rivel had been his best friend, his brother.

—You will never be able to silence the cries of your heart Maureen - Morgan intertwined his fingers - Don't let him eat you up inside, let him out.

Morgan, I knew her better than anyone; It was he who saved her that day, it was on his shoulder where she cried until there were no more tears left, it was in his arms where she took refuge while resisting the critical glances of everyone in the court. It was with him and Ian that she had trusted to talk about what had happened, because despite her fear, Maureen knew that shutting up would be worse. Perhaps another girl would have been a victim of Thomas, perhaps a young woman walking home at night after a long day. That was Maureen's only consolation in the possibility of having arrested a rapist so that no more girl was a victim, an old policeman had told her that Thomas was going to be raped in prison. Many of the criminals in there were old-fashioned fathers, brothers, and even grandparents. People with the teaching that women are not touched even with the petal of a rose.

- I'm not sure I want to let out all the demons in me. - Maureen rested her head on Morgan's shoulder. - At least not in public ...

Although now she seemed to be calmer; Inside there was a whole revolution, her fears collided with her enormous desire not to be defeated, her demons ripped through her mind with events already past but that continue to leave their mark on her permanently. That was the most tiring, the constant fighting inside her, the dilemmas and the unanswered questions. And there were only two possible ways to end that dispute, either you let your fears and all that negative thinking shit win, or you fight to the death until your demons have no choice but to silence the volume of their screams. But they never leave. They never leave you.

- The only thing that consoles me is knowing that Thomas is serving his sentence in prison - Maureen closed her eyes, she could not see the fervent anger that could be seen in the blue eyes of the oldest and is that the youngest of the Atlantis was not aware that Thomas was free roaming the streets of his old home - He won't hurt any more girls ...

Morgan kissed his sister's forehead - I'll go home to get some of your clothes and inform Ian of what happened ... I'll leave you in the care of Esme and Jasper ...

The suspicion was evident in his voice - Morgan ...

- I'm sure he's willing to give everything for you Maureen ... - Morgan sighed - But I'm still not sure I can trust that in his hands you are one hundred percent safe ...

- I want him...

- I know...

- I want him like you want Alice.

- I also know ... - Morgan smiled half; The boy Hale must have done something very good to deserve the brilliant love of a person as sweet as his cute eyes, Jasper would not have to worry about deceit or lies. Because if you knew how to read Maureen's ocean gaze you would know how giant her heart was and how incapable she was of betraying those she loved - Jasper is going to have to earn my approval and Ian's ...

Maureen laughed - I have to like it, not you ...

- Insolent girl ... - Morgan saw Jasper in the doorway with a tray of sandwiches and a linden tea that according to Esme was a good tranquilizer - If something happens to her while I'm gone, I'm going to kick your ass ...

Morgan walked to the exit, he was next to Jasper when he stopped to whisper to him - Tell him the truth, Ken doll, before Bella gets ahead of you and yells in his face that you are a vampire.

Jasper nodded; I wait for Morgan to come out before smiling at the girl with very pretty eyes who looked at him with so much affection - Thank you Jasper for what you did for me in that alley ...

- I would do it a thousand times ... - Jasper set the tray on a coffee table before kneeling in front of the person who was his heart. - He would do anything to keep you safe ...

Maureen half smiled, sadness invaded her whole body, so much desolation in such a small body, Jasper wished he could manipulate his emotions, but every time he tried it made it worse, as if his body felt his manipulation like an enemy. He could only perceive that he felt manipulating her was one thing he couldn't do. Jasper intertwined his fingers, something sweet Maureen wanted to tell him, but sadness and his panic prevented it.

- I'm here for you in whatever Maureen - That was a fact; Jasper would be for Maureen in whatever she wanted, he would not leave her alone, the despair that invaded him when he felt her in danger a thing that he would not forget so easily. Feeling so helpless when she felt her heart in danger and seeing her helpless in the clutches of those two humans ...

—Jasper is never erased, you try to forget, but nothing makes you forget instead everything makes you remember - Maureen Temple - everything is blurred by your tears, everything hurts, everything tears you inside, Thomas Rivel hit me in the dark of an alley try to fight, fight for some hope of escape. But I was nothing against someone who doubles my weight and size.

Jasper hugged her; Maureen hugged him. He clung to the man who was beginning to love as he had never loved someone, Jasper clung to her like a man trying to protect his beloved, he clung to the smallest as if she were water that would escape between his fingers. Soldier and maiden clung to each other like two broken people seeking to rebuild.

- I would like to forget how with his dagger he ripped my clothes, I would like to forget the words he whispered in my ear - Maureen sobbed in the arms of the soldier as she hugged the strongest -"Sweet, sweet Maureen I have come to claim what is mine" I would like to forget the smell of his perfume on my skin, his hands on my waist, I would like to forget the disgust I felt when I perceived his erection on my thigh ...

- Enough Maureen I don't want to hear more ...

- I couldn't do anything Jasper, I was so weak, I could only close my eyes waiting for everything to end faster, I screamed, but my pleas were of no use, it only increased his excitement ...

- I'm going to kill him ... - Jasper took Maureen's face between his hands wiping his tears with his thumb, those little eyes that he once saw shine now were dull and full of shadows of the memories of a night where Maureen had been taken by force - I'm going to make him suffer ... I'm going to break him into so many pieces ...

- I wanted to die so much Jasper ... - Maureen closed her eyes - Before Thomas raped me Morgan hit him on the head with a glass bottle, we took a taxi to the police station. We had to file a complaint before Thomas's mom moved her people ... it took us months and a good lawyer, but we got Thomas incarcerated ... 15 years in prison.

- Confinement is not enough ...

- For me it is Jasper ... - A muffled whisper - For me it is enough to know that I will not hurt any other girl anymore ... That is the story behind my scars Jasper ...

Jasper half smiled - They are battle marks ... I have my own ...

Showing the scars on his arms; Jasper made a decision, which could be the beginning of a love story or the end of a story that had not begun to be written. He was afraid, afraid of losing her without having had her, afraid of seeing her oceanic eyes darken with fear. But it was time to speak the truth, to look into her eyes and tell her of the atrocities that he was capable of without flinching, it was time to tell Maureen about who Jasper Whitlock really was.