"It's the things that we love most
that destroy us."
~ Unknown

...♛...

"Hey, Kai wanted me to give you guys the tickets and tell you that we'll meet you guys at the hotel. We're deciding to visit the home in Chicago before we head to vacation."

"Oh, okay," Amelia smiles. "Are you sure? We can come along too."

"No, it's fine. We just wanna grab a few things from there," I inform.

"Okay then, I guess we'll see you at the hotel then?"

"Yup," I smile back giving Amelia a long hug. I sigh heavily feeling her warmth.

"You okay?" she asks.

"Yeah," I reply breaking the hug. "Just soaking in the love."

"Okay," she laughs eyeing me skeptically.

"See you there," Dakota says.

"Take care," Alec says.

"Hasta la vista," Cole laughs.

"Bye," I smile waving.

"They're not coming with us?" Kai calls from behind me. I turn around to find him holding Luke in his arms.

"Uh- no, they said they'll take the early flight."

"Okay, I guess we should get going too then," Kai says.

"Yeah, lets go," I smile. Both of us head down to the car. Once Kai buckles Luke into his seat, Kai takes the wheel driving us to the airport.

The last three months haven't been easy.

I called off the engagement with Alessio and he left after Dean's funeral. Anthony refused to say a word to me or even look in my direction and so he left the house the second he could with Zoe.

My father and Kai were left alone taking care of the black market.

Everyone else has been about, but my memories aren't clear enough for details as I spent most of the time alone trying to rebuild myself.

From speech therapy to physical therapy, I've been working on how to act normal.

Counselling has helped me deal with the mental and emotional trauma. I don't speak much, but I've made progress.

There was a time when all I did was look and say nothing at all.

...♛...

"Did you grab what you needed?" Kai questions.

"Yeah," I reply as I play with Luke on Kai's bed.

"Ma-ma," Luke says as he claps his hands.

"Summer?" Kai starts.

"Yeah?"

"I know you don't wanna talk about it, but can we?"

"Kai, please. We're going on vacation now and I can't talk about it. You already know everything. You see the scars, don't you?"

"I see the scars, but it's the ones on the inside that matter to me. You say you love me, but in the last three months, we've shared more silence than words."

"I'm not doing this right now, Kai. Stop."

"No, I've been so patient with you. Three months, Summer. How much more time do you need?"

"As long as I live, that's how long. I don't wanna talk about it. But if you must know. I let Nick kidnap me, I let him rape me and torture me until I could have the chance to take out the chip. Whatever happened, happened because I wanted it to. Let's just say it's an experience I'll never forget."

"How can you be like this?"

"Please, Kai. Just, please. Not right now. We have to go."

"Fine," his lips form a thin line. "I just have to grab a few more things."

I watch Kai disappear into his walk in closet. Looking at Luke play with his toy, I hear my phone ding. Picking it up, I read the message.

Everything's set, send him down.

I reply with a simple okay and wait for Kai to return.

"Okay, let's go," Kai says.

"You go, I'll bring Luke. I just remembered I need to grab one more thing from my room."

"Oh, okay. I'll be in the car," he informs.

"Kai?"

"Yeah?" he questions as he stops under the door frame.

His eyes, lighter than ever, he watches me carefully waiting for me to talk.

He's been everything and more to me in the past three months.

He loves me and made sure to show it profusely. There isn't an inch in my body that questions his love for me.

He is my everything.

But he wasn't always that man.

And I wasn't always the woman he loved.

"Nothing, sorry," I shake my head.

"Uh- okay. I love you."

"I love you," I reply before he leaves.

I exit the room as well walking into mine. The air cold, I feel goosebumps rise on my body as I open my dresser and take out the small piece of paper I left in here months ago.

Tucking it into my pocket, I head back into Kai's room and grab my phone. Getting on my knees, I look Luke in the eyes.

My eyes watering.

Get it together, Summer.

Taking a deep breath, I call my father.

"Can you send someone to pick up Luke?"

"Of course," he replies before ending it.

Getting onto my feet, I straighten my shoulders broadening them. As I walk out of the room and down the hall, every memory in my mind from the day I met Kai plays in my mind.

From the start, he had that dominant aura following him. He reeked of darkness, drenched with blood and a dangerous past, but hid under his intoxicating cologne.

He blinded me with his rare kindness, but I can still see past that.

His mistakes won't go unnoticed just because I love him.

If I hadn't met him, Alice would still be alive. Micheal and Melissa would still be alive. Lucy might've still been here. Dean wouldn't have died. Anthony would still be walking.

If I hadn't met Kai, I'd still be in hiding.

I'd still be running from the past.

But I'm not running anymore.

We're here.

The people I cared most about, are gone.

Nick is dead.

That is our past now and today is our present.

Tomorrow will be my future.

Standing at the top of the stairs, I find Kai on his knees with his hands cuffed behind his back surrounded by men dressed in FBI uniforms.

Blood drips from the corner of his lip and light reflects on the forming bruise under his right eye.

His eyes meet mine.

My mind blurs for a second as my heart skips a beat. For a second, it feels like it's not going to regain it's rhythm, but it does.

"What? Not into talking anymore?" I taunt as I make my way down the stairs towards him.

One last act won't hurt anyone, but a few.

"You made your choice."

"Actually, there never was a choice. I always knew what had to be done."

"Betraying me?"

"Now see that's where you're wrong. I didn't betray you, I'm simply finishing a game that you started. You wanted to know me? Didn't you, Kai Black?"

"I love you," he says. He watches intently to find a hint of emotion in me, but I don't flinch.

I love him.

I do.

But I'm not going to prove it to him.

I'm not going to let him be content knowing that this is causing me just as much pain as it will him.

"Oh, I know you do. Trust me, I know because I made you fall in love with me. You were my puppet, Kai and you can't say that I didn't warn you. The day you burned my family without a single remorse and made me watch, I told you I would ruin you in ways nobody could even dream of. Tell me, how does it feel to watch it all fall apart?"

"You always did what had to be done. Setting aside your personal feelings, you've always been great at that. Even today."

"I had to convince you that I loved you, so what better way than to actually do it?"

"You'll miss me," Kai smirks. He might not show in his words or stance, but I can see it in eyes.

He's truly broken.

No father.

No mother.

No brother

No son.

No love.

"I know. You'll serve your sentence behind bars and I'll serve it out here, but all I know is mine will be longer than yours. You have a minute do your worse," I instruct the officers.

"Summer," Kai groans.

I take a step back as I watch the officers beat Kai to a pulp. In the end, he slithers on the floor groaning in pain. His face full of blood and bruises, I close my eyes and take a deep breath.

He did this to himself.

"Take off the cuffs," I order. One of the officers does as he's told and steps aside.

Getting onto his front, Kai's eyes share a sense of dark amusement as they shimmer under the fluorescent lighta. The corner of his lip busted, he still manages to stretch it into his signature smirk.

"You like the view?" I question as he brings his eyes up from my feet. Squatting down to his level, I hide my emotions beneath a cold stare.

"You, Kai Black, did this to yourself the day you wanted to know me. I'd kill you right now, but a wise man once told me that living is worse than death for most. You're gonna live wanting to die everyday. Not seeing your child grow up and knowing that the woman you love turned on you, will be your only accomplice inside the four walls of a cell."

"Summer, Luciano needs me, don't you dare-"

"He doesn't need you, Kai. He needs a father and he'll get one that won't hand him a knife at the age of two. He'll know you Kai, I promise you, he will know who are and he will have the choice to either love or hate you, but know that his choice will be based off of everything you ever did."

"This is so fucked," Kai shakes his head. "Because after all this, I still wouldn't change a thing."

I smile.

Neither would I.

"You felt the warmth of Summer, but you forgot that winter comes after. Goodbye, Kai," I stand up and nod giving my father the go.

He doesn't struggle.

He doesn't say a word.

I don't know what's more depressing, me turning on him or him not even fighting for anything.

He gave up so easily.

I don't look at him.

Instead, I walk past him and exit the house that it all started in.

Finally, I leave the past where it should be.

In the past.

A/N:

Ivy: And that's it. End of Summer and Kai.
Goodbyes are always hard especially if you're turning on the person you love, that's why this chapter is really short and not too detailed.

All questions will be answered...
Epilogue coming soon.