pursuit began. I looked in the side view mirror and saw a few cars and motorbikes trailing after us.
“ Is it always like that?”
“ For me, yes. You not so much until recently.”
“ What did I do?”
He looked at me as he mulled it over and then relented.
“ You might have been portrayed as a person that came between me and a recent love interest of mine.”
“ Oh.”
“ Look.” he sighed. “I wasn't really interested in her anyway. She was a distraction from the pain of my reality.”
I picked up a book that was sitting in the center console, it looked worn and well read. Someone had written in a neat cursive on the title page.
Hobbits aren't the only ones that can have adventures.
“ I'm adopted.” I whispered as a tear fell onto the back of my hand.
Jaxon nodded when I looked up at him.
“ You've got a couple of photos in your apartment. Someone's gone to collect everything so that you can look at them.”
“ They died in a car accident, didn't they?”
He nodded as he took my hand, holding it firmly until the lights changed.
“ You have an uncanny knack for surviving car accidents. I'm not going to tell you about it Kaylee. Even though you haven't said much about it I know you would prefer to not remember it.”
More tears escaped as I looked out the window, watching as we passed the arid land.
“ What happened with the recent accident?”
“ No one knows exactly what happened, there were no witnesses. Highway patrol came across you, it was probably only a few minutes after the accident. They said they saw the car pass them just outside the city limits and started to follow you at a distance. Somewhere along the way you must have put your foot down and they lost sight of you but continued, figuring that you were about to start speeding. Then they found you.”
He gulped hard, taking a careful peek at me as he turned the corner into a driveway, descending into a car park.
“ You were off the road in the dirt. The cops said that you must have spun out and ditched it. They ran the plates and called me.”
Darkness shrouded the sad face, I couldn't see him for a brief moment until the lights of the garage lit up the sadness again.
“ Worst phone call ever. I didn't even know you had left. How fucked up is that? You ran away and no one knew a damned thing.”
“ Everyone gets distracted.”
Jaxon laughed, the smile wasn't a happy one. He pulled into a park and turned off the engine.
“ It was your birthday party Kaylee, everyone should have noticed. The place was filled with at least a hundred people that should have had their focus on you but somehow you managed to slip away.”
“ Oh.” I said softly, feeling like shit.
That sucked. I got out of the car, Jaxon had rounded it fast so that he could help me.
“ Did I steal your car?”
“ No. I gave you one and trust me, I've been yelled at.”
“ Why?” I frowned.
He gestured to the red sports car beside us, low to the ground and very sleek.
“ Got you a blue one.”
I gaped at the thought of it, such extravagance was surely unjustified. He took my hand and led me to the elevator, the doors opened as soon as he pressed the button.
“ Just got to get some things and then we'll be going again.”
“ Do you live here?”
He nodded as he pressed the button at the very top.
“ Do I?”
His head shook slowly.
“ Are you my boyfriend?”
“ No but you wanted me to be.”
“ So why aren't you?” I frowned. “You keep kissing me, you told me that you loved me. I don't understand.”
He leaned on the wall opposite, his eyes were on his fingers as he trailed them around the circle buttons on the panel.
“ It's complicated.”
“ So explain it.”
“ We met when you were seventeen, it didn't seem right.”
“ Did you do something to me?”
My heart thumped a little harder as I leaned against the wall. Should I fear him? It didn't feel like I should.
“ No!” he gasped in shock. “God Kaylee, kissing
“ Is it always like that?”
“ For me, yes. You not so much until recently.”
“ What did I do?”
He looked at me as he mulled it over and then relented.
“ You might have been portrayed as a person that came between me and a recent love interest of mine.”
“ Oh.”
“ Look.” he sighed. “I wasn't really interested in her anyway. She was a distraction from the pain of my reality.”
I picked up a book that was sitting in the center console, it looked worn and well read. Someone had written in a neat cursive on the title page.
Hobbits aren't the only ones that can have adventures.
“ I'm adopted.” I whispered as a tear fell onto the back of my hand.
Jaxon nodded when I looked up at him.
“ You've got a couple of photos in your apartment. Someone's gone to collect everything so that you can look at them.”
“ They died in a car accident, didn't they?”
He nodded as he took my hand, holding it firmly until the lights changed.
“ You have an uncanny knack for surviving car accidents. I'm not going to tell you about it Kaylee. Even though you haven't said much about it I know you would prefer to not remember it.”
More tears escaped as I looked out the window, watching as we passed the arid land.
“ What happened with the recent accident?”
“ No one knows exactly what happened, there were no witnesses. Highway patrol came across you, it was probably only a few minutes after the accident. They said they saw the car pass them just outside the city limits and started to follow you at a distance. Somewhere along the way you must have put your foot down and they lost sight of you but continued, figuring that you were about to start speeding. Then they found you.”
He gulped hard, taking a careful peek at me as he turned the corner into a driveway, descending into a car park.
“ You were off the road in the dirt. The cops said that you must have spun out and ditched it. They ran the plates and called me.”
Darkness shrouded the sad face, I couldn't see him for a brief moment until the lights of the garage lit up the sadness again.
“ Worst phone call ever. I didn't even know you had left. How fucked up is that? You ran away and no one knew a damned thing.”
“ Everyone gets distracted.”
Jaxon laughed, the smile wasn't a happy one. He pulled into a park and turned off the engine.
“ It was your birthday party Kaylee, everyone should have noticed. The place was filled with at least a hundred people that should have had their focus on you but somehow you managed to slip away.”
“ Oh.” I said softly, feeling like shit.
That sucked. I got out of the car, Jaxon had rounded it fast so that he could help me.
“ Did I steal your car?”
“ No. I gave you one and trust me, I've been yelled at.”
“ Why?” I frowned.
He gestured to the red sports car beside us, low to the ground and very sleek.
“ Got you a blue one.”
I gaped at the thought of it, such extravagance was surely unjustified. He took my hand and led me to the elevator, the doors opened as soon as he pressed the button.
“ Just got to get some things and then we'll be going again.”
“ Do you live here?”
He nodded as he pressed the button at the very top.
“ Do I?”
His head shook slowly.
“ Are you my boyfriend?”
“ No but you wanted me to be.”
“ So why aren't you?” I frowned. “You keep kissing me, you told me that you loved me. I don't understand.”
He leaned on the wall opposite, his eyes were on his fingers as he trailed them around the circle buttons on the panel.
“ It's complicated.”
“ So explain it.”
“ We met when you were seventeen, it didn't seem right.”
“ Did you do something to me?”
My heart thumped a little harder as I leaned against the wall. Should I fear him? It didn't feel like I should.
“ No!” he gasped in shock. “God Kaylee, kissing
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