Protected (Barba x reader)

Chapter 7

"I want to know," I demanded.

He stopped, "Fine, if you must know. I used Harold because I knew that he was a ladies' man. Behind all that dirt and funk there is actually a handsome man. He is a veteran. After being discharged he tried to find work, but no one would hire a guy with a limp and little education. Thank god for America screwing Vets over, am I right? Anyway, he knew just how to get women to talk to him. He'd flash that smile, or what was left of it, and they would come over and talk. He never knew that it was because they felt pity, not because he was charming. I found him one day talking to a very young and attractive woman. Her name was y/n. I thought to my self, well this is really something now isn't it? I couldn't get you first though. It would be too easy for cops to catch me. So I waited till you were gone and cut a deal with him. He talks to girls and I make them silent. He is always the last person they talk to. However, they can't find any evidence that he did such a thing. I finally get to you and he is blamed once again. Doesn't everything just work out perfectly?"

"A-and Barba?" I stuttered.

"Oh, Rafi, hmm, this one is complicated," he started, "Rafi is my complete opposite. We are both very good at our jobs. We just play for different teams. But that's just how this fairy tail works out. They hero who helps the good guys defeats the villain who helps the bad guys."

I couldn't make sense of any of what he was saying. I still didn't remember anything about a date. He was lying! No one ever set me up on a blind date! Why did he go along with what I said about it if he knew it was a lie? What was going on?

"Why are you doing this to me?" I asked again.

"Because you bullied me as a kid!" he screamed.

He is changing his story, I thought, What reality is he in?

"What about the blind date?" I brought up his lie.

"I would never fall in love with someone who tortured me!" he said.

He is becoming more insane by the minute. Clark started to scratch his head.

He began to whisper, "All these people, all these places, I can't connect them. Why? Why Clark? You were such a good boy Clark! You washed the dishes like mommy wanted. But you never pleased her. Damn you! DAMN YOU CLARK!"

He was no longer the calm guy that was so sure that he was going to get away. He is becoming more unhinged by the second and I am just sitting here. Use his mother maybe?

"Clark? Why did you tie mommy up?" I tried to say in a very motherly way.

"Oh y/n, you never could tell when someone lied," he snapped out of his state.

"That was an act?" I was so confused.

"YES! OF COURSE IT WAS!" he yelled in my ear.

"But I never went on a blind date," I said.

"Yeah, it took you so long to figure that out," he rubbed my shoulder.

"Then why am I here?" I said.

"You'll never know. I don't want you to know," he started to kiss my neck, "Relax y/n. There's no need to know the truth."

I shivered under his touch. Was he ever going to go all the way?

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Barba's P.O.V

It's been hours and y/n still hasn't shown up. No text or call. I stared at my phone wishing and even praying for one little sound that wasn't an email or a reminder. I couldn't take it.

"We're doing everything we can," Fin came up to me and put a hand on my shoulder.

I tried to laugh, "Never knew you to be so sentimental."

"I am the most calm of the group right now," he smiled, "We'll find her."

He walked away and joined the crowd of people rushing anywhere and everywhere, and I wished he had stayed longer. I needed someone. Without really thinking about it, I called y/n.

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y/n's P.O.V

Clark stopped touching me when we heard a phone ring. He brought my phone in with him.

He looked at the Caller ID, "Barba? Oh won't this be a treat?"

"Rafi, hello?" he answer and put the phone on speaker.

"Where's y/n Clark?"

"Where do you think?"

"You took her?"

"Maybe."

"Clark, *long pause* why?"

"Figure it out."

He hung up after that.

He smiled widely, "Wasn't that exciting? Prince Charming knows who you are with! But can he find you is the real question. I hope we find out. There's no skipping to the end in this story!"