234's Lifelines

11. Bed of Lies

I asked for 10,000 but you all gave me over 20,000 votes in a day! Gosh! I'm truly grateful!!! For those who voted countless times, once, or couldn't vote but voted for me in their hearts, you're truly the best!!! And now it's time to keep my end of the bargain, enjoy.

Song: Bed of lies - Nicki Minaj ft Skylar Grey.

"This year, I got everything I wanted and everything I wished for.. but, in a way, I lost even more." - Haley One Tree Hill

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"You don't?" Lexis asks.

"I don't," Hera replies.

Lexis stays quiet.

"Alexander," Maeve calls out to him, reminding him about the call from Karen.

"Then why are you in my house?" Lexis asks ignoring Maeve.

"I...I..." Hera stutters searching her mind for an excuse.

Lexis nods. Maeve takes that to mean he wants the phone and stretches forth her hand with the muted phone call to him.

Lexis takes the phone and hits end call handing the phone back to Maeve.

"Call the police," Lexis says looking straight into Hera's eyes.

"What?" Maeve says as Hera's eyes widen in shock.

"We have someone here who broke into my house, do you really need me to tell you what to do?" He says glaring at Maeve who immediately withdraws her hands with the phone.

"I'm sorry, I'll get to it," She says turning to leave, Lexis also gets up.

"Wait! Please, please don't call the cops," Hera says holding onto his hand her voice filled with fear.

She couldn't afford to have the cops called, if Lexis gets her jailed, social services would take her daughter away. She couldn't allow that.

Lexis turns his head back and looks down at the hands holding onto him before glancing at Hera who immediately let's go of his hands.

"I....I didn't break in," She says.

Lexis fully turns around to face her.

"Are you simply stupid or do you take me for a fool?" He asks glaring at her.

Hera clasps her hands together shaking her head.

"We don't know each other, yet here you are in my home without an invitation and you expect me to believe you didn't break in?"He asks like she'd just said the most ridiculous thing ever.

"I...I  didn't," She says.

"I was told...my friend told me I could stay here," She finishes praying he'd buy it while thinking of her excuse.

"Your friend?" He asks raising an eyebrow.

She nods.

"She said years back, you helped her out with some issues and told her she could stay here for as long as she needed. She said...she said you never showed up again after that so it was okay if I stayed here for a while," Hera says praying her lie had no loophole.

Lexis glances at Maeve who had waited to hear Hera out.

"Call up your friend and tell her to come over, I'd like to verify what you said," Lexis says turning to look at Hera.

Hera grasps her hands tighter, who should she call? No matter whom she called, which was limited to her family and Jess, they all knew Lexis. If she said Jess,Lexis may ask why she didn't stay with Jess and if she called Jess who was the only friend here, Jess would spill the beans on his knowing Hera due to her shock at his being alive, if she wasn't given prior notice and warning not to. But Hera couldn't warn her with Lexis standing in front of her, he lost his memory not his hearing, what was she to do?