The Choice

8. Take A Step Forward

No matter how longer I looked at his face without blinking, I still couldn't believe that he was standing right infront of me. Maybe or maybe not I was supposed to be happy after seeing him, yet I found myself angry. Why didn't he show up earlier at The Meal? If he had so much attitude and he didn't want to see me at all, what was the point of saying hello to me here?

The best thing I thought I could do to keep myself away from falling for his handsome face was rolling my eyes on him and look away. And I did the same, which kind of worked and made him sit down next to me and stare at the lonely dark sky.

"I think it's stupid to ask if you're angry at me or not because I know you are." He said, still not looking at me.

"I'm glad you know that." I replied, my words sounded hard to him and he remained quiet.

"If you got nothing to say, I think I should just leave." I said after a moment and began to stand up when he held me back by my arm, "Hey please, don't go... you were the one who wanted to see me, right?" Darren said and I felt my heart breaking.

He was right, I was the one who was stupid, I was the one who dreamed of him every night. I was the crazy one in this situation and it sucked!

"That was a mistake, I wish I hadn't called you last night. " I said with a shaky voice as tears scroll down to my cheeks, making me feel more guilty and hurt.

"Lily, no! That's not what I meant.. I'm just... I know it's not your fault but it's happening between us because of your father.. you know he____"  before Darren could complete his sentence, I cut him off.

"Stop it, Darren!" I said, " Just fucking stop it! He is my father, he's not me! Why everyone has to tear me apart for the things my father do? Jack killed my mom, was it my fault? Jack slept with Matt's mother, my fault? Jack is hooking up with your aunt and now he's cheating on her or not, that's not my fault! Don't you get it? It's my dad! It's not me! Then stop punishing me for his mistakes! Stop blaming me for being responsible for the things I didn't even do!" I busted out my anger and to be honest,  I did feel better when tears came out of my eyes. I took a deep breath, my eyes focused on his.

"Lily, I'm not calling you responsible for his mistakes. I am asking you something else. Do you even know what he's upto? How many lives will be destroyed if you dont stop him from doing what he's planning to do?" He said, making me confused. I looked at him with questioning eyes, expecting more description.

"Lily, listen to me very carefully." Darren said and kept both his hands on my shoulders, making me shiver.
"Jack has joined a gang, a crime gang. The police are after them, do you get it? It's a damn serious thing." He added.

"The police is after my dad?" I asked again.

"Yeah, they are planning to blast in seven large shopping malls in Chicago. Your dad is supposed to fix the bomb in two of the shopping centres, and he will be given $200,000,000 for doing so. And right now, all he's thinking about is being rich and he's not afraid of taking lives of thousands of people for that." He paused to breathe, " the police know about the men of the gang but they are  still trying to find out their location. If you help police by surrendering your dad to them, thousands of lives can be saved."  He said.

"I thought of telling Sarah about it, but she is so mad in love that she wouldn't believe what I was telling her is true. I tried to explain her to not to trust Jack so easily, but she didn't listen. And so... I stopped the communication. " he said after few minutes of silence.

"What should I do Darren? " I asked him, my mind still worried about people who are gonna be there in the mall. I couldn't let my father's negativity destroy lives of innocent people, not even in my worst nightmare!

"You have to take a step forward Lily. Tell police about your dad, tell them he is the one who murdered Jenna Weed. He is the one who injured few other people and ran away. He is the one who is involved in drugs so much.  And now he's in this dangerous gang and they are planning to blast in seven large shopping malls." Darren replied confidently.

His words kept sounding inside my head like an alarm. He was right. Those people were innocent, and whatever Jack was planning wasn't right at all. But..... My mind focused on one thing.

Nora.

What if he hurts Nora?

"Lily what is it?" Darren asked when he noticed my confused expression.

"My dad had threatened me, he said he'd kill Nora if I ever tell the police about him... Nora is my best friend and___" I was about to complete what I was saying when he stopped me by putting hands on my shoulders.

"C'mon Lily, he will kill Nora only if he gets the chance to do so, we will tell the police about him and they will arrest him on the time when he's not even expecting it. He has already killed one life, he will be sentenced to death and Nora will be safe. These people will be safe honey...."

Honey....? That was unexpectable but it sounded really sweet, just like honey...

"But there's one thing that's confusing me.." I said slowly .

"What?"

"What will they say? I mean my mom was killed five years ago, and I didn't tell the police about it.. how will they react if I tell them now..?" 

"You will tell them the whole story... How he used to slap you and your mother, how he killed her, how he threatened you, everything. I'm sure they'll listen to you and believe you, we are doing this for the sake of our countrymen, Lily." Darren replied and I felt light hearted.  I nodded in response like a child and he smiled at me, his curvy smile sent shivers through my spine making me seek his comfort and his warm touch.

"We will go to the police tomorrow." I said, confidently. But before I could say something else, Darren pulled me into a warm hug and wrapped his arms around me. I held him tight by his shirt, breathing more fast than usual.

"You dont know how much I missed you, how much I missed this...." I said slowly, my voice shaky because of cold. No matter how cold it felt, I could stand there like that forever, in his arms.

"It may sound weird to you, But I missed you too." He repiled and moved his hand over my hair. I looked up at him in the eye, deep there I saw love for myself. I was lost in the river of his eyes, I didn't realise him benting down his face on mine, I closed my eyes and breathed slowly. His lips were a half inch away from mine and I felt myself drowning in his arms.

His lips touched mine slowly, then smoothly. His breath smelled like mint, cold but warm, making me want more. I kissed him back, my lips moved slowly over his and he moved his hand down to my waist, his tongue touched the corner of my lower lip, requesting me to let it in, and I allowed.

I was no longer in my senses, I was lost in the ocean of his mouth. His lips brushed my cheeks, my eyes and forehead, then moved down to my chin and then met my lips again. The way I felt when he moved his hand up and down on my back and waist was magical.

If he would agree to kiss me like that forever, I would agree to stay like that in cold forever too..

When his lips touched my neck, a moan came out of my mouth and I held him close by his back. My eyes were closed and my heart was relaxed,

"Make love to me, Darren.... please make love to me...." I heard myself say.

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