William Jarvis - Sky Valley 03 - Mayhem at the Mansion by William Jarvis Page B

said.
    “It’s my fault, Em.” Daniel said as he stood up from the couch. “Don’t be mad at her.”
    “Anja, just do what you have to do.” Emmy said.
    “I’m sorry.” Anja muttered once more and walked away.
    “What are you doing here?”
    “Can we talk?”
    She took a deep breath. “Dan, if this is about that call…” She sighed. “I’m sorry.” She went on. “I know it’s confusing and I’m confused and I shouldn’t have done that but…I really didn’t know what I had in mind and—“
    He took her hands in his. “I love you.” He said. “I’ve always loved you and you know I always will. Why do you keep on running away?”
    “Can you even hear yourself right now?” She asked.
    “And can you hear yourself?” He said. “You know I love you and you know you love me too, so why in the world are you doing this? You don’t like Frank.”
    “And who are you to say that?” She said, seething with anger. She wanted to be angry with him because he’s telling a lie, but deep down, she knows that he’s right and she did not want to admit it. “You don’t know Frank, Dan. He’s been helping me out. He opened up my online business again. He’s getting me some clients. He’s been there for me the way you should have been. I’ve been having all these bad dreams involving Annabeth and Ruby and no one’s there to listen to me but Frank—“
    “Oh, don’t be insane.” Daniel said. “You know I’ve been here for you all along. You know I’ll do whatever you ask of me but you don’t want to acknowledge that fact because you’re so scared of admitting to yourself that you love me and that you’re still in love with me. You’re content with just pretending that you’re okay with your life and that you like the person you pretend to like because you’re so scared of swimming even deeper! You’re a coward, Em. That’s what you are.”
    “Shut up.” She said, the tears rushing out of her eyes. “You don’t know how I feel so don’t pretend that you do! Frank’s a nice guy—“
    “How well do you know him, really?”
    “Enough to know that he’s a nice guy and that he’s got my back.”
    “Really? Because I think he’s got you fooled.”
    She laughed, even though it was evident that she was in a lot of pain. “Why would you even say that? What is it with you? You’re always saying that you love me and that you’re going to do everything for me, but you don’t even prove it—at least not right now! Frank even sent me all those roses, you know? He—“
    “Wait, what?”
    “I said that all those roses around you,” She said through gritted teeth, “are from Frank.”
    “You mean,” Daniel said, looking around, “these roses are from him?”
    “I think I just said that.”
    He laughed. “Emmy, is that what he told you? If he did, he’s lying.”
    “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
    “He didn’t send these roses. I did.” He said. “That’s why I also came by that morning. I wanted to apologize for everything and try to get a new start or whatever. I wanted to talk to you but you would never listen to me. And now you think he sent you all these?”
    “I don’t even know why you would pretend that you sent me these. I can’t believe you.”
    “That’s the thing, Em. Why would I pretend? You know me. I would never lie about something like this.”
    “If you really sent all these, why didn’t you tell me right away?”
    “I tried to tell you!” He explained, “But you weren’t listening to me! You wanted to throw me out of this house.”
    “I don’t even know what to think anymore!” She screamed. She was tired of being lied to and being hurt and now, she didn’t know what to believe in. Ruby and Annabeth told her to be careful. Maybe, they were trying to warn her against Daniel, she thought, maybe, Daniel really has something to do with all of these and she has to stray away from him. She didn’t know what to believe in