Staying Close

She goes upstairs to shower, and Cain, stays downstairs. As she reaches the top she stops and listens.

"A few months, that sort of money can't be ignored. Sleep in the spare room Eliza; I will come to see you every night while she is asleep." Avalyn walks to the bedroom; it has changed a lot. She ignores the changes and walks into the bathroom. She locks the door and starts to remove the top, then unlocks it again. She never locked the door before; he will question it. Stepping in the shower, she looks down at her body, cuts and bruises all over it.

A smile comes to her face as she remembers that brief moment with Marcus, her mind telling her just a few more days then she can have fun, a few days of pretending to be scared, so Cain stays at home as much as possible. Getting out of the shower Avalyn walks into the bedroom and gets dressed, amazed her clothes are still there. She stands looking around herself; she doesn't feel like it is home anymore.

"Hey," turning Cain is standing at the door, a plate of food in his hand. "I'm not sure if you want me to sleep with you or not. With what happened, I am happy to sleep downstairs." Of course, he is trying to make his nightly love session easier. Avalyn shakes her head; she is no fool to his games.

"No, please stay with me. I don't want to be alone." Avalyn moves towards him, her arms embracing him as she tries to act like everything is fine.

"Okay, well I will sit up here with you." He sits down, his eyes on her; clearly, his mind is flooded with questions; her mind is praying he won't ask.

"Can you remember anything?" Avalyn shakes her head. "Did they say why they took you?" Cain continues pushing her for answers.

"They never spoke to me, or barely. All they said was I was useless to them." Cain nods, feeling like he is safe, he didn't think they would send her back. He certainly thought she was a dead woman when he refused to pay. They stay sat in silence, Cain's eyes watching her, as she finishes eating.

"You must be tired, let's get some sleep." Avalyn nods, climbing under the sheets, she feels Cain's arms wrap around her, making her body stiffen.

"Did I do something?" Cain's question causes Avalyn to fight for a reason as to why she would act so strange.

"No, I'm sorry, I guess I am just on edge." He doesn't reply. Instead, they stay quiet, Avalyn finding herself falling asleep, but not enough to miss the movements of Cain climbing out of bed. She lies waiting a few minutes before sitting up; he has left the room. She sits quietly looking around, twenty minutes pass by. Standing up, she walks around the bed, her hand opening the door quietly.

Avalyn begins moving through the house, as she nears downstairs she hears the faint muffled moans from Eliza. Her body is moving towards them. Her eyes start looking through the crack of the door, seeing Eliza's body wrapped around Cain's which he has pinned against the wall, his hand clearly failing at silencing her by covering her mouth. Avalyn stands watching, why she doesn't know, but some sort of force has her wanting to watch them until they finish.

Her eyes stay fixed on them, watching as their moans and groans grow, watching as they orgasm together and collapse on the bed together. Something about Cain is different. She turns and walks back to her room; he never fucked her like that, not even at the start. Climbing in bed, she lies awake, watching as the morning glow comes through the window from the sunrise.

The sound of the door opening makes her eyes close. She feels the bed moving, lips pressing against hers, her body curdling inside from the thought of his lips on Eliza's body.

"I brought you breakfast." Avalyn opens her eyes and forces the smile onto her face before sitting up.

"You look like you slept well." Avalyn nods astonished considering she only for around three hours of sleep.

"I did, thank you." She looks at him as he hands her the plate. Hopefully, he goes out today, anywhere would be a good idea then she can get that phone. She needs to speak to Marcus. Cain sits watching her eat, something she now finds disturbing, he never used to do this, is the money so important to him he would act so doting and lovingly?

"A letter came while you were missing."

Avalyn nods at his words trying to seem uninterested.

"It's from your uncle or rather his solicitor."

Avalyn turns and looks at him. "I don't have an uncle."

He nods at her words.

"Look." He shows her the papers, her eyes scanning over them, and she reads looking at him.

"I don't have an uncle, how can this be?"

Cain shakes his head. "Maybe you do, perhaps your parents never told you?" Cain suggests.

"Perhaps, there are conditions for me getting this money." Avalyn reads through looking confused, Cain nodding to her.

"You need to do a six-month trial course working at a business. It states that contracts will be sent, for the owner of the business to sign. That is set to change, could become daily." Cain begins explaining. Of course, he knows, he read the whole thing.

"I don't think I can leave the house and work, not yet." Avalyn shakes her head. "Something about working right now scares me. It will have to wait." Cain looks at her, shocked.

"You won't need to; I will find work for you to do at home for my business. I will sign it, all sorted. However, you need to find out who this uncle is."

Avalyn nods in agreement.

"I will search my family history online, maybe that way I can find some information to prove I am the Avalyn they are looking for."

Cain nods, smiling at her. "Good, that money would help us so much, maybe after it clears we can think about starting a family?"

Avalyn looks at him shocked, of course, he doesn't mean that. It is just a way of making her think he still loves her.

"Maybe, I will start looking up my family history." Avalyn looks at Cain, his head nodding as he hands her the laptop.

"I will be downstairs; I will stay at home today, to make sure you're okay." Avalyn nods as he walks out, sitting with the laptop she watches films, hours passing by.