Thread: Taboo Lives Revealed (Frelance and HelOfAGirl)

As she started to answer him he crossed his arms over his chest and swung the glasses back and forth as he listened to her. At least she was being honest with him about how she felt. He didn't. I know my dad and I knew my aunt. He looked down at the ground and paused before he spoke again. I spent hour with her and dad the day that story came out. There was nothing but concern for each other and the family when it came out. He cleared his throat and looked up at her. She was pissed at the reporters when I rode with her to the airport but she didn't even hint at being pissed at Jack. He pushed himself off the EL Camino and wandered to one of the other cars. He wanted to ask her more about what her life had been like before the scandal had changed it forever but he held back not sure if she would want to tell him yet. So which car should we claim as ours? You choose and I will try to teach you to drive standard. He ran his hand over the Aston Martin again wiping of a smug left from the last time he had touched it. Carley had studied him closely, when he answered, and found she believed him when he'd said that Jack didn't. Which of course meant that had been willing. She couldn't imagine developing those kinds of feelings for someone you're related to, but who knows. Maybe Jack and Nicole never imagined it either until it happened to them. Mostly she found herself agreeing wtih Damen that Jack didn't rape Nicole, because Damen had said that she was upset with the reporter and concerned about Jack and the family, not angry at him. My choice hmm? Her blue eyes lit up. She didn't choose right away. Looking over the cars a moment before saying, How about that one. The Aston Martin, I think you called it? She had wanted to ask him more about Nicole. What she was like, what her favorite food was, did she laugh a lot. Was she happy? Did she hate the color lime-green too? Did her mother ever get sad around her birthday? But there were some questions she knew Damen wouldn't be able to answer. Like, did they ever wish they'd kept her instead of putting her up for adoption? Did Nicole ever worry about her and wonder if she was safe? Or did she completely forget about her as if she never existed? When she picked the Aston Martin Damen grinned at her and seemed genuine happy for with little to know sign of anything else in his face for a few moments. Perfect. I love this car. He knew that focusing on the car might have helped her choose it but that the moment he didn't care. He reached into the car and pulled out the keys before pocketing them. Lets go inside. We should probably figure out where you are going to sleep. He locked the garage door behind them and headed for the house. When they walked in he quickly slipped out of his shoes and pushed them to the side but didn't really make an effort to put them away anywhere. Do you mind me asking what it was like living. He stopped and bit his lip as he tried to think of a better word that what he had been thinking but gave up and asked again. What was it like living a normal life? All he could remember was having to be careful what he did and there always being cameras around. He lead her through the house and pointed out the pool in the backyard that over looked a valley with a few more houses. The view is pretty good but its the effect of the pools bottom that I love. Want to see the living room? He was grinning as if he knew something she didn't. The pool didn't have the usual white bottom to it. Instead the water seemed to get darker with vague shapes in the bottom. Common you are going to love this. He led her down the stair case into the basement and into a living room lit by shifting wave light patterns of light. Damen walked into the middle of the room and looked up into the thick glass ceiling which doubled as the pools bottom. Carley knew their lives were very different, that is before the scandal and the press suddenly invading her life had given her a small taste of what he probably grew up with. Honestly, she didn't know how good she had it before all this happened. Her immediately answer to his question was, Blissfully boring, but then more seriously, It was good, but I didn't know that it was until after all this happened, you know? I actually miss the days when hardly anyone knew who I was, especially reporters. But worse than the reporters were her friends, or rather the people she'd thought were her friends. They all act differently towards her now. She followed him through the house, judging by his grin when he'd pointed out the pool in the back yard, she knew there was something special about it that he wasn't telling her. But when she looked, all she could see were vague shapes at the bottom. But that grin.. Just when she was going to ask him what was up, but instead grinned and followed him down the stairs into the basement, then living room. She'd noticed the shifting wave patters of light on the walls of the living room but didn't know what was causing them. Then she saw Damen look up, and standing right next to him she looked up at the ceiling too. Oh wow, that is amazing. For a long moment she didn't say or do anything except stand next to him and stair up at the ceiling which was also the bottom of the pool. And then, she asked, What was your life like? Did you ever wish you had a normal life?