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CHAPTER
49 |
CHAPTER 49
Antonio opened his eyes and yawned...his body stiff from sleeping on the hard sofa aboard Todd’s jet. Sitting up he noticed Todd staring out the window sitting on the sofa across the aisle from him, watching the smoky clouds rolling by, looking tense and impatient.
“You should get some sleep, man...you don’t look so good,” said Antonio.
Todd jumped and turned, startled at the sound of his voice, and than returned to staring out the window.
“She’s pissed at me, you know. I know Delgado. First she’s patient...then she starts to worry...all her insecurities about me kicking in...then she gets totally pissed and does something stupid. It’s been too long...she expected me sooner. I’m so stupid...I should have figured it out...she was counting on me. That’s why she did this stupid thing...made this fucking idiotic sacrifice to give me my freedom...because she was sure of me...so sure of us. I let her down. All I ever do is let her down,” he said quietly.
“Hey...I’m sure Tea won’t do anything stupid...she’ll keep her head,” said Antonio sounding confident as he sat beside Todd.
“No...she won’t. Aaron Blackmoor...he’s smart. He’s probably working on her every minute...using all the shit from our past together to break her...undermining me to her. I know how he thinks. And Tea...well...she’s kind of insecure when it comes to me...God knows I‘ve given her reason to be. And my getting involved with Blair again...well...it killed her...destroyed her trust in me...I know it. That’s why she married Blackmoor...to hurt me...to hurt herself. This is all my fucking fault!” said Todd, getting up and pacing around.
“Speaking of Blair...I noticed her going up to your penthouse as I was leaving last night...and she didn’t look like she was dressed to do your housekeeping. Is something going on between you?”
“What the fuck is that suppose to mean? You think Tea’s gone for five minutes and I’m fucking Blair?”
“Well...it wouldn’t be the first time...”
Todd rushed over and grabbed Antonio’s shirt lifting him effortlessly, shoving him against the window of the plane.
“YOU DON’T KNOW A FUCKING THING ABOUT TEA AND ME...WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?”
“Hey...let go of me, man. I’m just looking out for Tea, that’s all.”
Todd glared at him then let him go.
“You have no fucking idea what Tea means to me...if you did...you wouldn’t be spouting this shit...,” said Todd turning his back on Antonio.
“Hey...look...I’m sorry. I just...I don’t want you to hurt her again, that’s all. She’s like a sister to me.”
Todd turned sharply, his face angry but restrained as a painful smile crossed his face.
“A sister? She’s like a sister to you? SHE’S MY WHOLE FUCKING LIFE, MAN! I can’t eat...I can’t sleep...I can’t fucking breath without her!” he said approaching Antonio. “You don’t know what the fuck your talking about. You don’t know me...and you sure as hell don’t know Tea!!”
“Again...I said I was sorry...I was out of line. I think we’re both a bit on edge. Look...I know you’re worried about her...but I don’t think Aaron Blackmoor is going to hurt her.”
“No? Well...I think you’re wrong. I think he will hurt her...when he runs out of patience....and believe me...Tea can push any man to the limit...she has the strongest will of anyone I’ve ever known. It’s just a matter of time before he blows...”
Antonio sat down again running his fingers through his hair and looking at his watch.
“Well...I still don’t think he’ll hurt her. He’s in love with her.”
Todd’s eyes flashed with anger.
“Yeah, well...you know what they say...about that thin line between love and hate. Tea’s gonna reject him...over and over again...and a man like that...well...he’s not used to being rejected. He doesn‘t like to lose.”
“So? It’s not like her feelings for you are going to change. There’s nothing he can do to change how she feels about you and he knows it. Sooner or later...he’ll have to give it up. There’s nothing he can do.”
Todd stared at Antonio...a long, pensive stare before looking away and returning to the window.
“Aaron Blackmoor admires the Spartans. They were a warrior race, you know. The men started receiving military training when they were thirteen and only stopped when they were thirty, living a disciplined and ascetic existence. They lived in simple barracks all that time...ate simple food...and though they were allowed to marry they were only allowed conjugal visits until the age of thirty when they were permitted to finally live with their families and take their place as the head of the household. The Spartans hated weakness of any kind...they simply didn’t tolerate it. If a child was born sickly and weak they would take it into the hills surrounding Mt. Taygetus and leave it there, exposed to the elements and after a few days...if it survived...they would welcome it back as a Spartan. The child who didn’t survive was a weed...a weakness in their bloodline which could not be tolerated...better to eradicate it...destroy it. Failure and weakness could never be allowed to flourish in Spartan society. Aaron Blackmoor lives by Spartan ethics... he’s passionate, but he’s disciplined and brutal too. He’ll fight to the death for what he wants...but ..when he is faced with something beautiful but defiant...something that he can’t bend to his will...he’ll destroy it rather than let it live. The way to suppress rebellion is to crush it...destroy and obliterate it....thereby silencing it forever.”
“I don’t know what you mean, Todd. Are you saying he’ll kill her if she doesn‘t give in to him?”
Todd looked up at him.
“ The Spartans didn’t kill weaklings...they let them destroy themselves...justifying their own savagery and cruelty for the good of the state. He won’t kill Tea! No. He wouldn’t do that...but he’ll destroy us...he’ll destroy what Tea and I have. That‘s what he wants...that’s what he wants more than anything...and if he can‘t have it he‘ll destroy it rather than let it survive as a testament to his failure...his defeat.”
“How? How could he ever destroy what’s between you and Tea? Years of separation couldn‘t do it. He can‘t destroy what‘s in her heart, Todd.”
Todd sat down and covered his face with his hands before looking up at Antonio, his eyes wild and frightened, his voice a whisper.
“Yes...he can. By turning her against me. By making her hate me...making her hate what I am. Doing the one thing to her that would pull her away from me forever. By...raping her...”
to be continued...
2002 Copyright by Trog
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