Chapter 114 - Trinity-Family Visit
Carter ca running into the room first. He saw standing next to the fireplace, leaning against the mantle for support as much as warmth at the mont. My nerves were making feel cold.
"Trinity." He called out to before he ran over and wrapped his arms around . He lifted off the ground in a great big hug, turning in slow circles. "Trinity, I thought I was never going to see you again." He said as he set down, his hands on my shoulders. "Are you alright? Does anything hurt? Is there anyone I can kick the shit out of to make this all better?" He asked the questions in rapid succession, so fast I couldn't answer him yet.
"I'm fine Carter. I'm just glad to be out of there." I smiled at him.
"I can't believe what happened, and to top it off, you got your wolf out of it all." He was smiling at . "See, I told you you have a wolf, but you never believed ." Carter seed so relieved to see , I was just happy to see his smiling face.
At that mont Noah and Uncle Wesley ca into the room.
"Trinity." They both called out at the sa ti. Noah rushed to much like Carter had, picking up in his arms and hugging tight, tighter than Carter had.
"Ah, careful Noah, I'm still sore." I warned him. His arms loosened and he set on the floor gently, a look of pain filling his eyes. "I'm fine, just sore is all." I assured him. I had a feeling I would be telling a lot of people that.
"I'm sorry, Trinity. I told Reece it would be best to leave you ho." He was blaming himself, the sa as Reece and Vincent had.
"They would have tried at another ti. This would have happened anyway." These words were already feeling old.
"I'm so sorry."
"Calm down Noah, it's not your fault." Uncle Wesley said as he patted Noah's shoulder.
"I know, Dad, but I still bla myself."
"Don't." I told him firmly.
"Listen to the lady." Uncle Wesley laughed softly as he pushed past Noah. "Now, co here Trinity, it's my turn for a hug." He had his arms held out and was smiling at with a mixture of happiness and worry.
"I'm alright, Uncle Wesley." I said as I hugged him tight. He held firmly, but his arms were gently around .
"I was scared to death when I heard you were missing." I heard Uncle Wesley say from above . "My entire world had been flipped upside down. I was afraid I would never see you again." I felt sothing wet drip onto my cheek and looked up to see the man who raised crying.
"Uncle Wesley, there's no reason to cry. I'm fine now. I'm alive and kicking."
"I'm going to cry, just like I'm going to worry about you for the rest of my life." He said firmly.
"But why Uncle Wesley? I'm out of the house now, there's no reason to worry about anymore." I saw Uncle Wesley bite his lip then, a wave of emotions so strong I didn't know what to call spread across his face.
"How can I not worry about you?" He seed so hurt by my words. "How am I supposed to not worry when you don't have there to protect you anymore?"
"Uncle Wesley?" I was confused, I didn't know what it was he wanted from . He took my hands and pulled to the sofa to sit with him. I could see Noah and Carter standing behind him, looking at .
"Trinity, do you not see yourself as part of our family?" Uncle Wesley asked , further confusing .
"What?" I nearly yelled in shock. "No, that's the only constant that I had in my life. I knew that no matter how bad things ever got for , I always had you guys there for ." I could feel the heat rising in my face, tears were stinging in the back of my eyes. Was my family rejecting now? Was Uncle Wesley telling that I am not one of them?
"Then why would you think that we would quit worrying about you just because you no longer live with us? A parent will never stop worrying about their children, no matter where they live or how old they are." He was looking at pleadingly. It finally dawned on what he was getting at, what he was saying. I finally understood the pain in his voice.
"But, I'm not your daughter, Uncle Wesley." I looked at the floor, feeling the tears drip slowly down my cheeks.
"You are in my eyes." I could hear tears threatening his voice as well. When I looked up to et his eyes, he stared at with a mix of love and loss.
"But, Uncle Wesley-." I started but he interrupted .
"No, let say sothing first, please." He pleaded. "I know I am not your father and Eve is not your mother. We never called ourselves as such when you were growing up, and I never hid anything about your mother from you. The reason for that was simple, in my eyes anyway, I didn't want to get rid of my sister's mory. She left you, she left , she left all of us too soon. And no matter how much Eve and I love you, Trinity, I didn't want to erase my sister from your life. But I have always thought of you as my daughter, not my niece. In my eyes, you are no different than Noah and Carter. No, maybe you're more precious, because you are my baby girl, and they were rambunctious little devils." He laughed at the end, a mixture of tears and a smile, the look on his face made my heart ache for him.
Uncle Wesley had lost a lot when my mother died almost nineteen years ago. He was eleven years older than his sister, so he wasn't always around when she was young. But when their mother died and she was lonely at ho, she would spend her ti with him and his family. Noah was five and Carter was just a year old. They grew close, my mother and Uncle Wesley, he was happy to finally be a major part of his sister's life.
"When you disappeared Trinity, all I could think was it's happening again. I wasn't able to protect my sister back then, and now I failed to protect her daughter, the child I raise, my little girl. I thought I was going to lose you like I lost Lily. My heart broke into a million pieces. You're older than your mother was by a couple years, but Noah is the sa age I was. Looking at you, I see so much of your mother in you. And Noah looks so much like I did back then, that I thought the past was coming back to haunt . It terrified Trinity. I knew I had to be there to help bring you back. I wasn't going to sit idly by this ti."
"Uncle Wesley." I sobbed after hearing what he had to say. "I've always thought you and Aunt Eve were the best parents I could ever ask for. I'm sorry if I made you feel like I don't love you." I threw my arms around him and hugged him tight. "I love you Uncle Wesley."
I felt him hug back, rocking side to side like he used to do when I was a little girl. He had always been there to quell my fears when I was young, or to calm down when my emotions were running high. He had always been there for , why did I ever think that was going to change?
"I love you sweetheart." I felt him kiss softly on the side of my head just like he did when I would cry on his shoulder as a little girl. His actions brought more tears to my eyes, but these ones were of happy and fond mories.
The four of us talked for a little while longer before they left. Carter said he would be heading ho shortly and would see when I got back. The others would be flying back with Reece and tomorrow.
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