Katherine stared at Damien. She didn't know what to think after hearing what he had said to her. He was still a teenager when they first t but when she recalled that fateful night she rembered that he looked so sure about holding the gun in his hand. He surely didn't look like it was his first ti.
'I'm just as damaged as you are.'
Sohow, his words were both sad and beautiful. They were two imperfect souls with imperfect pasts trying to make sense of how they can be perfect for each other.
She never expected anything from him. And even after hearing his confession just like she did, a part of her felt lighterthat Damien could understand what she was going through. But could he understand her guilt of taking innocent lives?
The two just looked at each other and before Katherine could stop herself, she had already leaned forward and wrapped her arms around his fra.
She didn't know why she did that. The way he spoke sounded so confident but there was just sothing there that made her think it was quite sad and the urge to hug him had overtaken her rationale.
Damien was taken aback at first and he froze for a second before he found himself returning her embrace. It was the first ti that she initiated it since they broke up and the feeling of her warmth improved his mood.
Her body temperature was still a bit high but it wasn't as high as when she fainted earlier. He felt bad that they had to talk right now while she was still sick. Stroking her back and squeezing her before pulling back, he said, "You're still a bit hot. Why don't you rest more? We can talk again later."
"No I'm okay. I don't want to prolong this anymore. This might be the reason why I'm getting sick. It's best to get it out of ."
"Are you sure?"
When she nodded, he did the sa and then helped her settle in the bed again, placing pillows on the headboard for her to rest her back.
"What do you want to know?" she asked.
He thought about it for a while before he questioned, "What happened after that? You said you blew up the place the day after our last night together. How did you end up losing your mories?"
"That It's also bits and pieces for . Styles was the only one I hoped to get out of there alive. Before that happened, he told he was going ho already but just when the bombs I set up were about to detonate, I ran into him and Chris. It scared that he was still there. I wanted to drag him out with but I don't know the bombs blew up. The next thing I knew, I woke up in a dark room. I was in and out of consciousness. I rember I was able to escape one ti but Chris caught and"
Damien's brows knitted at the ntion of Chris's na and the way that Katherine looked distressed about the mory. His body went rigid. "So he really did this to you Why would he do that?"
"He said Parker would kill if he knew I was the one responsible for blowing up the base."
"Parker?"
"He's Shadow's head one of the founders. I was violent when I gained consciousness again. I was mad at Chris for keeping when I learned that Parker was still alive. I wanted to go after him. Chris believed that wiping out my mory clean would keep safe. And that I would get the chance to live a normal life instead of seeking more vengeance."
"How did he..." Damien's voice trailed off, unsure of how to ask her.
"The procedure was painful. I rember writhing in pain, at least I think I was. I was paralyzed all over so I couldn't move or talk." Katherine brought her knees up and hugged herself. She shook her head, not wanting to rember it anymore.
"It's okay you don't have to tell about that." He moved closer and sat next to her, their shoulders touching slightly. "I guess you were brought to the hospital after that then?"
Thankful that he didn't press on for her to continue talking about that grueso mory, Katherine leaned on his side and nodded. "Months later, I woke up. The procedure was successful. I lived a life without knowing who I was at all. It was all too strange and empty. Five years later, I ca to your company. That's pretty much the sum of it."
The mory of seeing Katherine again five years later after she suddenly disappeared on him flashed in his mind. It was just like yesterday. He rembered feeling happy and angry at the sa ti when he saw her and then he got frustrated especially when she looked like she had no clue what was going on"And then you kneed ."
"What"
"You kneed the first day I saw you in my office."
Katherine gasped and snapped her head towards him, "You were about to kiss !"
Scoffing, Damien shook his head. "I was playing with you."
"Yeah right"
Maybe.
The two of them shared a short laugh and then it was quiet again. This ti, Katherine was the one who probed, "Don't you want to ask about her?"
He swallowed. Brushing his hand on his nape. He was having mixed emotions about the whole thing. "I don't know what to ask."
Seeing that he was having difficulty talking about his mother, she decided to start it, "I didn't lie when I told you that I only t her recently. When I ca back after bounty hunting, I saw her and Styles in the apartnt that I was staying atthe old building you Wait. How did you find there? Did you follow ?"
"I I didn't an to. I an I saw you and Styles leaving the lobby downstairs when I was just about to go up here to check on you. I called you but you didn't hear . You looked like you were going sowhere dangerous and you were still sick so I got worried I'm sorry."
Katherine could only look at him. She was surprised but she didn't even have the energy to get mad that he followed her. It was a pointless matter now but maybe they'll have to talk about it again later.
She decided to brush it off and sighed before she continued, "I thought Shadow or Chris had found when I realized that soone broke inside. I sort of had a fight with her on the first day"
"What do you an?"
"Well You don't break in into soone's place especially if that soone owns a gun and a knife. So I flung a dagger across the room as soon as I saw soone appear."
"You really don't waste ti, do you? You just go in blind and start attacking like you did with yesterday?"
"In my defense, I didn't know it was you. But I've always been like that. Strike first, ask questions later."
Damien chuckled upon hearing her statent. That was sothing that they could agree on. He was also sotis impatient when it cos to certain things.
"Alia's a great fighter. I've sparred with her a couple of tis. There were even tactics that I learned from Shadow and only realized recently that she was the one who ca up with that strategy. Your mother is aweso, Damien"
Hearing Katherine's praise of his mother caused his ears to perk up. But another revelation stirred him. "She's she's also an assassin?"
"I I don't know about her whole story, she hadn't told much. I just know that she was once an agent of Shadow too. Her na was taboo after she went rogue. I guess you'd have to ask her that question."
Left with no choice, Damien could only respond, "I guess I do."
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