Kady’s POV

“No way, baby, you’re fucking stuck with me,” Brian said as a sexy smirk pulled on his lips before they crashed into mine. I missed the feeling of his strong lips moving with mine and I couldn’t deny my feelings for him anymore. I instantly opened up to him as my hands made their way into the greasy hedgehog that he called hair. I pulled him down closer to me, unable to get enough of him in that moment. I was like we had never fought, broken up, or hated each other. It was just Kadence Parker and Brian Haner Jr. living and breathing in love.

“Kady?” A masculine voice called from the door.

I sighed against Brain’s lips before he pulled away to great our new visitors. I guess we couldn’t catch a break anywhere in our relationship. It was like the fucking universe was trying to tell us to give up and call it quits. Good thing Kadence Parker wasn’t a fucking quitter and didn’t give a damn what someone told her to do. I did things my or the highway and I wasn’t about to change it now!

“You’ve got to be fucking kidding me!” Brian raged while my eyes were still glued to his amazing features. I couldn’t get over how sexy he looked with a tight clenched jaw and a furred brow. Suddenly, he was standing and making his way across the room and I forced myself to rip my eyes away from him. My eyes wandered to the door to see Gunnar leaning against the doorframe with a small bouquet of flowers from the gift shop. I smiled lightly at him before my eyes followed Brian’s line of sight. There in the hallway was my very pale and almost sickly looking brother. “You’ve got a lot of fucking nerve showing your face here!” Brian continued to hiss.

For the first time in my life, I watched Caleb hang his as he took a step back away from Gates. Did Caleb seriously just back down from a fight? Since when didn’t have some smartass retort? This wasn’t right, Caleb would never stand down from a fight no matter if he was in the wrong. This wasn’t the brother I knew. “Brian,” I said weakly as he grabbed my brother around the collar, a wave of exhaustion hitting me. Damn, these pain meds. “Don’t start shit…”

“But he’s the reason you’re here!” he shot back. “That bastard that you call a brother put you in the hospital! Or did you forget that he bashed your head against the wall so many times that he almost smashed you scull?”

“Just let him come in,” I said sternly, my eyes meeting those chocolate orbs. I wasn’t going to back down on this. I know he didn’t understand my relationship with my brother and he didn’t have to.

“Have you lost your god damn mind, Kad? I’m not letting him anywhere near you!” Brain raged, shoving my brother backwards as Gunner stepped up to him. “What are you going to do, Tebo? You know he fucking did this!”

“I said let him in!” I hissed, my eyes turning dark as I stared him down. “Let me talk to my brother while you go cool off. We don’t need a fucking fight here in the hospital…”

“You can be fucking serious…”Brian pinched the bridge of his nose and tightened his jaw. “You want me to leave? You want me to leave you alone with this animal? “

“Calm down, Haner,” I said, stifling a yawn. “Give me five minutes and then you can come back in here and play guard dog.” I had to admit, it was nice to know that he cared so much but I knew Caleb wouldn’t hurt me again. Cal didn’t know what he was doing at the time and I knew he wasn’t the monster that everyone thought him to be. We had a past that no one understood and it made us both do things that we never thought possible. “Gunnar, take hot head out for a smoke. God knows his nicotine levels are dropping…need a fucking iv of that shit to keep his levels stable…”I chuckled, my eyelids feeling heavy.

“Fine, but I’ll be back,” Brian finally sighed in defeat. He turned towards Caleb and stepped right up into his pale face. “But if I come back and you’ve laid an hand on her…I’m going to beat your ass so bad that you won’t remember how to wipe your own ass…” Wow, I’ve never seen Haner like this before either. Either he really cared or he really hated my brother. What the hell has gotten over these men? I get hurt and they all lose their goddamn minds!

“You fucking touch him and I’ll rip off your dick and kick it around on the ground. Goodbye, Haner.” I smiled sweetly at him as he turned around to face me. I waved cheekily at him and all he could do was let out cry of frustration as Gunnar dragged him out into the hallway. “Come on, Cal. We’re being timed,” I chuckled.

My brother’s dark sad eyes looked up at me as he slowly made his way into the room. His eyes were red and puffy and his skin was pale white as if he were crying or sick. But I knew Caleb and I had never once seen him cry or take responsibility for his actions. However, as soon as he made it to my bedside, he collapsed down on his knees and the water works started.

“Oh, fuck, Kad,” he sobbed, reaching for my hand. I recoiled slightly, remembering the last time Cal touched me. For a brief moment, my vision flashed back to when he grabbed my head and dragged me towards the wall. I blinked a few times as I forced myself back into the present, reminding myself that his was the crazed man that hurt me. This was the Caleb Parker that was always there for me. “I messed up…I-I never meant to hurt you. I took something…I don’t even remember…..” His dark eyes flooded with tears and I couldn’t help but let out a sigh. So he didn’t remember telling me that I ruined his life? That I sold his career away so our father wouldn’t rape me? That he wished I had never been born?

“Get a grip, Cal,” I hissed, moving my hands away from him as he tried to take them again. “I know that wasn’t you back there! It was the drugs talking…my brother would have never told me I ruined his life and sold his career away…” I blinked a few more times, trying to stop the sleep from taking me. I turn my soft blues on him as a frown pulls over my face. “Did I really do all those things, Cal?” I asked in a shaky tone.

Caleb ran his calloused hands over his face and through his hair, avoiding my eyes. “I don’t even remember what I said,” he sighed, looking everywhere but at me. “It had to have been the drugs talking…” Did Cal really think that he could lie to my face and get away with it? He was one of the worst liars I knew.

“Caleb Jacob Parker,” I growled, grabbing the hem of his leather jacket as he tried to pull away. “You better start talking because you didn’t just make that shit up! There was some truth to what you said under those drugs. You better spit it out now or I swear I will—“

“Just shut up, Kadence!” I raged, turning back at me with hands up in the air. “What do you want to hear? That it’s all fucking true? How the hell is that going to fix any of this?” He motions between us with desperation in his voice and eyes. “Please, Kad…please just forget about it.”

“Well I fucking cant, okay?” I spit back. “I’ve got the worst fucking headache I have ever had that reminds me that you fucking resent me every second!”

Caleb ran his fingers over his head and face and he paced. “I don’t fucking resent you, Kady!” he finally spits. “I blame you even though I know that I shouldn’t! I know that you were trying to protect yourself from him! You were so young and you didn’t know exactly what it was you were doing!”

I laugh cynically, making the mistake of resting my head back against the pillow. I wince with pain as I recoil, that motion almost hurt just as bad. “So I’m the fucking reason for all you problems? That’s just fucking great!” I laughed, steadying my head with my hands. “So I did ruin your dream career and life…well I’m fucking sorry, Cal!”

“No…I didn’t mean it like that…” Caleb kneeled down next to the bed again. “I-I don’t—“

“You don’t what, Cal? You don’t want to blame me for every problem in your life? The missing career? The drug and alcohol abuse? Not every being able to have a stable fucking relationship? Cant you take responsibility for at least one thing in your life?! You know what…you fucking make me sick. Get out!”

“Kady…please…”

“GET OUT OF MY FUCKING ROOM!” I screamed just as Brian appeared in the door with the guys. “You’re not my fucking brother anymore!”

“I don’t fucking blame you, okay!” Caleb yelled back as Matt and Brian dragged him from the room. “I made a mistake! You’re my sister and I know you would never do anything to hurt me! You cant do this to me!”

“Yeah, well it’s a little too late to pull the family card, Caleb,” I said curtly as I closed my eyes. I wasn’t sure if I was just trying to hide my tears or I was just over exhausted. “You’re the one who did this to me!”

“NO!” I heard Caleb yell before my room was silent again. Well, as silent as it could be with Marley still snoring away in the corner.

I took in a few shaky breaths, trying to calm my palpitating heart as I lay in my spinning bed. Oh fuck this was the worst fucking headache I had ever had and the darkness that threatened me seemed like the only kind of relief.

“Are you okay?”

I slowly opened up one of my eyes to see the blurry form of Synyster Gates to my right. His hand instantly moved up into mine before his lips graced my skin.

“Never better,” I mumbled. “You know me….kicking asses and taking…names…” I heard him chuckle and I knew he must have been shaking his head.

“You are something else, Kad. You better get some rest because I’ve got plans for you when you wake up…” I could hear that cocky smirk in his voice.

“Well…you better take a cold shower, Haner because I’m sure they would frown upon sex in a hospital bed…” I let out a yawn.

“When has that ever stopped Kady Parker?”

“Good point…jackass…”

Notes

So is the Parker relationship officially over? Is Fatal Facade finished? Is Kady staying with Brian?