Ambers POV
My heart is pounding and I can't handle the heavy weight on my chest. I don't know why or how I felt this way. It's like a 6th sense, a gut feeling. I eventually muster the courage to quietly walk to the door and open it. I hear light giggles and chatter from downstairs. My heart picks up it's pace even more. "Who is Cater talking to?" I fall out of LS. I drop my stuffy and listen from the top of the stairs clinging to the banister. I notice it's a girls voice. I get angry. So angry my face is red. Since when have I ever gotten jealous!? After the talking and giggle goes quiet is when I really get anxious. I hear silence. Maybe a couple shuffling noises but that's it. My stomach is turning now and I can't seem to breathe. I can see the living room from the top of the stairs and they're nowhere in sight. "The guest bedroom..." I think. There is one on the main floor. I slowly make my way down stairs. I know which stairs creek so I skip those stairs to be sure they don't hear me. I get down to the main floor and the bedroom light is on and the door is shut. I creep over to the door not wanting to know more. I put my head to the door to try to hear what they are saying.
I hear a woman's voice. "Oh Carter, you always know how to make me feel better." "Make me feel special" what does that even mean?? She sounds like she's trying too hard. Trying too hard to be sexy or something. Now my heart braking into a million pieces I hear Carters voice. Whatever he chooses to say could be the end of our relationship. "Yes well that is my job." That's it. After I hear those words I run upstairs with tears running down my face. I put all my stuff in some bags I grab Mochi and his stuff and put him in a carrier so I don't worry about him running around and get in my truck that one of "his guys" brought for me from my place. I slam the door so Carter knows I've left. I pull out onto the trail and head towards the main roads.
Carters POV
I wake up beside my sweet little girl. I have someone coming this morning that wants me to be the security at their party. I don't want to leave her side but I know I have to. I kiss her cheek and jump in the shower before getting dressed. I work for a high end security company and I get paid way too much for just standing and securing people's parties. But I'm also an undercover agent. So while I am a security guard I am actually being hired from someone else to listen in on their conversations. It gets really intense sometimes with underground organizations, Gangs, and cults. Anyway as I sit in my office which used to be the spare bedroom I look into this lady that thinks I'll be securing her party. She's around my age all and skinny with long straight black hair. She just so happens to be the heir to a very expensive company. I hear a knock on the door and I let her in. I show her to my home office and close the door. She sits in front while I walk around to sit in my chair. "Welcome Miss Williams, ill need to ask you to sign some papers before we start our meeting and go through some of my companies guidelines." She agrees and we talk for a bit more discussing our business. I look at my watch. "It's 12:30 and Amber still isn't awake" I think to myself. A bit worried I try to end our meeting. I ensure her that I will make sure no funny business happens are her party. "Oh Carter, you always know how to make me feel special." She says placing her elbow on my desk and leaning her head on the same hand, almost like she's trying to flirt. "Yes well that is my job." Through out the entire meeting I force myself to be nice even though I know all of the shit that's on her. But obviously she doesn't know I'm undercover. We laugh and I try to make sure she feels safe with her party in my hands with my easy going but strong personality. After about another 45 minutes I hear a car door slam and the sound of an old engine start. "Amber!?..." I rush out of my office to see her truck pulling away. I run outside to stop her but she's already gone. I run back inside to grab my phone and keys telling Miss Williams it's an emergency and that I'm sorry to rush her out. I jump in my car after locking up my house and I start speeding through the twisty forest trail. I make it to a main backroad lined by mountains and trees on either side. I see her car just as it turn the corner. I turn left and follow her. "Where the fuck does she think she's going?!" I get a message from my phone. My car reads it out to me. "Message from Amber: I knew I shouldn't have trusted you bastard. I got my shit and I'm leaving. Have fun with that whore you were in bed with. I hope you really do make her feel special the way she said you do!" Oh shit. This little girl really thinks I would cheat!! And I was never in be- I remember I got my office renovated when we were at the mall and at her house. "Damn it Carter. You're such a piece of shit. You let your princess YOUR princess slip away." I hit the steering wheel while holding back tears. "Hey
Siri, call amber" "calling Amber" it rings and rings and she doesn't pick up. I call her over and over but no answer. I see her little red truck parked. She's standing outside of it and her face is completely wet. She's hyperventilating and is barely standing. I can see her shaking from here. It breaks my soul. When she sees my car she tries to run back in her truck and drive away but I cut her off. I throw my car into park and jump out of my car without even looking for traffic. "Don't fucking come near me!" She screams at me. Still sobbing and shaking. She grips the fabric over her heart and tries to breathe. "Baby please listen..." I say it calmly while inching towards her. "If you take one more step I will punch you so hard in the fucking nose! I can't believe I thought you could care about me... ME! Nobody has and nobody ever will. I'm sorry for wasting your time." She's breaking my damn heart. "Baby you aren't even listening. You have no idea what even happened." I stand still waiting for her to answer. "Baby!? Stop saying that BS! I heard you guys taking in the spare bedroom!... I heard everything..." She almost whispers the last part while looking down and biting her lip. "Princess, you didn't hear everything cause if you did you would have heard us talking about the party that I am being the security Guard for. Yes it's her party. Miss Williams but I didn't... (I pause to think) CHEAT on you for god sake!" She looks up at me, her eyes relentless and still biting her lip. "Then why did she say you always make her feel special and why did you tell her it's your job!? Why were you in the FUCKING BEDROOM!" "Baby she said that because I was telling her I'd do my best on the job not because we were doing anything we shouldn't be. I said it's my job because it's my job. I make clients feel good so I can get in the inside and find out more about what's going underground! I changed that room from a bedroom to an office while we were away. My guys came in. I'm sorry. It totally slipped my mind. I'm so sorry" Her eyes stop for a second. She releases her lip and falls to the ground to fall on her knees.
I can feel her knees scraping on the rocks and gravel that line the road before the cliff. I walk over to her. She keeps pushing me away, I'm so much bigger and stronger that no matter how much she resists I'll always win. She eventually after a couple very long minutes gives in and sobs so loud it echos through the air. My heart breaks over and over at the though of her in pain. I squeeze her so tight petting her hair trying not to squeeze too hard. I wonder what she would have done if I didn't follow her. Why did she stop here?
(Sorry I couldn't find a picture of a real person! Also I think I'm going to change Carters hair to black!!)
I feel like such a dick. Letting my little girl believe that I would cheat on her! "Baby I'm so sorry... if I had known you would have gotten the wrong idea I would have told you! And I just assumed you knew the bedroom was turned into my office so I could be home more. For you... (I pause for a good minute while I think about what I've done) maybe you should leave. You don't deserve this pain. Not someone as sweet and beautiful as you..." I'm quiet at the last part not wanting her to agree. She looks up from my chest trying not to continue sobbing with her eyebrows tilted upwards. "Carter... please... please don't say that... I don't want to leave. I don't deserve better. I only want and deserve you!!" She cry's harder at the though of me gone. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I don't want you to ever leave. Ever ever. No matter what!" Once she hears my words she seems to be soothed. She sniffs a couple times before lifting her head to try and smile at me. I would barley call it a smile. Her lips were straight and tucked in a bit in the middle, her eyes closed trying to make it look like she wasn't still crying. "Baby you can cry. Don't hold it in." I should listen to my own advice. I lift her up so she's standing on her feet. I notice she's still shaking and her knees are bleeding through her socks. "PRINCESS! We need to get you home and cleaned up! Your knees are all bloody!" She looks at me like it doesn't even matter. "That-that doesn't hurt as bad as this..." she points to her chest. "Baby do you still not believe me?..." I ask sadly. She looks down at the ground and points her toes inwards. "I just felt so anxious the second I woke up, I didn't have you beside me for one and then I heard giggling and chatting from the bedroom. I couldn't breathe and from the second I woke up I knew something was wrong. Even if it wasn't you that lady made me feel horrible and I didn't know what else to do so I packed all my stuff and I grabbed Mochi. I'm sorry I over reacted and I'm sorry I ran away... I just don't know what to do I've never been truly loved and I didn't ever think I'd find someone or deserve love. Especially not this easily. I thought that I got something good for a little while so now I just deserve nothing again. I deserve pain and to be alone. I don't know any different..." with those words I grab her in my arms. Her words hit me so hard I couldn't breathe. I couldn't stand the thought of my little girl thinking all of that, of her believing she wasn't deserving of love and affection. To be treated with respect. To be cared for and looked after. Protected and nurtured. I kiss her lips. I want all her pain to be gone. I want to fix it all. I NEED to fix it all. Other wise... I'll go crazy...
(Amber is obviously dressed differently but this is how Carter is dresses)