"I don't believe it..."
I stood up. Even after everything he told me and all the images, books, scripts and even videos he showed me, I didn't believe it. I couldn't believe it. That would mean, everything I learnt my entire life was all a big lie. To me logic was about what would make sense and what would be real or not, and demons are not part of any logic or science or any theory I learnt about.
Matias was clearly going crazy.
"Bonnie, you have to believe me..." He also stood up, but his voice was low as if he sounded defeated.
I still refused as I wasn't going to fall for that either. "No!" I stepped back. "You need help Matias, just stop this. Stop everything." And then I left his room.
I went down the stairs, catching the fresh smell of something being baked, but I passed the kitchen before his mother could see me and then I headed to the front door. I pulled the door open, only to find Tobit standing at the door.
"Bonnie..." He smiled as if he was relieved to see me. But only seeing him made it all come back and now I hesitated going out. I didn't want to see him.
"What do you want?" I asked him, quietly this time because I also didn't want Mrs Pasley to hear us.
He stared at me, then pass me to look inside the house, as if he was looking for something or someone. The look his face changing as his face hardened. "What are you doing here? I told you to stay away."
"And you can't tell me what to do anymore." I also kept a straight face while folding my arms. I learnt not to cry infront of people anymore. "So I suggest you leave. I don't want to see you ever again."
His green eyes fell on me and they softened. "It's not what you think."
I knew what he was referring to and for that reason I looked away. "I don't have time for your lies. Save them for someone who cares."
"Well, I care about you. And nothing happened between me and Ishtar this morning, she's a family friend and only came over to visit me."
I turned my head and looked up at him. I may have not put into thought that maybe things weren't what they seemed to me. All I saw was another woman opening his door and I was so angry at him ignoring at me, that him sleeping with her was the first thing that jumped to my mind. I also just realized that I didn't have any time alone to think about everything or maybe that there was a chance that I was overreacting and jumping to conclusions. So afraid of losing him that I no longer trusted myself enough to know that he'd want to stay with someone like me.
"Hey..." He gentle took my chin and turned my face to look up at him. "I love you, Bonnie. I have waited ages to find you and I am not going to do anything that would jeapordise that or risk me losing you. You mean a lot to me."
His confession had my heart nearly jumping out of my chest. Maybe now it did feel like my efforts of not trying to cry were in vain. I tried to hold in at least, but then before I could even get in a word of my own, the unthinkable happened.
Tobit tensed up and he froze, right before he looked. Droplets of red landed on my shirt and when I also faced down, I saw a sharp spear emerging, pierced through his chest from behind. His shirt got soaked in red and it was if both of us were staring in shock, witnessing before our own eyes what had just happened. That was right before his body dropped on the ground.
"Tobit!" I quickly knelt down, gasping in shock. There was blood, so much blood and I even tried to stop it. But he got stabbed in the chest and there was only one place that was meant to go through. The heart.
"Step back Bonnie." It was Matias, holding a match stick and a bottle of gas in his hand. "Mom take her inside."
It was all happening so fast. Hands grabbed me and I was suddenly yanked inside. Matias poured the gas over Tobit's body right before dropping a lit up match and setting his body up into flames.