Bound by love, a heart never free.

Charles is a bit messed up from the accident.

Josephine

Those lavender eyes were staring at me as I wrapped a clean dressing around Blue's leg.

" Tell me, do you know all my secrets now?" Blue said peering at me knowingly.

" First off, I don't keep other people's secrets, those are theirs alone. Second off I am not interested in engaging with you, you are not a very nice man."

I heard a warm tinkling laugh come from Blue's lips.

" Ok, call me Lavender then. I am all woman to you sweet girl." She flashed those incredibly long eyelashes at me as she placed her hand over mine. I frowned at her.

"Just tell me one thing uh Lavender is it?" I gripped her sore leg. She winced and gasped at my touch.

I whispered this part.

" If you are here to take me to Manuel, why the hell do you smell so much like Lana Hill's perfume?"

Lavender removed her hand from mine.

" How the hell do YOU think I tracked you here?" She grinned and pointed to a sleeping Charles.

" Did she tell you what she did to me?" I looked away, thinking of Mexico. My stomach hurt at the thought. I feared Lana had actually sent her to get Charles back.

" Lana has issues my dear. But I believe that she will not stop at selling you to those monsters, no... if she finds you...you will be killed, she a psychopath."

I stood up and adjusted my neck, it was quite sore from the wreck.

I went to the closet and took out a clean gown for Lavender.

Removing my own shirt, I stepped into the shower to get cleaned up.

When I returned, I had a white, plush towel around me.

Lavender sucked in a breath seeing my back as I turned around to get dressed.

I didn't respond, it was in the past. My mind could not go back to that time. It would break me in two.

" Tell me Josephine, who do you love, this big ape?" She pointed to Charles who was snoring loudly.

" Or...the man that did that to your back?"

I brought her a warm cloth to wash with, the scabs to her face were looking angry.

" Lavender, my heart is not for sale." that was all I was willing to admit to.

" I see, your body was purchased but your heart is Charles then? Only he doesn't seem to remember this big love you profess for him."

I felt my eyes get wet. One tear slipped away before I could catch it.

" Lavender, I will go back to Manuel with you. I never deserved Charles anyway." I motioned to him.

"It seems God doesn't want us to be together."

" You mean Lana." She said.

"Please don't tell Lana where he is, I need to protect him regardless of if he wants me to or not."

Now I was crying big fat tears.

I turned and went to pack.

Lavender was standing up, getting her pants on. She was groaning in pain.

" Im not calling that cold b***h, she wasn't even a good lay." she said as she groaned, trying to stay upright.

I stared at her. "You had s*x with Lana Hill?"

" Not me, Blue did. He found her body quite delectible actually, I see the appeal of that siren."

"I always thought she was an sss myself." I admitted and smiled to myself.

Charles began to stir.

He stretched his long arms wide and made a loud yawning noise,"Huhhh....hahhhhh."

He looked at both of us. " Hey." He said to me, looking right at my eyes. I wiped them quickly.

He looked away.

" Hey Jo, you got any coffee made?" He slowly got up to go to the bathroom.

I looked at Lavender.

She said,"Want me to kick his ass for you, dumb ape, doesn't even know he's killing you?"

" Jo, coffee?" Charles yelled, looking in the kitchen.

I came in and poured him a cup of coffee and put a dab of cream and one sugar.

I had been making it for him this way for weeks.

" Ah, that is perfect." He sipped it as he picked up my hand.

" Jo, whatever you are thinking... we can't be together, I am still married."

I moved my hand away.

Lavender watched us as she sipped some tea.

"Charles, it's important for you to listen to me. If you've ever known me or trusted me before, Lana Hill is not to be trusted."

" I had s*x with your wife." Lavender said as she raised her eyebrow, interrupting us.

" Wha...what did you just say?" Charles stood up and towered over her.

I saw something shift in her, her face took on a different look, a steely look. I think she just turned into a he. Blue was here now.

" You, you slept with my wife? I don't believe you. She's not into girls." He was satisfied with this knowledge. He dismissed Blue.

" I slept with her, she has this little mole right about here." He touched his inner thigh with his index finger.

" Also, I may look feminine sometimes, but I assure you I am packing just the same as you are." He grabbed his crotch in a Michael Jackson type of move.

I spit out my coffee.

" I'm going to kill you if you laid one little finger on my wife." Charles said, advancing on Blue.

" No, not just one...like all ten of them. I used them to spread her wide open." He stood and went chest to chest with Charles.

I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I only knew that they were fighting over Lana Hill.

I turned to go back to the room.

I pulled back the blankets and crawled into bed, putting a pillow over my head. I was so tired.

I heard them arguing and maybe even fighting?

I couldn't deal with those two.

I actually dozed off, maybe it was stress. When I woke up, Lavender Blue was gone.

Charles was packing his things up.

" I'm going to find my wife, I can't believe she cheated on me with her." he was sulking.

I stood behind him and hugged him. " Charles? Can I tell you something?"

He turned around and looked at me, he sighed.

" Jo, you are so beautiful. I think we should have an affair. If my wife can sleep around on me, the moment I'm kidnapped by my ex...well that's pretty harsh don't you think?"

" Exactly what do you remember about us being together in Monaco?" I knew it was in there somewhere.

" I think I was sharing a cab with you, then...you came on the plane. I think...Jo? Did you take me then, on my own plane?"

" Oh honey, your poor, poor head. No I didn't take you Charles, you took me.

You found this in Lana's closet."

I held up my braclet.

" It confirmed to you that I never lied to you. Lana was the one to hand me over to the s*x traders."

He frowned as he listened to my words, he had to know I wasn't lying to him.

Suddenly there was a loud horn honking in the driveway, Lavender Blue had driven up in a large truck with big tires.

She honked again.

" Come on our ride is here." I said, resigned to the fact that Charles couldn't trust me. It stung very badly, even worse the second time around.

He grabbed my arm, swinging me around to face him and planted a big kiss on my lips.

" I believe you, you are not a liar. My mind is messed up and it hurts like sin, but Joey...I trust you." I kissed him back. "Good, because I love you."