Page 59 of Satan's Son

Chapter 25

I was never really into girly things. I admit that right now. I spent my childhood in the mud, chopping the heads off Barbies and climbing everything that I shouldn’t have. That was just who I was.

High school didn’t really change me either. I didn’t get girly, chase down boys, or wear lipstick or makeup. I was plain old Addison who hung around with the two big thugs I had grown up with. Having them at my side meant I was never bullied.

Nevertheless, I would always find myself in trouble and nine out of ten times I deserved it.

So right now, as I stared up at Ethan, all teary-eyed and acting like a true girl, it frightened me.

How had I let him in?

How had my happiness suddenly come to depend upon his happiness?

“Addison, come on, don’t let it be like this.” Ethan grabbed my wrist as I turned on my heels to leave. “It hasn’t happened yet.”

I turned my back to him, squeezed my eyes tightly shut, and let the tears flow before I looked over my shoulder at him.

“No, but when will it? Tomorrow? Tonight? Next week?” It was hurting me knowing that once he was gone, he was gone for good.

“Well, there is something I can tell you that might ease your anxiety.” His words were filled with his own sorrow so I turned to face him.

His expression was soft and kind but his tiny smile was clearly depressed.

“When I leave, you lose your memories of me.” He spoke each word clearly. “Actually, you will forget all this. Now that your new identity has been established, they will know who you are when you wander into the hospital having lost all your memories.”

My mouth opened then closed.

What. The. Fuck!

“How the hell is that fair!” I screamed, not caring if Satan down below could hear me. “So, not only do I lose the love of my life, but I also never get to remember him?”

The grin on his face caused me to slap his cheek.

“Ouch, what was that for!” He rubbed the side of his face.

“For grinning!”

“I was only grinning because you called me the love of your life.” He pulled me into a hug, with those haunting eyes still locked with mine.

I wanted to take it back. I wanted to say I’d lied. But I hadn’t; it was the truth.

“Well, lucky for you, I’ve only had a short one.” I smirked up at him and for those few moments, I didn’t think about him leaving. I just thought about how comfortable it felt in his arms.

Ethan

“Heard you’re finally going back to where you belong?” Archie walked into the kitchen at just about the same time Addison had left.

“Didn’t realize you were eavesdropping now, old man?” I nodded my head at the empty chair in front of me. “I’ve got something to ask you.”

“If it has to do with Addison, the answer is no.”

“I can’t leave her here with a wiped memory and no one she knows.”

Surely, even Archie could see how cruel that was? I didn’t want to leave Addison’s side to begin with. If he and I could trade places, I would.

When it came to Addison, there wasn’t much I wouldn’t do.

“She’s a brat.”

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