Alec

I ground my teeth. "Try."

"I don't know what to say Keela, sorry just comes to mind."

I clenched my hands into fists.

"You're a horrible person, Alec Slater."

"Please Keela, I'm not a bad person, I swear I'm not."

I glared daggers at Alec.

"Your actions tell a different story."

Alec shook his head. "They weren't my willing actions. I had to pop a fucking pill just to get it up... I was revolted before, during, and after the act."

He had to take a tablet?

"I don't understand."

Alec looked up. "Let me explain then."

"No, I don't want to hear it, you have said enough."

Alec's face hardened. "I haven't nearly said enough."

I looked away from him.

"I don't give a fuck what you have to say, just like you didn't give a fuck about me when you fucked other people."

Alec cast his eyes downward.

"Don't you dare act like the victim, don't you fuckin' dare."

Alec looked at me, his eyes were sad. "I'm not Keela, I'm not acting like anything. I'm just sick with myself... I'm so sorry for everything I did to you. I swear on my life that I didn't want it to happen, I really wasn't a willing participant."

My heart started to hurt.

"Then why did it happen Alec? Why the fuck did you stray after only a few days?"

Alec look frightened. "I'm afraid you won't believe me if I tell you the truth."

I shrugged my shoulders. "That's a risk you're goin' to have to take because I'm a minute away from callin' me uncle."

Alec's lip curled in disgust. "This is all because of him."

Excuse me?

"Are you insinuatin' that you cheated on me because of me uncle."

Alec looked me dead in the eye and said, "I'm not insinuating it, I'm stating it. Your uncle made this happen."

I blinked and shook my head not sure if I heard him correctly.

"You're lyin'."

Alec shook his head. "No, I'm not."

"You're lyin'!" I screamed.

Alec rushed at me. "No, I'm not!"

I lifted my hands up in front of my face to block any incoming hits.

No hits came because Alec stopped just short of touching me when he saw my reaction to him. He turned then and punched one of my kitchen presses so hard that his fist went through the wood.

"Omigod!" I screamed and covered my ears.

Alec pulled his fist free from the wood and gripped onto the kitchen counter as he took some long deep breaths.

"It pisses me off that you think I would physically hurt you."

"You hurt me emotionally which was just as bad as takin' a punch... I don't see the difference."

Alec turned to face me, his face tense.

"Are you okay?" he asked.

"I'm just peachy, thanks."

Alec scowled. "Don't be sarcastic."

"If you don't want a sarcastic answer, don't ask a stupid question."

Alec sighed. "You're right that was a stupid question."

No shit Sherlock.

"No more stupid questions, but you're going to listen to me Keela. You can decide on what you want to do after I've explained myself, do you understand me?"

I swallowed and looked at the hole in my kitchen press.

"Okay," I replied.

"Do you remember the welcome di

I folded my arms across my chest.

"Yes."

"When you left the room he told me that no relation of his would ever be in committed relationship with a whore."

I blinked. "Well, you fucked his wife a lot of times, I'm sure he didn't want to keep that trait of yours ru

Alec cut his eyes to me so I looked down.

"I told your uncle that I didn't work for Marco anymore, and Marco agreed that I was no longer his employee, but your uncle didn't care about any of that. He didn't want me to taint you."

"I fail to see how me uncle wantin' to protect me from you made you cheat on me."

Alec shook his head. "Do you really not see where I'm going with this?"

I shrugged. "Should I?"

Alec scrubbed his face with his hands.

"Keela, your uncle told me I had to make you hate me. He said I had to do somethin' to push you away from me... He told me I had to sleep with Everly and Dante and to make sure you knew about it."

I blinked as Alec's words entered my mind.

I tried to process them, I really did, but it hurt my head and chest.

"Why are you sayin' this?" I whispered.

"Because it's the truth. He told me I had to make you hate me... and I did."

I swallowed. "If that is true, then why didn't you just tell him no?"

Alec frowned. "He said he would kill my family if I didn't do it. He said cheating on you would make you hate me and never want to see me again. From the looks of things he was right."

I didn't reply.

Uncle Brandon made Alec do this?

He wanted me to be hurt?

"He held me as I cried," I whispered.

"I'm so sorry, Keela. I truly am."

I walked out of the kitchen and down to my bedroom where my phone was.

"What are you doing?"

"Ringing me uncle, I need to hear this from him."

I closed my door to keep Alec out.

I dialed my uncle's number when I had my phone in my hand and fear gripped me.

If Alec was telling the truth then I couldn't trust my uncle anymore, my most beloved family member... But if Alec was lying then I was still going to be left miserable and heartbroken because of his cheating.

There was no good outcome.

"Keela? Hello baby girl-"

"Is it true? Did you make Alec do it?" I cut my uncle off.

Silence.

"What did he tell you?"

I sobbed. "That you told him to cheat on me or you would kill his family."

My uncle swore but he didn't deny it.

"Uncle, is he lyin'? Please be honest with me, I need to know the truth."

My uncle sighed and after a long pause he said, "No baby girl, he is tellin' the truth."

I broke down into tears.

"Why? Why would you want me hurtin' like this?"

"Because you deserve better than a whore!"

"He is not a whore! He was forced to work for Marco because that bastard held the threat of hurting his family over his head, just like you did! He would have never done it if you didn't back him into a corner!"

Silence.

"I can never trust you again, do you understand that? You have lost the ability to call me your niece. I'm fuckin' done with you!"

I heard my uncle’s sharp intake of breath. "I was tryin' to protect you from getting hurt, Keela."

"You caused me to get hurt, Uncle!"

"You deserve better than him!"

"I deserve to decide for meself who is good enough for me! I deserve to be happy and you ruined that for me. I hate you for it. You lied to me face! You sat in that hotel room back in the Bahamas knowing good and well what you did and you let me hate him!"

My uncle was at a loss for words so I hung up on him.

I kept my phone in my hand as I opened my bedroom and walked down the hallway and into the kitchen where Alec was still leaning against the kitchen counter top.

"You were right."

Alec frowned. "I'm sorry, Keela... I had to tell you the truth, it was killing me."