My Guardian Angel – Part 8

 

 

Welcome to part 8 of My Guardian Angel! Thank you to the 46 people who added me as a friend in the past 2 weeks…. I was finally able to add you all this morning! Thanks to all the comments and recommendations that I have been getting and it’s because of those that this chapter is here so quickly!

Here is a quick recap of last chapter….. Rachel woke up after being unconscious for a few days, to find herself in Taylor’s ‘house’ however it seems old and abandoned and where is his father? Anyway the pair realised how much they loved each other and almost kissed when they were interrupted by a news report stating she was ‘kidnapped.’ Angry and confused Rachel went to bed and started to realise hoe much she missed her siblings and how she had to clear Oliver’s name, as he has been accused of her kidnap….. OK that wasn’t a ‘quick’ recap.

I didn’t know what I was going to do… all I knew was that I had to help Oliver. I owed him that much, he would never hurt me, I knew that. Sure it caused me so much pain when he told me he didn’t want to see me, but I knew he didn’t want to do that…. He was trying to protect me… and now it was my turn!

The only problem was that I knew he would stand in my way.
“I’m sorry, but I can’t let you go, it’s not safe.”
“What do you mean it’s not safe? In case people think YOU kidnapped me?”

“Look, I’m sorry, I really am sorry that I didn’t tell you everything before, but you had been through so much… I just wanted you to relax for once... I was going to tell you in the morning, I give you my word! And I’m….. sorry….. for almost kissing you… I shouldn’t have done it.”

The truth was I didn’t think I could get angry at him even if I wanted to… he was just like Oliver… I hadn’t known him long (at least I didn’t think I did) but I don’t think my life would be the same if he was gone.
“I know that Taylor, but the truth is I need to help Oliver…. I owe him…. And I need the help from someone close to me to do it…”

He looked so upset…. As I looked at him, for the 1st time in a long time I heard his thoughts only this time I knew he didn’t want me to… ‘How could I hurt her like this? I want to help her, but I don’t know how.’

For once it was my turn to comfort him…. I couldn’t leave him blaming himself like this…. I cared for both him and Oliver… I didn’t know how but I would find a way to have both of them in my life….
“Listen Taylor, I need to call my brother, we can trust him, then I’m going to find a way to get Oliver out of prison, then YOU need to tell me EVERYTHING you are hiding, deal? I want to keep close with you…. and I want to trust you.”
“Really? Thanks Rachel, I don’t think we should include anyone we don’t have to, but if you trsut your brother, then I trust him to!”

“Thank you Taylor.” Why could my life not be like it was 2 weeks ago? Now my heart was fighting strongly against 2 of the closest people to me….

I looked at my phone…. Was I sure I wanted to involve Kris? What if they found out where I was, but as he didn’t say because I would ask him not to, would he be punished? Was this the safest way to do this?
As if he could read my thoughts Taylor said “You know you can use my laptop? Just make sure Kris deletes the message once he’s read it….”

“Why didn’t I think of that? You’re a star Taylor, I could kiss you!” He gave me one of his smiles and said “Really? Perhaps we’d better not do that after last night…” He was such a gentlemen….

I typed the message quickly, scared if I stopped then I would cancel the whole thing, it didn’t feel right bringing Kris into all of this, but I felt like I needed him, and I knew he was worried about me. Kris, it’s me Rachel. I’m fine, BUT LISTEN TO ME! You can’t tell anyone about this, even Jasmine…. I’m fine, a friend is looking after me but I need your help…. Please meet me at sunrise at the place we used to go to when we were younger….. YOU MUST DELETE THIS ONCE YOU READ IT! From your sister, Rachel

To calm me down I played on Taylor’s old electric guitar…. He told me it was his father’s yet I still hadn’t seen nor heard from him…. It was weird but Taylor was under enough pressure from me as it was…

Someone had been to my special place! Sure I liked the changes… there was a bench that you could sit on and just watch the sea... but the point was it was MY place… still I had been there for hours… nervous… what if he didn’t get the message? Or what if he didn’t believe me?

Then his voice hit me…. “Rachel?” Even after my make over… even after feeling like a totally different person, Kris, my brother still knew it was me….
“Yeah, it’s me Kris….”

“I can’t believe it’s you! You’re OK…. I’m so happy, Jasmine will be so happy to kn-“
“You CAN’T tell her!”
“Oh yeah, OK. I knew Oliver wasn’t behind it…. What happened to you?”

I broke down and told him everything…. About Darren and Diana, about how I had spent the last few days with Taylor, about my ‘link’ with Taylor and Oliver…. About how much I needed him and how I needed to clear his name…. Kris took all of this in then all of a sudden he muttered “I don’t like that Taylor kid.”

 

I was so angry and hurt by his comment, my hands curled into fists and I was screaming at him… “He saved me Kris! He took me in when I was hurt and had no one…. I know you would have done if you were there, but you weren’t.” I calmed down after this, getting angry in a way caused this whole mess, “I’m sorry, just please. Trust Taylor, and by doing that you are trusting me…”

“I trust you Rach. I always have and I always will… by the way Jasmine is really worried about you to, I’d like to say mother is… but I would be lying. I hate the way she’s been acting lately…. Her and Avian’s mother….”
“Avian?” I couldn’t believe I hadn’t thought about him since being unconscious, he was also a good friend to me “Is he worried to?”
“Yeah, he comes over every night to ask if there is any news… he even stays up late looking for you… He’s a nice guy Rach.” I knew that, I also knew what he was hinting at…

 

“We need to go.” I saw Kris’ face stiffen, I knew he knew who was standing behind him. “We need to get out of sight, now!”

“How could you have kept her hidden from us? Do you have any idea how worried everyone was? This is YOUR fault! Everything started to go wrong when YOU walked in to her life!”

I expected him to turn all protective…. Telling the truth… that it wasn’t his fault, which it wasn’t. But he stood there, he took all of Kris’ insults and just mumbled “I know.” This wasn’t his fault! Everything happened to me, BECAUSE of me, and I wish they could both see that.

“Listen you two!” I had never shouted so loud in my life, but it got both of their attentions…. “We need to get back to the house, then we need to figure out how to get Oliver out of the Police Station…. And listen. I want both of you to know, everything that has happened is because of me, not you, me.”

 

“I have a plan…. It might be a bit crazy… but it might just work…”
“I knew I could count on you! Now come on, let’s go!”

As we ran back up that hill towards the main road I couldn’t help but send a silent prayer, a prayer I sent to my mother… Mother, I know you are always watching me…. And I know I have messed up majorly in the past few days, but I don’t want anyone else to get hurt…. Please help me to get Oliver back…. And to make sure Taylor, Kris, Jasmine, Avian and everyone else who is important to me stays safe… I love you!

“You sure this is a good idea? To walk right in there? What if they recognise me? They are going to ask all sorts of questions.”
“Just stand close to me, look at the officer but not to long, and try not to look suspicious…”

  

I didn’t know what to do, Rachel was out there somewhere, I just knew. She wasn’t hurt, I would have known if she was… I kept blaming myself… I replayed that night over and over in my head…. I left her all alone she was in pain when I left her…. I’d known her since we’d been kids, I knew that…. And because of that something happened to her…

I didn’t care what happened to me, I didn’t care I was stuck in a room with minimum light… I didn’t care that everyone thought I kidnapped Rach…. or worse…. All I cared about was making sure she was safe… but how could I do that from this cell?

“OK, this is it. Remember why we’re doing this…”
‘For Oliver’ I kept repeating that thought as I entered the station with my brother…

“Mr. Miller, I’m afraid there is still no news on your sister, we will let you know as soon as we do.” He looked up from his laptop straight at me…. He looked at me for a few seconds… before Kris interrupted him

“This is one of our family friends, she also knew Oliver…. We were wounding if she could see him, maybe get him to confess?” This would never work, I thought to myself as I sat down away from his curious eyes…

“I don’t see how that would work Mr. Miller… Mr. Jackson hasn’t told us anything… and we have told if he doesn’t he will go to prison.” Prison? I couldn’t let them send him there! “I know that, but it can’t hurt to try can it? My brother asked…

I saw the officer walk through the doors that led to the cells…
“This is going to work.” Kris told me as he sat down….

“Remember, just let him know your OK and that we’re going to help…I don’t know exactly how yet, but we need to let him know, also you need to be careful… if they overhear anything….”
“Yeah I know…. I’m putting all of you, you and Taylor in danger if they find out…. Don’t worry, I’ll be careful.”

“You have a visitor… do you want to see her?”
Her? Who was he talking about? I told Amanda not to come here, it would hurt her too much. I cared to much about my little sister to put her through that…. Maybe it was another heartless reporter or someone trying to get me to confess how much I hated Rach… I could never hate her.
“Sure, let her in.”

“You have 5 minutes, be quick, you can go in the cell, but I will be checking on you from time to time.”
I nodded, this was it, time to let him know I hadn’t abandoned him.

I hadn’t even stopped to wonder how he would react…. The last time he had seen me, he told me he never wanted to see me again…. Would he even recognise me? Would he let me explain everything? I knew he would, Oliver wasn’t a bad person…

“I don’t care who you are or what you have to say, I didn’t hurt her, I CARE ABOUT HER TO MUCH! You have to find her…”
He didn’t even wait for me to enter the room, he really didn’t care what happened to himself…. He just wanted to help me… how could I have ever shouted at him?

As I came round the corner and looked at him, I saw an instant change.
I couldn’t believe it…. I knew it was her straight away… her hair… her eyes… the way she walked…. It was RACHEL! My, Rachel! The most important person in my life was alive!

I don’t know how but he recognised me… it only took a second, of course he’s my Oliver… of course he would recognise me… “Oliver.” I spoke to him in a quiet whisper…

I could tell he was about to explode… hopefully from happiness I had to quickly put my finger to my mouth and signal to him to keep his voice down…. He smiled but nodded and said “It’s really you!”

I ran into his cell and gave him the biggest hug I had ever given anyone…. I missed him so much! I couldn’t believe he was here! He smelled just like home, like someone I could always rely on…. Just like before all of this happened…

“Oliver, I am so sorry for everything, I-“But his musical laugh stopped me from telling him how much he meant to me…
“Don’t say it Rach, I should be apologising… I never should have left you…. I want you to know, leaving you in the park was the biggest mistake of my life and I can never forgive myself for it…. I can never walk away from you….”

“Oh Oliver! I’m going to get you out of here! I wish I could just tell them who I am…. But people close to me will get hurt…”
“I understand.” How could he understand? He really was one of a kind…

I looked up and realised I had been looking at him with a goofy smile on my face…. “What?” I asked trying not to laugh…
“I missed you smile, your laugh. I missed you Rach!” He looked so young, so sweet and innocent. How could they think he would hurt me?

I took his hands in mine, I just had to hold him, let my feelings channel into him through my touch…. “Everything is going to be OK…. I promise.”
“Now, your here… I believe that.” His words seemed so powerful and filled with truth, I was going to save him and I really did believe that.

Then that stupid Officer’s voice cut through the peace I was feeling with him…. “OK, time for you to go now.” “I’ll come back, I promise.” I told him under my breath as the Officer let me out, I looked back and he mouthed ‘I know’ at me.

I looked at Kris, eager to get out of there as soon as possible…. “Nothing, time to go.” I said and the 2 of us quickly left…

“So… he’s OK? The two of you are still friends right?” He asked me, he always had my best interests at heart…

“Yeah, we’re friends again. And we are going to help him, I have a plan… but we are going to have to find me an alibi…. Someone we can trust….”
“I think I know someone that can help us….”
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