Broken Wings

Chapter 4: The Girl

" The Man who has no imagination has no wings." - Muhammad Ali

*Hunter's Point of View*

She was so beautiful, but so broken. She acted like she had it all together, but I could see it all in her eyes. She was a tough one too, that's for sure. I held her as she cried, over Zee and how she was driving in the accident. She wasn't I know she wasn't, she couldn't have been. "What happened to you in the accident?" I asked without even thinking. "I had a broken pelvis, glass in my face, bruised most of my ribs, cracked one, had a serious concussion, and brain swelling." She sighed with tears still streaming down her face. God she was beautiful. I pushed her long blonde hair out of her face so I could see her eyes. They were a dark brown and they made me weak. I still didn't believe that she was the one driving. How could I? She looked so innocent. "It wasn't your fault. Things happen and wasn't it icy that night? You caught a patch of black ice and lost control." "Yes, that exactly what happened." She sighed. "Listen, let's get out of here." "Where do you want to go?" "Somewhere you and I aren't around so many people." "This is not a date and I am not going home with you." She turned serious. "I'm not saying that, you have a dirty mind." I couldn't help but grin. "Okay, lets go to the garage." "What garage?" "My Dad's garage. It's quieter there and people won't see me cry there." "Okay, sounds like a plan. Are you sure that you're okay to drive." "Yeah, I'm fine." She got up and wiped her face.

We got to her Dad's garage and she unlocked all the doors and drove her truck into a stall. We got out and she walked over to a tool box and sat down. "Zee used to work here." She sighed taking in the room. "Did he?" I asked "Yeah, he was good friends with my brother. Speaking of my brother, he likes you." "Does he? That's good. I think he's a good kid." "Kid? He's 23. How old are you?" she laughed. "I'm only 20." I laughed too. "Oh, I'm almost 20." "I just turned 20. I'm not that far ahead of you." "I didn't think you were. Zee was like two years ahead of me." "He was dating your friend Nikkole wasn't he?" "Yeah, he was. And after he died she started dating my brother. She started talking to my brother like six months after Zee died. I didn't really know why she moved on so fast. I do now. I guess her and Zee were going to break up anyway." She shrugged. "When did you find that out?" I asked. "Tonight, before you and Ryder got home. She told me, because I finally told her that I was in love with Zee." "When I'd see him, he'd always talk about some girl named Kay or Kaydence. Said she had the most beautiful eyes he'd ever seen." I tried to remember our conversations. Paislee looked at me with tears in her eyes. "He always called me Kay and Kaydence, and PK." "That was you he was talking about?" "Yeah, he always told me that my eyes could make the stars jealous." "Why did he call you Kaydence?" "Kaydence is my middle name. My first name is Paislee- Jay and usually people call me Pay or PJ, but he said that I was Kaydence to him. That he didn't want to be like anyone else, because I was one of kind." "He was right about your eyes. Don't ever doubt that. What do you want me to call you? You have like a million names?" I asked jokingly. "Call me whatever you want as long as it's true." She smiled. I couldn't help but laugh. "Well, I like PJ." "Okay, PJ it is."

I got home around 10:30pm my uncle was waiting for me. "Hey, Hunter." He smiled as I walked in the door. "Hey Uncle Pete. Why are you still awake?" I asked "I was just waiting for you. I heard that you were out with Harry Thorne's daughter Paislee." "Yeah, she and I went to the race track." "I know that you think that she's cute and all, but don't fall for her act. She's trouble. Stay as far away from her as you can." He sighed rubbing his eyes. "Why is she trouble?" "She was the one driving in the accident that killed Zee Ryker. She cheated on Wyatt Potts with some guy she met on the street, she drinks too much, and she uses guys. She dated another guy Ben Logan and she wrecked his truck after they broke up. She uses guys and she gets away with everything. She'll make you look like the guilty one." "How do you know that? Do you know her?" "I've heard things around town, and no I don't know her, but neither do you. You don't need the trouble." "Thanks for the tip, but no thanks. I don't believe she was driving the truck that night." "She was Hunter, they found her in the driver's seat. Zee was in the passenger seat." "Okay." I gave up and walked to my room.

I couldn't sleep at all that night. I couldn't stop thinking about Paislee. She was so beautiful. She was tough and sweet at the same time. She couldn't have been driving the truck. I don't believe that she is anything they say she is. But she does have that innocent appeal to her. NO, she's not a bad person. She loved Zee, she would have more remorse for the accident if she "killed" him like everyone says.

Around 1:23am I said screw sleep and went online. I pulled up picture that the news had on the accident from four years ago. They used the jaws to get them out, that was for sure. I called Josh. "Hey, Hunter it's 1:30 are you okay?" he asked concerned. "Josh, I have questions for you." "What about?" "The truck, the accident, Zee and Paislee Thorne." "What time do you get out of work tomorrow? We can meet somewhere." He yawned. "4pm." "Okay meet me at my parents' house and I will answer any questions you have. But before we hang up I have a question." "What's that?" I asked a little bit tired at this point. "Why are you asking about Paislee Thorne?" "Because I think there is more to her than anyone really knows."