Dance As The Sun Slips Away (Synyster Gates)

Question All You Trust

Adam's POV

I decided after seeing what all this was doing to Penny, I had to put an end to it. I texted Gwyn multiple times, no response. She finally called me several hours later.

"What now, Adam?" Gwyn's lovely greeting. I swallowed hard to build courage.

"I'm telling Penny that she is fine to travel. I can't do this anymore. They will never know what we did."

"Oh no you are not!"

"I don't care if you try to hurt my career, I'm not doing it anymore. Penny is struggling, fighting depression. Your picture stunt didn't help."

"I paid top dollar to have that picture taken." She said with satisfaction.

"Somehow I knew it was you. That and everything else has taken their toll on Penny. I'm really worried."

"Would you like to worry about her even more?" She asked.

"Of course not."

"If you release her to travel, it's not just depression she'll be battling."

"What are you saying?" I asked in disbelief.

"You know what I am saying. I don't want Penny here until I can watch her face as she finds out Brian is now mine. If she meets up with him before that, then I will be there to help Brian grieve the loss of his wife and my dear friend." She said mockingly.

"You are an evil bitch. What did Penny do to you?"

"She has something I want, even she told me to go after what I wanted in life. Now Dr. Gabriel, do we have an understanding?"

"I am positive she didn't mean killing people to get what you want. I can turn you in, right now. You're not the only one that can record a phone call." I felt triumphant, for just a moment.

"The name Angela, does that ring any bells?"

"What?" I was hoping I misunderstood what she said.

"You remember Angie, your friend's teenage daughter that you had an affair with and got pregnant."

"How do you know about her?"

"I have my ways; it turns out your ex-wife is a big fan of my books. You've worked so hard the last 10 years to keep that secret, it would be a shame if it all came out now."

"You would ruin the lives of innocent people that you don't know, just to hurt me?"

"This has absolutely nothing to do with you. I will do whatever it takes to make Brian mine. So here's your choices, have your child find out about his conception and that you're really his father. You won't have the money to be able to help support Angela raising him anymore either. What's the third thing? Oh yeah, no more Penny. Second choice is to keep Penny there and healthy. Your past will stay hidden and your son will never know the true story. Oh yeah, don't forget those nasty statutory rape charges you bought your way out of."

"You leave me with no choice. But tell me why you are doing this? Doing it because Penny told you to go after what you want in life is bullshit. You have a vendetta against her, why?""

"Okay, I guess it's fair to tell you my secret in return for my knowing yours. Jay and I were in a relationship, before she sucked him in." She said with obvious bitterness.

"So she stole your man? You must've made her think you had forgiven her."

"She didn't know we were together."

"Wait a minute, how could she not have known? You told me that all of you worked together when she started dating Jay."

"No one knew. Jay was my boss, we would have both lost our jobs. He started working on a project with her and she weaseled her way in."