My breathing has mostly stopped. Seeing Liam in front of me has knocked out all the air in my lungs and it almost feels impossible to inhale any oxygen.
I should've known the letter wasn't from Harry. I should've known that this was a set up, but I was just too into Harry to realize.
"Ellie. . . Its been awhile hasn't it." Liam gives a evil grin before taking a small step towards me. I want to run away, but I can't find any movements in my body.
"You can talk Ellie," he says and I frown. His eyes seem redder than I've ever noticed. His hair is grown a bit longer - the top of his hair grown more than the rest.
"What. . . What are you. . . " My words stutter and are barely audible. My mouth feels dry.
"I know what you're thinking. What am I doing here? What am I going to do to you?" He laughs and takes another step forward, bringing a hand to push back a strand of my hair.
I scold at his touch and flinch away. He seems upset, but hides it behind a fake smile.
"Why are you here? Haven't you done enough, killing my sister." My voice raises.
Liam's head falls back in laughter, "Wow, you're a gullible person. Unless, you love Harry so much that you believe anything he says."
"What are you talking about?" I frown.
"Esmay's alive." Liam says and my breathing stops again. "Tahdahhh. . ." He waves his fingers in the air and smiles.
I can't help the hope that he's telling the truth, but there's a part of me that feels like he's lying. If he's telling the truth, then that means Harry lied to me. But why would he lie to me.
"You're lying." I say.
"You think I would lie?" He pretends to look offended and I scold him.
"Harry told me. You gave her to the Drainers and she died." I state the facts and he begins to laugh. "You're lying!" I scream.
"But I'm not." He shakes his head. "Thats why I'm here."
"What?" I'm so confused and my stomach aches more now than ever. I feel like I'm going to pass out at any moment.
"I'm here to tell you the truth." Truth?
"What truth?" I furrow my eyebrows and swallow, afraid to hear what he has to say.
"The truth about you, Harry, Esmay. . .Everything."
"There is no truth to be told. You killed my sister you bastard!" I go to push him, but he grabs my arms and pulls me into his chest.
I struggle to get loose from his grip and sink my feet into the sand, trying to break free. He laughs, tormenting me and I spit in his face making him angry. He pushes me to the ground and sand catches in my eyes and mouth.
"You bitch," he seethes before wiping his face off.
"Harrys the one lying to you. I'm just here to give you the truth. Esmay convinced me." The mention of her name hurts. I want to believe she is alive, but I know Liam is lying.
"You're lying!" I sound weak from falling onto the floor. I want to pick myself up but I'm afraid. "Esmays dead!" I hold back the tears dwelling in my eyes.
"You believe everything Harry tells you?" He bends down, hovering over me. I pick myself up on to my hands and scold him. I hate this man.
"I'd like to tell you the truth" Liam says, picking me up by my arms. I stand up, and push him off me once I'm steady on my feet.
"Feisty. Just like Esmay." Liam laughs. I wish he would stop mentioning Esmay.
"I don't want to hear anything you have to say." I spit.
"Not at all?"
"Not at all." I repeat.
"Well, I guess you'd never believe me would you. You'll just have to ask Harry yourself." Whats he talking about? Harry didn't lie to me did he? And even so, what did he lie about?
"We'll find you and kill you." I threaten.
"Oh, Harry won't kill me." He laughs and I grow more confused.
"When you decide you want the truth just call." He hands me a piece of paper with numbers along it.
When I look up after studying the digits, I notice Liam walking away disappearing into the bushes. What if Liam is telling the truth? What if Esmays alive and Harry lied to me.
My head swarms and I fall to the ground, unknowing what to do. I should tell Harry that Liam was here, but what if Harry has been lying to me because of an unknown reason and he lies to me more. I know I shouldn't believe anything Liam says, but I need to go with my gut.
I walk back to Shadow, slow paced. By the time I get inside it's completely dark outside and the temperature has fallen a few degrees. The warm air in Shadow soothes my cool skin and I sigh in relief.
My thoughts have been jumbled my whole walk and I'm conflicted when I reach the elevators. I want to tell Harry about Liam, but another part of me almost maybe believes Liam even though I shouldn't. What if Harry has been lying to me? That's the one question swarming my brain.
Before I know what I'm doing, I ride up to Harrys floor hoping that he'll be there. I wonder if they cleaned up the mess in the ballroom.
Surprisingly, Harry answers the door right when I knock on the door. His face falls when he sees it's me and I almost feel upset tha he's not happy to see me.
"What are you doing here?" He asks and I open my mouth to speak, but no words come to mind. I honestly don't know which reason I'm here.
"Can I come inside?" He hesitates, but then moves away and opens the door wider so I can come inside. I walk in and right when Harry closes the door, he rushes towards the phone on his wall.
"Is there an important reason why you're here?" He asks before dialing numbers on te phone.
"Uhm, kinda... not really." I lie. He looks like he's about to say something, but stops when someones voice sounds on the other end.
"Wheres Zayn. He told me he'd be here right away and it's been fifteen minutes." He spits into the phone and I cringe at his tone. Maybe I shouldn't have come up here.
Harry looks at me and takes a deep breath as the other person responds on the phone. He slams it back onto the wall and turns to me before running a hand through his hair.
"I can go" I say.
"No" He rushes. "No, it's fine... stay. I need a distraction from all this shit." He steps toward me and gives me a small smile.
"You okay?" I laugh.
"Just stressed." He says before pushing a strand of hair behind my ear.
"Everything is going to be okay."
"I don't know." He mumbles and looks at the ground. "Zayn will be up here soon and you'll need to leave though." I need to ask him about Esmay now or tell him about Liam. I still don't know which one I trust.
"Okay." I smile even though on the inside I'm freaking out.
"So, I was thinking..." I start and hurry to try and think off which route I want to take. "about Esmay." I say making up my mind. If he acts strange about the mention of Esmay then maybe I'll know if something is up. He swallows harshly and shuffles on his feet in a nervous way making me feel uneasy about his reaction.
"What about her?" He stutters.
"Uhm, well how she..."
"Ellie," He interrupts before closing his eyes. "I know we never found her, but you just need to find closure okay? Can we move on from this? I have so much going on right now" He says and my stomach sinks. He told me she was dead at the drainers and now hes saying that we never found her? Maybe he just forgot.
"I thought she was dead?" I furrow my brow. He looks at me confused for a second, but when realization kicks in his face he speaks.
"Oh, yes. Right. We found her..." He stops and looks struggled with his words.
"In the drainers" I finish for him and he nods, nervously.
"Sorry, I forgot. I just have all this stress." He laughs nervously and I want to call him out on it but before I can respond a knock sounds on the door. He rushes to it, and Zayn is standing behind it.
"Ellie, go return to your chores." Harry disputes and I hold back my sour face and leave the room, passing Zayn without looking at him.
Harry seemed like he didn't remember Esmay being dead at all? What if he did lie and he just couldn't keep up it? My stomach turns as I make my way to the elevators and all the way to my room. I fall back onto my bed and try to control my mixed emotions. I need to know the truth and I don't think Harry will be of any help and he'll be even more angry if I tell him about Liam now.
I stand up from my bed and before I know it, I'm downstairs in the kitchen. I keep my head down, making sure no one in the kitchen notices me as I make my way towards the telephone they have placed in the back that I've noticed was there from working in the kitchen.
I pull out the card I recieved at the beach and in a few seconds I can hear the smirk in Liams voice on the other end.
Wow can you tell I suck at writing lol Sorry.