Colby's POV
Anger coursed through my veins as Julia stiffened next to me.
Her face went pale as I clenched my jaw and reached over, slamming the door of the room Will was in.
"I'm sorry, sir." Jason said as I clenched my jaw. "Jeremy's office. Now." I said angrily as he nodded and turned to go down the hall.
Once he was out of sight, I turned to Julia. "I'm so sorry, Julia." I said as she blinked slowly, fear in her eyes.
"He's...alive?"Julia whispered as I nodded. "Come on, love." I said then led her down the hallway.
I wanted to explain my reasoning but I wanted to do it in private.
"Colby." Julia whimpered, causing me to turn. "It's all gonna be okay, sweetheart. Please just trust me." I begged as she frowned.
I could see the fear and panic in her eyes, which shattered my heart.
Julia has been so strong, and she was taking so many steps forward that it was hard to see her take another step back.
When we got to my office I locked the door, then turned to Julia. "I thought he was dead." Julia whispered as I shook my head.
"Not yet. He saved my life when Adam was about to kill me." I explained, holding her face in my hands.
"What?" Julia asked as her eyes welled with tears. "When I went to the house to get you." I explained causing her to take a step away from me.
"Why didn't you tell me?" She asked with hurt in her voice. "It never came up." I said as she shook her head.
I could see the pain in her eyes as she took a step back from me, pulling the IV post with her.
"Really, Jules?" I asked as she clenched her jaw. "Don't call me that." She said then sat down.
"I didn't tell you because you were already traumatized what good would it have been to tell you?" I asked with annoyance.
I understood that she was scared to death of me dying or getting hurt, but in that moment it wasn't something I felt I needed to tell her.
She didn't answer me, grabbing her art supplies so she could keep drawing.
"Fine." I grumbled then turned to leave the room. I had to go talk to Jason and eventually Will.
I didn't like that Julia was upset with me but I guess I could understand where she was coming from. It didn't make it any less annoying.
I locked the door then made my way to Jeremy's office where he and Jason were. "Mr. Brock, I'm sorry. " Jason said as I shook my head.
"What were you doing going in there?" I asked blandly. "That's my bad." Jeremy said, looking up from his screen.
"Asked him to go check to make sure he was there." Jeremy said as I narrowed my eyes. "You don't make those calls." I said as he sighed.
"I know. I'm sorry, I just haven't had a second to stop working." He said then turned his computer screen.
I did feel bad that I was making him work so much. He was genuinely the only one I trusted in this gang right now.
Even now I was a little nervous about trusting him so much.
If he was willing to let Jason go into the room Will was in, who else was he trusting?
"Unacceptable." I said then looked at Jason. "You are to never go in there no matter who asks you to. Understand?" I asked and raised my brows at him.
"Understood. Sorry, sir." He said as I jutted my head back, silently telling him to leave.
Once he was gone I looked at Jeremy. "What the fuck was that?" I asked as he sighed.
"I'm sorry. I know it looks bad. I swear he was just checking to make sure he was there." Jeremy said as I sighed.
"And what if he decided to talk to him? And they made a plan to get rid of me and you so they could escape? What if they made a plan to take Julia back to that place. You can't trust anyone." I said as he closed his eyes.
"Shit. I didn't even think of that." Jeremy said then scrubbed his face with his hands.
I could tell he was actually beating himself up about this but he had a lot of pressure on him since I only trusted him.
I needed to be understanding.
"Just be more careful." I said with a sigh. "I'm going to go pay him a visit. Take a break, I'll work late tonight." I said then left the room.
I made my way down the hallway then to the room that Will was in.
"Colby, please ju-" Will started as I clenched my jaw. "Shut up." I snapped angrily. "Please, just let me talk to her." He begged.
"You're not going anywhere fucking near her." I said then crossed my arms.
"You can kill me afterwards. I just need to apologize. Please." He said as I shook my head. "I don't think you understand what you did to her." I said angrily.
"She trusted you and you threw it in her fucking face. You did the most unimaginable thing in the entire world to her. You've broken her to the point of no fucking return and it's never going to be forgiven from me or her." I said then turned to leave the room.
I had nothing else to say to him and I honestly just wanted him to rot in here.
It was what he deserved.
I locked the door to his room then turned to go back to my office.
I wasn't looking forward to the conversation Julia and I were going to have but I wanted her to know I never meant to hurt her.
It was hard to gauge what was best for her and what wasn't. The whole healing process was hard for both of us, but we needed to work through it together.
When I walked into the room, Julia was sitting in her chair. She was trying to focus on her art but she I could tell she was crying.
Her tears were falling onto the paper in front of her and her shoulders were shaking.
"Julia.." I said quietly, walking over to her. She shook her head, her body jolting with sobs that she was clearly suppressing.
"Hey..." I whispered then crouched down, taking her hands. "I'm sorry." I said and tried to get her to look at me.
"D-d-don't touch m-me." She hiccuped. "Look at me, sweetheart. Please just look at me." I begged.
She looked at me for just a second, tears pouring down her cheeks. "I didn't tell you because it didn't matter at the time." I said quietly and wiped her tears. She shook her head then looked down.
"H-he hurt m-me." She said as I nodded. "I know and he is going to suffer for a long time for doing that." I said with a sigh.
She closed her eyes for a second before she nodded and pulled away from me.
I didn't know if I was fully out of the woods yet as far as her anger for me went but I didn't want to pry.
Julia was a complex person before all of this happened but now she was next level.
I obviously loved her more than anything but her thoughts weren't rational sometimes.
She got overly upset about things she couldn't control.
I understood she was going through a lot mentally, but I didn't expect her to freak out this much about me nearly dying.
She didn't even know what my next steps were and I wasn't expecting a very good reaction from her.
I wasn't planning on telling her the next step of my plan and I knew that it would upset her if she found out.
I didn't care though.
My entire job was dangerous. Nothing about it was safe and I was constantly in danger and could get killed at any second.
I wanted to live for Julia though so I was going to be careful, however there was always a chance that I would meet my demise with what I had coming.
I just had to hope for the best at this point.