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Walking into their nice mansion, Darien went upstairs to put both sleeping children bed. They fell asleep sometime during the card ride home. Seiya and Stella followed Serena into the living room. Serena hurriedly put the groceries in the kitchen. Stella took a seat in the nearest chair. She could only imagine what was going to be said. Seiya was super impressed at where a couple of years took Serena and Darien. The house was furnished nicely and he guessed he thought that Serena and Darien would still be living in their small apartment.
"You guys seem to get rich quick or something. What did ya'll do? Rob a bank?" Seiya called out jokingly.
"Darien is a doctor now and he found a cure for some disease they were researching in London." She said coming back into the living room.
To Seiya, she fit the perfect house wife role perfectly. He couldn't get over how beautiful she still was. She sat a tray of ice tea and glasses on the coffee table. She was so scared and she was glad she thought of grabbing a tray to ease her nerves. She poured Stella a glass of tea and passed it over to her. Stella graciously accepted it. Serena's sincere smile set her at ease. She sipped it and looked around the living room.
"You have a really nice home. Did you decorate it yourself?" She asked looking at the floral arrangements.
It was really hard to believe anyone lived their especially a woman with two small children.
"Yes, it took me and my girlfriends a while to get everything to make it look how I wanted it." Serena said proudly.
Darien came down the stairs quickly and grabbed a seat next to Serena. Seiya took it as his cue to take a seat next to Stella. He still couldn't believe that Darien didn't know what happened or maybe he wasn't trying to bring up bad memories. Everyone settled into an uncomfortable silence. Darien watched Serena take a nervous sip of her tea and he became irritated. He wanted to know what happened.
"Okay, so what's the big secret?" He asked impatiently.
Serena glanced at Seiya apologetically for some reason before starting her tale.
"Well, four years ago on my birthday, I woke up and found Darien gone and went into the kitchen. I found some money for me to go shopping. I was super excited and I ran to my bathroom to run some bath water. Then I went to the living room and started some soft music. I was going to enjoy a day of relaxing and shopping before my big date with Darien. I was really preoccupied with my thoughts. The door bell rang and I figured it was Darien so I hurried to open the door. Seiya was there and I was really embarrassed by what I was wearing and he teased me about it so-" Serena was interrupted.
"What were you wearing?" Stella asked not sure if she liked where this conversation was going.
Seiya closed his eyes. He was truly ashamed of himself. He hated hearing this- it was bad enough he relived it numerous time in his dreams. He could punk out and run out now while he had the chance but he had no real choice unless he wanted to be more of a coward.
"A very short night gown." She answered.
"Why did you answer the door like that?" Stella asked
"Like I told you, I thought it was Darien and if it wasn't him it was always one of the girls coming over early. Anyway, back to my story. I remembered my bath water running so I ran to cut it off and he followed me. I burned my hand on the metal faucet. I forgot to turn the cold faucet on as well to not make it so hot. I yelled out in pain and Seiya grabbed my hand to examine it and he began rubbing my hand trying to make it feel better…..Then he tried to kiss me but I backed away. He then tried again and I told him. He then tried again and I told him to stop….."Serena paused to wipe away a stray tear that found its way down her cheek. "Because, in the card he sent me he said he loved me as a friend- so why would he try anything like this. He paid me no attention. Then we got into an argument. I led him to the door but he didn't leave. The Hope- our dog ran out the door and Seiya grabbed me and closed the door. Everything else went black….when I woke up Andrew- our really good friend- was there. He said he rescued me. He said Seiya raped me." She said quietly.
Darien couldn't believe what he heard. He was beyond hurt and angry. He felt pure rage course through him. He jumped and charged at Seiya flipping them over the love seat. Stella stood off to the side. As the story was unfolding she had moved herself away from Seiya. Darien pummeled Seiya face. Seiya barely did anything but try to block. He knew he deserved it. Darien didn't care if he killed Seiya. Serena didn't try to stop him. There was a dark gleam in Darien's eye that she had never seen and she didn't dare try to interfere. Stella was so disgusted, that she left out of the house.
Darien's punches came to a stop from him being tired. He grabbed Seiya's bloodied body and tossed him out of the house. He slammed the front door and came back into the living room where his wife cried silently. He tried to control his breathing.
"Why didn't you tell me" he asked breaking down.
He fell to his knees and looked down at the ground. Serena was slightly afraid to approach him.
"How could I? I've always feared you and I still do. If I said something- everything would've been worse. You probably would have killed him. We wouldn't have what we have now. "She said continuing to cry.
"Is Jeremy mine? He could be Seiya's or Andrew's" He said brokenly.
Serena gawked at him. She jumped up from her seat and hurried over to him.
"What do you mean Andrew?"She asked kneeling in front of him.\
"Well you said he was there when you woke up. I don't trust anything anymore." He said bitterly.
"Andrew's not like that. Plus wouldn't Jeremy have blonde hair?" Serena asked trying to reason with him.
She tenderly held his face in her hands. Darien could look at her so he closed his eyes. Serena peered in to his hurt face and began wiping tears off his face.
"I want a blood test done. We won't leave for Spain until we find out the truth. How could you not come to me if you love me? I would never keep anything from you….. If Jeremy's not mine, I'm leaving you for good. "He said calmly pulling his face away from her.
Serena felt like he physically punched her and she sat back.
"What? It's not even my fault! It's not like I wanted this to happen." She exclaimed.
"You were supposed to tell me. I thought the night before the incident we had a conversation about talking to each other and trust. I gotta get some air." He said walking around her and out of the house.
