"Oh my God! That little piece of shit" Clover spat when she was done reading André's text "How could he lie like that?"

"Do you really think he's lying? What if he's not?" I questioned quietly as I felt my heart sink. It felt like everything between Blake and I up until that very moment was a lie and I couldn't stand it.

"What?! You can't seriously be trusting a word in that text, I mean it was sent by André who, if I might add, just tried to kill you." She questioned, increasing my confusion.

"I don't know, I don't know" I said, holding my head in my hands. "Where's Blake?" I asked, looking up at her.

"He left for the washroom while we were waiting outside and hasn't come back yet" she replied.

Okay, André did turn out to be a deceitful skunk bag, so maybe he was lying and Blake wasn't a Viper who only became friends with me to spy on me. Right?

I was wallowing in my thoughts when the door opened and in walked the devil himself looking like he had just gotten into a fight.

"Oh my God Dani, I'm so glad you're okay" he sighed, coming over to place a kiss on my forehead as he took a seat on the other side of my bed. Clover excused herself from the room, right after giving me a 'Be calm' look. I wish I could be calm.

"How are you?" He asked, genuinely concerned as he placed a hand on my cheek.

Nope, before letting his sweet little gestures push me off track, I replied "As fine as someone who just found out right after they were poisoned, that someone they trusted so much was lying to them"

"What do you mean? Who lied to you?" He asked, confusion etched on his face. I handed him my phone to read the text and watched his formerly confused look morph into that of anger, then into shock, back to anger and finally to fear.

He looked scared, like someone who had just been caught. That only meant one thing.....it was true, he really did lie to me, he was really a Viper and our friendship was just part of his plan. Could it though? Could it all have been a lie? As all these thoughts passed through my head, I felt even more confused.

"Tell me everything written in that text is not true Blake" I questioned, making him look up. I could see the fear in his eyes as clear as day and that should've been enough to answer my questions, but a part of me still wanted it all to be a lie. One couldn't fake all those moments of care and concern now could they?

"I swear, it's not what it looks like Daniella, André is just trying to create a rift between us" he replied, his eyes pleading.

"So you're not a Viper?" I asked.

"No, but...." he started and I felt my anger surface. But? There was a but?

"Are you or are you not a Viper Blake?" I asked a bit harsher this time.

"Listen to me Dani, it's not what you..." he tried again but I didn't want to hear any excuses.

"I can't believe it!" I exclaimed cutting him off again "I can't believe that the one person whom I trusted the most right after my family has been deceiving me all this while" As those words left my mouth, the realization dawned on me and a tear escaped my eyes but I wiped it away in anger.

"How could you Blake? You became friends with me to spy on me? Is that it?" At this I stood up and started pacing the room because I was boiling now.

"Listen-" he tried again, coming over to meet me.

"I hope you're happy now, you were successful weren't you? You found the family of the journalist and you even know where the chip is, congratulations" I rambled on in anger. I started to feel lightheaded but I wasn't done being angry.

"Would you just listen to me Dani?" He yelled, holding my shoulders to stop my pacing.

"Why should I?" I asked, glaring at him as I removed my shoulders from his grip "The fear in your eyes already give you away. It tells me that what André said is true and that -"

"Yes, I'm afraid!" He exclaimed, throwing his hands up "I'm afraid that you might not understand, that you might not want to listen to me and understand that even though truly, my parents were Vipers, I'm not. Not anymore. I had no idea that you had the chip the Las Vegas branch was after, heck I didn't even know they had lost one. I'd stopped anything related to the Vipers after the death of my parents because I wanted to be there for Elsie and that was way before you even moved here, so I didn't think it was necessary to tell you about that"

"You stopped anything related to the Vipers right? What about the odd things that happened sometimes while I was at your house huh? What about the gun I found in your desk, which I now realize you lied to me about? What about the time Steve came home beaten half to death?" I asked.

"That gun is only for self defence because once you get mixed up in the mafia world, it's very hard to just leave and I said I was the one who had stopped anything related to the Vipers and not Steve, he's still a member along with my uncle and aunt, who took over after I decided to step out" he explained "I had no idea you were on the run from the Vipers. If I did, I'd have told you about all this and even when I found out that night, you were already upset and I didn't want to make it any worse. I - Dani? Are you okay?"

I felt myself sway and he stopped mid explanation, probably noticing it too. All this stress was getting to me and my head was hurting badly. I swayed again and this time I almost fell, but he caught me.

"Leave me alone Blake" I said, my fingers on my temples as I released myself from his grip. I tried to make my way to my bed but the floor was spinning and I kept swaying. Blake came over to help me again but I was one stubborn girl.

"Leave me. I don't want to see your face" I murmured and tried pushing him away again but it was no use. He helped me to my bed and as soon as I lay down, I felt myself drift.

He tucked me in and just before he left he placed another kiss on my forehead and whispered "I'm sorry Dani, I never meant to hurt you" into my ear.

I made a mental note to get mad at the butterflies in my stomach later, for not understanding that I was angry at the moment and didn't want them to flutter around.

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The sound of an insurance commercial on the TV made it's way into my sleep, thereby waking me up. I opened my eyes and looked to see Clover was the one watching television. I felt a lot better and stronger so I sat up.

"Hey" I called.

"Oh hi, you're finally awake, that's great" she replied, coming over to my bed, a smile on her face.

"Yeah" I simply replied and then I remembered having an argument with Blake right before I fell asleep.

"So what happened when I left? I heard some yelling but I didn't want to interfere" she asked, realizing what was on my mind.

"I really don't know, Clo. He was saying that even though his parents were Vipers, he wasn't and that he stopped anything related to them after his parents died and I just don't know what to think. Is he telling the truth or is he trying to deceive me again?" I replied.

"I for one do not believe that he deceived you, he just didn't tell you about that part of his life and if he really wasn't involved with them anymore, then it truly wasn't necessary. Think about it Dani, if he was a spy, why didn't he try to get information from you himself? Why did he have to wait for André? It just doesn't make sense, which only proves that André is a lying scumbag" she explained.

"How can you be so sure?" I asked.

"Because my instincts say so and they are never wrong. One time, my mum, my cousins and I went camping and my instincts had told me to carry an extra blanket just incase the temperature dropped and truly, it dropped by a whole 20 degrees! It was freezing but only I could handle it, you know why? Because I had my extra blanket" she rambled on, making me chuckle slightly. She was comparing a camping trip to a broken heart, who does that?

"So you see, my instincts don't lie and right now, they're telling me that Blake really has good intentions and you should hear him out. Listen to your heart Dani, I'm sure it's telling you the same" she added, making me cringe at the last part.

"Nope, all it's saying is that that was cheesy Clo, even for you" I replied, laughing slightly.

"Whatever Dani, just-" she started to say but was interrupted when the door opened, revealing a stressed out Blake. He looked really worn out and tired and I felt a bit guilty. Maybe I was a bit too harsh on him?

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