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side and he ends up kissing my cheek. His hand reaches up and he cradles my face and slowly turns it so we make eye contact. “Do you want to tell me what’s wrong and why you just rejected me?”
    I wanted to turn away from him again but he has a firm hold on me, so I close my eyes and try and calm my rising anger. I'm not mad at Juan. I'm mad at the situation, at the way I was made to feel this afternoon, but as the song goes, you always hurt the one you love.
    I open my eyes and with my next words I tried not to let the frustration I feel come through. “I watched the CCTV today of Noah being taken and the Detective implied that Noah has another woman. I don’t want to believe that but what other explanation is there? His parents don’t know what happened to him and neither do we so what else is there?”
    I sigh and Juan tries to answer me but I place a finger to his mouth and carry on talking. “The Detective that questioned me today made me feel like there’s something wrong with loving you both. Noah’s gone, are you going to leave me too Juan? Is that how it works? If the three of us can’t be together, none of us will?” Those last words caused my heart to ache. I asked the question but was I ready for the answer.
    He closes his eyes and doesn’t speak. I lie there staring at him waiting and after some time had passed and still nothing I try and push myself away from him. His eyes open and I notice a quick flash of anger cross his face, “Don’t Peppa, don’t fucking push me away. I need you, Noah needs you. I will never let you go do you understand that? We belong together, the three of us will be one again. And Peppa, get the idea of there being another woman out of your head because you are his life, his heart, he loves you. I fucking love you. Stop twisting yourself up inside with that thought.”
    I have made him angry yet he still holds me, the tears gather at the corner of my eyes and I shut them tight to try and stop them from falling.
    His lips brush against mine and then again and I whisper, “I want him back Juan, I want him to be here holding us both.”
    Juan pulls me in closer to him and lets me break down in his arms. He whispers words of love and for me to stay strong for Noah because he will be back with us soon. I want to believe that, I need to believe that, and with Juan by my side I know I can be strong with his help. After I pull myself together and I apologize for my behaviour, Juan asks me to explain what happened at the police station and I go on to tell him all about it. We both know he will have to go in and be questioned too and he told me he will enjoy putting Detective Payne in his place. Once again Juan leaves in the early hours and I wait for the sandman to come for me.

Chapter 5 (JUAN)
     
    When I walk into the room I take a good look at Peppa, I was expecting to see her in pieces but she isn’t showing any emotion, although she looks like the living dead. I gather her up in my arms and hold her tight to let her know I am here for her and it doesn’t take long before the questions start. I was expecting them to be honest. She asks if I can help find Noah. I explain about being entwined again and the blood thing but I let her know that he is still alive and an image of a naked wet Noah flashes in my mind.
    A comment is made about Noah’s parents, and I don’t like what I hear. If they don’t back off I will have to do something about that. I don’t like the way they are treating Peppa. If they hurt her, they hurt me but they won’t see me coming.
    Monica draws our attention to a newspaper article and my body stiffens when Peppa hands it over to me. I see the photo of me sitting in Noah’s car after his accident. It asks for the mystery man to come forward, yeah like that’s going to happen. What was I supposed to tell them? That I offered to change him over to the dark side and become a vampire. Now that would be headline news.
    In my head I swear like a