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Kayla did understand why he had lied, the relationship between Vincent and Henri had always been strained and she had a feeling that deep down Vincent had spent so much time on his own fending for himself that having a parental figure suddenly would rub him the wrong way. She wanted to ask what had happened to make him hate Henri so much but she felt that asking might burn the tenuous connection she had made with Vincent.
"Henri Won't kick you out, he understands that we all have our own personalities but he also can see that we are too important to be off on our own," she said, trying to pick her words carefully.
A few moments passed and Vincent slid down the wall to sit next to her.
His next question caught her a bit off guard she wasn't quite expecting the shift in the conversation.
"I'm Kayla, Kayla Nightlocke" said Nine her expression relaxed, masking the turmoil she felt inside.
Kayla shot Vincent a lopsided smile "I'm talking to you... does that make me no one?".
She could feel him calming beside her, the tension slowly leaving his fists, She wasn't using her Sensior ability but it seemed almost to have a placebo affect. Maybe because he thought she was helping him calm down he was able to faster...
Kayla looked into Vincent's face trying to gauge where he was emotionally, she wanted to ask him, why he had done it, why had he gone into that gas station and killed those two people. She couldn't understand his motivation and it bugged her, scratching at the inside of her brain driving her crazy with curiosity.
Taking the risk of bringing the conversation back to the previous topic, she sucked in a breath and asked "Why did you kill those people?..... Was it really just to spite Henri?... I want to understand..." her grey hazel eyes searching his.
Her heart was beating loudly in her chest and she knew, deep in her bones that this question could make or break their relationship, she didn't want to push him away but something equally deep inside her just had to know.