Post by StoryGirl83 on Jul 19, 2009 15:11:06 GMT -5
Chapter Five – Random Revelations
Chris breathed a sigh of relief as Wyatt answered. “Hey, Wy. It’s me. I need you to talk to someone.” He looked at Bianca, not sure how to introduce her. “Let’s just say I think she’s on our side.”
“Does she have a name?” Wyatt asked, distracted as Kali looked down at him. “What?”
“Should I get a doctor?”
Wyatt shook his head hard. “Not yet.”
“Doctor?” Chris asked from the other end.
“Er.” Wyatt scowled at Kali.
“Is that Kali?”
“Yeah, she came to visit me.”
“Tell, her hi from me, but first why did she say something about the doctor?”
“Nothing bad,” Wyatt assured him. “Don’t worry about it. What’s going on?”
Chris looked at Bianca and then past her to the couple that had frustrated Emily. He sighed. “You will tell me, but I have to get back to work. The woman I’m giving the phone to is named Bianca Do . . . Holbrooke.” I can’t believe I started to say her maiden name. I can’t believe she’s married.
As it was, Bianca was giving him a curious look.
Chris gave her a nervous smile and shoved his cell into her hand. “My brother’s on the other end. Give the phone to one of the staff when you are done talking. I’ll be in the kitchen.”
Bianca took the phone from him, giving him a slightly confused look. She’d caught the slip and she was going to find out what it meant. How could he possibly know her maiden name?
“Hello?”
“Sorry,” she said to the voice on the other end. “This is Bianca Holbrooke,” she informed him as she walked toward the entry hall. She stopped long enough to shake her head at Lawrence’s unvoiced question. “I take it that this is Wyatt Halliwell?” she asked as she stepped into the hall and past the teenage hostess, Becky Davis. Once she was out of Becky’s hearing range she stopped.
“Yes, this is Wyatt.” He scowled at Kali as she lifted the blanket at the end of the bed and started poking his feet with her fingers. “Knock that off.”
“What?” Bianca asked startled.
“Not you.”
“You can feel that?” Kali asked.
“We’ve established that,” Wyatt reminded her. “Now, stop.”
“Are you okay?” Bianca asked, concerned.
“More or less,” Wyatt informed her glaring Kali down as she backed away from the bed, smile firmly in place. “The not walking thing kind of bites.”
“The what?” Bianca asked, startled. No one mentioned he was lame.
“Nothing, nothing,” Wyatt waved Kali away. “Look. Why did my brother want me to talk to you?”
Bianca sighed. “Have you ever heard of a Phoenix?”
“It’s a bird, right?”
She closed her eyes. Why didn’t anyone ever warn their children about evil Phoenix? “Not quite what I mean.”
“In that case what?”
“Let’s just say most of them specialize in making sure people don’t walk away unless they want them to.”
“Cryptic,” Wyatt commented. “Would you at least mind telling me if they are bipedal?”
Bianca blinked and then started chuckling. “Right. Sorry. They are magical humans, either witch or warlock.”
“Okay and why are you telling me about them?”
“Simple,” she informed him. “One of them has been hired to see you and your brother dead.”
“Hired,” he groaned. He’d been hearing that word a lot lately. He sighed. “And who are you?”
“I’m one of them,” she admitted. “It’s something your born into, but for me my life took a very different twist than most, so I’m here to protect you.”
Wyatt was silent for a moment. He sighed. “And why should I trust you?”
“Because I’m very good at what I do, but Vera is better and you need to know what you are up against.”