Chapter 72

"I need to show you." Alexi gets up quickly, eyes still avoiding me, and walks off toward his room leaving me to sit here like a confused idiot. Watching the direction he went in and straining to listen to sounds as he disappears. I expect to hear a drawer open or something similar, but it sounds like he's punching in the digits on his safe keypad instead. Whatever he wants to show me he keeps in his bedroom safe. Now I'm worried. He doesn't use that thing like an extra cupboard; he uses it as its purpose intends. To store things you wouldn't want others getting hold of. I wonder if it's something sinister or creepy; I mean he is the master at shocking me to the core with the lengths he goes to with his devil side. I'm not sure what I'm expecting but my gut says it's not good at all. I fidget, fingers itching, so I pull a cushion into my lap to focus my nervousness. I blow out some air to try to expel the tension and tap my foot absentmindedly, so