Chapter 34 -Thomas ' POV : Thomas arrived at the Ivy around 12:30 pm . As he made his way past the reception , he could see the friend that informed Andrew of Damon's return . Walking over , Thomas began to ask where Damon was . Before he could finish , the man waived his hand in the air . " First things , first Lockwood , that assistant of yours said I'd be compensated for my information . " Thoams looked at the man with complete disgust . " So , you'd sell your friend out for money , how disgraceful . " The man scoffed . " Whatever , you want the information , it's gonna cost you . " Thomas pulled his checkbook out and wrote the man a check for two thousand dollars . After placing the check in his pocket , he pointed over to the section Damon was sitting with his friends . " Pleasure doing business with you Lockwood . " Thomas made his way to the section , hopefully he could find out where Rabena was in time for the ball . Damon was laughing with his friends Jake and Chris . They had been his best friends since grade school and was upset when he left . " Man look at you ! The west has been good to you ! Still pissed at you for leaving us though . " Chris joked as he gave Damon a soft punch to the arm . Jake chimed in as well . " Yeah dude , I can't believe you ditched us ! We've really missed you ! " Damon smiled sheepishly at his friends , when he'd decided to leave with Rabena , everything happened so fast he didn't get the chance to really say goodbye . " Sorry guys . I had to protect my little sister though . " Both Chris and Jake knew about the hell Rabena had been through at the hands of Thomas and the Crests , so even though they missed their friend , they completely understood . " Nah , we understand . I would have done the same thing for my sister . How is Rabena ? " Jake asked as he stuffed fries in his mouth . 1/3 12:44 Sat , 30 Aug Chapter 34 " She's doing great actually . She's really grown up and come into her own . I've got to see her in a totally new light . It's so much I got to catch y'all up on . " Damon looked at his watch , his last friend Raymond was also supposed to come , but he still hadn't arrived . " Hey , wasn't Raymond supposed to come too ? " Chris looked at his phone . " Yeah it looks like he just texted me saying something came up . Guess he isn't coming . " Damon didn't mind ; he'd never really cared for Raymond . He hung out with him only because of Chris , same for Jake . " I know that's your friend Chris , but that dude always seemed shifty to me . " " Nah , he's alright . He's just not much of a people's person . " Jake shrugged his shoulders as if to say , ' whatever you say ' . Just as Damon was about to say something , he noticed both Jake and Chris look up startled . Curious , he turned around to see what they were staring at . There was Thomas , looking nervously at Damon remembering the last time the two of them were in the same room . Thomas extended his hand nervously to Damon . " Long time no see Damon . How've you been ? " Damon looked at Thoams's hand with disgust, no way did he think he was going to be friendly with him after what he did to his sister . Standing slowly , Damon looked down at Thomas . " What the hell are you doing here Lockwood ? " Thomas felt a slight surge of fear down his spine , he didn't think Damon would attack him in a public place , but he stepped back just to be cautious . " I didn't come to start any trouble Damon . I just wanted to know if you could tell me where Rabena is . " " Why in the hell would I do that ? " Thomas knew this wouldn't be easy , still , this was the only chance he had left . " Look Damon , I know I wasn't the best to your sister , for that I'm sorry . You have no idea how much I wish I could take back what I did . That's why- " Before he could finish , Damon cut him off . " Exactly what were you wishing you could take back Lockwood ? Throwing a marriage certificate in her face and 2/3 Chapter 34 then bailing on her to celebrate her sister's birthday even though it was her day too ? Or how about all the times you picked Danielle's side over Ruby's even though she didn't do anything . Oh , this is a good one , maybe allowing her to catch you fucking Dani in the guest room . You'd like to take that back ? " Jake and Chris stood in shock , they knew things were bad between Thomas and Rabena , but they had no idea it was THIS bad . Thomas was a whole monster . Suddenly , Damon walked up to Thomas's face causing his color to drain with fear . " Or maybe you wanna take back nearly killing my sister by locking her in a hot shed for over three days with no food or water . " All the color had drained from Thomas's face at this point . He knew this meeting wouldn't be easy , but he hadn't expected it to go this horrible . There was no way Damon would tell him anything after expressing all of Rabena's grievances . With Damon still staring in Thomas's face , Jake decided to speak up . " I'm not sure what your plan was here Lockwood , but whatever it was it's not going to happen . Why don't you take your leave and spare yourself any further embarrassment . " Thomas panicked and looked over at Jake . " Jake I'm sorry but this doesn't have anything to do with you . I just want to- " Jake walked up to Thomas followed by Chris ; a crowd of people were now looking in their direction . Chris decided to speak now . " Lockwood , we're doing you a favor because unless you want all these people to see you put on your ass , I suggest you leave now . Realizing he was outnumbered , Thomas decided to take his loss . Holding his head slightly down , Thomas turned to take his leave . Fuming , he called his assistant and told him to put a stop order on the check he wrote out to Raymond . Next he headed over to the Crest estate to inform them they would be going with plan B. Seething , Thomas knew he had to secure this deal by any means necessary , but he'd also begun to feel guilty about how he'd treated Rabena all these years . He told himself after he secured the deal with MGT he would make it up to her , it was the least he could do for her writing that proposal . Chapter Comments 62