Perfect Pain

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Chapter one
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The night was cold as always.  It never fails to remind me how cruel and harsh the world can be. I was seated in Adam's car, day dreaming of the worst that could happen when I stepped into that house.  

"I think you should go in. Won't help waiting outside for too long." Adam broke, a cool silence that filled my head with thoughts of everything that was supposed to happen in probably just three minutes.

Drawing myself to find sense to his suggestion considering we've been standaing there for ten minutes, staring at the Edmund's building.

Adam and Esther had approved of my visit to this house and they played an important role in my life as the nearest people to family to me so I knew I just had to.

Honestly, this house, was the least we thought of coming at all. We were really enemies with Lisa, who they said her parents were like wasn't making things any better, and now I'm the one about to face whatever it is laying for me inside.

She had appeared into our conversation earlier at school today with a special message for me. Her mum wanted me here. She wanted to see me.

I heard her mother was a well known and highly recommended Lawyer, and connecting the fact that mum and dads constant arguments have become more rampant than usual, I couldn't help but think of the worst possible thing.

Could they be coming to a Devore? Yes, it was something that we had given a thought at the lunch table at the cafeteria earlier, but Adam's positivity drafted us through the thought.

"It's a divorce right Adam?" I asked in the cold night, even if I knew my answer, shivering in my hoodie as I looked into his sorry eyes. He knew it was a divorce, he just didn't want to tell me.

"It is isn't it?" I confirmed from the tone of his reply.

"Look, we don't know why she even wants to see you. Maybe it's something about the school. Lets not let our emotions get the best of us. If you're okay with it, I'd come with you?"

"No...I'll be fine alone." I sighed out all hopes of his sympathy and followed the interlock ground to their door.

Like I expected it to be, the door could already speak their wealth. It literally said "The Edmund's" with a french curved writing on the fine mahogany door,that for some reason, made me feel like somewhat a prey to them.

Before I could knock, the door had already flew open and I could tell my eyes grew wider the moment I set my eyes on the masculine image before me. Who's this?

I wondered within, taking a full look for a while, this couldn't be her dad, he was way too young. I've heard and seen Mr. Edmund and I know he dosn't have such muscles, and for his age, he's unable to keep such thick brown, and curly hair.

And...Mr.Edmund is a married man, so he wouldn't be looking at me this way.

"Hay, I'm Bryan. Lisa's unfortunate brother."

I knew the identity "brother" was big enough for me to take in, but unfortunate?
Why that.

"Unfortunate?" I repeated, asking, I shook his hand that was layed in the air,towards me. I saw him grin as I felt the coldness on his palm.

"Oh. Rephrase;I am unfortunately, Lisa's brother." He gestured with a small laugh, he flapped his hands on his joggers, and smuged his hair in.

"Oh. Uh..." I was blunt on words, even though I wanted to laugh so hard, I just couldnt.

"You're Ciara Anderson. Arn't you."

"Yeah, I'm here to see your mother."

"Sure. Just step right in." He stepped to the right as I walked into the house that had the air that felt different from the outside. Cold. It was freezing cold, like two degrees or what?