Protecting Mr. Wimp *Editing*

Chapter 22.

Protecting Mr. Wimp

Chapter 22

She was still huddled in the same spot, gazing at the park blankly as the sun rose. Nothing was appealing to her now, not even the park which brought back beautiful memories of her parents, everything to her seemed dull and lifeless, just like herself.

She hadn't slept a wink last night. Her sister's words had left a painful scar on her heart, making her in-capable to heal. She never would've thought that family could hurt each other so much. Abbrienna and Gina had always been in-separable, they did everything together, no one could stand against them because it was them against the world but now, it's just her against the world.

If there was a reason for her to live, it was because of her sister, or else she had given up on living a long time ago. She only lived because she knew her sister needed her, her sister needed the comfort and care of a parent, but she couldn't give her that much. She barely even knew what parents acted like, but that was before she met the Travis'. Now that her sister doesn't want to even look at her, who will need her now? Where will she go?

At that thought, the Travis' name immediately popped in her mind. Mr. Travis' carefree persona, Mrs. Travis' motherly aura, and Michael's... Friendship. Even Logan and Tessa had started to occur to her as family, but she could never turn to the Travis' she did not really know them, they are strangers to her.

'Or are they really?' A voice at the back of her head questioned.

Her mind started to wander off at all the fun times she had experienced with the Travis', the road trip with Michael, the trip to the carnival, the party, getting the grocery, her first awful shopping experience, meeting Tessa and encountering with one of her pranks...

She shook her head furiously, she will never go back to the Travis' now, she does not want to corrupt a perfect and happy family with the pain in her heart. Her sadness will surely dim their moods and she does not want to bring sorrow to any more lives. Her sister was already hurt because of her, she didn't want to be the cause of any more heart breaks.

But the thing was, there was no one for her now.

*

Evelyn paced back and forth in the kitchen, nibbling on her bottom lip. It was morning already and Gina hadn't arrived, only her bike had, which meant she had been here. But, where did she go? Why didn't she come home? All these horrid thoughts were making her go crazy. Why was she the one to befriend a girl who liked to run off in the middle of the night without a trace? Ugh, this was a fantastic way to start a morning, wasn't it? Worrying over your new friend's whereabouts? Great, just great. It's just what she needed!

Suddenly a thought occurred to her, what if she was still asleep? She shook her head at that, Gina was never asleep this late, she always woke up at 6:00 in the morning. It was 12:00 right now. What if she was sick?

She stopped. She didn't even think of that, until right now. Gina could be sick! That's why she didn't come downstairs! But was she okay? How will she know?

She huffed in annoyance, Gina's room was upstairs and Evelyn wasn't allowed to go upstairs, not unless Mrs. Travis had told her to. Going upstairs to look for Gina could be risky for her job. But, this was Gina!

She contemplated on whether she should go to look for Gina or not, the worse thing that could happen was her getting fired. But the good thing was she'll know if her new friend is safely at home or not. But what if she wasn't? Evelyn could get fired!

She groaned, stomping her foot and placed her hands on her hips. What the hell was Gina thinking when she decided to take a stroll at night? There are creepy people lurking around in the shadows! Gina should know that! But, wait... she's Michael's bodyguard, so that means that she doesn't care if a creeper attacks her. Ugh, stupid girl. Now she had only one option, break the rules and go upstairs, and most probably, get fired.