New Life, New Love

chapter 15

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I watched as Kieran walked out his gate with his hands in his pockets. He was wearing a black hoodie and black sweatpants with black sneakers. He got in the passenger seat and closed the door. "Wow you really have perfect timing" he said after settling in. "Yeah I'm sorry to bother you" I said while fidgeting with my fingers that were rested on my lap. "No it's fine. So how can I help you?" his voice was still hoarse and it was very sexy. "I need someone to talk to and just in case I have a panic attack I know you will be able to stop it." He smirked then said "so you came to me for a second kiss? Was it really that good?" I blushed and looked away from him. It was still dark so he could not see my blush but I could see his face beause of the lights coming from his house.

"OK I'm serious now. How can I help" his smirk had now disappeared and he had a serious expression on it. "I have to um" I trailed off not knowing what

"Talk to me Nia" he placed his hand on my lap and I felt a tingling sensation running up my leg. Once he saw that I was looking at his hand he removed his hand. I sigh escaped my lips. "I don't even know where to start" I leaned my head back on my seat. "Start from the beginning" I looked at him then leaned my head back again. Another sigh escaped my lips.

"Uh ok from the beginning. Well when I was nine my father died from a terrible car accident and it took a toll on my mother. My father was loved by everyone. He could always find a place in your heart and build a house in it. Everyone was devastated by the news but it killed my mom. My mom started drinking and doing drugs. She started using money from her savings and the money she saved for mine and my brother's studies so my brother had to drop out of college and find a job. He juggled two jobs at once just to pay for my studies and provide food on the table. Months passed and my mother was still using drugs and her addiction was getting worse.

One day when I came back from school I found my brother and mother arguing in the kitchen. My mother wanted money from brother but my brother would not give it to her. He wanted to take her to rehab so she can become clean but she refused. I saw her taking a knife but my brother was too distracted to see. I saw her taking steps closer to him but I didn't stop her." Tears were starting to run down my face and my breathing was starting to become heavy. Kieran held my hand that was on my lap and gave it a little squeeze. "Don't worry I'm here for you" I nodded my head and continued with my story.

"She took the knife and...........and...........she stabbed him" I was now a sobbing mess and Kieran hugged me while rubbing circles on my back. I was wetting his hoodie but he didn't seem to care. We sat in silence and only my loud sobs were heard. After a while I had calmed down and I let go of Kieran to continue. "She kept on stabbing him with the knife and she would not stop. By the time my mind could process what was going I started reacting. I ran to them and tried to pull my mother away from him but she pushed me away and I hit my head at the edge of the island. My head felt heavy and I watched her stabbing my brother to death and all I could do was watch. Blood was oozing out of each hole my mother made on him. That was all I can remember before I passed out.

I woke up eight months later and was told that my brother had passed away from being stabbed 18 times and my mother had also hit internal organs so there was no way he could have lived through that. My mother was sent to prison for 10 years but the judge went easy on her because they were old friends. Xander told me that he came to wish me a happy birthday and celebrate it but instead he found me passed out on the floor, my brother was laying in a pool of blood and my mother was crying calling for me or my brother to wake up. Xander asked my mom what happened and she confessed everything so he arrested her.