The Maxwell's

Broke

Joshua's Pov
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I woke up this morning completely exhausted and not wanting to do anything. My mouth was sore everything was just going wrong. I looked to my phone and I had snap notifications from Justin and Chase. I opened them all eventually.

I went downstairs for breakfast with my brothers and all of them looked somewhat distraught.
"What's the deal." I ask looking to all of their gloomy faces.
"Uncle Lance was killed last night by Marco and his men." Vince growled. I looked to all my brothers expecting a reaction out of them but I got nothing. They were really sad? He hit me every time he came to "visit". I obviously wasn't going to the skatepark today. I groaned rolling my eyes to myself while I pushed my food around my plate.

After the picture delivered I went to my room to hang out. I just sat there thinking what caused Marco to go after him? Here's a little backstory Marco is Asher's Cousin. They have always had this longtime feud because of their competition. I still keep in contact with my cousin Blake even though my brothers "prohibit" it. They can't control when I can and cannot talk to my family. Blake and I always talk in the down low every now and then just to check up.

I was snapped out of my daze by a knock at my door.
"Come in." I groaned sitting up on my bed. There was Vince standing in my doorway.
"Can I come in?" He asked me which caused me to nod in response.
"What's up?" I ask him as he sits on the edge of my bed.
"Listen I know we kind of dropped the Uncle bomb on you this morning. Just wanted to make sure you're doing alright.." He told me as he looked at me.
"Yeah I'm uh fine I guess. Him and I really didn't get along." I tell him which causes him to nod in response. Vincent was the only brother who really knew the extent of my Uncle and I's relationship because Asher told me I was "lying". He was the only one to believe me and take care of me.

All of a sudden tears flooded my eyes. I was just hurting. Why am I sad about a man who hurt me.. Vincent pulled me into a tight hug running a hand through the back of my hair as he held me close to him.

Vincent's Pov
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I knocked on Josh's door because after we told him the news he was off. My Uncle was a terrible man but he was still family. I asked him if I could come in which he accepted and I was checking in to make sure he was okay with the loss. He obviously wasn't but I wasn't going to pressure him.

Josh is the type of guy who bottles up his emotions to himself which turns them to anger. He hasn't cried since he was 2 when he couldn't go to the playground. He wasn't the type of kid who cried. He has been through the most out of all of us. He tried to put on a brave face but inside I can just tell he's crumbling. Asher never believes anything he says. It's heartbreaking because when he tries to reach out for help Asher isn't there.

After a minute or two Josh bursts out into tears and my immediate reaction is to pull him into a tight hug. He's hurting and nobody realizes until he just explodes. I held him in my arms assuring him that he will be okay. His fists were in tight balls as he sobbed quietly in my chest. This is the first time I've seen Josh express any emotion besides anger since he was 2.

He was hurting and nobody noticed..
Not even me..

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