𝐏𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐊𝐄𝐍 ( 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 )

𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍

At the Night's house Emberly was in her room at her desk sitting in her chair , starrijg at her computer screen which was in front if her as she watched another news press conference about the death of Tamika Pratt.

Tamika Pratt, a young black woman who shot and killed by the cops. The cop who killed her was still on the job, and the the bodycam footage was yet to be released.

Emberly had never been focused on activist or anything when it concerned, matters like social justice or police brutality. But she did stand by it.

"Hey, is Everly still in her room? Your mother wants to know." Mark says coming into Emberly's room which caused her to look sway from her computer and at him.

"I think so. If you don't hear screaming this morning, I think that's a sign that the two are not by each other." Emberly replies

"Yeah. I'm going down for breakfast. See you down there." Mark says walking past her door.

"Wait." Emberly quickly closed her computer as she stood from her seat chasing after Mark, "So.... are you working on the Tamika Pratt case?"

"I'm not allowed to disclose any information. Sorry." Mark says entering the kitchen with Emberly following right behind him.

"Like nothing? Nothing at all?" Emberly asks.

"Nope." Mark replies.

"Worth a try." Emberly sighs waliing out the kitchen, going up the stairs to her room.

She should have known asking Mark about the case would be a no go. Really with any case a lawyer couldn't say anything about it, so she didn't even know why she would get there.

When Emberly entered her room, she found Everly in there sitting in the chair in her room which caused her to let out an annoyed sighed.

"Listen Eve I have spent the last two weeks comforting you about this annulment but not to be rude, I'm over it." Emberly tells her before Everly could speak.

She get it Everly was upset but if it was really that big of a deal she and Jordan could get re-married when they turned 18. It would only be a few months before their birthday.

"I'm just checking in on you." Everly says,

"I'm not drinking again if that's where this is heading. And I've been going to my meetings and therapy." Emberly says.

"That's good to know but I wasn't talking about that. I just meant you overall." Everly says.

"Thanks for your concern but I'm fine, honestly. Just a lot of what's going on in the world bothering me." Emberly explains.

"Tamika case I'm assuming? Yeah, everytime I turn on the news that's all I hear. It's so sad what happend." Everly says.

"Yeah." Emberly nodded. "I'm going to meet up with Jaya but I'll be back later."

"Ok. Maybe later you can meet up with me and Liam?" Everly asks.

"I'll see."

***

At Beverly's Café Emberly let out a groan as she tore out the paper from her journal throwing it on the table in front of her. Pulling out her ear buds and pulling out her phone stopping the music from playing.

She didn't know why she was such om a bad mood but she figured it had something to do with what was going on around her, meaning the Tamika case.

And she was at the Café, hoping she could go there and just get her mind clear and focus but it wasn't working.