SUPER RICH KIDS ➪ JIARA ✔︎

this side of paradise

jj-

     kiara stays up with marlee. all night.

   she dresses her, makes sure she's eaten, stayed with her until she fell asleep. jackson starts crying at 5:15 a.m, and i'm up. by the time i changed jackson's diaper, i hear soft snoring coming from the hallway.

   i creep out into the hallway and see kiara fast asleep on the floor. i chuckle and pick her up bridal style.

    maybe i'll get to do this down an aisle one day.

   
    i tuck her under the covers, and marlee walks into the room. she has the bed comforter in her hand. she plops the comforter on the floor and lays down on it, and wraps it around herself.

    
      "uh, okay," i mumble, and get back into kiara's bed, and fall back asleep.

kiara-

i wake up to jackson crying in his nursery, and i go get him. but jj jumps up, giving me a look, then leaves the room. jackson's crying ceases, and i hear john b and sarah talk to jj. i groan, sliding out my bed to pee. i see marlee asleep on the floor. so, i pick her up and softly put her on the bed. i yawn, going to the bathroom.

i wash my hands, come out of the bathroom, and flop right back onto my bed.

unknown-

kiara needs to update her security system. last night i got in easily. i passed john b and sarah, rolling my eyes.

i walked into kiara's bedroom, where she and jj were sleeping. i trip over something.

i look down, and see lily's little sister.

she wakes up and goes to scream, but i catch her, and pull her out of the room, right into the guest room.

"where's your sister?" i whisper, grabbing her arm. "i don't know," she looks past me, her green eyes flashing me a look of anger. "now let me go." i roll my eyes. "that's bullshit. she's not responding to my calls or texts. what the fuck happened tonight?" i grit through my teeth, glaring at her. i slap her, and she lets out a small yelp.

"everyone went to the hospital. i stayed home. that's all i know." she was hiding something. i could tell. "tell me all you know or i'll hurt all these people in this fuckin' house." her eyes tear up. "kendall beat casey up, casey escaped. mom, dad, and kendall went to the hospital. then she tried to drown me." she croaks out, crying. i sigh. i give her a hug. she fights it. expected.

"this'll help you go back to sleep." i say finally. lily's little sister gives me a look of confusion before i press on the pressure point in her neck. she collapses, and i pick her up, putting her back into the comforter she was wrapped up in. i drop her carefully back on the floor.

i scowl at the sight of kiara curled up with that pogue. i make my way to the nursery. i shake the crib a bit, waking the baby up. i hear stirring in kiara's room, then dash down the hallway, leaving through the guest room's sliding glass door.