Faceless Instincts

Rest in Peace?

I looked at Tanner in disbelief. While debating whether to break down or ask questions I looked at Mr Wembley, completely helpless. The rope of hope that I was holding on to for so long suddenly seemed to shift and I felt myself swaying.

My heart started bursting with pain and I started to feel heavy when Tanner grabbed me, "Kiara" he said but my instincts were faster as I raised a finger to stop him.

"Stay where you are," I said in the sharpest tone ever and as if it hit him hard he took a step back.

I looked at Mr Wembley again and he inched near to me with his arms extended.

"What is he saying?" I pointed towards Tanner as I questioned Wembley.

"Kiara," he said, "you should sit down kid" he placed his hand on my shoulder and beckoned me to sit.

I stepped away, "I am sorry if any one of you thinks that sitting down will fix it. I just want a fucking explanation to what Tanner just said so I can go ahead and leave"

"Kiara listens to us," Olivia said as he pushed Tanner aside glaring at him.

"I AM LISTENING" I raised my voice well over normalcy, "just tell me what the fuck Tanner just said, why is it so hard?"

I was fighting back my tears. I didn't want to believe him for various reasons, but a part of me was scared to know the answers.

"Just tell her," Tanner spurted, "she is fine enough to understand and you both know it."

"Tanner, Tanner. I want you to keep your mouth shut." Mr Wembley was enraged as he spoke to Tanner and I saw it in his eyes.

"Kiara" he sat down beside me, "Whatever Tanner said is true honey"

His words hit me like a lightning bolt. I couldn't believe my ears, "how is this possible?" I whispered. I was stunned, I had seen Dorian a few days back, even Olivia did. I talked to him, drove around with him, I have been to his house moreover, I've been in his arms.

"You need to pay close attention to what we are going to tell you, okay?"

"Olivia saw him the other day" I looked at Olivia with a maniacal hope, and she nodded but Wembley didn't respond to it, I assumed I will find my answer along the way.

Tears were streaming down my face. I was hardly resisting with my senses when Olivia sat beside me and handed me her phone. I knew I couldn't just let myself drown in front of these people but the truth was so devastating that I felt destroyed within the deepest corners of myself.

I took her phone and in front of my eyes was a picture of me and Dorian, with Tanner and Olivia, "what the hell?" I looked at her.

"Kiara, there is something that you should know" Mr Wembley took the phone from my hand, "Dorian was one of us and it's true."

"Was?" I whispered and Wembley shook his head.

"Everything you know about Dorian and his history with me is true. He came to me seeking help and then he did go to you." I stared at him like a crackhead as he explained the reality.

"You helped him Kiara but like I said he hid things. Things that were so dark he couldn't bring them on his tongue." He took my hand, "despite all the efforts and an obvious visible improvement, just when everyone thought he was through..." He stopped.

"Then what?" I snapped at Wembley and he looked at me disheartened.

"Just when we thought he was through, things got darker for him as his brother returned. It was not even into a week when we got a call from the hospital that you were hospitalized"