Protect Me

Chapter 11

Maria stood at the door with tears in her eyes, "Kim is that really you?"

I nodded my head as a tear fell down my check and I engulfed her into a hug. I felt like I was really home. I missed Maria more then anything in life because she was truly my rock and savor from everything bad. When they lived back in New York I would stay in their apartment on the weekends just to be away from my father. I cried into her arms just so happy I could be with her again and not worry about my dad for a while. She let me go and kissed my forehead.

"Both of you come in! " She said smiling.

She opened the door up wider for us to enter. My jaw dropped when I walk in.

This is absolutely stunning.

The inside was more beautiful then the outside. Walking in, I looked up to a crystal chandelier above my head in front of a mahogany spiral staircase leading upstairs. The living room was all white with white leather couches, a glass coffee table and white frames of Maria all around the walls. A huge flatscreen TV hung on the wall to top it all off. I just stood there awed my Maria's house.

"You like it?" She said chuckled.

"It's gorgeous!" I gawked.

She walked up to me and whispered in my ear, "Who's the cutie?"

I looked at her and smiled, "Maria this is my friend Cameron and Cameron this is my cousin Maria."

He extended his hand to shake hers.

"Nice to meet you." He said.

Maria smiled, "Nice to meet you too! So Cameron I get it's hot out but where's your shirt?"

He chuckled to himself glancing at me noting the conversation we had earlier.

Scratching the back of his head he answered, "I kinda left my house without it forgetting I was shirtless."

We all laughed at his answer.

"Where is Mami?" I asked.

Mami was Maria's mom and my aunt. She was like my second mom and helped me and mom so much throughout her life. She was a flight attendant so she left often for a few days at a time but when she came back she always brought us gifts from the place she went to.

"She's on a flight to Seattle, she should be back in two days."

"Do you guys want something to eat I have pizza?" Maria asked.

"Sure." Me and Cameron answered at the same time.

We walked to Maria's kitchen and it was huge with marble counters and a huge table that could fit 8 people. I grabbed a slice of pizza.

"I'm starving!"

"Aren't you always?" Maria joked.

I was about to retort when Cameron's phone rang. He looked at the caller ID and had an annoyed expression on his face.

"Excuse me." He grumbled and left the room.

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Cameron POV

"What?" I snapped picking up my phone.

"Where are you?" Nash said.

"What are you my mother? I'm with Kim why?" I said in annoyance.

"We have a problem here."

"What!" I said suprised, "What is it?"

"I think you should come see for yourself." He said seriously.