Off Limits - Paranormal Romance

Chapter 22

Claire's pov

I just got off the phone with fraya who seemed upset as she asked me to come over. I quickly grabbed my things and remembered to take mias stiff with me then I left my house.

After a 15 minute drive I pulled up in front of fraya's house and parked. Getting out of the car I grab Mia's stuff and make my way up the driveway and rung the doorbell. 

I didn't know why but while I waited for the door to open my heartbeat started to fasten. I turned around looking up at the sky covered in clouds, it looked like it was going to rain but today's forecast is meant to be sunny.

I shake it off as I hear the door open and I see fraya who looked terrible. It looked like she had been crying. 

"Fraya are you okay?"

"Oh um, please come in then we'll talk"

I followed fraya inside to the dining room and sat down. Fraya sunk into the couch as she looked at the ground. 

"Fraya you're scaring me. What’s wrong?"

"I..it’s Mia"

I quickly sat forward trying to suppress my heavy breathing. "Is she okay?"

Fraya couldn’t bare to look at me as she shook her head, “no”

Hearing her say Mia wasn’t okay broke my heart making time stop. I couldn’t lose her. She is like a sister to me. 

 "I need to know"

 "She was shot"

"Yeah, I know that I was there. What else happened?"

"She went into labour"

“SERIOUSLY?” I jumped from my seat with excitement wondering what her baby would look like. Knowing that Mia is now a mother. I’m so excited to be able to babysit for her. 

I turned to fraya. My smile faded as I saw she still wasn’t happy. Tears still streaming down her cheeks. I took a big gulp as I sat back down beside Fraya. 

"Is the baby ok? Is Mia ok?"

I asked but she didn’t respond and just continued sobbing. After sitting quietly for a minute  she finally spoke up in a low shaky voice, “Mia is dead…” she paused, “ and her baby didn’t survive"

I couldn’t believe what Fraya had just said. My body became numb and I couldn’t move or talk. My heart continued beating rapidly as I sat there. I opened my mouth to speak but nothing came out.

"Is this a joke?"

Fraya shook her head. So many thoughts were going through my head. I couldnt help shaking my head, "it can't be true, she can't be dead"

I don't believe it. She can't be gone right? I stood up not waiting for Fraya to respond and stormed out of the house. I got into my car and burst into tears. The silence ate me up inside as I sat there for a few minutes. How am i going to explain this to her parents? Do I tell them?

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Katherine's pov

The next day I force myself up out of bed to get ready for today. Yesterday I spent the entire day trying to get everything ready for today. It's been a rough and emotional journey as I have thrown together a last minute funeral for my daughter. 

Once I had everything set up I texted everyone when the funeral was. Fraya told me we would all go to her place after so we could all be with each other at this time.

Never did i think i would have to organise my daughter's funeral, specifically her only being 24. I look at the time on my phone and see it's 8 oclock. I sigh only an hour until Mia's funeral.