Luca
a thing that is kept as a reminder of a person, place, or event.
Our 'normal' life is coming to an end. No more Mark and Bria Maxwell.
We're currently on the jet back to Manhattan. Everyone at the house has been notified on our arrival. It'll take us about a day to arrive.
We planned on leaving sometime after Logan's first birthday but instead we left a week before. Time flies when you're happy.
Aubrei has been in the bedroom for the past two hours. The kids are occupied with their movie so I go bother Aubrei but i'm caught off guard by what she's doing.
"What's going on? Why do you have a gun taken apart?" I ask the woman as she sits in the middle of the bed with the gun apart in front of her.
"2.62 seconds. 2.62. Is how long it usually takes me to take to remove a clip and reload another one." Her voice shakes and I nod slowly.
"What is it now?"
"5.21 seconds." She covers her face. "We shouldn't have left. We should've stayed in Manhattan. How am I supposed to protect them? That three seconds difference could be between life or death." She panics.
"Hey. Calm down." I grab both sides of her face. "Just take a deep breath with me." She closes her eyes and breaths in and out. "There you go."
"I'm sorry. I just want to protect us." She lays her head on my shoulder.
"I know you do and you will. I know you will." I kiss the top of her head. "Rest. I'm gonna go check back on the kids." I peck her and she nods, putting the gun away.
~
"Do they know about Ryan?" She asks me as they look jet lands. "I'm not ready to talk about her yet."
I nod. "I told them." She nods, waking Makai.
I pick up my sleeping toddlers and step off the jet. The truck is already parked waiting for us. Lorenzo wakes out of his slumber, so I set him on his feet and strap Logan in her car seat. I do the same with him. Looking back I see Brei and Kai haven't stepped off the jet yet. She tells him something and he furiously shakes his head, she grabs his face telling him something else and he calms down mouthing 'okay'. Aubrei looks around cautiously before her and Kai get off the jet. We silently communicate with each other, she tells me 'later' and I nod. Getting into the driver seat.
~
It took us about an hour and a half to reach the mansion. Everybody and I mean everybody is standing outside. I take in the scene before getting out.
Des holds a baby in his arm, while Katorah holds his other arm.
Kian and Zoe stand hand in hand, and from the slight bump in her shirt. I can tell she's pregnant.
Ameer is standing beside Sienna, a toddler boy stands behind his leg. He looks the same age as Lorenzo.
Oliver stand behind Braelynn who's sitting, and she looks like she's due any day now.
What the fuck?
Did we all as a collective decide to have kids now?
My dad stands in between his nurse and my mother.
Dina has her arm wrapped around Romans and I don't miss the big ring on her finger.
Mike, Preston, and Owen, stand on the other side of my mother.
Nick, Marco, Johnathan, and Hudson, stand not to far away from everyone. They look ready for business.
Thomas, Patrick, and Jeff stands beside them, with their arms folded.
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| Devious Siren: OASIS | {18+}
General Fiction*This is part 2 of book 1, not book 2.* As Reign is in hiding, she is met with unexpected guests. Some of them seek her help and some want her in a body bag. New and old threats try to take advantage of the Mancini's dismay. Leaving the household, r...
