What do I live for?

Chapter 11

Jace POV

Three hours later I got a fright when I felt someone waking me. "Son hey wake up." I saw the lady who was driving the car when I woke up. I looked around and saw that it was pretty late. My body was still very tired. "Oh hello again,"I said politely. They gave me a warm smile. "Come on lets get something to eat than we rest until tomorrow. There's a motel at the back of the diner than we can take the road again." They were right I was a very hungry. The two ladies just ordered a salad and some juice. As for me I was starving so I ordered a king size burger and fries with a coke. I had left my bags in the car. "Oh how rude of us. I'm Valeria Brooks and this is my wife Cassidy Brooks. We've been married for five years,"the driver lady introduced. I smiled at them. "I'm Jace Tanner. Just a loner who doesn't exactly know where he's going or what he's going to do. All I wanted was to get away from a hellhole,"I said as tears ran down my cheeks. My heart was aching so badly. I was breaking down in front of two total strangers. Cassidy sat beside me and held me tightly. "Its okay honey everything will be fine." We went to our room. They decided to take a big room with two beds. These people are such nice people. They reminded me of my mother. Maybe I can trust them. I decided to take a shower first. What a long day it has been. I've been trying so hard to forget what happened but Mike is always here. The ladies also took a shower and went to bed. "Goodnight Jace I hope you sleep well tonight,"Valeria said. Weird that they didn't nag me about my life and what hellhole I was talking about. The bed wasn't so soft as my previous one but at least I didn't sleep with fear. But the feeling of danger heading my way was constant. But Mike is no more. He can't hurt me anymore.

Timeskip...

The next morning was bright and sunny. Valeria and Cassidy was already awake and dressed. Looked at the watch on the cupboard and the time read 09:25. Not late but late. Cassidy was busy making breakfast while Valeria was reading a newspaper. I decided to take a quick shower and get dressed in blue jeans with a vest, black hoodie and some black addidas. We had our breakfast peacefully. "That scumbag is dead. The Mike Duwal bastard is finally dead. His house burned to the ground because of a gas leak,"Valeria said with happiness. Her statement made me joke on my juice. Coughing Valeria rubbed my back as Cassidy gave me some water to drink. "You okay baby?" Why are these people so nice. "I'm fine. So who is Mike?" I asked pretending not to know anything I mean they could be talking about a different Mike. "He was a rudeless criminal who killed my parents while I was visiting my grandparents in Los Angeles. We are originally from Manhattan. My father worked for Mike but he betrayed Mike in order to protect us but Mike found out and killed both of my parents. And look how he died. I hope he rots in hell."Valeria said with sadly but with victory that Mike is dead. I wasn't ready to tell my story yet. "So Jace I know we've just met but Valeria and I have been talking since you told us you have nowhere to go. How would you feel about coming to live with us. We don't have any children or a very big house and we know that you've probably been through a lot. But we would love it if you lived with us that way we can be a family and make each other happy. We promise you that we will make you very happy. We'll treat each other very good and we will love you." Cassidy's words made me very emotional. "I don't know if I can be fixed,"I stuttered out. Both of them hugged me very tightly. "We will love you Jace. We already do." With that I accepted their offer. "So Los Angeles it is."My cellphone was also gone. I wanted nothing that reminded me of Mike except his money. It will get me a long way. One way or another I'll have to tell my new parents about my past that I'm dying to forget. That is if I can call them my parents. We drove for another 6 hours until we finally reached our destination. We drove through a big gate. The couple's house was not as big as Mike's but it was big enough to house five people but we were only thfree. Valeria unlocked the door. It was already 6 o'clock at night. She and Cassidy took turns driving here. Unfortunately I can't drive but I was awake with the both of them to keep company. We talked about random things. They told me all about Los Angeles. I told them I want to get a job as soon as possible. When I say as soon as possible I don't mean now now maybe after a moth or so. Recovering and forgetting is first on my bucket list. Both Cassidy and Valeria showed me to my room. They lived in the city. "This is your room and you can decorate it just as you want . The keys belongs to you but don't lock yourself in here too much okay." I had a king size bed all to myself. They closed the door behind them. It was already Saturday night and I'm just tired. Nothing new. I always did nothing on weekends so.