𝘔𝘖𝘕𝘖𝘊𝘏𝘖𝘗𝘚𝘐𝘚 ❁ 𝘑𝘑 𝘔𝘈𝘠𝘉𝘈𝘕𝘒 & 𝘒𝘐𝘈𝘙𝘈 𝘊𝘈𝘙𝘙𝘌𝘙𝘈

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❝ thank you for telling me ❞
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𝘚𝘺𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘦'𝘴 𝘗𝘖𝘝

"Ladies and gentleman, Ward Cameron, king of Kooks, is going to jail!" JJ cheers from inside the chateau.

From my place laying upside down on the porch sofa with my legs over the back of it, Sarah and Kiara are sat either side of me like normal people. I stare out at the yard in deep thought, not being able to erase the memory of Rafe holding me down under that water and the fear that he made me feel.

"Goodbye! Adios! He's out of there! Adios!" JJ continues to yell, but it all sounds muffled as if it's underwater.

A hand is placed on my knee and I jump up in fright, grabbing the wrist which happened to belong to Kiara. She yelps in pain and my eyes blow wide open, snatching my hand away from her as if she burned me.

"I'm sorry, Vie" The girl apologises to me guiltily, rubbing her sore wrist as I scramble off the sofa and onto my feet.

"Forget it" I plead, my brain telling me to run.

I listen to the guilt ridden voice in my head that tells me I'm a bad person, I'm a monster just like my brother and I walk away from the girls. I turn the corner of the house and lean back against the bricks, taking long deep breaths to steady my breathing.

"Do you regret it?" I hear Kiara asking Sarah faintly.

"No. He deserves all of it, and I know that" Sarah says, her voice cracking slightly.

"He's your dad. I get it" Kiara assures her "I'm sure it sucks to be in the middle"

The phone in my back pocket that Topper gave me starts to ring and I pull it out, answering it as I walk out into the yard.

"Hello?" I speak up, my voice a little raspy from being so quiet.

"Hey, Sylvie" Topper Thornton's voice greets me and I smile softly.

"Hi, Top" I respond in a friendly tone.

"Hey, sorry  to be the, uh, bearer of bad news here, but they're..." Topper explains to me "They're coming for your dad. Grandpa just signed the warrant. And, um, if you or Sarah have anything you want to say to him, I would do it now. Just wanted you to know"

"Thank you for telling me" I breathe out gratefully.

"I'll be here if you need anything, okay?" Topper assures me.

"Yeah, I know" I hum, hanging up the phone.

I turn around to tell the others and I'm met with my sister looking at me, waiting for an explanation.

"Topper called" I admit and she nods.

"I heard" She replies.

"His grandpa just signed a warrant. They're coming for Dad and he wanted to give us the chance to see him first" I tell her and she tears up, letting me know that she really needed this.