𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐎𝐟 𝐔𝐬 - (𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐓𝐰𝐨) ·˚ ༘·

𝐈 𝐊𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐖𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞

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𝐓𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐯 :

My parents have gone home back to Nashville, they left earlier in the day.  I miss them when they go back home, but they have their lives to attend to.

Night, it's a haven. It's beautiful, peaceful, when I can be me, not mama. Sometimes I wish it could be night for eternity. Joe and I are cuddled up in bed, just talking about life. Since we have become parents, we are stronger and closer forever. It's everything that I have ever wanted, it feels like a hazy dream sometimes.

We stopped talking for a few moments, taking in the tranquillity of the October night. I rested my head on Joe's chest. He wrapped his strong arms around him, his arms are like my safe space.

All of a sudden I heard glass shattering, a window? We let the security team have some time off work. Shit.

"Was that I window" I said as panic filled my body, and my breathing fastened. "I heard glass" Joe said, realising there may be an intruder. We looked at each other,  fear was visible in our eyes, the kids, we need to keep them safe. "I'll go and investigate" Joe stood up and put a shirt and pants on, "I'll come" I quickly replied, "No you need to stay with the kids".

"Be careful" I whispered, "I will love" he replied, we rested our foreheads on each others, for a few short moments.

Joe creeped out of our room, I can't believe I'm letting him do this, before he left, I mouthed I love you.

I made my way to each of the kids rooms, woke them up and told them not to panic.

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All of a sudden I heard a noise. Joe. It sounded like he had been injured, fuck. A fresh wave on anxiety filtered through my body, I won't be able to live with myself if something happens to him.

I snuck out of the room and quickly ran down the hallway, desperate to hear what was going on. When I got to the hallway, I froze. Did I just see Matty and Joe next to the window strangling each other?

The glass of the windows were shattered on the ground and suddenly Joe picks up a piece. He then stabs him with it.

Matty turns and notices me, he angrily looks me on the eye, I know he's about to do something.

Matty then takes a syringe with some peculiar green liquid and injects it onto Joe. Panic rushes through me and I run towards them and I push Matty out of the window.

My heart races. Matty's probably dead and Joe could be dying right now because of whatever shit Matty injected him with. I can feel the tears run down my face. I can't lose joe. I just can't.

I have no idea what do, but in the moment I fall to my knees and I hold Joe in my arms. I check for his pulse, relief erupts through me as I find it. Joe's alive, but when I gently shake him to wake up, he just won't.

I suddenly feel overwhelmed, Matty is dead on the ground outside, if someone sees him we are done for, Joe's unconscious and he won't wake up, what the fuck do I do.

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𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐮𝐧𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐬.