Daylight

Chapter 43: Do you fight with your words?

TRIGGER WARNING: VIOLENCE

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"Lauren ..." Camila ran behind the raven, trying to hold Luna's hand at the same time "Lauren, wait"

Camila knew that Luna was crying, Lauren was beside herself, and that she who - despite wanting to do both - needed to be the voice of reason right now, as always with them.

"LAUREN!" She screamed when she got in the car and the raven blinked at her "Lauren but you're not going to drive that car"

Lauren laughed derisively.
"Why do we always have important conversations in the car?" She shook his head "What am I even talking about?"

"Lauren, you're not making any sense"

"Well, I'm not supposed to, Camila, my daughter's missing" She opened the door and got in the car, Camila and Luna following her. "I want my baby" She hugged herself and Camila felt her heart sink.

"We're going to get her back ok?" She said to the two ravens in the car "We will" She sighed "And Lucy's crazy but she wouldn't hurt Liv, they're probably somewhere playing ok Lu?" She spoke more for the girl's sake than Lauren's.

"Mom?" Luna threw herself into Lauren's arms and the woman held her tightly "I want Liv back, she's ours..."

Camila couldn't hold back tears right now if only Liv were here to hear how much she belonged to this family.

"She is..." Lauren agreed "And we are going to bring her back but first I'm going to drop you off at home"

"But moooooom" Luna complained as Camila started to drive "I wanna help"

"And you will," Lauren said firmly "You'll stay home by the phone okay? If Lucy calls you text me"

"But that's boring!!" She frowned "I wanna help look for her with the police"

"Luna, please" Lauren's voice was tight "I can't worry about both of you right now"

Luckily the girl understood and sat quietly on the journey, Camila still thought that she'd ask Demi to keep an eye on her, Luna wouldn't hesitate to go after Lucy if she knew where she was and that's the last thing Lauren needed right now.

Getting home though, proved that none of their concerns were needed and Camila had to hold on to the doorframe when she saw that Lucy was at Lauren's house.

The woman sat in the living room, little Liv on her lap and she held a knife in her hand. Camila's heart stopped and she looked at Lauren, she prayed that the raven wouldn't do anything reckless.

"Luna, go back to the car" Camila ordered but the girl didn't move.

"No no," Lucy said laughing "She stays, you all stay and you, you farm bitch, you don't give orders inside my house..."

Lauren didn't say anything, just stared at her daughter on her ex-wife's lap and Camila started to get worried.

"Ok," Camila replied but placed Luna behind her body, making a shield with her body.

"Lucy..." Lauren said through her anger "Let Livia go now"

"Give me a good reason to do that" Lucy laughed and Camila saw Lauren swallow hard.

"I'll give you a good reason, maybe if..." Camila took the raven's arm, it wasn't a good idea to provoke the crazy woman with a knife in her hand.

"Look at that" Lucy hugged Liv tighter, pressing her in her arms and the girl looked in the direction of her desperate mother "The slut already has you under control, congratulations, it took me a lot longer..."