Eda was currently walking into the cafe where she agreed to meet her sister. She wasn't sure what to expect. Lilith could absolutely be furious at her, but judging from her tone, and what Cassandra said, maybe Lilith just really missed her and wanted to see her.
When eda got there, she saw Lilith sitting there and waved. Lilith looked up, then immediately stood up and before she knew it, Lilith was hugging her tightly. Eda was shocked, but then smiled softly, and hugged back. "Lily.. You're so emotional" eda teased. Lilith was crying just a little bit but simply ignored Eda's comment. "I missed you so much" Lilith admitted. Eda chuckled softly. "Calm down would ya? You can't talk to me if you're crying all over me" eda teased, but her tone was genuine.
It took a little bit for Lilith to calm down, but her smile never seemed to her father ace as she looked at her sister. Eda was looking out in the street looking at cars pass by, she wasn't ignoring Lilith, but knew the awkwardness of someone watching you as you tried to pull yourself together. Eda looked the same, but Lilith did notice concealer on her face. Eda wasn't one to use heavy makeup like that, but knew eda had refused to sleep since she got out of college due to her bad dreams. But as of now, she wasn't allowed to bring that up.
Lilith felt composed enough to speak. "How... Have you been?" Lilith asked. Eda looked at her sister and smiled. "Eh, I'm living, got a new job though" eda answered. "Really? Where do you work?" Lilith asked with a proud smile. "Night club" eda said. Lilith's smile faded, as she expected the worst. "Edalyn, please tell me you're not a stripper," Lilith said, which made eda laugh. "No, I'm a bartender, but I could absolutely work a pile if I had to," eda said in a playful tone. Lilith chuckled, knowing she was probably right. "Well as long as you are employed, although I will say I'm grateful you're still alive," Lilith said.
Eda looked confused and shocked. "You thought I was dead!?" Eda asked. "Well... No, but you do have 2 serial killers living in your home, do you not?" Lilith asked. "What!? No! I have 3 kids living in my house!" Eda said, correcting her sister."2 of which are serial killers... You didn't know?" Lilith asked. "What!? I-... Their kids!" Eda said in a panic. Lilith sighed. "Uh... Never mind" Lilith muttered. Lilith looked at eda again but noticed she wasn't wearing any type of ring.
Eda and Raine had been dating since high school, and of course, Lilith had no idea about their break up, so she would have thought they would at least be engaged by now."how's Raine?" Lilith asked. Eda looked down and bit her lip. "Uh... We... R-Raine and I.. Broke up a while ago... So I wouldn't know" eda muttered.
Lilith looked completely dumbfounded. "Oh... Oh no, I'm so sorry..that must if been hard" Lilith said, the sympathy in her tone very clear. "It's fine... I'm fine, don't even worry about it" Eda assured. "I know you loved them very much... I'm so sorry, it didn't work out" Lilith said. "please.. Don't use past tense" eda muttered. Lilith chuckled and looked at her sister with a knowing smile.
Eda blushed and looked down a little embarrassed. "Hey... Do.. You know anything about kids?" Eda asked. "Uh, absolutely not" Lilith replied. "Great... It's just, these kids, they practically hate me, and like, I think one of them is trying to kill me" eda said, which did worry Lilith, neither of them had any idea what to do with a child. "I don't know...I mean aren't most foster children angsty when they are placed with a new guardian?" Lilith asked. "Shit I dunno! What do I do with them!?.. I don't want to just tell them what to do, but I don't think they should be just leaving and coming back at any given time" eda explained. Lilith shrugged. "Maybe try... Talking to them? I mean all kids have to have some interests, try to get to know them" Lilith suggested. Eda thought about it and then nodded. "Yeah... That's a good idea, thanks Lily" Eda said, then noticed nakusa, heading into the woods. "Fuck! I-il talk to you later!" Eda said and rushed off. "These kids are going to be the death of me!" She cursed and ran after nakusa
Eda ran Into the woods to follow nakusa, and she wasn't hard to spot either. Nakusa was walking further into the woods. She had on a backpack, then eventually stopped a clearance. Eda hid behind some trees to try and see what she was doing. Nakusa sat on her knees and opened her backpack, she took out a small container of gasoline, matches, and an empty pitcher. "If you're going to spy on me, you should stop stepping on twigs," nakusa said in a harsh tone.
Eda came from behind the trees awkwardly. "Sorry... I was just checking on you" eda explained. "Mhm, Stop being creepy and tell me what you want," nakusa said, as she started walking again. "You leave every day... I just happened to see you and just wanted to make sure you were okay" eda explained. Nakusa started picking up different sticks and walked back to where her backpack was. "What are you doing?" Eda asked. "Are you a narc?" Nakusa asked.
Eda chuckled. "Nah..believe it or not, I used to get in plenty of trouble when I was a kid," eda said in a sort of playful tone. Nakusa scoffed and started playing with the sticks in hexagons, inside of each other getting smaller. "What's this?" Eda asked again. "Just watch," nakusa said, her tone a little softer, but still stern. she poured the gasoline on the sticks, then lit a match. "Step back a little" nakusa instructed. Eda took a step back, as nakusa lit a match and threw it on the sticks. The fire caught immediately, beautifully blazing with a small roar.
Nakusa smiled, watching the fame grow, then, grabbed a small pouch out of her bag, opened it, and pulled out red dust. Nakusa threw the red dust into the fire, turning it a beautiful shade of red.
Eda looked mesmerized, the blazing red fire, was warm, and attractive. "Woah.. This... This is amazing, iv never seen anything like this before" eda said, in a soft tone. "Right? Fire is the most amazing thing I can think of... It spreads freely and can cause so much" Nakusa said. Eda smiled. "That's.. That's actually really true, but what is it about fire that really attracts you?" Eda asked. Nakusa looked down, then grabbed the pitcher and filled it with water from the stream beside them, then she put out the fire.
When the smoke cleared, the dirt was burned, but it showed a rose, a red rose. "Fire.. Reminds me of the day I could start living free, and the rose... Represents the day I killed my parents" nakusa said. Eda looked at nakusa shocked and horrified. "You did what-" she asked.
However, in another house, problems were present. The blight mansion. Her three children were in their room doing who knows what, meanwhile odalia had just called Darius to make sure he was coming to the reunion. He said he'd come, but odalia still wasn't composed. She was in a robe, sitting on the bed waiting for her husband. Now it's to be known that Odalia isn't the most affectionate, but that doesn't mean she doesn't want it. However, alador had been a bit distant lately Which wasn't too much of a bother, but still made her curious.
Alador had finally come out of the bathroom and climbed into bed with her. "Alador, Darius said he's coming to the reunion, have you heard from Lilith?" Odalia asked. "Huh? I didn't know I was supposed to call her, wait... What about edalyn?" Alador asked. "I sent her a letter, you know I can't stand to speak to that woman, especially with those kids she's been taking care of" odalia scoffed. "What? I thought she and Raine broke up, how does she have kids?" He asked, clearly clueless. "You didn't see that court case? And it's all over the news! You don't read the articles I send you?" Odalia asked. "Uh... Yes?" Alador said, hoping that was the right answer.
Odalia rolled her eyes. "I don't see why you hate edalyn still, you haven't seen her since high school," alador said. "Alador, if I don't like someone, then I probably have a good reason!" Odalia argued. "And do you have a good reason?" Alador asked. "No-.. But that doesn't matter! All I want is for this reunion to prove our life is better than theirs!" Odalia said. She looked at her husband for validation, who was looking at a month in the window. "Alador!!" She yelled. "Huh?" Alador asked. Odalia facepalmed, then turned over to go to bed.
