MIRACLE (✔️)

21: The Past pt. 2

Chapter 21

-Miracle Astor-

"Are you sure about this, sweetheart?" Damion asked once again, his eyes glistening as he looked at me worriedly.

"What I'm about to tell you is going to be.... heavy... I don't want to upset you even more for what you're about to know." He added, unable to properly put his words together.

I know exactly what he's saying and I also know I'm never going to be fully prepared to hear everything, I'm eventually going to break down crying, but I still think I need to. I needed to understand everything.

So I reluctantly nod my head.

"Yes, I'm sure." I said in a small voice.

Damion lets out a deep breath, wiping his eyes, and nodding his head.

"Dad was in a business meeting in Europe when that happened. It was in the afternoon, the twins and I just finished our classes and mom picked us up herself. Everything that happened was so fast. I remember mom driving, I was in the passenger seat, the twins in the back, we were all laughing and singing to her favorite Celine Dion song. Then a fucking black SUV suddenly came out of nowhere and crashed in front of us. A couple of men came out of the SUV and approached us."

My heart dropped to my chest and my eyes widened fearfully. Mom wasn't alone when that happened, Damion and the twins were with her. I couldn't possibly imagine the fear they felt that day when those men approached them. Damion was only fourteen and the twins were nine.

"Those men pulled us out of the car and dragged us into theirs, the twins and I tried our hardest to fight them off but of course we couldn't possibly stand a chance against five grown men. We were only kids. Mom also tried to fight, but she only ended up being slapped. We cried, we begged, and we bargained with them to let us go, to not to hurt us, but they only laughed. Before we knew it they drove off and dragged us inside an abandoned warehouse."

Damion took a deep breath again and shut his eyes.

My eyes teared up and I tried my best not to let out a cry.

I'm so insensitive and selfish for asking him to do this for me, he's basically forced to relive everything that happened.

"Damion st---

"Don't cry, sweet sister, it's never been a good look on you." He looks at me and smiled softly.

"But---

"It's alright, Mira, I can do this. I think I need this too, I've never spoken to anyone about everything that happened before, all this time I've just kept it buried inside of me until hatred and guilt grew. I also need to talk this out, I need to finally get this out of my chest."

I was surprised by his words. I extended my arm and grabbed his hands, holding it, attempting to give him some sort of comfort. I don't know exactly how to comfort anyone as I have never been comforted myself, I only recently had Gabriel comforting me and bring my safe haven, but everytime he held me I can always feel all warm, comfy, and safe. I hope I can also somehow give my brother that kind of comfort.

I think it worked because he looks up at me and smiled, before allowing himself to continue,

"When they dragged us inside the warehouse, I remember two of those fuckers forcefully grabbing mom, the twins and I were tied down on our knees. I fought and struggled with the ropes desperately when I realized what they were going to do to mom and somehow I managed to free myself. I immediately attacked one of them, but as to be expected they easily took my thin fourteen years old body down, the fucker I attacked grabbed hold the back of my head and slammed my face into the concrete floor a couple of times, the last thing I heard was mom and the twins crying and screaming to let me go, those other fuckers laughing at how pathetic I was, before I eventually lost consciousness.