𝗠𝘆 𝗘𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲 ⇉ 𝗝𝗝 𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗸

𝘮 𝘰 𝘮 𝘦 𝘯 𝘵

KIARA STARED IN shock, watching Ariella cradle the small baby girl in her arms. In that moment, all she could think about was how utterly guilty and angry JJ was going to be. The only thing that kept him sane was Ariella and the thought of being with her when she had the baby. That was supposed to be their happy moment.

But he missed out on it and the day was her worst nightmare. This was going to absolutely destroy JJ.

"She's beautiful." Kiara whispers, careful not to wake up not only the baby, but the devil Rafe Cameron, who was sleeping on the floor a few feet away from them.

"She's JJ's twin. Every time I look at her, I see him." Ariel's smiles down at her daughter lovingly before turning her gaze to Kie. "H-How is he? Is he okay?"

"As good as he can be without you." Kiara says, giving her a small smile. "He needs you. Both of you. I'm going to bring you back to him."

Ariella nods, placing a sleeping Cora down in her carrier. "The whole reason I came here was so I can be a step closer to finding him. To finding you all. To freedom. All I want is for Cora to be in JJ's arms. I want JJ to be able to hold his babygirl."

"We're going to get out of here. I promise you." Kiara lifts up her pinky, linking it with Ari's. "I've missed you."

"I've missed you more." Ariella wraps her into a hug. It felt good to be in Kiara's presence. It was so refreshing. She slowly felt like her life was becoming her own again, despite their current situation at hand. "We have to get out of here."

Kiara nods as she glances at a sleeping Rafe before standing, moving to the near by window. Making sure Cora was fully asleep, Ari follows her. Their eyes roam around the outside of the house, setting on the multiple gunman, who were standing right outside the window.

Ariella wasn't expecting Kiara to start knocking on the window harshly, trying to gain their attention. She curses underneath her breath when she sees Rafe stir. He sits up, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. "What are you guys doing?"

They ignore him.

"Hey, you!" Kiara speaks, the gunman barely listening. "We need to talk to Mr. Singh."

"Shut up, shut up, shut up." Rafe jumps up from his spot on the floor, grabbing a hold of Ariella and turning her around. "What are you two doing?"

"Don't ever lay your hands on me again."Ariella pushes him off of her, causing him to stumble back. "We don't owe you a damn explanation."

The two girls move past him and Kiara stalks towards the door as Ariella follows behind her, her eyes going between Rafe and Cora. She knew her girl was going to let out a cry soon enough at the loud banging that was going to occur.

The older Cameron scoffs as he rushes towards them. "Think for a second! What are you guys doing?"

In response, Kiara knocks on the door to the bedroom harshly. "Hello?"

"What are you—."

"Don't talk to me!" Kiara shouts, causing Rafe to halt in his tracks. She continues to knock on the door, this time it causes the two month old to let out a loud cry, that caused them all to shut their mouths. "I'm sorry, Ari—."

"Don't be sorry." Ariella tells her, picking up Cora Lynn in her arms, cooing down at her. "Hey, sweet girl. It's okay. We're okay."

Rafe watches his sister, calm the small child in her arms before turning his gaze back to Kiara. "You two are lying about this diary thing. You guys know where it is."

"No, we don't." Kiara shakes her head, not being able to look Rafe in the eye. She moves around him, attempting to put as much space between them as possible.