Moonlight | Conrad Fisher

Chapter 40 "Tears."

"So this is why you haven't answered any of my phone calls?" Jere asked Conrad while I still kept my gaze to the floor. Still, I could feel his eyes boring into my skull.

I crossed my arms before biting my inner mouth and not saying anything. Why did I even come here in the first place?

"Did you not hear what I just said? We're going to loose this house." Conrad answered with a tone. "Mom's house." Those words hurt and hit me so bad, I couldn't even imagine the pain they were feeling.

Still silent, Belly seemed to be speaking for the both of us. "Why would your dad sell this house?" It's like she's reading my mind. By this time, my gaze had switched to the window that had the perfect view of the beach. The pool that brung me so many memories.

The kitchen counter, that many things happened on. I almost made myself laugh. Not funny Athena.

As the memories of the house flooded through my brain, his voice took me out of my daydreaming session. "He's not. Our Aunt Julia is."

"Susannah's sister?" Belly, once again, speaking out for the both of us like she could read my mind. Maybe she actually secretly had that ability. That had always been my worst fear. That everyone around me had a secret ability to read my mind so when I was thinking about crazy or non normal stuff, I always had to switch to rainbow shit that a unicorn provided.

I guess it's childhood trauma of some sort.

"Half sister. Apparently, the house belonged to the both of them. And then when Mom.." Conrad stood silently for a little while. The little while felt like an hour, even though it was only a second or two. Every time she is mentioned it stings like a new bee is stinging you every time. "Now Aunt Julia owns the whole thing."

My eyes snapped to Jere as he, once again, responded in a very stressed tone. "Okay, well then call that and figure something out?"

"You think I haven't already did that? He says legally the house is hers." My eyes didn't snap to Conrad as he spoke. Instead, I kept my gaze on Jeremiah. What a sight for my eyes.

"Okay then he'll buy it!"

Let's tone it down a bit, brothers. I wanted to say that but I wasn't going to pull some Elle from the kissing booth moves. "He doesn't have the money to buy it! Between Brown and the medical bills-"

Conrad got interrupted, again. "Yeah, I know how much the medical bills cost because I was there. How long did you know about this and not tell me?" He said it in such a tone, it was not screaming or yelling but more of a hurt tone. My heart ached for the fact that Jeremiah was attacking his own blood brother. The last thing Susannah wanted was for them not to get along.

We all should be smiling at the thought of her, not feeling sadness or grief, but we should instead remember all of the memories that we had with her. We should be thankful for the opportunity to get to have someone like that in your life, even if it wasn't for how long we wanted.

"Jere this was all happening so fast. I was going to tell you after I'd taken care of it." A low chuckle was heard from Jeremiah as he snapped back at Conrad's response.

If you ask me, it was weird for literally stand there like statues and listen to them fighting. "And this is you taking care of it?" God, the attitude is starting to get annoying.
"Going AWOL, ditching school, not talking to us-"

Jere was the one that got interrupted now. "Fuck school! I don't care." Conrad yelled out as he practically groaned with his arms flying up into the air. Great outburst of energy.