Glowing Eyes// Adopted by The Joseph's [√]

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Zach squinted his eyes at the screen before him as the white light projecting itself became too bright.

"What? No, this can't be right..." He mumbled to himself as his finger repeatedly scrolled down the mouse pad. His eyes widened. "Dear god..."

"Zack? Baby what's wrong?" Tatum sat up in the silk sheets as the early morning sun soaked her features.

"I... I think we made a big mistake." He exhaled, his hands rubbing out the restlessness in his eyes.

"What do you mean?" She asked and began tenderly rubbing her husbands tense shoulders.

"The guy we visited in town the other day." He sighed. "He cant- he's not... He's not Matthew-no, there isn't even a Matthew." He couldn't stress the words enough.

Tatum's emerald green eyes widened. "So you're saying..."

"Yeah. Says here she didn't have an older sister, but a young one. And one older brother... The brothers location right now is unknown but the sister, Lyna... The kid died at twelve months due to her wounds of violent nature."

She gasped as her hand went to cover her mouth. "I guess i'd understand why'd she lie but, if that's not her brother we saw... Who is it?"

"I don't know... But we invited the wrong person."

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The Next Day

"You have the cake right?"

An unsettling shiver ran down the twins' spine as they licked off the last letter. The small group glanced in their direction as Zack rested the tips of his fingers against his forehead.

Grayson quickly pulled away from their grip on the cake and falsely scolded Ethan. "You had one job! Now look what you've done!"

Tyler sighed deeply. "Jesus Christ why would eat the letters! I'd understand the side icing, but her name!?"

Ethan pointed to Grayson, keeping a steady hand to the cake. "I swear, it wasn't me. Grayson was like 'haha let's get rid of the name and make it that one meme with the woman that got out of exercising for oreos'."

"Okay, but you agreed!" He retorted.

"This isn't good. She should be coming down any minute!" Tyler began to panic. "We need a new cake-" He was soon interrupted by the abrupt opening of the door and rushed footsteps.

Josh then came through the living room door with a brown bag filled with some sort of boxed item and distorted hair pointing in every which way. He got questioning stares but soon shrugged it off as he chuckled. "Grayson and Ethan messed up the cake?" He questioned, already knowing the answer.

Tatum sighed. "Yeah."

He nearly burst out laughing at the situation. He unpacked the medium sized box and placed it carefully along the table and smacked Ethan's hand away as he tried to touch the detailed masterpiece.

They stared in awe at the pastry and just in the nick of time. Jenna coaxed Elizabeth down the stairs, she gripped the railing to steady her steps.

"Why are my eyes covered? What is happening!" She hesitantly took the last step and stood awkwardly as Jenna giggled and took her hands from her eyes.

The sun filtered her eyes from the window, the sudden light nearly blinded her, but soon was replaced by a smile as the group before her posed in a goofy fashion before shouting in unison.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIZZY!"

She smiled big, trying to fight off the tears that tried to spill out. She never really had those special birthdays that made good memories. As you may have guested, her past prevented that and she never really spoke of her birthday in the Orphanage.

She then lost it when the oh-so familiar high-pitched squeal of a special five year old echoed through the front door. A tear rolled down her glistening amethyst colored eyes as she glanced at the door to see a small Afro of black curly hair squeeze her nearly to death. "Li Li!" The little girl screamed.

They awed as Elizabeth dropped to her knees and gave her the equal affection back. Dejá vú flooded her mind as she responded. "Mercy, how are you doing?"

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A/N: i'm not in the best of moods at the moment so I hope this chapter will make if not all, a majority of people reading this happy.

Also, be ready for next chapter.

K Bye ✌

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