Escape from Tragedy

Chapter 23: The Truth

"Hey, how did you sleep?" Sophia asked coming into my bathroom.

"Good, best sleep ever" I lied to her.

"Girl same, I haven't slept like that in a while. It's cause we are home" she said sitting at the edge of the tub.

"Oh yeah" I told her. "I'm heading to grandmas in a minute so y'all will be down a car" I told her.

"Okie dokie" she said not bothered. "Wait your not coming with us to get a mani and pedi?"

"No, Grandma wants me to come by" I told her.

"Okay," she said and walked out my bathroom.

"Olivia can you hurry up! You've been in there for what an hour?" Liam said standing in the his doorway annoyed.

"I have not, I just got in here" I told him smirking as I coated my eyelashes with mascara.

"Hurry up" he said with a hint of warning.

I just rolled my eyes and put on my chapstick. I let my hair out of its braids and it looks so pretty and shiny. My makeup is simple but cute. I put on my jewelry and then walked out the bathroom. I went to my suitcase and grabbed my denim high rise ripped jeans, my white sheer tank and my beige knitted cardigan. I grabbed my thick-strapped tan sandals. My nude-pink clutch strap purse. I went downstairs to the family room where everyone is.

"Hey can you take Max with you to Aunt Debra's ?" I asked them.

"Yeah" Logan said.

"Okay thanks, see y'all later." I told them. I grabbed the keys and went to the truck.

"Hey grandma, where's grandpa?" I asked her as I gave her a hug.

"He went to the new golf thing that just opened with Paul" she told me while we sat on the front porch furniture.

"Grandpa and Paul is trouble" I said laughing.

"Yes indeed" she said as she poured us some ice tea.

My grandma is like my second mom. She is the sweetest person ever, I hope to be like her when I get older. She has always been the person I can talk to other than Aunt Debra.

"Fill me in on everything? We barely talk now that your gone" she said giving me the look.

"I know and I'm sorry" I told her really sincere.

"It's okay, just don't let it happen again" she said joking but I know she's serious.

"I won't" I told her. "I haven't done much, I work at the café, Monday through Thursday. The people I work with have become my best friends. Grandma if and when you meet Eva you would love her. She is so fun! Other than that I just been saving up to do school, but I'm not really sure. Then dealing with everything. " I told her.

"I'm glad your making friends. True friends that'll understand you" she said happy for me. "Does she know?"

"No ma'am, she just knows about Ryan" I told her sadly.

"Oh okay, how's those nightmares and anxiety?" She asked me.

"It's fine, it's getting under control" I told her.