Trust || h.s

14

The songs for this chapter are:

- Run Boy Run Woodkid

- In Distress A$AP Rocky

- Backwards Tame Impala

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Avery's Pov-

I watch silently as the black SUV rolls out of sight. The council members have began to leave and all that's left is me and Niall stand shoulder to shoulder.

" I know this is really hard for you Avery, I'm sorry." Niall walks away but I stay where I am, staring at the spot. I felt the tears swell up in my eyes but I chose to ignore them. I need to let myself cry.

The sudden want to see my mother came over me, I needed one of her warm hugs to cheer me up and tell me that He was going to be fine, tell me that he will come back to me.

I can't say his name or think it or hear it without feeling the urge to fall to the ground and sob.

I was alone. I had no one. Yet again.

By the time I got up the night sky was lit with dozens of small stars and I found myself wondering if he was looking at the stars just like I was.

I finally stood up and walked back to my cabin. I stopped dead when I looked at the couch and the mess of blankets, pillows from last night and his black north face sweatshirt that lay crumpled in a ball. I whimpered, grabbed the sweatshirt and walked back outside.

The cool air makes me shiver so I pull his sweatshirt over my head. I breath in and the smell of mint and sweat take over. The smell of him. I let the long sleves hang past my wirst and walk to the academy. It's probably locked but it's worth a try.

To my suprise the doors open. All of the lights are off and not even a janitor is close by. I begin to walk to my locker but stop when I hear distant voices. I follow the sounds until I see light flooding out of a room at the end of the hallway. I walk up to it and press my back against the wall.

"Do you know how much trouble I will get into if you don't do exactly what we discussed? This isn't just my job on the line it's my life we are talking about." A man yells from inside the room. The voice is familiar but I can't tell who it belongs to.

" I got my son to leave, I did my fucking part Richard. The boss gave you the other orders, you have to figure that out by yourself." I freeze Frank Styles and Richard Macal stand on the other side of the door arguing over something that sounds extremely important.

"Are you sure that her brother is on a tight leash? What if he plays the guilty card and backs out? What are you going to do then?" Frank says.

"Trust me, he hates both of his parents for putting him up for adoption, he hates his sister who doesn't even know about him. Think about it. His sister doesn't know he exist. Why would he fight for someone that he doesn't even know him, and without her in the way he thinks that he could become the captain, she the only thing that is holding him back." Richard says and I feel my heart stop. I connect the dots in my head.

I have a brother, I have a brother who was adopted that my parents never told me about. I feel like I'm about to break down for the second time today. But who? Who is it? Is he my age, older, younger?

I sniffle and freeze realizing how loud I was. "I think there is someone here." One of the men say. I sprint down the hallway and out the door, praying that I wasn't seen.

Whatever their plan was it involved me, my brother, and danger. I sprint until I end up outside of a familiar house I realize that it's Michael's and run to the door pounding my fist against it.