In a quite room , in the silence of night , even though some of the chatter went around outside of the house on the porch swing with Ash and Salmen who were surprisingly getting along , gossiping about their Wicked Friend , who was out to locate the purpose of Ash's sudden hospital visit recently ..
Upstairs in the room Braddin slept quietly on the bed , just like his son on the cot , and Tia was pacing north to south with Britsia in her hands , britsia was being very irritable , which was really unusual because she's always the first one to sleep soundly , Britsia crying and Ian's absence mixed with Rebecca's doubts about Natallie were shaking Tia from inside , it was hard for her to hold on to her daughter and comfort her when she herself wasn't comfortable ..
She sat down with britsia in her arms and took out her cell phone not to call anybody , but just going through her gallery , she scrolled down to the first picture she had on her phone .. and she was shocked it was a picture of Tia and Rebecca and Ash , when they went to but Tia's first phone in the store , and they were checking the camera .. she giggled remembering that day ..
She swiped left to see more pictures , and a video came up , a video of Ian and Rebecca and Her , singing songs in class , and sam sitting on the corner with her phone .. when the video played it caught Britsia's attention and she turned to the phone and took the phone in her hand , a sweet giggling sound that can be produce by a few months old baby was then heared , britsia wasn't crying anymore ..
Tia kept swiping and britsia kept enjoying the amount of videos and pictures on her phone , then came a video of Tia , she was crying about something even she didn't remember and recording herself , she placed britsia aside on her lap and took out headphones to hear what she was saying , she could hear herself , her 15 year old self complaining about life , about how everything in her life was falling apart , how she had nothing to hold on to .. and without even realizing she had tears in her eyes , she smiled and thought about how far she's come , and just like that she saw britsia had fallen asleep in her arms ..
She held britsia up and placed her in the cot next to bryan , she gazed at her beautiful kids , sleeping soundly , safely in her home , the amount of pride and peace she felt calling it her home , knowing that she has a loving husband , beautiful kids , her son , a shadow of her husband , with the perfect smile , a smile that was enough to heal every wound she had , and her daughter , oh , her daughter was even prettier than her , she had her father's eyes and her mother's smile .. her cheeks were so soft and pink , she was sure that she was gonna break many hearts when she grows up , she chuckled at the thought wiping the tears in her eyes .. she kissed their forheads and bid them good night "I love you both " she whispered .. "I'll always protect you , I promose " she stroked Britsia's cheek and smiled ..
she closed the lamp on their side , and walked over to her bed , and there he was , sleeping soundly without the care in the world even though he carries the weight of the world around his shpulder everyday , trying to make a good life for his kids and the girl he married , she sat besides him stroking his hair , she kissed his forehead , sat quietly finding comfort in his presence ..
Fighting through consciousness , Ian was dangling in the air , her hands spread apart and tied around a big rod on the roof , her head dropped down , the back of her head was stoll bleeding , colouring her neck red ..
Her feet couldn't firmly hold the ground , they just flopped at the end of it .. the rope tied around her hand was rusty and old , and pricking through her skin , it was so tightly bound that her wrist was already scratched and bleeding ..
It was hard for her to even move a muscle in a condition like this , but she had only one thought in her mind , that Natalie was with her , may be she's hurt , if somebody's got her trapped , they must've hurt Natalie or did they leave her be ..
