Truth Be Told

Chapter 25

Stormie P.O.V.

My husband and I turned onto our road. We went to go see family in Colorado and we came back a week earlier than we were supposed to. This was the first time we left the kids home alone since we've adopted Angela, so we dont really know what to expect when we get home. Don't get me wrong,  she is a very sweet girl and I love her like my own. She gets along with everyone, even though it took awhile with Ross but they eventually did too. I honestly don't know why I'm doubting anything at all, its just that I have a weird feeling that something went wrong. Mark must have read my mind or something because he looked at me as he drove.

"Hey, you alright? You seem as if something is bothering you." He looked at me with concern.

"Yea, its just that I'm worried what we will go home to. This is the longest we've left them alone and there's a new girl there too." I answered looking back at him.

He gave me a comforting smile, "You don't need to worry love, they're practically adults and they can take care of themselves. Plus Angela is a nice girl, I dont think she would do anything wrong."

We finally pulled up to our house and there were paramedics and police all over. That really didn't give me a good feeling.

"What in the world?" Mark said as he stopped and got out of the car.

We headed to the front door and I looked around. I saw Angela standing by a police car, talking to some older woman. We got in the house and my eyes went wide. The whole house was ruined, it looked as if a tornado hit it. Everything was knocked down, the TV was broken, and so was basically everything else. Before we could say anything, we heard talking from the kitchen. We stayed quiet and listened.

"What's with that big smile?" I heard Riker ask.

"Guess what." Ross answered.

"What?"

"I asked Ang to marry me and she said yes." Ross said excitedly.

Mark looked as if he was about to explode. He walked in the kitchen, "ROSS HOW COULD YOU BE SO STUPID??????"

Ross turned around shocked, "What?"

"Why would you ask your adoptive sister to marry you?! Heck, even if she wasn't your adoptive sister you shouldn't do that! She hasn't even been here for a year and most of the time, you ignored her like she wasn't a human being!"

"I asked her because I love her! She might have not been here long, but you don't need a certain amount of time before you know if you love someone! Its all different towards other people!" Ross yelled back.

"She is still your adoptive sister!!"

"She doesn't have to be dad! She is turning 18 in a month and she doesn't need to have someone adopt her!"

"That is exactly my point Ross, you guys are only 18!!! YOU DONT KNOW WHAT LOVE IS!!!" Mark started raising his voice more.

"Mark." I scolded, seeing that tears were starting to form in Ross' eyes.

"All I ask for was that you two would be happy for me and give me your blessing." Ross spoke softly. "But I realized that I dont need it. I'm going to marry the love of my life no matter what."

Before we could say anything he ran out. I looked at Riker and he was silent. He looked at both of us and nodded, "I'll go talk to him."

I gave him a small smile as he walked out of the room. He soon came back in with a look of panic on his face. "They're gone!"

I looked at him confused, "Gone? Wait, they? What happened?"

"I don't know, I went out there to talk to him and Ross and Ang were just gone." He looked really worried and kind scared.