Darkness Inside

Chapter Four

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Chapter Four

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"This will be your home." Carlos says, showing them the mansion he had bought. "We should get Lucy and Summer to the hospital."

"We don't need a mansion." Lauren muttered. "It's not like we're going to have a big family, is it? I don't want anymore kids."

"It's for everyone to live." Carlos responds.

"Everyone?" Lauren looked up at him.

Nodding his head, Carlos frowns. "You, Camila, the twins, your three friends, Lucy, Summer, and I."

"Three friends?" Lauren asked. "What three friends?"

"Ally, Normani, and Dinah? Am I wrong to assume they're your friends?" Carlos asks in confusion.

Lauren went quiet. She looked down. She swallowed. "They are my friends." She whispered.

"Exactly." Carlos responds softly.

Lauren shifted uncomfortably, shrugging. She didn't know how her friends would react to Camila - the girl who had kidnapped her.

"Laur, I'm going to the hospital with Lucy, will you be okay?" Camila asks softly.

Lauren glanced up and nodded.

Kissing her gently, Camila turns to get in the car.

Lauren watched the car drive away.

"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Dinah asks softly.

Lauren looked up at Dinah. "What?" She asked quietly.

"Letting her be with that Lucy chick." Dinah responds softly.

Lauren shrugged. "I thought you'd be the one to beat her up."

"Believe me, I really want to. But she's a serial killer." Dinah mumbles.

Lauren swallowed. "Let's just go inside. I'm tired."

Nodding, Dinah helps Lauren get the twins inside.

Lauren sighed and sat down on the couch.

"You okay?" Ally asks softly, sitting down beside Lauren.

Lauren shrugged. "I don't know."

"Wanna talk about it?" the older girl asks softly.

Lauren shook her head.

Nodding, Ally shifts on the couch. "So, why didn't you want to bring your parents and Chris?"

"Because... I've put them through far too much. I was missing and Taylor was killed. I came back then I went missing again." Lauren mumbled.

"They think you're dead." Ally says softly.

Lauren nodded. "And now they can move on." She shifted on the couch and covered her face with her hands.

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"How do you feel?" Camila asks softly, watching Lucy breastfeed their daughter.

Lucy looked up at Camila. "What do you mean?"

"You gave birth on a jet, and haven't spoken since we named her." Camila responds, looking into Lucy's eyes.

"I'm just tired." Lucy said, looking back down at her daughter.

Nodding, Camila stands up and slowly moves over to her, kissing her gently.

Lucy closed her eyes.