𝕋𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕕

Part 29: Lost Lives

The night comes and it's time to sleep. Between a crying baby and nightmares, no ones able to get a good nights sleep. Roni, Alex, and Kian didn't get a second of sleep. Kian is worried about Aaron. He doesn't know what he would do without him. When Nessa wakes up in the middle of the night, she sees that Kian is upset and still up. They had to stay in the lobby if they wanted to spend the night at the hospital. Gray, E, and James went home and Alex and Lauren are all the way across the room. Nessa sees that Kian is upset so she rubs his back softly.

"What's wrong baby?" She asks.

"I can't believe this happened to him. He was just trying to find something, anything about his parents. It hurts. I've been through it. I know how bad it hurts. I wanted to know what happened to my parents so I feel his pain. He lost it all trying to find it all and I could have stopped him. He stopped me. He stopped me from going to those rich peoples houses. He knew they wouldn't except me so he didn't let me go." Kian rants

"Kian, what are you talking about?" Nessa asks

"I'm talking about my parents Vanessa. I found out who they were. My dad was sorta poor, he and my mom feel in love and my moms parents didn't like that. They told her to stop dating him and she faked a breakup but kept talking to him. They got married secretly and my mom got pregnant with me. My grandparents hated that. They kicked my mom out and made her move out. She lived with my dad in a rundown apartment for awhile until the media found out. The wouldn't leave her alone until finally she had enough. She didn't want to make me deal with the burden of her being her parents mistake so she gave birth to me and took her own life. She put me up for adoption first. My dad couldn't live without my mom and he had no steady income so he couldn't take care of me. He spiraled out of control with drugs and crime and he was in jail until he had a heart attack and died. No one wanted me. Not a single soul. They thought I was bad luck. I had already broken a family apart, caused my mom to live in a place that was torn down, caused her to commit suicide, caused my dad to be depressed and go to jail, and I caused his death. Maybe I shouldn't be here. Maybe I should be the one in critical condition." Kian says

"Kian, Don't say that. You proved them wrong. We both know that you aren't bad luck. It shouldn't be in Aaron's place and you know that. He was placed in that position and I'm positive that he's going to make it through. He's a fighter. He's been fighting his whole life. You've been fighting your whole life. I would trade places with Roni any day but that's not how it works. She was put in a hard place for a reason. I know she's strong so I don't sweat her having to struggle. I hate seeing her like that but there nothing I can do about it. I hates
seeing everything happen to us but that's our path. Let's live it to the fullest."

"Vanessa Jo Merrell you're right" Kian says

"I know I am"she replies back. He pulls her face closer and kisses her. When he pulls away he grabs his keys off the table beside him.

"Where are you going?" Nessa asks

"I'm going to tell my mom that I know about my parents" Kian says and leaves. Nessa shakes her head. She knows that she's dating a extremely stubborn, and dedicated man. That's what she loves about him.

Roni has been having non stop nightmares. She keeps hearing the shots echo in her head. She feels so alone. She keeps seeing the blood and Andrew face. She opens her eyes to forget the picture but the sound is there. She tries to close her eyes to forget the sound but the picture is there. The memories keep going back and forth. It gets overwhelming. She feels dizzy and nauseous. She looks around but she can't hold it in. She throws up. She feels someone rub her back as they place the trash can under her. She wipes her mouth and looks up. It's Nessa.

"It's ok, I'm right here" She says. Nessa was standing in the doorway when she saw Roni about to throw up. They allowed her to come check on her sister. When she saw her about to throw up, so she helped. She's lucky that she was right there. Roni lifts her head up and regains her strength. She thinks Nessa.