“ Death is not the greatest loss in life.
The greatest loss is what dies inside of us while we live. ”
Norman Cousins.
***
Harry stood outside his grandpa's study room, for the past few days he had felt like his grandpa had been acting weird at first he thought he could ignore the behaviour but he couldn't do it anymore.
He marches in his grandpa's study room and finds him talking to two police officers, his heart beat picks up. What had happened now?, it was never good news when the police were involved Harry thought.
Ben bid farewell to the police officers and asked his house keeper to escort them outside as he talked to Harry. “ what's going on grandpa? ” Harry asked once they were the only ones left in the room.
Ben motions for Harry to take a seat, he obliged and sits facing his grandpa. “ I tried telling you about this the last time you had gone out in the middle of the night, at first I thought the issue would easily be solved but it has gotten worse and the police officers fear you might be in danger. ” Ben said.
“ what do you mean? ” he asks.
“ Harry, your dad escaped from prison. ”
Once the words left his grandpa's mouth Harry's face went pale, all the images of the night from when his mother committed suicide come rushing back to his mind. His chest rises and falls rapidly as he tried to steady his breath, “ how long has it been since he was reported missing from prison? ” Harry asked trying to put a neutral face while his brain was going rampage.
“ it's almost two weeks now, police officers think he might be here in LA. They said how he kept on blaming you for putting him in jail and that he had said he wanted revenge for his injustice. ” Ben explained.
Harry exhales he knew his dad wasn't going to let go off the fact that he hadn't defended him when the cops had asked about his mother's case, Harry stood up from the chair and heads for the door.
“ I don't think you should be walking around now that we know your dad is running around free in the streets. ” Ben says trying to warn him, Harry stops his hand from reaching for the door and turns to face his grandpa, “ I won't be able to hide for long, we both know he will eventually find me and I'll be ready for him. ” Harry says before turning back and exiting the room.
***
Kiya felt depressed she hadn't been able to sleep for days now, her eyes felt heavy but she didn't let herself sleep or she would be dragged back to her awful nightmares. She stared at her outfits, the baggy sweatpants and hoodie did a great job at hiding her body she thought. She still remembered the words of the man that had made the scars on her body, he had always complimented how perfect her body was.
She still remembered how his eyes would trail down her body and how he would always try to touch her.
“ Kiya! get down here I want you to meet someone. ” Candice called.
Kiya snaps out of her thoughts and rushes out of her room, she finds her mom sitting on the couch talking to a guy with short blonde hair and pale blue eyes. “ Kiya! get over here, I want you to meet my new friend Ken. We met at my work place. ” Candice explained as she smiled at her daughter.
Kiya stared at the man, he had an oval shaped face a long nose and a kind smile. Somehow he didn't make Kiya feel uncomfortable around him, she offers him a smile and takes her place next to her mother on the couch.
