Kitten

Chapter 49: Time is running out

1 week later

Ethan

"He's going to be okay Mr Richardson. Milo here is a strong little warrior".

Milo yapped almost immediately after the vet had called him a warrior. That he was. We all thought he was dead. But once the men left we rushed to check him and he was barely breathing. Thankfully I took him to the vets straight away and he has made significant progress.

"Thank you so much for taking care of him. Is he able to leave today?".

The friendly vet nodded whilst jotting down some notes on her papers.

"Of course. But bring him back immediately if you notice any differences or new symptoms".

"Will do, thank you. Come on boy, I've got someone who'll be excited to see you".

Rushing out of the vet, I jumped into my car and safely wrapped up Milo placing him on the backseat and pulled out of the car park.

The past week had been rough for all of us. Lily had run off since the fire and remained silent and as for mum and dad, well, I was very concerned for their well-being. Their home was destroyed. The home they've lived in for many years, all their possessions destroyed in minutes.

I booked a hotel for them and they'd been staying there ever since. We had all tried to get contact from Lily, but she had blocked us all from every form of contact.

I couldn't blame her whatsoever. She has suffered tremendously from Matthew, found out her parents lied to her all our lives. I still myself hadn't come to terms of mum and dad's relationships. I had seen some pretty messed up things in my life, but I never expected my dad to be a kidnapper and murderer.

As for Alexander, I felt nothing but hatred towards him. I never trusted him, something was off about him, guess I was right. I didn't even know Lily was pregnant with his baby. He used her in his little game of revenge and has left her alone, broken and lost with a baby on the way.

If I ever see him again I too will become a murderer.

Mum and dad were still an emotional wreck with everything that had happened, but I decided to keep quiet that I knew where Lily was hiding out. It was only yesterday that she messaged me saying she wanted to meet at the hotel she was staying at.

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"Hey you".

She smiled at me sadly as she moved back so I could enter in and closed the door once I had fully entered into the room.

"Lil, you don't look good. You look like you haven't slept in days".

She trudged over with bloodshot eyes and sat herself down on the bed.

"How can I sleep after everything? How are you so, normal after everything?".

I placed the large bag down and stared at her.

My heart had completely broken as I looked her up and down. Her cheeks were sunken in, her eyes carried bags under them and she had lost a bit of weight. Alexander meant so much to her, but he ripped her heart in two and to make matters worse was that she was carrying a baby that he knew nothing about.

"Lily".

"How's mum and, nevermind".

I knew exactly what was on her mind. It had been on my mind non stop. But right now we had to talk about it. I could see the toll it was having on my dad. He too hadn't slept in days and one night I heard him cry to mum that we would always hate him for his actions.