Him & I

Chapter 37

Jace's POV

Emilio dragged me out of the house into the garden. "Let me to Emilio. I need her. She's to young to be gone," I yelled. Tears streamed down my face as I tried to get past Emilio back to cora. "Jace stop," Emilio pushed me to the ground. I fell on the floor and Emilio hugged me. "I know mate. But cora isn't coming back. You said goodbye, that's it now mate. I'm so fucking sorry but cora is gone," Emilio held me tight. I sobbed on to his shoulder as I looked at the house. "I need her Emilio. My kids need their mum," I cried. "I know mate. But nature had something else planned for cora. She's in a better place now," Emilio told me. I pulled away and looked at him. Tears fell down his cheeks but me, I was like a baby. Call me what you want but seeing the person you love the most die in front of you is shit. "The guys are going to take her to a funeral home alright. We need to go back home so it's easier for them and you," Emilio broke the silence. I slowly nodded as Emilio helped me off the floor. We both got into the car with Elijah and griffin joining us. Elijah had tears in his eyes as well as griffin. No one spoke as we went home.

Emilio parked the car and we all got out. Tears still fell from my eyes. When I got out of the car, all I saw was everyone staring at me. Theo and Javier held Kieran and Arorah while Mitch stood close to them. Then chris caught my eye. Just then I broke and sobbed. I walked over to him and held him close. "I failed Chris," I cried. His arms went around me as I hugged him. "I should have done better as a father," he cried with me. "I didn't stop him soon enough," I held on tight to him. I heard sniffles around me. I let go of Chris and looked around. All the women were crying and the kids looked confused. Rebekah, Corey, Thomas and Mitch looked at me asking me why I was crying. I fell on the floor and the kids all hugged me. "Cora, uh, Cora isn't coming back," I told them. "What do you mean?" Beks asked. "Rebekah cora had to leave. She won't be back because she can't come back. It will be hard for you to understand right now but you will understand when your older it'll make sense alright," Emilio stepped in. All the kids nodded in understanding. "Mama," I heard Arorah. I looked up at her looking worried in Theo's arms. Everyone looked at me as I got up and grabbed both my kids. I held them close to me, so close I didn't want to let go. "Jace," someone called me. I turned around to see Damon, nick, Ronnie, Hugo and Bentley stood behind me. "She's at the funeral home. They said they will clean her up and you can go say goodbye tomorrow," Damon told me. His voice was shaky as he and the other guys looked at me with sympathy. "I need to go," I blurted out. "Jace, come inside," Rose stopped me. I gave Theo and Javier back the twins as I headed inside. I ran up to my room and slammed the door shut. My first thought was to pack all of Cora's clothes up but the truth is, I didn't know what to do. Anger and sadness filled me as I paced my room thinking about cora. All the things we did together, from the day I got her number, the night we spent talking until sun rise. Our first kiss, the night me and cora first made love. When I found out cora was pregnant, when we first saw that we were having twins. That day she gave birth to Arorah and Kieran. All the memories filling my head. A cough brought me out of my thoughts and I turned around. I hoped that this was some sick prank and cora would be stood there going to laugh in my face but it wasn't. Rose stood there staring at me with hurt and sympathy in her eyes. "There's someone here to see you," she told me. Hope filled me as my mind went to cora. "Cora?" I asked. "No Jace. I'm so sorry," Rose started crying. "Who is it?" I questioned her. "Your parents," Rose replied then left. I went downstairs to see my my mum and dad sat in the living room. Thomas was the other side of the room staring at them like he was scared. "What the fuck are you doing here?" I spat out. "Don't talk to us like that," my dad stood up. "You have no right to come here, to my home and demand to see me. You need to leave now," I glared at them. "Jace why are you crying?" My mum looked at me softly. "Why? I just watched my girlfriend die in front of me. I had to be dragged away from her body just so my family could take care of her," I shouted. "My kids mum died in my arms and there was jack shit I could do about it," my voice lowered. "Jace honey I'm so sorry," my mum stepped towards me. I stepped away from her to keep distance between us. "Why are you here?" I asked. "I wanted to see Thomas," was all my mum replied with. "Thanks, nice to know you still care. You've seen him now leave," I pointed at the front door. "Do not tell us what to do," my dad spat out. "Or what? I'm trying to get over my girlfriend getting murdered. You two being here isn't helping so I suggest you leave," I glared at them. "Thomas sweetie, come here," my mum bent down. I turned to my little brother who was holding on to Damon's leg. "Can you please leave. I need to get my shit together so I can raise my kids," I begged. "I'm so sorry jace. I remember cora being a lovely girl. Sorry to make you angry," my mum gave me a small smile and left with my dad. "Jace," Thomas walked up to me. "Yeah bud," I looked down at him wiping my eyes. "Who were they?" He asked. "They were people who didn't look after you properly so I took you from them. They're gone now so it's alright," I told him. Thomas nodded then left my side. "Jace, maybe you should go lay down for a couple hours," Damon suggested. "No, I Uh, I need to," I took a deep breath. "I need to sort out Cora's clothes and things," I tried not to cry. "That can happen later mate. Go get some rest," he told me. "Ok," I sighed. "Uh, can you watch Arorah and Kieran for me please?" I turned to him. "Of course. Go get some rest," Damon smiled softly at me. I left to go back up to my room. I flopped down on my bed, putting my arm on Cora's side of the bed. Tears rolled down my cheeks again as I didn't have cora there with me. After a while, sleep took over as it became a lot for me.