She Brought Light || Guy's POV

Chapter 66: Confusion

On Sunday, everyone just stayed at home. The information Trevor gave us Saturday night at the tracks put us all on edge.

Mom and the two kids only arrived 7:30PM that night so Veronica and I spent the whole day in bed and just watched movies. We ordered in, but everything that happened the night before was still fresh on our minds and weighed heavier on Veronica that she barely ate anything.

The two of used our time in bed to come up with different plans and so far, the only one we thought of that could actually keep our family safe is to send them on a little 'vacation' until we can figure shit out.

On Monday, we all met up at the Stone family's place and had a meeting in the den. Veronica and I told the gang our plan but we had one problem; getting our parents to agree without telling them anything.

Every plan we thought of didn't work and just as Mason announced that we have no other choice but to tell Ben, he walked in. We ended up telling him about Henry without giving him much details on what we're really up against.

Getting Ben to agree on the whole vacation thing was a struggle because there was no way he was leaving his kids to deal with Henry. Not again. I honestly don't know how Mason got Ben to agree to the plan because while they were talking, I was in the kitchen comforting my stressed out girlfriend.

She didn't have to tell me, but I just knew she was blaming herself again. I just knew she wished she could switch places with her twin sister. Just like she did Saturday night.

The rest of the week was as normal as it could be after finding out your life is in danger. While our families were getting ready for their trip, the rest of us were all buried in our books. Exams are starting in a week.

On Wednesday, Veronica, Mason and I sat in my room, calculating how much money we would need to, not only book the flights and find them a place to stay, but to also send them money that they had enough to keep them alive.

Then we had to go to the bank. Lets just say our bank accounts took one hard blow this week. Not hard enough to put us in trouble, but this vacation isn't fucking cheap at all. I just hope this isn't for nothing!

I guess it's a good thing Veronica, Mason and I aren't the type of people that spend money on crap just because we have the money to.

It's the day before they leave for their little vacation and Veronica and I are just taking a break from studying. We sit in the kitchen with Matt, who sits beside me, and Ben and Lynn who are busy making dinner. I offered to help but Ben threatened me with his famous dishcloth so I stayed seated on the stool with Veronica on my lap.

"Are you guys ready for tomorrow?" Mason asks, walking into the kitchen. He walks straight to the pantry and grabs a random box of cereal before heating up some milk for himself.

"I still find this random." Lynn says, turning around so she can narrow her eyes at Matt, Veronica, Mason and I.

"Hey," Mason raises his hands in surrender. "Mine and Matt's birthdays are coming up and we thought we'd give you guys a well deserved break." Mason points between his parents with a spoon in his hand, the other hand still up.

"You kids are only kicking us out so your friends can move in while you're on break." Ben smirks and Mason and Matt both shrug.

"Maybe." Matt grins only to get pulled into a headlock by Ben.

"Remember boys, sex can wait. Masturbate." Ben smirks and Lynn bursts out laughing at our reactions.

Ben let go of Matt just as he spat out his orange juice, I started choking on my own saliva, Mason facepalmed hard and Veronica groaned loudly as she buried her face in her hands.