Running with Revenge

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"Stay close to people who feel like

sunlight."

Louis holds Lace securely while Daliah rolls the bags into his house. Lace blushes,

"You can put me down, Lou."

"Nope." He says while showing Daliah to her room while Lace pouts, Louis, noticing.

"Where's my room?" She asked childishly, sticking her tongue out.

"We're going!" He groans while pulling her suitcase. Lace was always really close with Louis especially when her father died. When he died Daliah shut down and focused solely on her work, leaving Lace to fend for herself. Louis was always there for her and could read her like a book. He sits on the bed and puts Lace next to him.

"What's wrong? I heard you and your mum arguing outside." He asked Lace who hesitated and started to sign,

"She said that she brought me here to relax my mental state of mind but the truth is she came here for a case."

"Your mental state of mind? What happened over there etoile?" Jonah worries about his cousin.

"I.. had a best friend, her name was Bee. She was a ray of sunshine and she loved going to the diner and going on carnival rides. She was killed right in front of my eyes by a jealous person who wanted to date me." Lace sums up everything and Louis watches her,stunned.

"She told us that she was supposed to come here for a job and you begged her to come." he murmurs not noticing that Lace caught a big portion of the statement. Her eyes open up widely and she sprints toward her mother's room but Louis catches her by the wrist.

"Calm down. Her job starts tomorrow so we can go to the painting place downtown." He whispers as her struggles die out and she goes limp on the bed.

"Ya?" Jonah questions the girl while raising his eyebrows.

"Ok" Lace nods, putting her head on his lap like they used to do when she was little. Jonah runs his hands through her hair and hums Something by The Beatles. He was the one that influenced her taste in music the most.

"Louis, Lace, it's dinner time get down here." A forign voice says. Lace shoots up and Jonah says,

"Don't worry it's Pop's new wife." Lace gets up from the bed and walks downstairs, ready to meet the new member of the family.