Who Killed Lana?// Ryland Storms

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7th March 2022

I woke up in Kio's arms. I looked at the clock, 5 am. I tried to turn back to sleep but I couldn't.I put my hand on his cheek and watched his handsome face. Then I remembered a sentence that Lana told me before: You know you're in love when can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.

  I kept watching his face and dreamed about our future. We can have a nice, beach house with a good garden full of flowers, orange and apple trees. Maybe in Malibu? Malibu is a good place to live, not crowd as much as Los Angeles but not too silent like a small town. Maybe we can have a child, I'm sure our child would be pretty like Kio.

  Then Kio opened his eyes when I was watching him. He saw me then smiled. "Morning my dear."

  "Good morning." I said.

   "What time is it?" he asked.

  "Uhm," I looked at the clock hanging on the wall. "8 am."

   "Since when you're awake?" he asked.

  "5 am." I answered.

  "Did you watch me all this time?" He palmed his face. "Oh god, I look so ugly when I'm sleeping."

  I hold his hand far away from his face and get on top of him. "No, you are the most beautiful thing I've ever seen." Then I kissed his lips. He put his left hand on my waist and the other on my hips.

  "Are you regretting about last night?" he asked.

  "It was the best night ever." I said. Yeah, it was. And it will always be.

   He flipped us and get on top. "I love you Addison."

  "I love you too." He started to kissing and leaving hickeys on my neck and chest. "Kio." I said breathing deeply. "We need to go have breakfast, I'm turning back to Sway."

  "Okay." he said. "We can continue there, in my room." He winked at me. I laughed, knowing this fairytale will turn into ashes when we turn back to Sway house. I'm sorry Kio, I really love you but my priority is not me, my sister. So I have to let you down.

  We get up. "If you wanna take a shower you can use the one in the guest room." I said. Then I went to my bathroom and took a shower, then get out and dressed, went to kitchen. When I went there Kio was already dressed, sitting in front of the television.

  "What are you doing?" I asked.

  "Today Jaden will be hosting the last episode of American Bitch Story. He will talk about Lana's last album and it will be a goodbye to Lana and the show. It's on 10 am, we can watch it after breakfast."

  "Okay." I said. He came to kitchen and wrapped his arms around my waist while I was making omelette for breakfast. He kissed my cheek, neck and shoulder. "Let me help you."

  "You can chop the cucumbers, tomatoes and avocados." I said. "I'll make the omelette."

  "Sure." he said and started to chop them. Then we sat and started to having breakfast.

  "This will be gone when we'll turn back to Sway, isn't it?" asked Kio.

  "My love for you will be never gone." I answered.

  "Yeah but we won't be together." he said. "You will just go and spend the rest of your life trying to find Lana's killer. You'll have no time for me, for our love, even for yourself."

  "When I find her killer and make sure put him or her in jail, I'll run to you. I'll jump on you and kiss you in public. I'll hold your hand, say 'Get in the car' and we will go to build our future together. We will buy a house, get married, have a beautiful garden and a lovely view, we will be playing with our dogs and raising our kids." I said holding his hand.