Chapter 11: Pain

(Kendall's POV)

As I trudged along the path which led to our house, my head inclined under the scorching sun and I felt my skin fade into the atmosphere.

Pain took all over my body, walking with the contract file clasped in between my fingers and my eyes, though swollen, were contorted with rage.

My blood boiled at 100° Celsius which I knew to be the boiling point of fury, and despite the rage that heated my blood, a flood of mixed emotions gushed through me.

On arriving home, I knocked on the door and without getting any response, I twisted the doorknob and let myself in.

"Gabriella, Laura, Gabriella!" I called out faintly due to exhaustion and a tinge of frustration.

No response came and a series of worried emotions engulfed me. Where could they be on this sunny day? I thought as I called out their names and flung the contract file to God knew where.

I checked our single bedroom which Gabriella designed to be differentiated from our kitchen with a removable metallic slab.

They weren