My eyes gently fluttered open to an empty spot beside me. I looked over at my alarm clock. It was 8:26. I knew Brian was already home from work and would want to talk with me. However, I'm not sure I want to talk with him right now. I stood up from my bed and stretched. I walked to Kade's room and seen him in Brian's arms. Brian was swaying back and forth as if he was putting Kade to sleep. I looked at the two of them with an awe. I never knew Brian was so good with children. Kade eventually fell asleep and Brian sat him into his bed, tucked him in, and placed a slight kiss on his forehead."I promise to give you and your sister the best life that I can," I heard him whisper as he pushed Kade's hair out of his eyes.Brian stood up and went to walk toward the door. I quickly walked back to my room and laid down on the bed. I'm not sure if I want to face Brian just yet. He is so confusing at times. One minute he is the perfect gu

Brian quickly moved to my side."Sweetie, Kade is fine. He is insisting that I call you and see if he could spend the night."1"Oh. Okay. Yeah, Mrs. Smith. That is fine."Kade had stayed over at her apartment plenty of times."Okay sweetie. See you tomorrow."I hung up the phone and placed it back in my pocket."Is he okay? Where's Kade?" Brian said looking frazzled."He's fine. He just wanted to stay the night with Mrs. Smith.""Thank God. How about we go out tonight? Just you and me. We could see a movie or get some food.""Brian, you have a huge tv down stairs. Couldn't we just watch a movie there?""If that's what you want then yes.""I think I'm going to

I woke up alone. I stood up and looked in the mirror. My eyes were red and swollen from crying. Kade was still at Mrs. Smith's. I knew I had to go get him, even if he had to see me like this. I walked into the kitchen and seen a note on the counter."LenaI went to get Kade from Mrs. Smith's apartment. After the night I put you through you deserve to rest. I'm going to take Kade out for breakfast and then the three of us can spend the day together. Be ready when we get there.Brian"I guess I need to get ready.------Once I get ready I go into the living room and sit on the couch."Lena!" I heard coming from my little brother."Hey buddy! I missed you," I said taking Kade into my arms.Kade hugged me tight and quickly pulled away."I have

I stayed in the bedroom all day. Brian begged me to open the door for about an hour. After that he finally discovered that I wanted space. I received countless message from, who I assumed was, Carly. The first one was getting together to plan the wedding. The next asking if I was okay because I wasn't at dinner. The next saying she was on her way upstairs to talk. Then another saying Brian wasn't with her.Tonight Brian and I were supposed to have dinner with Carly. Brian must have went without me. Not that it bothered me. I'm glad he went. We both have things we need to figure out.I rolled off the bed once I heard a knock on the door. I let Carly in and she handed me a bag."Here. You have to be starving so I brought you some food. Brian said it was your favorite."I smiled softly, thanked her, and walked over to the table to eat.The first few minutes we

NEW BOOK( THE CEO AND ME )2Irene8The cabinet door creaked open, I reached for a bowl before closing it with a click. I broke the two eggs on the surface of the counter. Crack. Crack. I whisked the eggs, a rhythmic clink of the fork as it hit the glass bowl filled the kitchen.          The tea kettle whistled. The eggs mixture sizzled in the pan, followed by salt and pepper. I leaned on the counter looking through the window, the autumn wind blew outside with whooshing sounds.Or at least that was what it would have sounded like to anyone else. Not me.I was deaf.Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed my teenage little b