Claire     I remembered how James and I went to Uncle Mark's old house and the words he said about Frank murdering Mom. I remembered how bad I felt about losing Mom, how supportive Uncle Mark's family was; even how I met Dad again and we came over to his house. How I met Abigail for the first... Abigail! She was the one wearing those same shoes the murderer wore and their body size is almost identical.   I looked away from Antonio, not surprised that everyone else was in the room with us. There was only one person I was interested in... Abigail.   I locked eyes with her, her eyes were watery. What was she crying for? Those tears were definitely fake, she was the one who killed my mother. She robbed James and I of our mother just so she could seduce my Dad and keep him all to herself. It's definitely her; she was the la

What happened to Aunt Lucy’s ex-husband? Afterall, it was really his fault I got into a coma. If he didn’t try to hurt my family, I wouldn’t have gotten in the way and ended up bashing my head in the fountain. If anything, he didn’t deserve to be around anyone until he learns to control his anger issues.“What are you thinking about?”“My Aunt’s ex-husband. I was wondering what happened to him.”“Oh! He’s rich so he only got about three months in jail. Plus, your Aunt had to plead for his sake. He may have been a bad Dad, but your cousins couldn’t bear to see him in jail.” I nodded silently. Of course, I could understand. Even as I know Frank was a bad Stepdad to me and an equally bad husband to my Mom, I wouldn’t want him to remain in jail after I just found out he’s James’ real Dad. Does he deserve it? Yeah! But he didn’t murder my mom and he was nice to James

“Oh my God!” She said slowly as she put the little girl down. “Claire? You’re really awake?” She came over to me immediately, hugging me, looking at me; observing everything.“You’re awake and you’re up?” She turned to Reggie and back to me. “Shouldn’t you be in bed? Are you really okay?” I could very well tell she was surprised and excited and she just couldn’t get enough of me.“I’m okay, Emma. I’m so happy to see you.” She laughed amid tears, finally hugging me.“I’m more than happy to see your pretty eyes open again; and your smile.” We were just laughing and crying when suddenly Shelby shrieked.“Aww, shoot!” Emma exclaimed as she moved away from me to pick Shelby up and console her.“Why is she suddenly crying?” I asked.“Because her mama is crying.” Reggie replied before Emma could

Claire"James!" I shrieked in my head. James was kidnapped? By who? He's just a little kid, who would want to kidnap him?There's no way I was going to lose my brother too, not after losing everything else."Who took James?!" I snapped at Reggie. She was the one who took him to the park, she was responsible for him. How could she let someone kidnap him under her watch?"I'm really sorry..." She apologized, shaking. I know it must be hard on her and I know how dearly she loved James but the fact remains that he was kidnapped by God-knows-who and there's no way anyone would know what or why they took him."Sorry doesn't cut it Reggie! Where is my brother?!" I screamed at her, making her start a new round of crying and shaking."It's not Reggie's fault." Dad said calmly. He was massaging the sides of his head."She took him out to the park, she was responsible for him.""Yes, but there's no way she would have guessed that he would

We ate our meal, chatting about everything and nothing; It was nice to just forget my problems and relax. I knew that was what Jason was after and I couldn’t help but appreciate him more. I can’t begin to imagine life without him and I’m not just saying that because I have a crush on him, being without Jason would definitely throw my life off balance. I guess you can say he makes me feel whole.Is that how Dad feels about Abigail? Either that or something way stronger. Like soulmates!“You ready?” I nodded and he took my hand again while we left the restaurant. Either Jason is naive or he’s just very good at pretending, there’s no way he doesn’t notice that holding hands and going to restaurants makes us look like a couple. Coming from a girl who got all her romantic ideas from novels. Either way, I was loving the appearance; besides, Jason could leave for school at any moment.“How long will you be here?&rdq