Kai, I wake up to Stella yelling and throwing herself around in the bed. The nightmares have been happening a lot the last week since she saw that bastard professor at her school out in the hall. It has taken everything we have to get her to go to school every day. We remind her on a daily she only has a few weeks left of the school, then we are all going to head to the Bahamas for the summer. That way, we can get her out of this place and hopefully away from him for a bit. “Stella baby, wake up. You’re having another one of your nightmares, baby. Come on, get up.” Stella jumps up in a setting position. “He’s coming for me, she cries.” I wipe the tears that are falling from her face and lay her back down on me. “Baby, we have talked about this. He will not get to you, not while I am still up and walking around.” “You shouldn’t joke about stuff like that, Kai. He is a monster. He could do anything to you.” “Okay, you have a good point, but we will not

Stella, Kai looks so handsome tonight.... I don’t know how lucky I am to have someone like him interested in me. My mind is so messed up, I can’t distinguish between reality and imagination anymore. I’m seeing that asshole everywhere, even when he’s not really there, and my dreams are getting worse... and worse. Nowadays, I cry more than I smile. I just want this nightmare to be over so I can move on with my life and be a normal teenager again. “Stell baby, where did you go?” Kai asks me? “Sorry what?” “I asked you if you wanted a glass of champagne. They keep it stocked on the limos, so I thought we could all have a glass before prom.” “Just a small sip,” I tell him. “That a girl.” Kai gets me a small amount of champagne and we clink our glasses before we drink it. “Oh, god that stuff is nasty.” My face puckers in an ugly face. Everyone laughs at me... “was it nasty, sister?” Dakoda asks? “Yes, how do you guys drink that junk?” After that, we don’t drink

Stella, It’s graduation day, also the first day I get to see Kai for the first time in a couple of weeks. He didn’t want me to see him in the hospital and through all his stressful times, so I promised to stay away, but I miss him so badly. I’m afraid the only reason he is going to graduation tonight is because his brother and friends are graduating. What if he never wants to see me again because of what the professor did to him, and really, I can’t blame him? Professor Hamilton did a lot of damage in a short period. I don’t know how any of us are going to get past what happened to us. It took a while, but now I can sleep through the night without being haunted by nightmares of him coming for me. I keep reminding myself on a daily he can’t hurt me anymore. I still see my therapist twice a week and that has helped me a lot now that I realize opening up and talking about what happened to me is a good thing. It means I can move on from that period of my life now and s

Kai, “Hey, Kai Stella has called for the third time today. Would you like to call her back or should I keep telling her you’re still sleeping?” Gage asks me, and I know he’s getting aggravated at me, but I really don’t give a shit at this point. Gage doesn’t understand what’s going on right now. I’m really trying to work through all this shit, so I don’t take it out on my girl, because I know this shit isn’t on her. She never asked for her psycho teacher to have an effectuation with her. Then kidnap her not once but twice. She also didn’t ask me to run away from the guy trying to get to her and get shot in the back. No, she never asked for any of this, but I still in the back of my head blame her some, so I want to have a clear head when I see her again. “Just tell her I’m still asleep with Gage.” “Damn it, Kai, how long are you going to avoid her?” “Until I’m out of this fuckin’ bed. Is that what you want to hear, Gage. Just go back to your friends and girlfriend and

Stella, We have arrived in the Bahamas. It’s beautiful down here. We rented a condo on the ocean, so all we had to do was walk right out our front door and be on the beach. Kai and I have one condo, mom and dad have another right beside us, and Dakoda and the boys have another condo right on the other side of mom and dad. We all agreed to meet up for dinner tonight in our parent’s condo. All the condos have kitchen nets in them so my parents insisted on cooking in most nights unless we are all out late doing fun stuff then we can eat out. So, we all head to our own condos to get showers and dressed for dinner tonight. When Kai and I step into our condo, we are both taken away by the view. “Holy shit baby, this is beautiful. Hawaii is pretty in its own way, but this place just has something about it that makes it so amazing,” Kai says. “It would be nice for a wedding, don’t you think?” What? A wedding? Why is Kai talking about weddings? Is he going to? Then I re