Lahat ng Kabanata ng Aaliyah’s Return : Kabanata 261 - Kabanata 266

We move in stealth mode, quick without making any unnecessary sound. The soles of our running shoes barely making a sound on the hot asphalt. Brandon makes a signal with his two fingers and Gabe nods slipping into the front and disappearing round the sharp turn and heading for the front lawn with Dwason and Andrew. I am sandwiched between Desmond and Shawn taking deep calming breaths trying to keep my pulse in check. As we approach their wooden back fence we find it wide open the kids toys coming into view on the grassy back lown My stomach tightens ,The backdoor should not be open like this. I slow down whispering under my breath “Have they breached their yard already?” Brandon lifts his hand and we all pause in unison. We hear a sharp grunt sound pierce the air and another with a sound of a hard body landing on the ground .I take a deep shuddering breath. My heart is thudding loudly in my chest. “Was that the shadow being attacked?” Brandon turns to me eyes alert and calm “Aal

We reach Shark fin gates just as the sun starts to set . My pulse has finally settled into its regular pattern , but my stomach still feels tight . Nerves I guess , its not over till its over . As usual the security wave us in as we head for the safe house to get Karly and her family settled in first before heading home for Dinner . Just before we take the last sharp turn on our left , Gabe takes a right turn instead and we park on a different street filled with cute Small apartments and children playing on the freshly mowed grass out front .Gabe expertly drives the car into the next empty curb . I look outside towards the kids playing as the other car parks and Karly ,her husband step out carrying their kids . Dawson following closely behind with their luggage. I turn to Brandon eyebrows raised “ I don’t know what we are doing here because last I checked this is not the safe house .Are we here to see someone ?” Brandon and Desmond exchange smiles while Shawn laughs “Aaliyah b

Aaliyah’s POV Six years later I never understood how powerful peace was until The Clarks and Ameliia Winthrop were convicted and put behind bars . I can now say Life is peaceful , not the kind of peace that comes and goes like a Yoyo but the permanent kind. The kind you feel from knowing No one and nothing can hurt you anymore . I am seated on my Favourite rocking chair on our porch . Watching as the sun descends in Shark fin , the sight so beautiful it almost moves me to tears. I stretch my swollen legs on the leg rest and rest my hand on my growing tummy as I feel a sharp kick . Laughing I rub the spot slowly “ Take it easy in there are you playing golf” I whisper gently to my babies. Yes I am pregnant with not one but two Babies One for Desmond One for Shawn Our life has finally come full circle and thank the goddess for the advance’s in science we were able to inseminate both eggs .Soon the babies will be here and I will be a mother again but at least this time