I'll be the Brightest, You'll See

"What are you going to do?" Kiera asked me as I paced the floor in front of her in the living room. I got back yesterday night and I still haven't heard anything from him since he called me and the call ended in a very sketchy way.

"I don't know." I kinda snapped back at her, I felt bad that my frustration was being took out on her but I was so nervous. I don't even have an address to go to to find him or my parents.

"It's gonna be okay, just try and calm down." She tried to reassure me but it wasn't working, I just needed to know what was happening. Vic wasn't answering his phone, in fact it has been off since the call ended, making me think maybe he broke it or something.

"Kiera, why didn't you go with them? Did you know about the baby at all?" I questioned her. She gave me a strange look, one that I didn't understand.

"No I didn't know. Mom asked me if I wanted to stay with Ali so I said yes, I hated her for what she did to you so I didn't wanna be anywhere near her." She explained to me.

"Do you understand how crazy it is that she left her 14 year old daughter with her older sister to live in Canada? Why didn't you question it more?" I was baffled if I'm honest.

"I just didn't, I was 14 and happy to have more freedom than anyone else my age. It was kinda good for me." She shrugged, in a way she's right but I still don't fully understand it. Our parents leaving us was a saving grace, it's just lucky that our grandparents really came through for us though.

"I'm sorry I'm snappy." I stopped pacing and frowned at her. She just gave me a weak smile.

"It's okay, if I was in your position I would be the exact same." She got up and gave me a hug. "Just go and eat something, you're letting this ruin your own life and right now there's nothing you can do." She informed me. She is right but I can't just live a normal life until Vic tells me what's been happening.

"I'm gonna go collect the mail and then I'll get some breakfast okay." I reasoned with her. She nodded happily and I walked away, out of the house and towards the mail box.

I opened it up and noticed there were two letters inside. One for Kiera and the other for me. I walked back into the house and handed the letter to Kiera. "Do you want pancakes or waffles?" She asked me, opening the letter.

"Waffles sound good actually." I smiled at her and followed her into the kitchen.

"Aw sweet, I have jury service." She announced with the most mundane sounding tone I've ever heard.

"I guess the perks of having spent time in a mental institution is that I'll never be asked to do that." I grinned at her. She folded the letter and threw it down on the table and proceeded to make our breakfast. "Is Ali having breakfast?" I asked.

"She's at her boyfriends so I doubt it." Kiera rolled her eyes.

I sat down at the table and opened the letter, it was hand written which was kinda odd to me. I opened the folded paper and the words "IM COMING FOR YOU" Spread across the page. My heart began racing and I didn't know what to think, it did give me a strange sense of nostalgia to when Ali was sending me those letters about Vic but this seems so much more serious.

I quickly stuffed the letter into my pocket and turned my attention back to Kiera. But I couldn't forget the letter no matter how hard I tried.

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It's funny when you wait around for something, you never realise how much time you have to do things you want but put it off by saying that you've got no time. Right now I could be doing so many amazing things but right now I'm sat here staring out of the living room window waiting, hoping and praying that I'll see or hear from Vic soon, but the feeling drains from my body with every minute that passes.

My mind kept wandering back to the letter, who would be coming for me. Dr Philips was still in jail as far as I know so it couldn't be him, other than him though no one else has any reason to be after me. It does scare me though.

The front door opened and I looked towards the living room door and to my shock and surprise it was Vic. I jumped off the window ledge and ran towards him, as I got closer I began to notice all of the injuries he had. His face was broken, and not in the physical sense. He just looked so drained. I wrapped my arms around him and hugged him so tightly. "I love you so much." I told him as I clung to his body. He didn't say a word though, his body just began to gravitate towards the floor and I fell down with him.

He pulled back and looked at me, his right eye was black and blue and his lower lip was swollen. "I'm sorry." He breathed out.

"Why?" I frowned at him.

"I lost her." He furrowed his eyebrows. I felt my heart shatter, he was breaking down in front of me and it genuinely scared me. I've never seen him react like this.

"It's okay, we are going to fix this." I told him, pulling him in and hugging him tightly. I was so happy to have him back and despite him finding our child and losing her again, well I'm still glad he's okay. We will get her and now I know my mother has her, it'll be so much more easier.

"He just wouldn't stop hitting me, when I woke up they were gone." He mumbled. I began kissing his face gently, just to let him know I care.

"I'm gonna to get him arrested for this, it's the last time he hurts you." I told him, staring into his eyes.

"She looks like you y'know." He said softly. A lump collected in my throat, making me wanna cry.

"Does she?" I asked.

"So much, her name is Aria. And you're right, she does have my eyes." He smiled a little. The tears began to build up in my eyes, making me choke a little.

"What are we going to do?" I asked him, trying not to cry.

"We will search everywhere for them until we get them and take her back. There is no proof that she is their child so we can actually go to the police and report a kidnap." Vic told me. My eyes widened, so shock and happy.

"We have to do this Vic, if there's a chance we can have her then I need to go for it." I told him, pleading with him. His lips curved up into a small smile.

"Can we just go and lie in your bed for a bit first, I need to rest." He told me. I nodded, standing up and helping him too.

We walked upstairs to my room and got into my bed, today was one of the first days since I was a teenager that I felt like I was on top of the world, the love I thought I lost for Vic was well and truly back, it was like electricity to the touch. His smile gave me butterflies and my heart ached to beat next to his. "I really fucking love you Vic." I mumbled into his neck as we hugged.

"Marry me." He mumbled back. I looked up and him and noticed his eyes were closed and he was half asleep, my heart began racing and I didn't know what to do...

Notes

Cute hug