I’ll Stay

VIVIENNE

It was a long day. After Ezekiel and Vince talked about something, Vince fell asleep. It might be his inconvenient way of dealing with what his grandfather did to him.

My son was not the type to cry so he must have slept to calm himself.

I was worried the whole time.

As I sat on the couch, I could feel the weight of everything that had happened today pressing down on me. The house was quiet now, but my mind was anything but calm.

I couldn’t help but think about Ezekiel’s parents, especially the way Leonardo had yelled at Vince. Even though they had left hours ago, I still couldn’t rest.

I glanced at the clock. It was late, and I should have been home by now. I didn’t plan on staying here this long, but after everything that happened, I couldn’t bring myself to leave. Vince and Vera were supposed to spend the night here with Ezekiel, as we had agreed, but after seeing how upset Vince was earlier, I felt uneasy about going home.

What if Ezekiel’s parents came back? What i