02

"I don't like this." He says to them. 

"He said he's going to keep them here." Nash says and I try to not scoff he sounds so naive even to my ears.

Mr. Wolfe was trying to hurt us, and I had proof.

"It's our initiation." Lucian says leaning against the porches post. "You know that means someone dies. Three lives taken for three to get in."

"But I don't want to hurt Kara." Nash whispers. My heart softens toward him. He’s the only one who is fighting against the order.

"You think I do?" Knight asks, "You know what he did to her after I told him I wanted to date her someday. That was seven months ago. She's not the same. She hides about as well as that sister of hers does. He showed us the video of what he did to her." 

I glared, he's the reason that his father raped Kara and there’s video evidence. If I can get the video, we can give it to the police. We can get him sent to jail. Daddy’s a lawyer he’d help. I glare over my phone at Knight. He's the reason Kara is going to be a mom by her thirteenth birthday. I wanted to murder him too now. But I won't. If they do what they plan on doing, I’ll help daddy get them too. I won't let anyone hurt Kara and that baby.

"We have to do this. It's either us or them. And I'll always choose us." Lucian says calmly. The others nod before they make their way off the porch.

I stop the recording before starting it again as Knight makes his way to Kara, I watch as Nash keeps watch from the front of the car. I record Lucian taking out his knife and climbing under daddy's car. I can see everything they are doing but they don't see me. Lucian climbs out from under the car wipes the blade on the inside of his shirt and walks away.

I've got to find daddy. We can't get in that car. I may only be eleven, but I know if we get in that car, we are all dead. 

I can hear Kara laughing at Knight. She doesn’t know he’s the reason she was raped. Doesn’t know that he’s the reason she’s about to be a mommy. But I know what they did. I know they chose to end us to save themselves.

I stop recording and push my phone into the hidden pocket in my jacket. I wipe my eyes and make my way back to the front steps daddy won't leave without walking by me. I can stop him then.

I lean against the same pole they all stood in front of and pull out my book. Daddy won’t be able to leave without walking past me. I’ll be able to stop all of this. I will protect our entire family. I have to. I can’t let them hurt Kara and the baby. I can’t let them hurt daddy. I don’t care about myself. I’m insignificant. But I can save them all.

I don’t hear the porch creak behind me. I don’t realize anyone is nearby until something slams into the back of my head and my world fades to black.

I wake up minutes later with my head pounding. I open my eyes and find myself in our car. Dad’s in the front seat, Kara beside him. Her eyes are locked on me. She looks concerned. She bites her lip as she listens to what Lucian is saying outside the window.

“She fell and hit her head so you need to take her to the hospital if she could have a concussion. I tried to get to her in time, but she fell so quickly. "