Chapter 56: Kayla Reid

Kayla

After Tammy tells me my family has been waiting for me I go and take a shower and change then Tammy ushers me to a room that seems daunting even though it’s closed. I enter the room with my shoulders hanging in defeat. My father and uncle are sitting in the chairs around the table in the right side while my brother and sister are on the other. They all look tired but happy to see me. At least.

Kali has dark cycles under her eyes and Kaze’s hair is in disarray. I’ve never seen them like this my whole life. They look a mess, all of them, because they were worried about me. Kali gets up from her chair and hugs me.

“I’m sorry Kayla. I’m so fucking sorry this happened to you”she mumbles the sound of her voice muted by my shoulder.

I pull away but I don’t let go and I look at her in the eyes. She’s crying.

“Honestly Kali, you can’t pull off the dark cycles under your eyes look either.” She lets out a huff as if she was trying to laugh but she can’t bring herself to. “You have nothing