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Iris's POV

Something is wrong, something must have happened.

"Momy look, monster." I looked at Xan and Kyle and smiled at their adorable faces as they stuck two French fries in both corners of their mouths.

"Cute monsters." I smiled and looked at Blair to add something but she just gave a weak smile, looking at the kids.

I frowned.

What could have happened to sadden her like this?

It's not the first time she is like this, both of us had difficult pasts.

But Blair, she has tougher than me.

Where I only dealt with pain, Iris has to deal with both pain and her demons.

Demon of her past and actions, she fights every other day.

Every day she wakes up with regrets and closes her eyes with fears of her nightmares.

If not for Kyle, those demons would have killed Blair a long time ago.

It almost had been done.

My eyes go to her K tattoo on her wrist, beneath is the scar of her self-harm.

That was the worst day of my life.

We both were in the second month of our pre
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