AURORAWe ran towards each other, jumping in each other’s arms in a tight hug. We didn’t care about the people around us. We cried out because of all the years we have missed with each other. All the pains we have received since our parents died-our real parents. The memories we were supposed to have were taken from us all because some men didn’t like the fact our mother was at the top of her game. “Oh my goodness, you are so beautiful,” Aubrey gushed over me, trying hard to smile.“So are you,” I said, holding her face, “you are stunning,” her eyes turned sour when she looked straight into the living room.“You can’t trust her, Aurora,” Aubrey said, standing in front of me and shielding me with her body. “ I thought I could trust her too, because I knew she was Mom’s sister but it turns out that, Aunt Venessa here, will do anything this crappy man called Philp tells her to do,” she said, sounding so angry.“You need to calm down, Aubrey,” Venessa said to her.“No!” Aubrey yelled. “
AURORA“Will you help me with that or you are just going to stand there,” Carina pointed at me. I sighed and handed her the blue bag and she shoved it inside a bigger bag.“I can't believe you are leaving me,” I pouted. She stops what she is doing and looks at me.“Oh come on, Love. It's not like I'm going away. I'm just moving a bit down the aisle,” she said, trying to make me feel better.“I still don't know why you didn't just stay with Andre. I mean you guys just got engaged.”“Well, he is going to have to put another ring in this finger for that to happen. You know how much I like my personal space,” she said looking around her room.This whole place could fit in another room. That's how much she loves her personal space.“I'm so happy for you, Hun,” I said, fangirling over her engagement ring. It's a five-carat diamond. Andre went all the way out.“I'm happy too,” she said. I could see the tears gathering in her eyes. “I think you know how much this means to me,” she said. I n
AURORAI walked into Jacob's home and everywhere was blasting with music. The people in the living room didn't even notice I was in the room because they just kept wilding it out.I searched around the room and noticed Jacob passed out on the couch. I hurriedly walked towards the huge speaker and unplugged it.“Hey!” That was the sound from everyone. They were all drunk.“Get out now! Everyone!” I yelled into the microphone. They all rushed out of the house immediately.I walked towards Jacob and tried waking him up. “Jacob, hey,” I tapped his cheeks but he didn't wake up.I didn't see Micheal or Liam when I arrived. They must be in their quarters.I was about to call Michael when Amy walked down the stairs in her night robe.“Oh thank goodness, Amy. Help me get him up,” I said.“I will get someone who can,” she hurried back up the stairs and a minute later came back with Ryan.“Oh, hello Ryan,” I tried to pretend that I didn't know what was going on.“Please don't say anything to my
AURORAI walked out of Jacob's home and headed straight for my car. I could feel his eyes on me as I got out through his window but I didn't care about that right now.The group has striked again and this time to someone close. I thought it was over arresting Venessa, Philip and Spencer. Along with the man who murdered Steven but it looks like they are hellbent on taking what's mine because they can't handle a woman being more powerful than them.I got to the prison Venessa was placed in. We petition the Judge to separate her from Phillip and Spencer. We can't have them conspiring ever again.As I got out of my car, I noticed Aubrey and Madeline walking towards me. Of course she is here. Martin spoke to her as well.“What are you doing here, Aubrey?” I asked, pretending not to know why she is here.“I thought we would talk to Venessa together. You know, now that the scale has risen,” she said and I closed the door of my car loudly.“Good,” I said when she flinched. “I can be scary too
AURORAThe shots kept coming, passing over the cars that we shielded our bodies with.“I don't think these guys are professional,” Madeline said.“No, they just want to hit something,” I gave a sigh of relief when we heard the police siren.“They seem to have stopped,” Madeline said, getting up.“No, stay down Madeline,” I brought her down immediately and another round of bullets went through our heads.“That was too close,” she said, breathing heavily.“Until the cops get here, we don't move,” I said to her.She nodded fidgeting. Madeline's eyes were wide with fear, her gaze darting back and forth between the cars and the surrounding buildings. I held her tight, trying to shield her from harm."Stay calm, they'll be here soon," I whispered, trying to reassure her.The sirens grew louder, and I could see the flashing lights reflecting off the nearby windows. The shooters seemed to sense the approaching police, too, and their gunfire slowed to less erratic shots.Suddenly, the firing s
AURORAShe sighed heavily. She knew I had caught her. “How do you know about the Killings, Maya?” I asked her.“Are you a part of them?!” I yelled.“No, I'm not,” she snapped. “How could you possibly think that? I have daughters,” she said and I sighed.“Yeah? But those daughters don't run your company. Your son does and he is not even the first born,” I said to her.“And why do you think that is?” She asked, getting into a sitting position. “Huh?Tell me Aurora. Think, you always know everything,” she said to me.“You are protecting them,” I said, with my voice low.“I'm protecting them because I don't want them to end up dead,” she said and I sighed.“Well, you could have led with that,” I said, standing close to the door.“You didn't let me. You already accused me,” she blurted out while I rolled my eyes. Maya had always been the one to say her mind. Not caring what others think about her.“I protect my daughters. Who is protecting you, Aurora?” She asks with concern in her voice.“
AURORA“Here,” I handed Anna some sand to place on Steven's casket as it was placed on the ground. I could feel the tears gathering in my eyes but I had to keep them there for the sake of Anna, Mary and Linda. Mary has come to know Steven as a father and so has Anna to Linda.They had their little family going on and the group took that away from them. “You are okay,” I said as I wiped Anna's face. Jacob held my hands as he got us up. We will all in black as we said our goodbyes to Steven. He was our friend, a good father to his daughter. He didn't deserve it. Anne doesn't deserve to be an orphan.“Come on,” I noticed Anna dragging me away from the burial site. Everyone was already walking away as well.“Are you doing okay?” I asked Andre. He seems to be taking Steven's death harder than everyone else.“I should have done more than just stand there,” he said and I clicked my tongue.“No, Andre, if you had, we would have been mourning two loved ones today. We are going to get these
AURORA“The future has always been for the men to rule, not just the future the world at large,” that's the voice of Mr. LeVert from his broadcast morning show.“Women need to know their place. We go out to work and they stay at home to take care of the home. I mean that's what happened during the war,” he said and stared straight at the camera with a smug look on his face like he knew I was watching.This has been the thing I do every morning from the moment I found out he is behind the group.Everyday, I draw strength from watching him say some of his misogynistic words, knowing one day he is going to eat it.I held a sharp sound of a pencil breaking and the TV going off. I looked at the pencil in my hands, it was broken into two.“Wow, it's like a pattern,” I heard Amy's voice and I looked up.“What's a pattern,” I asked, adjusting myself. I knew exactly what she was talking about. But she knew better than to give me an answer.“You can't keep doing this to yourself,” Carina asked,