Kael.
For several minutes, I didn't move; not because I didn't want to, but because I couldn't. My chest hurt so badly, it felt like I'd been thrown into a crusher… and the sounds of my mother's wails, tearing through the silent compound, broke something within me.
I walked into the house, not caring if anyone followed and when I got in, I sat down, not on a chair or anything, but on the floor.
I needed time to process all of these. I needed time to mourn the incredible loss I'd just been dealt with. It wasn't enough that we'd lost some money… then Leilani. Now, father had to join in the equation too? He had to leave even before seeing us?
I gripped my chest so tightly but no tears would fall. And do you know what was more upsetting about this whole scenario?
It is the fact that now, we've hit rock bottom.
Figuratively. Literally. In fact, in every sense that was possible.
