Wed or Dead

XXVI

The next day, Casey came down to breakfast in a good mood, which faded away very quickly.

"What were you doing in the middle of the night playing with deadly weapons?" Rafael asked with harshness in his voice. 

Casey stiffened. So did Eliana. Casey did what?

"How do you know about this?" Casey asked with uneasiness.

"It is monitored around the clock. We keep machine guns there, not toys "

Of course, there were cameras as Casey was thinking. Casey started digging up the scrambled eggs. After a while, she shrugged "I just couldn't sleep"

"You could go downstairs and turn on the TV, instead of snooping around the house that isn't yours" growled Remi.

"What kind of guest enters the rooms without asking?" Milo huffed in disgust. "You have no manners"

"It's as if she was raised with wolves" confirmed Remi.

After this exchange, Casey's face become red and I could see her biting her lips. She was desperately crying not to tear up but because she was failing, she ran upstairs without finishing her meal. 

No one finished their meal that day.

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"Casey, let's talk. Cas? "Eliana opened the door to her sister's room and she saw the miserable sight of Casey crying on her bed.

Eliana came towards her and started rubbing her back in circular motions to calm her down.

"I don't want to be here," Casey sobbed into her sheets.

"Casey, I'm sorry. I didn't ask if you wanted to move, and I should have," Eliana said, her voice full of regret.

"Eliana?"

"Hm?"

"I don't want to live here. Please"

"Okay. We're leaving" Eliana said with a heavy heart but determined to fulfil Casey's wish. 

"I don't want to go to school w-with them anymore"

"Casey, when you start skipping school, they'll take you away from me. You know CPS people have been observing us since you got kicked out of school. Please"

"But you promise we will leave this place, yes?"

"Give me a week to arrange something, but yes. We will just move back to our old apartment. Everything will go back to normal"

Eliana had to find a second job and a new apartment.

And come up with a new plan on how to stay alive.

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Hi, sorry this chapter is so short but I just wanted to post this part here because initially it belonged to the previous chapter but while I was editing I decided to separate it. 🤷‍♀️