I Am The Luna

I can hear them talking. There's a window open somewhere, but I remain where I am, smoking my cigarette.

"...joining us?" Zaia's faint voice reaches me.

"No," Valerie's voice comes.

"Oh..."

"Sorry," Valerie's quiet voice comes.

"Don't be. He has every right to do what feels best for him," Hugh says.

He could have been the one dead... Jai could have been alive and with Valerie... I push the intruding thought away. Seeing him had brought those memories back with vengeance. What if he had been the one I managed to kill?

Not knowing the truth, if I killed him, would I have regretted it?

But then again, I have done enough to fuel the demons within my mind.

"Dad, is everything alright?" Zaia asks.

"Yes, however, life is short... and so, with your blessing of course, Atticus... I want to ask Shelby to marry me," Hugh's voice comes. "I mean, I have had this conversation with you, Atticus, a while back, but I hope it still stands, even if her health is not at its best. I still want her to be my wife."

There are a few gasps.

"Hot diggedy!" The Menace exclaims as Valerie and Zaia sound excited as they kind of, squeal? Sounds like that anyway.

Women can be weird...

Valerie asks, clearly

Atticus loves to collect sisters anyway, he and Zaia would make amazing siblings,"

bastard hasn't changed

"Sebastian!" Zaia scolds lightly.

clearly some surprise from him as there's

right one. I wish you and Mom all the happiness in the world." He's acting

behaviour, his distracted persona all

Adriana...

any chance are

single interaction, and the behaviour between him and Adriana, and what she said to me upon

No, that's a bad fucking match. But who am I to question that shit when me and

did she leave? Did he reject her? Is that

ripples through me. If that is the case,

don't treat my

moved, and I fully support it. She might not agree... but I'm sure

it would be a time you can all hold on. Memories are precious," Sebastian says quietly.

but I do love her, and I would love to make

asks. "She is weak,

your

wedding!" Valerie growls, making Zaia chuckle softly as

what is your

issues," the Menace

simple, just vows and a small dinner. I don't want her to exhaust

sounds great, if she agrees,

think she will. And we can do a small thing in the

maybe she'll be healed by

glad I wasn't inside for