Chapter 6 

The following night. 

Sitting on the floor in the living room, we were waiting for the dad‘s game that he was watching to finish so we could have our usual Friday night movie night. Luke and I are both arguing over which movie to watch. 

“Quiet you two,” dad snaps, and I roll my eyes at him, and Luke chuckles at the face I make, mimicking dad. I poke him in the ribs, and he giggles before dad sends us a glare, making him fall quiet. 

“I‘ll go make popcorn,” I whisper to him. 

“And grab the chocolate,” he whispers and winks at me. 

“We are out. I forgot to grab more today,” Mum tells him, and he pouts. I roll my eyes and poke him in the ribs as I get up off the floor where I was lying next to him. He giggles and rolls onto his back, looking up at me with a cheeky smile on his face. 

“Chocolate stash in the shoebox under my bed,” I tell him, and he jumps up, taking off for the door. I chuckle as he races up the hallway in his avenger pajamas. 

“Really, Elena, you know how hypo he gets,” mum groans while brushing her fingers through Dad‘s hair as he sits on the lounge 

the TV.

roll my eyes but move toward the kitchen to

in the microwave before rummaging through the fridge and grabbing him a beer. I walk back out and hand it to him, and he thanks me, popping the lid and swigging from it.

beep and walk back to the kitchen just as Luke comes tearing past me with my chocolate stash tucked under his arms. He slides along the tiled floor in his red socks, skidding and giving a war cry that turns into an oomph when he

back into the living room. While in the kitchen, I used my father‘s charger and placed my phone on charge, leaving it on the

salt. 

news break come on. Then I hear dad telling Luke he can put his movie on, only for him

TV volume rise as I reach the entryway. I glance at the TV screen for a second when my phone starts ringing.

hear my name mentioned, and I pause in the hallway, turning back to the living

stop when I see what is playing and the bowl of popcorn slips out of my hands. The glass bowl shatters on the floor at my feet, glass splinters cut my legs, and my mother gasps, covering my brother‘s eyes as a

my blood runs colder than ice

the entire city to see. Some parts of us are blurred out, too

brief film clip finishes, it only gets worse when the naked photos of me cover the screen, and I shriek, racing

to mum, who stares wide–eyed at him before

up, petrified by the

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