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

my eyes

grabbing him a beer. I walk back out and hand it to him, and he thanks me, popping

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

While in the kitchen, I used my father‘s charger and placed my phone on charge, leaving it on the

salt. 

my mouth, I wander back down the hall when I hear the news break come on. Then I hear dad telling Luke he can put his movie on, only for him to grunt. “Wait, Luke, I want to hear this

snaps, and I hear the TV volume rise as I reach the entryway. I glance at

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

the living room. I step through the entryway and stop beside the couch. Only to stop when I see what is playing and the bowl of popcorn slips out of my hands. The

me in horror, and my blood runs colder than ice in my

cold inside me at what was playing for the entire city to see. Some parts of us are blurred out, too rude to show,

cover the screen, and I shriek, racing toward the TV to rip it from the wall when my father stands, and I freeze. His

and I look to mum, who stares wide–eyed at him before her terrified gaze falls on me.

and I back up, petrified by the murderous look

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