Shattered Girl (Emmy)

Chapter 106

The smell of coffee and bacon woke me. Sitting up, I stretched, and my stomach rumbled. I slapped my hand over it, trying to keep quiet so I wouldn't wake jake, who was still soundly asleep beside me. I kissed his brow gently before climbing out of bed and heading for the bathroom. I dressed quickly and followed the strong scent of coffee into the kitchen.

I kissed Drew's lips in thanks when he handed me my cup of coffee, perfectly made the way I liked it. Taking it with me, I made my way to the dining room table and sat with my eyes closed, just breathing in the scent of the potent brew, "We need to get more of this to bring back to the city. It's much better than what we have there," I told Josh as he sat beside me, placing a plate of bacon, eggs, and toast in front of me.

"Drew was the one who picked it out, so he will know what it's called. We can probably stop on the way out and pick up a few bags to take with us. Josh said before inhaling his food like a teenage boy in the middle of a growth spurt. I just shook my head and picked up my fork, eating normally. When Drew joined us a few minutes later, he assured me we would stop and get some of the fantastic coffee to bring back to the city with us.

"Tim glad someone else is as big a coffee snob as I am, 1 told Drew, giving his hand a squeeze. I didn't have a chance to get really good coffee often, but when I did, I always savored it. Drew gave me a gentle smile.

"I love you," Drew said before kissing the top of my head and heading back into the kitchen with his empty plate.

"Love you too," I called after him. I had finished my breakfast and was just sitting at the table savoring the last of my coffee when Jake sat down next to

"Moming, sweetheart," He mumbled.

All I got was

let him drink his coffee, and after a couple of minutes, he blinked at me before his sweet smile spread across i his face. "There you are. Has the

everything feels surreal. Have you ever felt like all this unexpected stuff is happening to you, but it feels like you're watching it on a giant movie screen?"

the point that it seemed like I was watching what was

patient with me over the last few days. I know I have some issues around being left by people I love." Jake twined our fingers together before pulling our linked hands toward him and kissing the back of my hand.

we just sat in companionable silence for several minutes. Just as we were standing to bring our empty breakfast dishes into the kitchen, Patrick came around the corner, his phone pressed to his ear and visibly upset. When he saw us standing there, he turned and walked outside, still listening to whoever had called him.

his brothers just as Patrick ended the call and returned inside. Without saying anything, Patrick nodded his head in the direction of the living room, and we followed him silently. Once we were all seated, me between the twins holding Jake's hand tightly in mine, Patrick paced for several seconds, ninning his fingers through his hair before turning and facing us. I had a bad feeling about what he was going to

eyes were full of such sadness and worry that I wanted to go to him, but I knew the brothers, especially the twins, were going to need me to. "You guys, I'm so sorry. Your dad's boat has been found, but your parents were not on it; there was a lot of blood, though, and bullet holes

was heavy breathing. The

was the boat

when they saw the boat was leaning to one side. When they