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Alec pulled down a deep purple flowy romper. The shoulders were capped and the waist was cinched so the bottoms stopped mid-thigh. It had a short V in the front but it honestly made my legs look amazing. After putting it on, I realized I had lost come muscle mass.
“I really got to start working out again.”
“How is your shoulder feeling?”
Alec asked as I took the romper off the hanger and started putting it on. The bruises were almost faded but hints of yellow and green were visible.
“Feeling pretty normal.”
Looking at myself in the mirror, I felt like I was looking at a stranger. Six months ago, if you would have told me I was getting ready to go have dinner with my dad for possibly the last time as he chose to die, I would have told you, you were lying. My hair is longer, my toned muscles were gone and my skin was ghostly white.
“You look beautiful.”
Alec wrapped his hands around me.
“I look like I need to work out in the sun for six months to look normal.”
Rolling my eyes, I grabbed my purse and walked out of the closet. I knew I walked away from him showing me some affection but he wasn’t mad. He has been worried about me all morning, even though he has been trying to hide it.
“I’d still f uck you.”
Alec gave me a look before opening the door.
“You didn’t even try last night.”
I reminded him as I walked out. Alec shut the door behind me and locked it.
“You didn’t seem like you wanted to.”
Alec put his hand on my lower back as we walked down to the garage.
“I could have been persuaded.”
“I’ll remember that.”
Alec rolled his eyes at me.
“Are your parents coming along?”
I asked as Alec opened the door to an Audi for me.
“No. After everything that has been going on, I didn’t want them to come.”
Alec shut the door and walked around to his side. Getting in, he started it and backed out before driving off.
“Where was everyone this morning?”
“Probably sleeping in since they had a free morning for a change.”
My legs were bouncing as I kept shifting in my seat. To say that I was uncomfortable was an understatement. Alec had reached over and firmly placed his hands on my thigh to keep me still. As if reacting on instinct, both my hands wrapped around his forearm and held on tightly. Alec took all my squeezing and then some.
“I was hoping to never see these gates again.”
I whispered as we pulled us. The guards saw me and nodded before opening them and letting us pass.
“Kristen, I know this will be hard but remember, this is his choice. He wants this. As much as you and Colt are going to hurt, remember that his soul is being set free.”
Alec’s words were like ice water being splashed in my face. It was a dose so of reality that helped me calm down. Just a little. I was able to take a deep breath. Colt and Penny were standing on the porch. steps. Colt had his hand around her as Penny waved big at us. I took one last deep breath before Alec opened my door for me. When he got out, I wasn’t even sure.
“Kris! It’s so good to see you!”
Penny ran down the steps and hugged me. It felt good to see her again.
“How are you?”
She looked good, no sunken eyes or bruises.
“I’ve had a really good time actually this last week. She didn’t have to tell me what she meant, I knew it,
“Hey, sis.”
Colt walked up and I threw myself in his arms. It felt good to be back in my twin brother’s embrace. As much as I loved Alec, Colt will always have a comfort to him that I can’t find anywhere else.
“Hey.”
It was all I could get out.
“How are the shoulders?”
Colt let me go and looked at them.
“Feel perfectly fine, just a little bruising.”
I lifted them to show them I had full range.
“Good.”
Colt stepped back and shook Alec’s hand before giving him a half hug.
“Thanks for coming, man.”
“Kris!”
I heard my dad’s voice from the porch. Looking over, dad and An n walked out to greet us. Dad was a few steps ahead of An n. Thankfully, she stopped at the steps as dad came down and gave me a hug.
“Dad!”
Not quite as aggressive but I wrapped my arms around him. Knowing this might be my last day with him had me feeling things I wish I never had to.
“You look good, kiddo. How are you feeling?”
Dad let me go and like Colt, looked at my shoulders.
“I’m good. Feeling great.”
Even if I didn’t feel good, I wasn’t going to tell him that.
“Good!”
Dad nodded before shaking Alec’s hand firmly.
“Thank you for bring her.”
Alec wasn’t sure how to respond to that as his mouth opened and closed a few times.
“It was my pleasure, sir.”
He finally settled on.
“Penny has a beautiful picnic set up for us in the garden.”
Colt said, interrupting the awkwardness. I half expected An n to make a remark but instead, she just turned and walked ahead of us. Her nose was kept in the air as she aggressively walked on. Colt and Penny were ahead of us. I saw Penny put her hand on Colt’s back as if to calm him down.
My hand sl*pped around Alec’s arm, holding onto him. Not his hand but his forearm. Why I felt the need to hold onto him and not just hold his hand was something I didn’t want to think about. Thankfully, Alec didn’t try to move me or even question it. He allowed me to do what I needed to do. The walk to the garden was the longest walk of my life. Everyday, if not more, I would walk to this garden to escape my life. It never seemed this far away. Alec was feeling protective, and on edge but he kept trying to push calmness to me. Maybe those were my emotions he was trying to take from me but I couldn’t tell right this second.
“This looks amazing.”
I tried to keep my voice steady as we walked up to the picnic. Penny had put a large around table with an umbrella in the garden. A tablecloth gripped the edges and different fruit, salads, sliders and breads covered the table.
“Thank you. I have started cooking and wanted to try a few new recipes. I hope you like them. You will have to tell me what you think.”
Penny smiled warmly at me. I watched as Alec and Colt moved Penny and I between them as Dad and An n sat on the other side of them. Colt sat directly beside An n but there was still enough space for a whole person. Dad didn’t sit very close to her either.
“Where did you find the recipes?”
An n asked as she scrunched up her nose. She had bent over to smell the sliders.
Penny looked a little uncomfortable.
“It was a new cookbook I got.”
My back straightened as I look at the sliders. She found the cookbook at mom’s house? These were my mom’s sliders?
“Ice?”
Colt got my attention and gave me a look. My mouth was dry as I tried to unscramble my thoughts.
“I think it smells amazing!”
Alec put his arm on my lower back, saving me from answering.
“Let’s eat!”
Dad said quickly and started putting sliders on his plate. An n took one but pushed it to the side.
I put some bread, salad and pasta on my plate until the sliders came around. Not sure how hungry ! actually was, I put one on my plate and kept passing it. Colt put three like he knew he loved them.
“So, Alec. Where you able to eliminate the tunnels?”
Dad asked. I was thankful for the change of subject. Deciding to be brave, I grabbed the slider and took a bite.
“We did. It went much smoother than I expected. Obviously, we lost a few trees but no damage to the wall. There is a new ravine. I’ll probably get some dirt brought in and fill in the holes.” The sliders were like a meatball with swish cheese. It had this BBQ sauce that had a different taste to it. Either way, it was amazing. The bun was soft and had a peppery flavor to it. I absolutely loved it. As much as it made my heart ache from the loss of not knowing what else my mom could have made us, I kept my face straight. A time or two, I saw Alec glance over at me.
“I have some dirt we can give. Penny had started on a new pool and we needed to lengthen the old one.”
Dad said.
“Emmy wants to build a new pool too.”
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