You go up and gather your bags. "Ray, do you have your inhaler?" You say as
you show up in his room. "Yeah." "Go downstairs when you're done."
You go
down the stairs and there is Sherry with a shoulder bag and her doll. "Serran
Aunt Fount said to stay here until everyone else is done." She says while she
goes to sit on the couch. You place your bags on the floor. "Do you need to go to
the restroom? We'll be on the road for a while." She thinks for a while. "Sure." She
gets up and goes to the restroom.
You sit down next to your bags on the floor.
Then you hear quick steps going down the stairs. Then after some time everyone
is downstairs with their bag. Then your mother comes in from up stairs. "Does
everyone have what they need?" Everyone nods in agreement. Sherry then comes
back from the restroom. "Sherry, do you have what you need?" "Yes." "Okay,
now we have to wait a little for Chris."
"Actually I change my mind." Eadgyth says
while standing up. "I don't feel like I should trust you. Or Chris. Why should I trust
you two?" "You are my sister's child, why would I ever try to harm you? If you
think I have bad motives, then you can choose what you think is good for you." "Fine, then I choose
to stay with my father." "Very well, if that is your...wish then I will have to respect
it. But please rethink it. I don't want you to get hurt-" "My father would never hurt
me!" "Eadgyth, I- you don't know what he has done to people do you? Nevermind then, but if anything happens please call me. We will pick you up as fast as we can." "I'll be fine, you all can leave if you want, but I'll stay, he's my father he'll
never do anything you say he will." Your mother has a painful look on her face.
"Fine, either way stay alert if your father won't do anything like you say you can't
be so sure about the people around him." "I know that I'm not stupid." "...okay bye then Chris should
be here any minute." She picks up her bag and leaves to the front door.
Maya
rushes to Eadgyth and holds her hands. "Eadgyth! You know he isn't always as good as you think! Remember how he'd hit mother? Remember how our
grandparents framed her all the time and made father hit her once we got home?
Remember the bruises she got on her arms? How he broke her arm once?" "He
just has anger issues and she always provoked him to hit her!" "Eadgyth stop
denying it! He's a bad man and you know it-"
Then you hear a car pull up outside.
"Grab your bags Chris is here!" Your mother yells from outside.
Maya looks back to her. "Please rethink it
Eadgyth!" "I have and I'm staying, you can leave if you want!" She pulls her
hands out and goes to the stairs. "Kids?" Your mother says from the door. "We're
leaving… goodbye Eadgyth." Your mother says with a pained look. She doesn't respond.
You pick up your bag and leave the house with everyone else. There
are 2 big cars. With what seems to be 9 seats per each car. There are 17 of you.
That means that there will be one empty seat. "Hey guys." Chris says while getting out of the car. He goes and opens the back door. "What are these boxes
for?" Asks Sherry clutching her bag as if they are a danger to her. "Huh? Oh
these are just left over boxes from when we gave you some. You all have surprisingly little stuff."
Chris takes down all the boxes as everyone picks who
goes in which seat and in which car. "Okay guys you can put your bags here."
Chris says as he opens the floor to a separate section. Everyone puts their bags
inside. He closes the section and puts the boxes back on top with the help of the
driver of the other car. "Shouldn't we be more secret about this?" Asks Rumor as
he looks around.