Chapter 3
My phone rang while I was playing a game on my PC. I ignored it at first. But the second time… the moment I saw the name flash on the screen, I didn’t even think—I just answered.
EZRA HAWKE/MC/DO-(AARON'S WIFE)
Hello cherry baby
The voice on the other end said it all—he’d been crying, deeply, silently… and now he was doing everything he could to keep it from showing.
EIRA BLACKTHRON/FL/O-(YOUNGEST DAUGHTER)
Hello my sweetheart
EZRA HAWKE/MC/DO-(AARON'S WIFE)
Eira, how have you been? I....
EZRA HAWKE/MC/DO-(AARON'S WIFE)
I Was wondering if… if we could talk for a moment.
EIRA BLACKTHRON/FL/O-(YOUNGEST DAUGHTER)
Yes, why not? What’s up, my handsome brother.
EIRA BLACKTHRON/FL/O-(YOUNGEST DAUGHTER)
I am totally free...
EZRA HAWKE/MC/DO-(AARON'S WIFE)
Ohhh really
EIRA BLACKTHRON/FL/O-(YOUNGEST DAUGHTER)
I'm absolutely free, as you already know..
EZRA HAWKE/MC/DO-(AARON'S WIFE)
What about your game? Weren’t you playing?
He didn’t have to say it—the sadness in his voice and the way he spoke made it clear how much he was hurting.
EIRA BLACKTHRON/FL/O-(YOUNGEST DAUGHTER)
No, that was over long ago. I was just catching up on a few replies..
EIRA BLACKTHRON/FL/O-(YOUNGEST DAUGHTER)
*Forcing a small smile.*
The truth sat heavy in my chest, but I couldn't let it show. My game was long over. I had nothing urgent, nothing that couldn’t wait.
But he needed me now—more than anyone else, more than ever before.
I didn’t want him to feel like no one cared. And most of all, I didn’t want him to believe he was alone
EZRA HAWKE/MC/DO-(AARON'S WIFE)
Aren't you lying my little cherry baby???
EIRA BLACKTHRON/FL/O-(YOUNGEST DAUGHTER)
You are just five minutes elder then me brother
EIRA BLACKTHRON/FL/O-(YOUNGEST DAUGHTER)
Don't make me feel I am a little girl… ¯\_( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)_/¯
I shrugged my shoulder, even he didn't see it
EZRA HAWKE/MC/DO-(AARON'S WIFE)
*smile*
EZRA HAWKE/MC/DO-(AARON'S WIFE)
But you are still younger than me baby girl
EIRA BLACKTHRON/FL/O-(YOUNGEST DAUGHTER)
*pout*
EIRA BLACKTHRON/FL/O-(YOUNGEST DAUGHTER)
You don't have to say this
EZRA HAWKE/MC/DO-(AARON'S WIFE)
Ohhh really... Will my baby girl start crying
EIRA BLACKTHRON/FL/O-(YOUNGEST DAUGHTER)
Oh please, as if you wouldn’t cry too if I started
EIRA BLACKTHRON/FL/O-(YOUNGEST DAUGHTER)
*teasing him playfully*
I said, teasing him gently, my voice light even though my heart ached.
There was a pause on the other end.Just the sound of his breath—unsteady, but calmer now.
I couldn’t see him, but I knew.I knew he smiled. Even if just a little. Even if it hurt.
And in that small silence, something in me eased too.
EZRA HAWKE/MC/DO-(AARON'S WIFE)
Maybe I would
EZRA HAWKE/MC/DO-(AARON'S WIFE)
*Said quietly*
EZRA HAWKE/MC/DO-(AARON'S WIFE)
May be I already did
There was a pause, and then his voice, lower—raw.
EZRA HAWKE/MC/DO-(AARON'S WIFE)
I just… I didn’t know who else to call, Eira. And when you answered, it felt like… like I could finally breathe again.
EIRA BLACKTHRON/FL/O-(YOUNGEST DAUGHTER)
Big brother
EIRA BLACKTHRON/FL/O-(YOUNGEST DAUGHTER)
Did something happen with you tell me
EIRA BLACKTHRON/FL/O-(YOUNGEST DAUGHTER)
You are scaring me
EZRA HAWKE/MC/DO-(AARON'S WIFE)
*tears fall from eyes*
I know he is trying to control to not cry, he is trying too hard to hide something
EZRA HAWKE/MC/DO-(AARON'S WIFE)
No baby girl i was missing you big brother and mom dad
EIRA BLACKTHRON/FL/O-(YOUNGEST DAUGHTER)
then come home today
EIRA BLACKTHRON/FL/O-(YOUNGEST DAUGHTER)
I'll waiting for you
EZRA HAWKE/MC/DO-(AARON'S WIFE)
Yeah sure madam
EIRA BLACKTHRON/FL/O-(YOUNGEST DAUGHTER)
Brother...
EZRA HAWKE/MC/DO-(AARON'S WIFE)
Yess
EIRA BLACKTHRON/FL/O-(YOUNGEST DAUGHTER)
You know we are twins
EZRA HAWKE/MC/DO-(AARON'S WIFE)
Hmm
EIRA BLACKTHRON/FL/O-(YOUNGEST DAUGHTER)
And I can feel your emotions
EZRA HAWKE/MC/DO-(AARON'S WIFE)
Hmmm
EIRA BLACKTHRON/FL/O-(YOUNGEST DAUGHTER)
Then don't hide anything from me
EZRA HAWKE/MC/DO-(AARON'S WIFE)
Okay, let's meet tomorrow
EIRA BLACKTHRON/FL/O-(YOUNGEST DAUGHTER)
Okay bye bye
EZRA HAWKE/MC/DO-(AARON'S WIFE)
Bye bye
EZRA HAWKE/MC/DO-(AARON'S WIFE)
I LOVE YOU
EIRA BLACKTHRON/FL/O-(YOUNGEST DAUGHTER)
I love you too
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