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~Linda's P.O.V~

I moved closer to them and took a seat gently. Alison looks like she has been crying all day. What is really wrong, she is always a happy girl just like Alisha but now I'm seeing a very different cousin of mine.

"Darling, please follow me." Mum said trying to smile at Alison. The there of us there knew that was absolutely a fake smile.

"Okay." I stated nodding my head. I stood up and followed her to the room. I sat on the bed with her and she began to talk. I can't wait anymore to know what the matter really is.

"See, I need to explain all this to you so that you will be clear, I know very well you are in darkness right now." She stopped and I nodded so that she could continue.

"I got a letter from James, it was written in the letter that if he dies, I am to take care of Alison as a mother. You know she lost her mother some years ago. He wrote the letter when he was in the hospital and now - now he is dead. James is dead, my brother is dead" she suddenly stopped and a tear dropped followed by another and now I have joined her in crying.

"Mum, please don't cry. I hate to see tears in your eye." I pleaded. Its true I don't want her to cry, she has always been struggling for my own good. And now she is devastated again. No.

"The properties that belongs to Allison have been said by the lawyer to be given to her once she's twenty five years old. So she can't stay home alone. She will live here with us now. All I want you to do now is to please take her as a sister and try to make her happy. So she forgets about the death of her father soon. I will try to get her into your school. Okay." She explained while crying. I was also crying. I immediately cleaned away the tears so that mum will have no excuse.

"Mum, please don't cry." I said again with tears threatening to drop from my eyes. She nodded and asked me to go and meet my cousin. I know she needs to be alone now so I left her room and closed the door.

I stayed by the closed door. I seriously need to get these tears out before Alison notices and starts her own again.

Uncle James was a very nice, kind and humble person. He loved Alison like she was her life. That is perfectly normal because Alison's mother whom he really loved died when she gave birth yo her. He married no other woman after that and took care of Alison so much that she was kinda addicted to him.

He also loved me and always buy nice things for me. I will really miss him. I know very well that my next birthday coming soon will have been a day of gifting by him because he can buy anything for his precious daughter and I. I'm just like the second child he never had.

Mum will really miss him since he was the only real brother left after the rape incident. Sam will surely be back in the next three years. I pray he would be dead by then. I just don't want to see him again.

I went down the stairs and got to find out that Alison was sobbing. She must have been crying. It will be really hard to console her.

I moved closer to her and knelt in front of her. I looked straight into her eyes. Her blue eyes are already teary. I cleaned away her tears and tried to hold the tears threatening to drop down my eyes. I shouldn't cry in front of her but I couldn't help it. The tear dropped and I quickly turned away and cleaned the tears.

"Alison." I began facing her. "I know you are really hurt right now, I know you will really miss your dad but life goes on, Darling. You have to move on. You have your life to live. Try to live your life the way your dad would have wanted you to. Crying like this will just make things worse. You don't need to do all the because of his death, you know you can't possibly wake him, never." She raised her head up and looked at him as if she was trying to confirm something.

"He is dead?" She asked more like yelling with her voice trembling and started crying again.

Oh lord.

I'm really poor at consoling.

"No, he is not." I stated and she looked surprised. "He is not, to you, to me and to our mum. You can make him alive by doing things he loved to see you doing. You know he would have hated himself for making you cry. Do you really want him to feel guilty." I asked.

"No, I just need him." She replied shaking her head from right to left." He should not feel guilty " and she immediately started cleaning her face with both hands.

"Then, stop crying and get yourself together. Follow you dreams and achieve your desired goals. You still have something to do with your life. I promise to be there for you always. You know for sure, mum will do everything she is capable of to make you happy. Please, don't cry." I pleaded and she immediately pulled me in for a hug.

The hug was too tight. I know she needed it but I can hardly breath.

"Thank you." She stated.

"You don't need to th-thank me. I can't breath." She released a little bit still hugging me and we both started weeping.

We went upstairs some minutes later to our room. She already get her clothes and other things in her room but I think I need her to sleep here right now. She took out her fathers picture from a bag I guessed she put here.

She stared at his picture and started writing, that's one of her hobbies. She loves writing and reading.

I knew she needed someone but I also had to sleep so I had.

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I woke up the next morning by the sound of the alarm. It was already 11am but I still didn't want to wake up. I dismissed it and then quickly turned to see my beautiful cousin soundly sleeping beside me. She has her dad's picture with her.

I stood up still in my pajamas and went to brush my teeth. After that I moved out of my room with my iPhone 6 in my hand. It was bought for me by uncle James. I will really miss him.

I moved out of my room and went to the kitchen. That's actually the first place I go to every morning.

I think I love food way too much.

Do I? Girl, who cares?

I met my mum making the breakfast. She loves cooking and I love that because I'm a lazy girl.

"Good morning, momma." I greeted hugging her from the back.

"Morning, sweetie. How was your night." She asked.

"Good, what about yours." I replied.

"Also great." I know she was lying. Her last night must have been the worst night ever but I ignored it.

"Nice." I said faking a smile.

"Breakfast is ready."

"Hmmm." I groaned as I perceived the sweet aroma of the food.

"I will go get Alison." She said moving out of the room.

"Okay, she is in my room." I said and almost jumped up when my phone beeped.

Who the hell is texting me this early?

I checked the message and this is what I saw.

Unknown number:
Good morning, sunshine.

Again, who the butt is this.

Linda:
Who are you?

Unknown number:
Do you really wanna know?

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