I wipe the tears with my hands before turning to face my dad who is waiting for me. I walk over to the car but don't get in. I'm still waiting for the rest to get here. I really don't feel like talking to my dad.

"Star, I know you're upset. I know you don't like the arrangements and moving in with me but can we at least try?" He keeps looking down at the ground.

"Whatever, it's not like I have a choice." I'm still upset for having to leave Hayden and for having to live with my dad. The only good thing out of all of this is my siblings.

Thankfully, Storm shows up and we are hugging each other and then River and Dawn are there and we are just standing in the parking lot hugging each other until he interrupts us. "Guys it's getting late we need to be getting home."

Home, he says it like we have always lived with him. We all pile up in the back seat of the car even when he asks if one of us wants to sit up front with him. We squeeze in tightly and hold each others hand.

Dad's house is nothing like the house we lived in. He has a two story house in a really nice neighborhood. There are hardwood floors and everything is spotless not like how our house was with things thrown here and there. He walks us through the house showing us the bathroom and then upstairs to our room. The house has four bedrooms and a bonus room. Since he has two kids they of course have their own room so the extra room will be for Storm and River and Dawn and I are going to be staying in the bonus room. Which by the way doesn't have a door so no privacy, what the hell.

We go back downstairs into the dining room and a woman stands up to greet us."Welcome to our home, it's so nice to finally meet you guys, I'm Isabella." She is average size and has her hair up in a messy bun. She introduces us to the kids, "This is Adam he is eight and this is Bethany she is six. Adam, Bethany this is Star, Storm, River and Dawn they are your half brothers and sisters. Please come in sit down we are just getting ready to eat." She smiles and gestures for us to sit down.

Dawn speaks up when she sits down at the table, "Your eight, I just turned nine last week."

And then it hits me, shit I forgot her birthday with the trial and everything going on in my life I freaking forgot. I look at Storm and he is looking at me because we have never forgotten a birthday. I blurt out, "Dawn we didn't forget about your birthday, we are planning on celebrating tomorrow ok."

She just shrugs her shoulders and says, "no big deal it's just another day." But it is a big deal to her. And if not to her it means everything to me, how could I forget?

I watch as my dad and Isabella exchange glances then Isabella says, "Yes of course we are having a party tomorrow to celebrate your special day."

The rest of dinner is awkward as none of us knew what to say to each other. I barely eat the spaghetti because I just couldn't eat. I am also thinking about the age difference between Dawn and Adam, so apparently our dad was with her and our mom at the same time. WOW!

When it is time to go to bed we day goodnight and go to our rooms. I help Dawn comb out her hair and we put on our PJ's and get in the bed together. She is fast asleep in my arms as I lay awake staring at the ceiling.

I wake up around four-thirty screaming and thrashing about scaring the crap out of her and the next thing I know Storm and my dad are in the room. Dawn is crying and I am in the corner having a panic attack.

"What the hell happened; is everything alright?" My dad asks really concerned.

I'm too busy crying and shaking to answer him. Storm pushes my dad out of the way and sits next to me. "Come here, everything is going to be alright." He hugs me. "Dude can you take Dawn maybe get her something to eat or drink downstairs, I got this." He holds me closer to him.

Our dad does what he says and now it's just me and Storm in the room. Thankfully he just holds me and never says a word till the sun lights up the room. "Hey you want to talk about it?"

"Storm, I didn't mean to freak out like that. I didn't mean to scare her." My body trembles in his hold.

"She will be fine; I want to know how you are doing?"

"I will be alright. I have nightmares practically every night. He keeps coming after me at night."

"Star he is dead, he will never ever hurt you again."

"I know he is dead but he still comes after me when I'm sleeping. I can't get rid of him. There is nothing I can do about it; he always comes after me." I'm crying and trying not to get upset but I'm sick of these nightmares.

"Star I have a confession to make to you about that night."

"What?"

"You see I heard you screaming and I came in and seen him. I was so pissed off at him. I pushed him and told him to get the fuck off of you and he hit me so hard that I fell back and hit my head. I think I blacked out. Anyway when I came too River was there holding a gun and shaking so bad that it took me a minute to figure out what happened. Star he killed Jackson not me. I told him to give me the gun and go back to bed and then told him that it was a nightmare and it never happened. The reason I was in the corner with the gun is because I was trying to figure out what to do. Then you woke up and started crying and the next thing I know you take over and we are packing a few things and leaving the house. Star we were all there; we protect each other that is what family does."

"River killed him!" I say in shock.

"Yeah our nine year old brother...knows how to shoot a gun. Guess us playing out back shooting beer cans came in handy."

"Guess so."

Later that morning after apologizing to Dawn for scaring the crap out of her my dad come in to talk with me.

"Hey can we talk?"

I don't say anything.

"Do you have nightmares all the time like that?"

I shurg. "Yes, nothing I can do for them. I was seeing a therapist once a week. She really helps me out."

"Sorry, that has to be scary, uh. Maybe we need to call and make an appointment." He stops and waits for a reply but I just shrug my shoulders as again. "So I was thinking you are sixteen and you need your own space. Isabella and I talked it over and we are going to let Dawn stay in Bethany's room with her. They are practically close in age and maybe they can get to know each other better."

"You don't have to do that."

"Yeah we kinda do. Also we are going to let Storm and River have the bonus room and you can have a room to yourself with a door if that helps."

"You really think that will help? The demon still comes at night."

"Maybe it will help a little, look Star I'm trying here alright. I want to make this work." He tries putting his hand on my leg and I jerk away. There is no reason for him to try to reach out to me like that. "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry for everything."

"I know." I didn't know what else to say.

"I will try to make it all work out, it's just hard you know."

"I know."