Chapter 10: I wanted his to be different

Emery's POV

"Okay breakfast is served," Harley said while she put down the last plate of food.

I felt bad that I didn't help Harley today in the kitchen but Raiden insisted that I shouldn't. He's acting very strange today, when I woke up he didn't yell at me instead he offered to take me to the bathroom to get dressed for breakfast.

Actually that wasn't that strange part, the strange part was when we walked through the hallways he gave a death glare to everybody.

Everybody but me.

He snapped at his guards when they came to close to me then afterwards he would ask if I was okay. It's strange because he's never cared to know how I'm feeling.

I looked around the table to see everyone has the same meal, except me. Harley had just put eggs and fruit on my plate while everyone else had bacon, sausages, and an omelet. It doesn't matter to me I wasn't even hungry in the first place.

Everyone started digging in while I sat there watching them eat. When I saw Raiden look at me a few times I pretended that I was eating and enjoying my food.

I looked up after I was done acting like I'm eating and saw Casey giving me a sly smirk. "I saw what you just did there," she says while pointing her fork in Raiden's direction.

"So, it's not like I'm going to die by not eating one meal, I just needed him to get off my back," I state.

"Yeah I know but you need to eat Emery, you have to stay healthy," she then picks up her empty plate and walks towards the kitchen along with everybody else.

I stayed glued to my seat knowing I have to wait for someone to help me up. I look down at my bandaged leg and think back to the time Jonah had a broken leg.

"It's okay Emery you don't need to help me I have crutches," Jonah said trying to grab his crutches from my hand.

"No Jonah I am your nurse I will help you in this wheelchair," I demanded. Wanting to push him around in the new wheelchair the hospital lend us.

"Emery you're to young to be a nurse, you're only seven," He corrects.

"Plus you won't be able to see where you're going if you push me," he added.

"I can do it! Please Jonah I want to help you," I pouted. "Fine!" He gave in putting himself into the wheelchair.

I start pushing him down the hallway and into the living room circling around the coffee table. "Wait Emery, stop! You're going to fast!" He shouted at me. I didn't listen and instead pushed him towards the wall not even knowing where I was going.

I suddenly heard something crash on the ground, I move to the side to see what I had broke this time. "Emery, mom is going to kill us we broke her expensive vase!" He yelled.

"What was that?" We heard mom question from the other room.

"Hurry Emery push me to my room we can hideout there," he suggested.

I open my eyes giggling at the memory. That's what I loved about Jonah he never blamed anything on me even though I broke the vase by pushing him into the wall. After mom discovered the broken vase he took the blame and got a two weeks grounding.

He was such a selfless person.

That's what I hate about that sentence.

He was.

A tear rolled down my eye just thinking about that memory I had with him. I wish I can say the sentence, he is a selfless person.

I looked up and realized that a voice is talking to me, Raiden's voice to be exact.

"Emery!" I jumped when I heard him yell from beside me.

"I've been calling you, stop being stuck in la la land," he reprimands.

Well I was in la la land before he brought me back to blah blah land.

"I'm sorry, what were you saying?" I asked politely. Oh how much it killed me not to yell at him right now for his rudeness, can't he give anybody some space.

"You hardly ate anything," he pointed out. "I know" I said in a 'duh' tone.

"What I want to know is why you didn't eat anything?" He asked.

"I'm not very hungry, um where's River?" I asked changing the subject.

His eyes grew angry. Was it because I changed the subject? Or was it because I asked about River? I don't know.

"Get in the chair Emery," he ordered not even bothering to answer my question.

I obeyed him and got in the wheelchair. "Do you know anyone that has the initials R.W?" He asked while wheeling me out the front door.

I shook my head, he sighed. Why would he be asking me who R.W is? Does it have anything to do with me?

Shaking Raiden's weird question from my thought I look up to see Raiden's green challenger hellcat.

"Um what's going on?" I asked thinking we were just going to go to Casey's clinic.

"In the car," he replied in a 'duh' tone. "I know but why?" I questioned. "Well I chose for today to be your day off," he answered.

I squealed quietly in my mind that today is finally the day I can get away from this horrid place. I know it's been only three days but it feels like an eternity.

The worst part is Raiden's coming with me.

I groaned at the thought of spending time with him all day. Where are we going anyway?

Before we got in the car I asked. "Um Raiden where are we going?"

"I don't know, it's you're day off," he replied. Wait, I actually get to pick where we go?

He opened the passenger side and helped me in. Once he made sure I was in he went around and seated himself in the drivers seat.

Once he rode out the gates he asked me a question. "Where do you wanna go?"

I decided to answer his question with my question. "Where'd you put Jonah?" I really never knew where they put Jonah.

"He's in the Darkwood cemetery," he calmly says.

"Then take me there," I say with a blank stare.

He takes a sharp turn making half my body slam into the car door. "Hey watch it!" I yell as I have the same sick feeling to my stomach as I did when I crashed his other car.

"We're here," he says totally ignoring me. I wait for him to get my wheelchair out from the trunk.

A slight wind blows through my hair when Raiden opens the door with the wheelchair.

He helps me in the wheelchair and rolls me into the gates of the Darkwood cemetery.

"Where is he?" I ask. "He's over here Ms. I ask to many questions," he answers.

That's when I see it, I see my brother's grave.

I read what's been engraved on his tombstone. A loving brother and son who will never be forgotten and will always be loved. I reread that engraved sentence and hated it. This sentence is like all the other ones in all the other graves.

I wanted his to be different.

I wanted to put a special meaning on his gravestone not just a simple sentence.

"Who chose these words to be engraved?" I asked wanting to know who chose the most overused sentence.

"I did," he admits quietly.

"Really? And that's the sentence you put, that meaningless sentence!" I scream not caring if I'm disturbing the dead.

"Emer-" I cut him off not really caring what he has to say.

"No! You don't get to say anything. How could you have chose what gets to be engraved on his tombstone! I'm his sister, you're his killer! You should've came to me, not choose to most overused sentence ever!" I scream.

"I mean come on! Seriously! I would've said he is the most selfless, caring person in this world and I would climb mountains for him cause he means the universe to me!" I added.

"It's a gravestone! I can't put his whole personality on there!" He explained, which I ignored.

"Go away I want to talk to him," I showed him. Surprisingly he obeyed and went back towards the car.

"Oh Jonah, I can't even ask why you got the loan. I know you were trying to protect me and my future like you always do. But now you got killed because of me, I should've never let you walk out that stupid door! I hate how you keep trying to save everyone when you can't even save yourself,"I sniffle trying to contain my sobs.

"I hope your looking down at me and protecting me. You're the only one that can do it. I hope you found your way to mom and dad, and don't worry I'm gonna make good on that promise and pursue my future. Don't think my life is over yet just cause I'm stuck here and alone, it's just the beginning of a new challenge."I cried repeating what he said about the challenge thing. Since our parents died and life got harder, he would always say when we wake up it's just the beginning of a new challenge. I give his gravestone one last look and turn away wishing I can change the sentence engraved on his stone.

I wheel myself out of the gates and head towards Raiden's car that's parked next to the sidewalk.

I see him looking down at something in his car, probably his phone. When I'm half way down the sidewalk he looks up to see me. He quickly unlocks his doors and starts making his way toward me.

"Where to next?" He asks.

I don't say anything while u get in the car without his help. I'm still mad at him for what he decided to do without my permission.

"Emery?" He questions.

I still don't answer him.

With a groan he closes my door and starts to disassemble my wheelchair.

A couple minutes later he returns to the driver seat. "How about a diner?" He asks, I shake my head. "Then you'd be wasting your money, I'm not very hungry right now," I reply not wanting to smell the grease of the food, just thinking about it made me sick.

"God Emery! It's your day off and you don't want to do anything!" He pounds on the steering wheel, good thing he didn't start the car yet.

"Correction, I don't want to do anything with you!" I yell using the same level with my tone as he did.

"Why do you have to be so difficult?"He says frustrated.

"I don't know, why'd you have to kidnap me? See we all have questions that never get answers!" I stated not even trying to get my question answered.

"Ugh! Your so hardheaded and stubborn!" He shouts.

"Why are you talking about yourself in third person?" I joke.

"Why do you have to be sarcastic?" He questions.

"Because that's my nature," I reply flipping my hair back. We look at each other and give one another a little smile.

Wait! When did we get to arguing to playfully fighting?

He shook his head playfully and started the car, I still didn't know where we were going. I waited in comfortable silence while he pulled up in this unfamiliar parking lot.

I look up to see that it's the Blackdale bar, great. "Um Raiden I don't want to go in a bar on my day off, plus I can't drink in my condit-" I'm suddenly cut off when Raiden puts his index finger over my lips.

"Shh you'll see in a minute why we're here," he promised.

He grabs my wheelchair from the trunk and starts reassembling it. Once he opens my door he grabs me and puts me in the wheelchair like I'm some pack of potatoes.

He starts heading towards the bar entrance and I feel goosebumps as I start to get nervous. "Um Raiden I'm in a wheelchair I'd rather not go into a bar," I try easing my way out of going into that bar.

"Emery, who said we're going in that bar?" With that said he takes a sharp turn and starts walking by the side of the building.

"Geez, can you at least give a girl some warning before doing that!" I scold him.

He ignores me and opens the back door of the bar. He then rolls me down this long hallway before stopping and opening the door on his left. I wish he hadn't thought, now the scene was burned in my memory forever.

There was a man on the floor, blood soaking his body, probably dead. There I saw River holding a knife to some guy's neck while a little girl is crying at the corner of the room. Blood splattered everywhere, I look at the girl crying and pity her for the scene she must have saw.

All heads turn towards Raiden and I including the little girl's.

Raiden looked at River then back at me and smiled.

"You asked where River was, well here he is."

Hey guys!

I know I'm super late on this chapter but I decided to write this chapter today because today is my birthday! April 11th

Anyway hope this chapter wasn't too short, it was just a filler on how Emery and Raiden are doing. Hope you also love the characters I had put on the side>>> Remember if you don't like the characters I have chose, you can always imagine them the way you would like :)

Have a great rest of your week!

💕Izzy💕