The Enlightenment [1]

They would deal with their pasts and secrets later, but in this room and now, was a choice she had to make.

Amelia was sitting up in the makeshift bed she had been sleeping in.

The doctor was long gone, knowing that the siblings needed the space.

Nick was standing protectively next to his boss.

The brothers were curiously watching from the couch they had pulled way too close to their sister's bed.

Jenny was all smiley and shit, but it was the kind of smile that made people surrender weapons instead of firing. It was lethal. The temperature in the room was not awkward or lovely. It was plain and boring, like nothing exciting was about to happen.

But they all knew.

They all knew their worlds would be changed by what Jia would say. They knew it was a matter of when she talked and not a matter of if she talked, because either way, Amelia James was bent on getting her answers.