Arraignment

Amaya POV

Nick pushes Damon's car gear stick into park and pulls the handbrake. He gets out of the car and Amber starts to as well, but I stay where I am. Despite Nick and Amber being in the car with me, without Damon, it still has his smell. It's only the next day and I miss him dearly. Knowing he's sitting alone, probably in pain, in a cold cell . . .

Knowing he did what he did for Lily . . .

What he's doing for me and the baby . . .

"Hey," Amber's voice sounds from the backseat. I don't look at her. She's just going to tell me how it's gonna be okay, and she loves me, and Damon loves me. But nothing feels okay. In a split few seconds last night, the life I'd just started to finally settle into fell apart. Everything is as far as it can be from okay.

"How are you doing?" I don't want to talk to her. I don't want to talk to anyone. I want Lily, I want one of her amazing little hugs. I want one of Damon's bear hugs. I want my family back.