Chapter 9
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Samantha
I was playing hide and seek with Eva. She was getting the biggest thrill out of this simple game. I almost feel like she doesn’t get to play very often and I can’t help but wonder why?
Some of the places she hid in this house were very obvious. But I pretended not to see her. Like now, I knew she was hiding up here by the bedrooms behind a potted palm.
“Hmmm, wow Eva really is great at hiding. Where can she be?” I said out loud.
I heard her giggling, but I wasn’t about to turn around and let her know that I saw her. I saw one of the bedroom doors was slightly opened. I will pretend to be there for her in there before I finally catch her behind the plant.
“Hmm, is she in there I wonder?” I said as I went to the door to open it.
As soon as I opened the door I found not only Aiden but Braxton was in the room too. I wasn’t expecting either of those guys to be here.
Both of them were staring at me like I had two heads.
“Oh, I am so sorry. I was looking for Eva. We were playing hide and seek, the door was slightly ajar and thought she hid in here.” I told the two brothers.
“Um, yeah try behind the plant.” Aiden grumbled.
“Yeah, ok. I will, thanks.” I mumbled.
They were staring at me like they wanted to eat me alive. This is too weird.
“Sam, wait.” Braxton called out as I turned to leave.
I turned back around, “Yeah?” I asked him.
Both were silent, not saying anything to me.
Finally, Braxton spoke up, “Are you comfortable here?” He asked.
Comfortable? I just came here a few hours ago? This is very weird.
“I’m ok.” I said to them and turned around to get Eva.
I closed the door behind me and went over to the potted palm. “Is that Eva I see? Hmmm it looks like it might be her?”
Eva giggled and ran out from behind the plant and said, “It’s me!”
I bent down, squatting on my legs to ge her height. “Well you are the hide and seek champ.” I told her.
Eva gave me a huge hug, that really shocked me that she did that.
When she pulled back from her hug, I smiled at her and said, “Let’s get a snack, how about that?”
Eva nodded her head and then looked up and said, “Aiden, I’m the champ! I hide very good.”
“I heard that.” He said from behind me.
“We are getting a snack, want to come?” Eva asked her brother.
“Love to squirt, but I actually have to go see dad about business stuff. Next time, ok?” He said to her.
“Ok, come on Sam.” Eva said, pulling my arm, causing me to spring up.
I turned my head to see both of the twins were out the room watching us. As me and Eva walked away from them, I felt this weird longing, like I wanted them to come with us.
This is so weird, why am I thinking like this? I’m not attracted to those guys, am I? I just literally met them.
We went into the kitchen and I grabbed an apple and went about looking for a cutting board and a knife to cut up the apple. After opening up a few cabinets, I finally found what I needed.
Eva was sitting in a chair at the table in the kitchen, watching me cut up her apple. As I was doing that, I decided to ask her a question.
“Eva, how come you can’t go outside?”
She shrugged her little shoulders and then said, “Because of rogues.”
Rogues? I heard of rogue pirates in stories I read. This family believes that stuff. Maybe. I misheard her.
“Rogues?” I asked her.
She nodded her head and said, “They are bad. Daddy thinks they will kidnap me.” She sighed.
Did something happen to her that she thinks some pirate is going to kidnap her? I know children make things up to cope with a trauma.
Wait, if she isn’t allowed to go outside? Another thought came to me.
“Do you have any friends Eva?” I asked her.
“Yes, I have you and my brothers as my friends.” She said.
I brought the apple over to her and sat it down in front of her. She smiled and said, “Can you do the milk trick again?”
I was about to get up and get a glass when I heard Braxton ask, “Milk trick? What is that?”
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