Dear Juanita,
When you told me, you crushed me. Before you there was Jessie, but I knew from the moment I knew you were a girl, that you were the one. I loved you Juanita, and you brushed me aside and swept me under the rug.
Did you think I wouldn't notice? Did you think I would give up? I lived for you Juanita, you were my heart and soul. You were the one. I would do anything for you.
But you showed me today, you never cared. You strung me along like I was a plaything. Then you told me you never loved me. You told me you were pregnant, and Nat was the dad. Why Nat? Why my brother? Why did you have to take someone so close to me.
You left me alone, my existence depended on you and Nat, you both betrayed me. You cut me deeper than I've been cut before. My love meant nothing to you, you didn't appreciate it, you didn't want it and it hurt so bad.
If you are reading this, it is too late. I've made my choice, I'm leaving. I doubt you'd miss me anyway. I am going away. You made your choice with Nat, I making mine I'm going, Juanita, I will no longer be there for you.
Alex
Juanita found this letter sitting on the kitchen table. Alex's scrawl was unmistakable. She could tell he had been crying, the paper was damp and in several places and smeared the ink where the tears had landed. She was reading this alone, Nat was sitting outside trying to absorb the fact that he had fathered a baby. How would he tell his dad… how would he tell Rosalina. Juanita clutched the letter in her hand as she walked upstairs, if Alex was truly gone, she knew there was one thing he would take with him. Juanita pushed the door open to Nat and Alex's room. It was flooded. She made her way through to the bathroom.
"No!" She said shaking uncontrollably at the sight that lay before her.
Alex was floating face down in the bath.
"ALEX!" She screamed louder than even she thought possible.
Nat was distracted from his thoughts when he heard the scream, he sprinted up to the apartment. It looked empty, but he could hear the sounds of uncontrollable sobbing coming from his room. He leaped up the stairs two at a time, and as he saw the doorway he saw Juanita sunken on the floor, crying.
Nat went forward to comfort her, he had not yet seen Alex's body.
As reached forward to give Juanita a hug, he saw him.
Nat felt as though time stood still, he saw his brother laying there lifelessly in bath water as it over flowed and spilled onto the floor.
"Alex!" Nat yelled loudly and rushed forward. Nat dragged him out of the water and flipped him over on his back. Nat tried chest compressions, he wasn't sure if he was doing it right, but he wanted to save his brother.
Nat heard the sounds of more footsteps and sounds of horrified gasps. Nat didn't look to see who it was as he desperately clutched at his brother trying to bring him back.
Someone grabbed Nat and dragged him away as he desperately tried to resuscitate Alex. He turned to see who it was. Through the blur of his tears he knew it was Rosalina. He could tell she was crying, she took him away and sat him down next to Juanita. He saw someone else comforting her. He wiped the tears away from his eyes and saw it was Qaasim.
"Oh my god!" Thomas kept repeating over and over as he stared at Alex's lifeless body.
David just stood there numbly, it felt like everything had stopped. Nothing was real anymore.
"What do we do?" Cooper asked helplessly, it was the first time, he was clueless.
Juanita sat there teary eyed as Qaasim tried to comfort her, but she just couldn't help looking.
They all just sat there, each one slowly sunk to the floor. Everything felt surreal. This sort of thing didn't happen here, not to them.
"Where's dad?" Nat asked sniffing heavily.
"I don't… I don't know," Rosalina said as she tried to control the tears. She looked up and saw Alex and burst out crying again.
Cooper weakly reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone. He dialed 911.