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Skylar sat on her bed staring into space when Jerry walked in. She never looked at him. "You sure you want to stay here Sky? You know I have an extra room at my house." Jerry replied. She still didn't look at him. He nodded his head. "Sky I need you to tell me that you are ok." He walked over to her. "You have me worried about you and I know you don't like it but I need to know." She didn't respond. "Sky please." He begged. He sighed and slowing walking to the door. "I'm going to make some phone calls ill be back up later." He closed the door behind him before leaning against it.
Skylar still hadnt move from the spot on her bed when Kyle walked in. He had a glass of water in his hand. "I brought you some water. I didn't know if you were thirsty or not." She didn't move. "You've been in here for a while now Sky. It's two in the morning. Jerry really wants you to come stay with him tonight." She looked down at her hands. He leaned over and put his lips to her head. "I'm so sorry." He whispered.
"Where are my brothers?" She asked softly.
"What?" Kyle lifted his head up shocked she spoke. "Um I don't know. I haven't heard anything."
"I want my brothers." She replied. Tears began streaming down her face. "I want them here."
"They'll be here Sky. They are coming."
Kyle wrapped his arms around her and brought her into his lap. "I love you." He whispered. "I love you so much." She buried her head in his arms. "God I don't know what to do." He whispered. Skylar drifted off to sleep in his arms.
"Hi! What's your name?" Evelyn asked. Evelyn had just arrived to her office that morning to sign the adoption papers for what would be her youngest son Jack.
"Skylar." A little girl whispered.
"Hi Skylar. My name is Evelyn. Why are you sitting out here by yourself."
Skylar shrugged her shoulders and began kicking her heels against the chair again. "May i sit down?" Evelyn asked pointing to the chair next to Skylar. Skylar nodded her head. "I like your dress." Skylar looked down at her dress and smiled.
"My mommy bought it for me." Skylar replied.
"Where is your mommy?" Evelyn asked. Skylar looked at the floor. "Did something happen to her?" Skylar nodded her head and wiped her face from a tear that escaped her eyes. "You want to tell me about it? Maybe I can help you."
"She died." Skylar whispered.
"I'm so sorry sweet heart."
"You here to take me somewhere?"
"What do you mean?"
"Are you sending me somewhere else besides my home?"
"Why would I do that?" Evelyn asked.
"The man said they were looking at homes for me. I don't want to leave my home all my things are there."
"Do you have anyone else you could live with?" Evelyn asked. Skylar looked down again and shook her head. "No one?"
"No." Skylar began kicking her feet again. Evelyn looked around the room.
"You sit right here ok. I'm going to go figure this out for you." Evelyn patted Skylar on the leg. Minutes later Evelyn came back over red in the face and knelt down in front of Skylar. "How would you like to come home with me?" Evelyn asked. Skylars head shot up. "Just for a little while."
"Like live with you?" Skylar asked.
"Yeah you will have your own room and everything. I also have four other boys too."
"Like brothers?" Skylar asked.
"Yeah just like brothers. Would you like that?"
"I've never had brothers before." Skylar smiled. "Will they like me?
"Of course they would. So what do you say would you like to come?"
Skylar nodded her head. "Good!" Evelyn stood up and held out her hand. "Now I have one more thing to do and we can go
home. You are going to be so happy here Skylar and I promise you I will love you with all my heart." Skylar smiled and nodded her head.
Skylar shot up in her bed and began looking around the room. "Ma!" She called out. She threw her legs over the side and went running to her door. "Ma!" She called out. She threw open the door to her mothers room. "Ma!" She yelled. No one was in the room. Where is she? Skylar thought. She went running down the stairs skipping the last step. "Ma!" She yelled again.
"Skylar." She heard a voice.
"Ma!" She yelled. Kyles face appeared in front of hers. "Where's my mom?" She asked trying to breathe.
"Sky you're ok. Everything is ok." Kyle told her grabbing her shoulders.
"Where's my mother Kyle?" Skylar asked.
"Sky!" Jerry appeared in the door way.
Skylar became exhausted and collapsed on the couch with Kyle right beside her. "What happened?" Skylar sobbed.
"Oh Sky!" Jerry knelt down in front of her. "She was shot baby. Someone shot her." Jerry told her.
"She was just here. I just saw her." Skylar cried.
"Baby, she died last night. It's six in the morning." Jerry told her.
Skylar covered her face as she cried. "No!" Kyle rubbed the side of her head. "Who?" Skylar asked. "She didn't do anything to anyone." She sobbed.
"Sky let's go lay back down." Kyle told her. "You are exhausted."
"We have to call Jack." She quickly stood up wiping her face. "And Bobby. He will be so worried. Angel too."
Jerry grabbed her arm as she went to pass him. "They know sweet heart. I've already called them." He pulled her into a hug. "Everything is taken care of." He kissed the top of her head and she wrapped her arms around him. "Everything is going to be alright. Let Kyle take you back up to your room. You need to go back to sleep." Jerry pulled her away from him. "I'll be up there later to get you."
"Get me for what?" Skylar asked.
Jerry looked over at Kyle. "Her funeral baby." Jerry finally replied.
Skylar looked in the mirror as she straightened out her dress for the tenth time. Was this really happening? Was she really getting ready to go to her own mothers funeral. There was knock at the door. "Give me a second." She sighed walking over to her window. It had began to snow earlier in the day. "Sky we really need to go."
Jerry appeared again. She nodded her head taking one last look in the mirror before walking towards him. They walked to the stairs where she found Kyle waiting for her at the bottom. He had his hands in his pockets pacing back and forth. "He hasn't left your side through this whole thing." Jerry told her. She gave a little smile before walking down to meet her boyfriend.
"You ready to go?" Kyle asked looking up her.
She nodded her head. "Thank you for being here with me." She told him.
"There's no place that I would rather be." He smiled grabbing her hand and kissing her on the forehead. "Besides I'm excited to see Bobby's reaction."
Skylar couldn't help but laugh. Bobby never liked anyone Skylar dated.
"Me too!" Jerry laughed.
Kyle opened the door for Skylar to go our first, Jerry followed them. He took one last look at the house before shutting the door.
The cemetery was filled with people surrounded by Evelyn's grave. It amazes Skylar there were so many people there with such short notice. Evelyn was surely loved. She looked around and still didn't see her brothers. Where were they? She sat down on the front row and waited for the service to begin. It was cold but she felt so numb it didn't really bother her. She felt her seat move. She looked up and saw Bobby sitting next to her. He smiled. "Bobby." She whispered smiling at him. Tears began streaming down her face. He leaned over and wrapped his arms around her. One down, where were the other two. She looked around finding Jack walking towards her. He looked as if he'd been crying. He wouldn't look at her.
"Thank you all for coming on such short notice. Evelyn was an amazing woman and would be so happy to see you all here today..." Skylar looked around. Where was Angel? She looked behind her and saw Kyle looking at her. She gave a small smile. "Evelyn was in this city for a long time yall. She saw a lot that was terrible, but she stayed hopeful. She still believed that things were getting better, sometimes despite all evidence. And that's a hard thing to do, stay hopeful. Even when you can't find a reason..." Jerry had gotten up to speak. "You alright?" Bobby asked. Skylar nodded her head. Her seat shifted again. "Cracker Jack!" Bobby yelled. Skylars head shot up looking at Jack standing at the podium.
"I never bothered looking for my real parents. Because Evelyn was enough. To go from foster house to foster house. Those people are just watching. Just looking for an extra..." Skylars heart broke for him. He was closest with Evelyn. Her mind wondered back to the day they both adopted. Jack wouldn't even look at her. Evelyn had put her around him and he quickly pushed her away. He looked beat up like he hadnt had anything to eat for days. She remembers the one thing that made Jack look up at Evelyn that day. "Jackie. I know bad things happened to you before you came here, but you are safe now." That was the first time Skylar ever saw Jack cry.
"... You were hardly given anything to eat. You learn to take what you can get. When Evelyn took me in, it was no different for me. Until she caught me with my pockets all full. And she tried to explain to me what it meant to be adopted, and what it meant to have a family, what it meant to have a last name... And she would say: "Jackie... there's no reason to steal your own toothbrush anymore." 'Cause I would, I would, I would take it, and I would put it in my sock drawer..." He began crying.
"Jack..." Skylar went to get up.
"I got him." Bobby put his hand on her leg to stop her. He walked up to the podium. "You alright?" Bobby asked leaning into Jack. Jack nodded his head and turned away. "Thank you all for coming. Ma would have been happy to see y'all here." Skylar wiped her face as she stood to her feet. Kyle walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her.
"My heart hurts." Skylar whispered leaning her head into his chest as tears steamed down her face.
"My heart hurts for you." He told her. "Come on let's go to Jerry's." he grabbed her hand and kissing it as they began walking toward the car.
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