By: the reba 08
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Chapter Two
Not a lot of things scared Abigail Whistler. Few things did, her father was one, and losing family or close friends was another. And this moment, sitting alone to wonder what awaited her, deafly frightened her. She sat in the living as she waited for Hannibal King to come down and join her.
Abby questioned why King would hide that from her. They were closer that brother and sister. She sighed as she played with the ends of her hair.
She hated feeling belittled. That is how she felt when King looked at her. First he looked at her with an upset glare then his face showed how hurt he was. Abby frowned as she let out a huge sigh.
Footsteps slowly made their way down the stairs. Abby's heart began to beat a bit faster but she tried to look cool from the outside.
King looked at Abby and smirked as he noticed how different she looked – he never saw the timid-side of Abigail Whistler. She looked up at him with puppy dog as she waited for his to say or do something.
Abby watched as he made his way to her and joined her sitting on the couch. She stared as at his hands that held the picture tenderly, tracing the outline the picture. Tears formed in Abby's hazel eyes.
"King . . . I'm sorry, I just . . ."
King hushed her with a warming smile, wrapping left arm around her and keeping the picture in his right hand.
"Shhh, Abby, it's alright . . . maybe it's better that you were nosey and looked at it. I always wanted to show you this but I never knew when would be the right time."
He sighed bringing the picture in front of both of them. His whole attitude was so much softer, so much more sentimental then the Hannibal King everyone knew. Abby listened closely to everything he had to say.
The picture was taken eight years ago, couple weeks before Danica took him. It was taken because he was on his way back to college in L.A.
The older couple was his parents, Samuel and Rebecca King. The dusty haired man was his oldest brother, Alexander King, and the redhead was Alexander's wife, Carrisa. The strawberry blonde little girl was their daughter, Marliana, and they had twin boys, named Christopher and Nicholas. The man who looked a lot like Samuel was King's older brother, Julius. The auburn haired woman with Julius was his wife, Elizabeth, who was expecting their second child that following summer. The little boy in Julius's arms was Elizabeth's and his son, Ethan James or "EJ". Then there was the woman who looked like Rebecca – Hannibal's older and only sister, Rosaline. The man with her in the picture was her high school sweetheart, Tyler Morelli.
"They're all beautiful." Abby whispered as studied them after King was done telling her who was who.
"I know . . . after all, they are related to yours truly – ha." He tried to joke to lighten the mood but Abby continued to stare at the picture, looking at the 21-year-old version of the man next to her.
She looked up at King, cleared her throat, and told him. "You're gonna see them."
He just stared at her, knowing where that comment came from. "It's not easy, Abs. It has been eight fucking years. They probably moved on with their lives. I'm dead to them."
King turned his eyes away from her as he stared out into space.
This got Abby pissed. She pushed his arms off of her, got up in front of him, and stared him straight into the eyes.
"I said you are going to see them, King."
He just stared back, looking lost and he didn't care. This really ticked her off. Abby brought her arm back and slapped him across the face with much anger as tears rolled down her eyes.
"I SAID YOU ARE GOING TO SEE YOUR FAMILY, KING! GOD, DAMN IT! I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MY FAMILY, BUT THEY ARE ALL DEAD!"
Tears flew down her cheeks as she stared at him with puffy red eyes. King's heart broke as he saw her like this.
He pulled her into a hug, hushing her, and rocking her back and forth to calm her. As she calmed down, he wiped her eyes and made her look at him.
"Okay, sugar pie. I'll see them if it really means that much to you."
Abby smiled and hugged him. He smiled back then made her look at him.
"Only if you do one thing for me, Abby."
She raised her eyebrow in confusing but nodded in agreement even though she didn't know what he who say.
"You have to come with me."
Final Comments: Sorry This Sucked . . . but I wanted to get Chapter Two out because next week is full of studying and taking finals.
Heart – me