A week has passed since Jeff and I talked about the proposal. It has also been a week since Jennifer died, though no one new about it except for me and Nathaniel. Her parents called me and asked me about her but I lied about knowing her whereabouts which by now it would be about 6 feet underground in a place where no one could ever find her. I also asked them why the didn't ask my parents, or should I even call them that anymore? And they said that they weren't the most cooperative of people.

Sighing I sat outside under the shade of the tree that was in my backyard. I wasn't sure on what I was doing there but at the moment it seemed like it was the only thing I could do. Staring up at the sky as small white fluffy clouds flew by, everything just didn't have a meaning to me. Not after what my life has become, after all it just...broke apart for good. Sighing softly I closed my eyes, the picture of Jennifer's mangled body came into view and a small tear rolled down my cheek. There was no way I could protect her now, everything that I had planned to do to keep her from getting involved in all of this just shattered and crashed onto the ends of the earth. I felt something or well someone snuggle into my side. Already knowing who it was I just wrapped my arm around him and held him tightly.

I sighed shakily before opening my eyes, they were all red and puffy as another tear ran down my cheek. I looked down at Nathaniel and smiled softly, he gave me a small smiled before hugging me tightly. 'Well, it's now or never (_Y/N_)' I thought as I tried to gather all of my scattered thoughts. I opened my mouth to say something but no sound came out. I cleared my throat from the huge lump that had form. Nathaniel looked up at me and tilted his head to the side in question. "...So Nathaniel, do you know who sent the image to you?" The question came out in a tone a lot softer than I had intended. He closed his eyes and shook his head, "...Alright. Do...Do you have an idea on who might it be?" Nathaniel bit his lip as if he was hesitating for a moment, "...Jeff...?" I nodded.

Well apparently he already knew what was going on. "...It's all my fault..." This caught me a little off guard, 'What is he talking about?' I took a deep breath before asking, "Why do you think that?" He quickly shook his head, "I don't think that...I know so." I now had a blank expression on my face, my eyes of course still red, the trails of the tears stained my face. I processed what he had said for a second, 'Haha, he's probably just blaming himself because of the situation were in. There's no way he's responsible for this. Hahaha.' I let out a soft chuckle, smiling a little before looking back up at the sky. "Why are you laughing?" He asked me, "Well, because you're blaming yourself for something that isn't even your fault."

Now, Nathaniel just felt sorry for me and I could tell because of the expression he had on his face which I could see through the corner of my eye. "Well I think you're mistaking...it is actually my fault. Wanna know why?" I crossed my legs before placing him in front of me. "Alright. Tell me, why are you blaming yourself?" I was ready for one of those strange reasons that little 7-year-olds gave. "This started about four months before I was born, or so mom and dad said. Well mom was being followed by Jeff and mom was starting to get really paranoid, dad even knew about this and had tried to do everything possible to keep him away but nothing was working." My mind was mush and it was taking me time to process, I would repeat what he had said a few seconds ago to fully understand.

Nodding which told him that he could continue, he did so. "Though one night Jeff had made sure that dad was out before he could be able to talk to mom. And when he did he was going to try to kill me after I was born. But knowing how sensitive mom was at the moment she offered herself. Jeff agreed of course not because he liked the idea but because it was just fun to see what her expression would be when he turned on their treaty." This all made perfect sense but how did all of this connect to me? "Later on about two months before I was born, mom had a change of heart and she had another chat with Jeff. This time mom told him that he could have her oldest child, you. But this sort of surprised Jeff because he knew that I was going to be their first child. Mom of course made up a lie and Jeff was not fooled by it at all. He agreed and the next day they drove to an orphanage and adopted you. You had amnesia, or thats what they believed and didn't remember anything at all. Because of that it made it easier for mom and dad to make you think that you were their daughter..." I swallowed softly as my eyes started to tear up once again.

So I was adopted after all, tears rolled down my face and I couldn't do anything to stop them. Even if I tried more continued to come out, I gritted my teeth and clenched my jaw as I stopped from crying out loud. 'So technically it is his fault...No. It's not, it's that lady's fault. Nathaniel had nothing to do with it at all, he was a baby. The one that made a decision was Sasha, his mother.' Rage started to built inside me, quickly extending my arms out and wrapping them around Nathaniel, I smiled a bit. "...I-It's alright, I kno-know that it's not your f-fault at all. You c-couldn't do, anything a-about it..." He had also started to cry as he hugged me tightly never wanting to let go.

Everything just seemed to go silent except for the soft sobs from both Nathaniel and I. That is until I heard him let out a cry of pain. His arms gripped the back of my shirt before I opened my eyes, I felt as if his shirt was wet I quickly looked down and saw that it was...blood.