Hello! Sorry for rushing the last chapter. It was Sunday and I had to get A LOT of things done and I didn't have a lot of time to be more descriptive. Also, down here, school has started and this academic year is really crucial for me. I don't about you people from other countries, but In Trinidad and Tobago, when you reach Form 3 (which is where I am) you have to pick eight subjects that you are going to take for the rest of your life that would direct you to your career. I want to get into the Sciences Category because I want to be a doctor and there are 150 students in our year and 75% of them want to get into Sciences, so the competition is really tough. So, people who are reading my stories and thinking 'Why don't you update?!', I am sorry but Fridays and weekends are the only free time I have. Anyway, shout outs to the following: Princess Karen 1718, Nekochan2604, Soul Mates Are Forever, booklover1598,poisoned-_-rationality, luvmusic87, StarLights145, MoonDust198, SnowQueen135, PhoenixFeathers246, Mrs. Eaton138, Mrs. Clace159, IridescentLight and all the guests. Sorry for the long rant. Anyway, forward on to the chapter!

"Ow!" I said, opening my eyes as I rubbed my head ruefully. Jace clutched his forehead.

"You hit me on the forehead," he said.

"Well, you were leaning over me," I said, and got up. He sighed.

"You have mail," he said and gave me a sealed envelope. I took it and placed in my pocket. I would read this later.

"Thanks and sorry about your head," I said, kissing the spot where I had hit him tenderly.

"It's okay now that you've kissed me," he said. I gave him a play punch. He fake rubbed his shoulder.

"Ow! Clary, my body is a work of art and deserves to be loved and cared for, not abused," he pouted. I laughed. Then, I heard a crying noise. Back to the daily grind, I thought.

I placed Ariya and Josh to sit in front of the TV while I made them lunch. Jace was left in charge of Cedric. Jonathan, as per usual, dropped by to take advantage of free food, claiming that my food was the best thing he ever tasted. I let him in and he took his place in the counter, eating an apple and watching me get the ingredients. I decided to cook macaroni and cheese, with ham and I decided to throw in some vegetables in it too.

"You really think you're going to get them to eat that?" he said. I nodded, as I boiled the macaroni on the stove.

"Yes, It is a cooking secret," I said as I tossed little pieces of carrots into the cheese mix. Jonathan made a face as he stared at me tossing the carrots.

"Do you have a dog I can feed that to?" he asked. I shook my head as I stirred the contents of the pot round and round.

"No, Jonathan," I said. The doorbell rang and Jonathan went up to answer it. I checked on the macaroni and saw that it was cooked. I turned off the stove.

"Hey Clary?" Jonathan's voice called.

"Yeah?" I replied, as I stirred the cheese dip one last time and then turned it off.

"There's someone here for you," he said. I took off my apron and hung it on the peg. I stepped out of the kitchen.

"Hey!" Isabelle said, coming inside, Simon trailing behind her. Jonathan made another face. He never had much tolerance for any of my friends of the people I knew, with the exception of Simon and Jace and possibly Alec. He had never liked Isabelle, since they were polar opposites. Jonathan was a calm and serious businessman who was a bit of a workaholic, while Isabelle was an outgoing party girl with an adoration for fashion and a hatred to be serious. So they might have gotten off on the wrong foot. But it didn't stop Isabelle from coming in and out of our house to talk wedding plans. I sighed.

"Hello, Isabelle and Simon," I said, "We were just going to have lunch. Care to join us?" I said. As soon as Jonathan heard the word 'lunch', he moved past the couple to the dining table. Isabelle glared at him.

Isabelle kept an ongoing chatter as we ate at the dining table. The children didn't mind and I was too busy feeding Cedric to really pay much attention. Jace kept his head bent low on his food, occasionally saying 'Mmm' and 'That's nice' to emphasize the fact that he was listening. Jonathan looked like he was pained and wanted to scream and throw things around like the Incredible Hulk if he heard anymore. Simon was the only one who was really listening.

"Oh yeah and Clary, I'm a lesbian," Jonathan dropped his spoon, his mouth open like a codfish. Jace looked up from his plate, as if he suddenly awoke from a strange dream and found out that everyone turned into robots. Simon choked on his macaroni and coughed violently as he looked at Isabelle with a shocked face. My mouth hung open like Jonathan's.

"YOU"RE WHAT?!" Simon shouted. Isabelle laughed out loud.

"You guys should have seen your faces! It was so hilarious!" Isabelle said, laughing. Simon's shocked face turned to a confused one.

"So, you aren't gay?" he said. Isabelle laughed out loud.

"No, of course not!" she said and Simon turned an alarming shade of tomato red. Jonathan laughed out loud and so did Jace. Simon turned even redder. I snickered a bit.

"Clary!" Simon said, making everyone laugh a bit more.

I sat down on the couch and opened the letter from this morning. I hadn't had a chance to read it till now. I opened it. The letter didn't have the sender's address. That's odd, I thought. I opened it… and dropped it to the floor.

"Jace!" I shouted. He came immediately.

"What is it? What's wrong?" he said, as he looked at my facial expression. I gestured to the letter. He picked it up and read it. The words in it haunted me. Your sibling's aren't dead.

"Jace, we have to look," I said, as we sat down together on the couch. Jace sighed.

"Alright, we'll look," Jace said, reluctantly, "But I'm pretty sure we won't find anything but we'll look," he said. Someone rang the doorbell. I got up to answer the door. I opened it. There was no one outside. I stepped out and heard a rustle of bushes. I looked around before I turned to go inside. I heard a loud gunshot and then I saw nothing at all.

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