Hey Guys! I missed ya's!…..is that any conciliation for me being so long on updating? Even if its not then I happy to announce the 3rd chapter of Darkest Secrets is now here! Hope you all are enjoying it so far!

I do not own anything! And I mean nothing! Characters and plot belong to Kelley Armstrong and the idea of the stories PoV belongs to the awesome Brittan4ever!

I was back at the hospital with just minuets to spare before Chloe awoke. She didn't look very good, not at all. My poor little niece, had her hair splayed all over her face and pillow, her eyes were tinged red, due to crying herself to sleep I suppose, and her face was red and blotchy.

"Morning aunt Lauren…" She sounded tired.

"Morning, honey. How was your sleep?"

"It was fine. I woke up a few times and saw dad…where is he?" Her face fell slightly.

"He's just going to get some eatable breakfast for us." I joked. That got a smile and a giggle out of her.

"Okay." She still had her smile on, but it looked somewhat forced.

Steve decided then would be a wonderful time to come bearing donuts and coffee. I still hadn't had my morning coffee, and I was surprised that I wasn't irritable.

Chloe and Steve were so much alike. They both ripped there donuts in half, then dunked them into the coffee, and they both had double doubles. Chloe may look like her mother but she didn't act like her at this age. She was more mature than most teenagers were.

We finished our breakfast then Chloe had a shower and got dressed in some of the clothes that I had packed for her stay at Lyle House. She looked like she was forcing the smiles she was sending us, but wouldn't you if your father and aunt were sending you to a nut house? I would do much more than that if I were her. I would have made a scene when they told me, I would have freaked out. But she is also much more mature than other people her age.

When Chloe was finished, and Steve had checked her out of the hospital, we were all making our way across the parking lot to towards my Mercedes. It was Sunday, and the house nurses were expecting us soon, so we drove off.

Chloe had gotten some kind of pill that made her sleep on the way there before we got checked out, so she was quite the whole way to Lyle House.

The house was more than I had expected. Old white Victorian, with a wraparound porch with a swing. Very nice. Chloe was going to have a lovely time here while they got her 'Problem' straitened out.

The tow head nurses were waiting for us as we pulled up. Mrs. Talbot was older with gray hair, and was wide hipped, and came to greet Chloe. The younger nurse, whos name I have forgotten, was small with doe like eyes that followed Chloe.

We were all led inside, Talbot with Chloe, Steve and myself following suit. She gave us a tour of the house, but from the look of Chloe, she was going to need another one after the med's she had in her wore off. Poor girl.

We were led upstairs then, to the room Chloe would be staying in with her new roommate, Elizabeth Denaly. That name sounded very fimiliar, but I couldn't place it, no matter how hard I tried.

The room was quant. Two single beds, two desks, two closets, one already filled with Elizabeth's things, white and yellow walls, patterned with daisies. The side of the room that Chloe would be living in was sterile and clean, while the opposing side was covered in pages from magazines on the wall, the dresser covered in an assortment of makeup's and bottled things, and the bed made hastily.

Sooner than I had thought, it was time for Steve and I to be on our way. We both said our goodbyes to my niece and left before one of us started. As I hugged her, I had to hold back tears. I was going to miss my perfect little niece so much for the next few weeks, but after all of this was over, we would have her back, good as new.

Steve hugged his daughter somewhat awkwardly, mummbling something about staying in town, and told her that he would be coming for a visit as soon as they would allow it. As he hugged her once more, I saw him stuff something into her hand. As he pulled away, I could see it was a wad of money.

I drove Steve back tot eh hospital seeing as he had left his car there so we could all go to drop Chloe off together, but when we arrived, we were assaulted with Doctors. Some saying that they would have liked to keep Chloe there to be observed, others saying that they hoped she could deal with her illness. See, the thing that none of these people knew, and Steve and I did, was that Chloe was not in reality sick. She was just coming into her own with the ghostly vision, and what-not. It wasn't supposed to happen, but the gene testing that we did on her mother, and in-utero injections we did to my niece didn't work.

One doctor, though, was only there to give Steve Chloe's stuffed animal Ozzie. It was enough to make Steve want to drive right back to give it to her. I was happy to take him back myself, but he said he was going to go and give it to her himself. And I really couldn't deny him the right to give it to his daughter.

He took the little Kolabear and jumped into his car, and was speeding out of the parking lot of the hospital in a matter of a few minuets.

That left me to deal with the onslaught of doctors and nurses. Great. Thanks Steve!

OKAY! I know this was a very long wait, and the chapter isn't very long, but there really isn't much to go on just yet with Lauren. When the 'fun' stuff starts happening to Chloe is when the chapters should start to get longer…Aging, im very sorry, but could you all let me know how this chapter was, please?

Love y'all

~RenesmeeRedbird~