Carry On

by StutterRutter

"It takes a Village to raise a child." It's been over 10 years since anyone has heard from Nina Martin. But, after she left Fabian alone with their daughter, no body really cares. They joined forces to raise her, usually, putting their our lives on the back burner. But now, Arabella Rutter is 13 and everything starts to change. And they only have one choice, to Carry On.

19. Mia Playing Catch-Up

-Chapter 19-

~Mia~

The rest of the week flew by, many times, I saw Nina, Fabian and Amber give each other shady looks, I had no idea what had happened on Ambers birthday but, something had, and no one was telling me.

It was Thursday night, Roy, the twins and Jessamine where dead Asleep. Arabella had been drifting in and out of sleep for about an hour. I was just finishing up packing for tomorrow. I took my flashlight and shined it in Arabella's face to make sure she was asleep. Then I silently left the attic.

I had a plan, go confront Amber, or Fabian, or both. I slowly open Ambers door but all I see is Mara and Willow crashing on the floor in sleeping bag. The beds were empty.

I tipped toed down stairs, not easy task but, I did. The steps kept squeaking, especially the eighth step to the bottom.

A quick peek into Fabians room tells me their not there either. Only one place left they could be, the cellar.

Opening the door was easy, I at least thought it would be hard, if not locked. It opened like it was any other old door that was left unlocked and had constant traffic.

The place looked like an abandoned antique store, there was a long table, bottles with strange liquid cluttered it, stuffed animals hung all around. The layer of dust gave me an idea not to touch them.

Finding them was quite easy, I mean, there was a light shining from behind a bookshelf, how many times do people have to watch 'Million Dollar Rooms' to know that every old or rich person has one.

I remembered the code Fabian used on everything, his phone, his house security, I entered it on the four odd numbers at the top, the book shelf swung around, and their they were sitting around on couches, their heads snapped to look at me,

"Oh, what a party!" I exclaim

"What are you doing here?" Nina asks

"And my fan base. I was actually here to talk to you about your behavior." I sit down "your sneaking around, giving each other shifty looks at every meal..."

"Look, we can't tell you-" Fabian starts to explains

"What's new?" I question sarcastically

"But, remember when I told you had to keep Arabella save here?" Fabian nods at me, I nod back "we've got your first assignment..."

"Shoot." I say

"You've gotta keep Arabella away from the Attic and Cellar." Nina tells me

"And away from any eye-shaped necklaces." Amber adds

"Are you guys drunk?" I ask

"No, we are not drunk." Fabian informs me

"Then I'm hallucinating, good night." I leave as quickly as possible.

A/N Does Mia know something else is up, then what Sibuna is letting on? Can she keep Arabella out of trouble? Tell me what you think! ✌️.