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Chapter 28

Date: 10th July 2026, 04:33

Location: Emma Wright and Liam Masen's "Apartment", California

Emma was sat at the dining table writing furiously. She had been there for since two o'clock in the morning. She heard footsteps from the hallway leading to the bedrooms. She looked up and saw Phoenix walking towards her, rubbing the sleep from his eyes.

"Emma? How long have you been up?" He asked before yawning. He nodded at Emma's coffee cup next to her and reached out for it. Emma sighed and sat back nodding at her brother.

"Since…" She looked at her watch. "Two?" She said with a sheepish look on her face, rubbing the back of her head with her right hand. Phoenix gave her a concerned look before sighing and sitting next to her. He handed one of the two cups of coffee he was carrying to her. She smiled and took it. "I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep so… Yeah." She trailed off looking nowhere in particular. Phoenix sighed.

"Yeah, I know." He said. They sat in silence for a few moments before Emma cleared her throat.

"Well seeing as your awake and not doing your boyfriend, you can help me do some of this paper work." She said. Phoenix started coughing on his sip of coffee. When he had stopped coughing he put his mug down and glared at Emma. She just smiled angelically and carried on with what she was writing. Phoenix sighed and grabbed a pen. He thought for a moment before speaking.

"Did you want to talk about anything? While it's just us?" He asked. They made some small talk for a few minutes as they filled in the outstanding paper work. As time went on, Emma became more and more quiet. Phoenix noticed and called her out. She froze slightly before sighing and turning her head towards Phoenix.

"I take it you haven't had your medication yet." Emma sighed and nodded. "Go on, I'll carry on trying to finish off at least some of this paper work." He frowned and Emma gave him a half smile before walking down the hallway to her room. She quietly opened the door and peaked inside. Trucy was still sleeping in her bed. Emma quietly entered the room and, as silently as possible, walked over to the en-suite. When she got there she closed the door and sighed, leaning against it. She shook her head and stood in front of the mirror cabinet above the sink. Emma looked at her reflection and saw dark circles under her eyes. I really need some more sleep after this is all over… She thought before opening the cabinet. She grabbed a pill bottle from the top shelf and popped open the lid. She tipped a pill into the palm of her hand and put the lid back on.

"I'd better get a glass of water." Emma murmured to herself and closed the cabinet before heading quietly back to the living area.

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Date: 10th July 2026, 08:48

Location: Emma Wright and Liam Masen's "Apartment", California

Liam woke up and noticed that he was alone in his room. It was then he heard a quiet knocking on the door to his room. He groaned and got up rubbing his eyes, and answered the door. Miles was standing outside wearing an oversized shirt and sleep pants. He smirked at Liam's tired state.

"You may want to see this Mr Masen." He said. Liam nodded and exited the room before following Miles down the hallway to the living area. When they got there, Liam looked over at the table and cracked a smile. Emma and Phoenix had obviously fallen asleep in the table while they were filling in paper work. Liam quietly went over to the table and grabbed Emma's phone and took a quick photo before putting it back. The silence in the apartment was broken by some loud knocking on the front door. Emma and Phoenix groaned and sat up slowly.

"La radice quadrata di pi greco è un punto sette sette due quattro ..." Emma muttered, sliding her hands over her face. She shook her head and looked around, with a slightly confused look on her face. "Questa non è la mia classe di matematica. Quello che il?"

"La porta mia cara sorella." Phoenix replied after shaking his head slightly. The siblings looked up to see an amused Miles and a grinning Liam looking at them. Liam just shook his head and went over to the front door.

"Is there a reason you thought you were in a math class, reciting the square root of pi Emma?" he asked Emma just blushed and looked down muttering.

"Zitto idiota" The three men just chuckled as Liam opened the door to see Apollo on the other side. Liam nodded him in.

"Hey Apollo. Trucy should be up…" Liam got interrupted by Trucy running into the living room, fully dressed and ready for the day.

"Now! Morning Polly, morning Papa, morning Uncle Liam…" She looked over at Phoenix and Emma and frowned when she saw how tired they looked. "Daddy, Auntie Emma, did you get any sleep at all last night?" She put her hands on her hips. Emma laughed tiredly before getting up, grabbing the two mugs on the table and stumbling over to the kitchen to make some more coffee.

"Si – I mean yes I did now stop worrying. I'm sure you want to go with Polly pocket to court." Emma looked at her watch and then looked over at Apollo. "Shouldn't you be there by now?" She asked. Apollo sighed.

"The Judge is visiting Chief Justice's son so the trial was postponed." He replied. Emma nodded her head and yawned.

"Okay, well if you need me just give me a call. I'll see you two later." She said as she made up some coffee for herself and the others. Trucy grinned and hugged Miles, then Liam, then Phoenix before hugging Emma.

"See you guys later!" She said and with that, she and Apollo walked out the door. Emma just shook her head sand turned around.

"Coffee?" She asked. The three men came over and grabbed a cup of coffee each and the four of them sat down on the sofas. They sat there and had a pleasant conversation until Miles mentioned a meeting he, Phoenix and Liam needed to go to. "Okay you three go now, I need to get ready and head down to the court house in case I am needed." They went off to their respected rooms and got ready to leave. Less than 15 minutes later they were all leaving the building and off to where they needed to go. On the counter was a glass of water, and next to it a small white pill.

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