Really quick, I just wanted to let you know that the first maybe four chapters are merely short intros to the characters.
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Chapter 2
"Please, let me go." he begged as his brothers held him down. Leo quickly tossed the pill bottle off to the side."I can't do this anymore. Please, let go. Let me die. I'm begging you."
The words replayed in Mikey's head over and over like a broken record. His big brother was begging for death. Never in his entire life did he ever think that he would see his brother so broken, so willing to give up. On the other hand Mikey couldn't really blame him. His wife and two sons were taken from him and it seemed to happen so fast. He remembered when he and his little twin nephews would just roughhouse, laugh and joke around with his daughter when they were younger. One twin always had the oddest habit, he smiled as he remembered.
"Jonah," Mikey asked when he saw the six year old sitting on the couch staring at nothing in particular and drinking from a juice box. "What are you staring at?"
The child didn't answer, he just kept staring. Mikey shrugged and crouched down in front of him so he was at eye level and stared back. The child blinked a few times and cocked his head to the side, confused. He stopped drinking his juice and asked "What are you doing, Uncle Mikey?"
Mikey shrugged. "You were staring, so I was staring right back."
Jonah got up off the couch and walked away stating. "You're really weird."
It was something so simple and yet it made him laugh. He always wondered what was going on in that head of his when stared off into space like that.
Mikey stared down at his hot chocolate in silence as he waited for his wife, Leilani, to return home with his son, Luke. Once they got home they would head over to Leo's house. He made it a habit to go down there at least three times a week to be there for him and to help Leo with the care taking. He sighed and raked a hand through his blonde hair out of habit. "I think I feel a headache coming on."
"Need some aspirin, Daddy?" a female voice asked.
Mikey looked to the sweet, innocent face of his daughter, Nicole, and gave her a sad smile. "Thanks princess." She held out the bottle to him and sat down at the table with him. He took the pills along with a gulp of his hot chocolate then sighed. "You know, you don't have to come with me to see your uncle every time." he wasn't exactly sure why he decided to bring that up now, but he just hated that his kids had to go through this along with him.
Nicole sighed and began fiddling with a strand of the curly blonde hair that escaped from her ponytail. "Well, I've thought about not showing up, but I can't really bring myself to do it." she looked up and her brown eyes met with her father's blue ones. "Whenever I think about trying to avoid him, I just remember how much fun he used to be and how he would be there for us if we needed him. Now, I feel like he needs us... all of us to be there for him." she scratched the back of her head before continuing. "Yes, it does get kind of depressing to see him like that, but..." she paused not really knowing how to finish that sentence.
Mikey placed a hand on top of her head "I get it."
"Sorry, I kind of rambled, didn't I?" she asked, slightly embarrassed.
"It's okay, I know what you were trying to say. And I appreciate it."
He then heard the door opening followed by a very excited voice. "Dad, Dad, Dad." a young boy called as he ran into the kitchen holding a piece of paper in his hand. Young, slightly tanned skin, round blue eyes and mousey brown hair hung loose around his head.
He was followed by Leilani, who stood in the doorway and waited. "Luke has something to show you, babe." she was a Hawaiian native with tanned skin, long, lustrous brown hair and brown eyes to match. She kept a pink artificial hibiscus flower in her hair to keep that island look about her. She was always a happy person, but when the incident with Mikey's brother happened she couldn't really keep all that happiness going.
"What's up, little man? What do you have for me." Mikey turned to Luke, who was still bouncing slightly in excitement. His brown locks bouncing as well.
"Look at what I drew." Luke pretty much shoved the piece of paper he was holding in his hand into his face.
Mikey took it and got a good look at it. It was pretty messy, which was natural considering the artist was only ten years old, but you could tell it was a drawing of his older brother holding a hand of two children that he assumed were his sons. Mikey smiled "Is this for your uncle, Luke?"
He nodded excitedly "Maybe it'll make him feel better."
"Thanks Luke, I'm sure he'll love it." he gave his son a smile. He just loved that his son voluntarily took the job of trying to cheer everyone up. "So are we all ready to go?"
"I believe we are." Leilani spoke up from the doorway.
"Let's go, let's go, let's go." Luke cheered already halfway to the front door.
Nicole laughed at her little brother's antics. "Hey, wait up." she said as she caught up with him.
"Shall we go then." Leilani said.
Mikey shut his eyes for a second. "Yeah, let's." with that they headed out.
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