Chapter three: The letter
As I got in I saw Leah looking pissed as hell at me. Ok well I've spent the last three years doing that so I can't get out of the habit straight away. "Hey." I said smiling. I knew this was pissing her off more.
"What the fuck were you doing?! You could have gotten hurt this early in a morning!" I smiled.
"But I carry a gun in my waist band for self defence where ever I go." She rolled her eyes.
"By the way this came for you." She said handing me a letter with the bald eagle on the front. Oh god this will be the military. I opened it up and red the letter.
Dear Miss Telitha Clearwater Gray,
We are writing to ask for your presence at a honours evening soon. We will be expecting you to receive the service and the protection medal due to your outstanding time in Iraq. The date will be the 22nd of May and will take play at the recruitment Centre in Washington DC.
Yours sincerely,
Your commanding officer.
I don't do formal events. I don't do praise. I certainly don't like attention. I fold it back up and walked into the kitchen. Where Leah and Seth looked like they were in hailing the table while Sue was cooking. It was comical the way they all turned to me at once.
"Who was the letter from, Tee?" Sue asked, most people called me Tee.
"From the Military." I said calmly making a cup of coffee.
"Saying..." Leah said.
"They want me to receive some medals. No big deal." I said taking a sip.
"Good for you! I'm proud of you!" Sue said hugging me.
"I'm not going." I said walking up to my room to get changed.
"Why?! You took two bullets!" Seth said looking confused.
"Don't like presentations. Don't like rewards. Don't like formal events." I found another letter on the side that also said my name on it but it was open. I picked it up and looked inside... She's still alive!
The letter was from my sister who left for boarding school a year before the fire. Why had nobody told me. She asked to meet up and listed a number I can call to phone up. I turned to Sue who looked guilty.
"Why didn't you give me this letter?" I asked in a pained voice. "My remaining blood family is alive, and I didn't even know!"
"I'm sorry I just didn't want you too forget us." She said.
"There is nothing you can do that will make me forget you. This is the closure I need that reassurance that I'm not the only member of the Gray family left. The person who can bring life back to my heart. I love you guys so much but I need to see her." I said.
"I understand."
"after this meeting I may never want to see her again. I just need to know that's she's healthy." She nodded and I hugged her. I went up stairs and got changed from my work out clothes after a cold shower. I dialled her number.
"Hello?"
"hi Amy. It's Telitha." She squealed.
"It's been to long sister. How have you been?"
"Theres a lot to tell you but Id rather do it in person."
"Ok when and where do you wanna meet up? I'm in Forks right now." When I herd that I was about to explode.
"I'm in La Push the reservation. A family adopted me. So why don't I pick you up out side the diner in forks tomorrow and then we'll go to first beach to talk." She laughed.
"Sure about noon."
"Sure. See you later."
"Bye Tee."
I planned my outfit for tomorrow and then went down stairs. They all turned to me.
"She's in forks. I'm going to talk to her tomorrow." See that I didn't want to talk they all dropped the subject.
Time to face the music...