crimson red with a pitch of black

* chap 2* crimson red with a pitch of black

Chapter 2:

matt lanter as nate ========>

Emily's P.O.V.

*Ding dong* *ding dong*

I heard the doorbell, it wasn't mum, she just got out of the house and dad only comes back at night, I went to the window upstairs and peeked through the curtains, at first I couldn't see nothing because of the blinding sunlight, I squinted and saw a man and a woman in formal clothes, the woman saw me and waved and gestured her hand for me to open the door for her

"mum's not here" I told her once I open the window slightly, the woman smiled a warm smile and said "it's ok, we just wanna talk to you and your brother, Is your dad home?" I shook my head 'no'

I Couldn't let them in, my parent are gonna be upset, I told them to wait and went searching for Nate, I found him fixing the clock, he was quite smart to be able to do this when he was only 10 "whats the matter Em?" he asked me worriedly, I told him about the man and woman outside and he told me to follow him, "stay behind me" he said as he pulled me behind him protectively

He opened the door to reveal the man and woman from downstairs, the woman smiled and bent down to the level of me and Nate "are you Nate?" she asked smiling "who are you?" Nate asked not answering her question "I'm Olivia and this is Sam" she pointed towards the other man and extended her hand to shake Nate's, he shook her hand and then she looked at me and ruffled my hair, I flinched and hid behind Nate gripping his old beaten t-shirt for dear life, "and you must be Emily" I peeked and looked at her

Who was she? What does she want? I wondered nervously biting my nails, and as if reading my mind she said "I'm from the police from C.A.T. I would like to talk to you for a while"

Nate looked at her confused "your a cat?" he asked, the woman chuckled and said "no C.A.T. as in (child abuse team)"

"what does that mean" Nate asked her tilting his head to the side looking confused' " well, The Child Abuse Team utilizes a multi-disciplinary approach in its efforts to investigate and combat child abuse. As in we help children who are mistreated at home" she said smiling, the man looked around and asked us "are your parent home?"

"no we're alone" Nate said, "can we come in?" the nice woman asked, Nate looked at me clearly concerned "she's from the police Nate" I whispered, the man must've heard us because he said "don't worry, were not going to hurt you" he wasn't as nice as the woman but he still looked nice and he looked like he wouldn't hurt us, Nate nodded and guided them inside with me still holding his shirt, "mom and dad will be back soon so please make this fast" Nate said, the woman nodded and looked at me, Nate looked at her and said "how do you know my name?"

"we have been watching you and your sister for a week, a neighbor reported that a child was suffering abusment and neglect, but we found the two of you" she said "so Nate, do you go to school?" Nate looked at her sadly then said "no, I don't" she continued to ask him questions as the man went and looked around the house, the woman looked at me then said "don your parent hit you too?" she asked while smiling at me, I looked at Nate and he held my hand and squeezed it assuringly, "it's ok, they're only going to help us Em" I looked at the woman and nodded

"alright, were going to talk to your parent, and we will take you to a nice shelter house or a foster house, ok?" Nate quickly replied "no! They won't be happy about this!" he said and as he said that the front door opened and mum stepped in holding a brown bag, My eyes widened, they'll kill us no doubt! The woman saw our horrified expression

Mom looked at us then at the woman, the man appeared from behind inside the kitchen, mum dropped the bag and yelled incoherent words at us, the man introduced himself cutting off her fretting, "I'm Sam and this is Olivia from C.A.T, we'd like to have a word with you and mr.James"

"get out of my house, there's nothing to talk about, and you-" she trailed pointing at me and Nate, "-will have to explain and pay" the woman gave mum a paper and mum read it looking annoyed, after reading it mum's expression turned into horror, "Nate take your sister and go out please"

Nate needn't to repeat it cuz he pulled me out and sat on the porch, after closing the door, he looked at me, smiling "do you know them Nate?" he patted my like a puppy n smiled "it's gonna be ok."

I believed him, Nate never lied to me, we waited by the porch, I could hear faint sounds from inside, I heard a car pulling up and when I looked up, it was dad's car, he didn't even turn to look at us, he just ran inside the house

About 20 minutes later the door opened, when I looked it was the man and woman holding dad, dad's hand was tied by a metal object, I think it's called handcuffs, the man took mum and dad and took them in the car, the woman however, sat with us and talked to Nate

"were going to the shelter" Nate said smiling

A shelter? What's a shelter? I wondered as the woman took us to her car

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2 years later

9 years old emily's P.O.V

"give it back!" I yelled as savanna took away my book, she was such a bully, ever since I came here 2 years ago, she was being mean to me, I huffed as she tore the cover, that was the third time she ruins a book of mine this week, I grew used to it

I rarely saw Nate though, I see him twice or thrice s month on regular basis, he's in the boys shelter not so far away but I haven't seen him in about 4 months

I haven't heard about my so-called parent either, they were in jail for 10 years, it's been 2 years since they took them, I saw them on the trial though, but I only stayed a little, I never talked to them after though, I don't mind, I like it that way

"Emilia!" I turned around to find Sam, our advisor calling, "it's Emily" I yelled" she keeps calling Me that stupid name! "come here please" I sighed and went to her, she was a nice lady, in here mid thirties, strawberry blonde hair and blue-green eyes, she was really tall, and she looked motherly and nice, she smiled warmly and took my hand

We headed to her office, and before we enter, she took me aside and said "look darling, a nice couple came and offer their house to shelter you"

I looked at her, puzzled, then it clicked "as a foster house", she smiles "exactly like a foster house" what about Nate? Will he come? "what about Nate?" I asked her, she smiled sadly, "haven't they told you? He was adopted 3 months ago, to a nice family in Miami, you'll be in California by the way, if you behaved the McCartney's might adopt you!" she said excitedly

I wasn't shocked about Nate, i was expecting it anyway, I was just hoping we would be able to be together, I felt a tug at my heart at the loss of my brother, I smiled though and went inside her office

After all, this could be a new start..