The baby must have been excited too because she started kicking and rolling, which only made me nauseous.
"Jesus, she's rolling." Colby said with a laugh as he put his hand on my belly. "Yeah. I might puke." I said with a laugh as he chuckled.
"Aim the other way, please." He said then kissed my head. "Get some rest, sweetheart. I love you." Colby said as I nodded, resting my head on his chest.
"I love you, too." I said quietly then closed my eyes.
It had been a long day so I was able to drift off fairly quickly, despite how much baby was kicking.
"Juliana." A voice echoed causing me to open my eyes. I was in my childhood bedroom in Seattle.
Something about it felt nostalgic but foreign all at the same time.
When I sat up, school books slid off of my body and onto the floor. I must have fallen asleep doing schoolwork.
I got out of bed, looking around the room that held so much pain. Nothing had changed from the last time I was here and I could almost feel the heart ache brewing in my chest.
"Juliana!" My mom angrily yelled from down the hallway. "Yes?" I asked and opened the door. I was expecting to see her standing there but instead saw the empty hallway.
In the room next to mine I could hear a baby crying, causing me to go towards it. When I opened the door, I felt my heart ache.
"Juya!!" Juniper squealed as she kicked her legs out happily. "Oh..." I whispered and went to scoop her into my arms.
I felt my heart aching as I held my sweet baby sister in my arms.
"Jule, will you play legos with me?" Sam asked as I gasped and looked around to see my little brother who was five years old again.
"Yeah, of course." I said quietly as he brightened up. "Really? You have time?" He asked as I nodded.
"I'll always have time for you." I said quietly. "Daddy said you have to go to work. He packed you some tacos for dinner!" He said as my blood ran cold.
The night I was taken.
Part of me regretted getting taken because it tore my whole family apart. My poor siblings were orphans because I was selfish.
On the other hand I loved Colby more than anything in the world. He loved me and he loved my siblings like they were his own kids.
He was my everything.
"Jule, mom and dad need you downstairs before you go to work." Jenna said as she poked her head into the room.
"They're both here?" I asked as she nodded. "Are you gonna leave us?" She asked with a knowing tone.
I didn't know how to answer.
My heart ached, knowing if I didn't leave for work then I would never have met Colby. I would have never felt true love, but my siblings wouldn't feel the heartbreak of losing both parents.
"Where are they?" I asked and handed Juniper over.
"Downstairs." Jenna said as I nodded and turned to leave. It was eerily quiet in the house, since usually there was some sort of commotion.
"Mom? Dad?" I called out as I walked down the stairs.
"Julia, no!" Colby cried out. His voice sounded so distant I could hardly even hear it.
When I got downstairs I looked around to see my parents facing the wall, their backs turned to me.
I immediately regretted my decision to go downstairs before as soon as I walked up they turned around.
My dad had a dozen or more bullet holes in his face and body, blood gushing out of each of them.
My mom had twenty or more stab wounds all over her, with so much blood coming out of her it was pooling at her feet.
"You did this." They both said as I screamed and went to run away. When I turned though I was met with both of them again as they chanted the same three words.
You did this.
I woke up screaming, bolting up as my heart raced with fear.
"Julia!" Colby gasped as I screamed and covered my face with my shaking hands.
"I did it!" I sobbed out as he pulled me into him, trying to soothe me. "Shhhh...hey..." Colby whispered as I screamed and sobbed into his chest.
"Sissy?" Juniper asked with fear as I tried to push away from Colby.
"Julia, look at me." Colby said and pulled away slightly so he could look into my eyes.
"You're okay. It was just a dream." He said as I shook my head, my jaw quivering.
"It wasn't. It was real." I whispered shakily as someone knocked on the door that connected our two rooms.
"Juniper, love. Can you sit here with sissy for just a second so I can get the other kids?" Colby asked as I shook my head.
"Don't leave." I begged. I was honestly scared of myself because if I was capable of killing my mom and dad, who know how badly I could snap again.
I didn't want to be left alone with the kids out of fear that I would kill them, too.
