Two of a Kind

Rewind, Pause, Fast forward and Wait

Hi, Cassandra here. I want to apologize for making you guys wait literally a year for a new chapter, but things are better now. I've been in therapy for a while and a lot has changed for the better. I even lost my old laptop. I think that's part of what made me feel newly inspired to write again. Anyway, thank you for your endless support and your love for this characters. 

Always grateful, 

Cassandra Bloom

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I blinked once. Twice. A third time and that red door opened. They came with panicked expressions on their faces as their eyes laid on my still limp body.

"Baby girl, are you okay?" Robert came to me first, he held a piece of fabric with rubbing alcohol on it. I knew after he tapped my nose with it and my eyes opened completely.

"Fuck, I'm okay. I'm okay." I said, hating the smell of the liquid, but loving the gesture.

"Are you?" Daniel held a glass of water, ready to pour it on me if the alcohol didn't work.

"I am now..." I said, switching between a pair of hazel eyes and a pair of green eyes.

Aunt Mary sighed from beside me. "Okay, honeybee, you've had enough upsets for today. Stay the night and tomorrow, we'll have brunch and talk." She said, raising an eyebrow at me as I turned to look at her.

"Okay, I'll go get my clothes in a minute." I returned my gaze to the men I had been avoiding.

"Okay." She said as I stepped out of the car with Dani's help. His touch made my hands shake slightly.

We walked in the house and upstairs to their room. They sat me down on the bed, waited until I was comfortable, then laid on each side of my body. They carefully wrapped their arms around my figure as I sunk deeper in to the mattress. 

I cried. 

I sobbed. 

I yelled. 

They held me through it all. Like I was birthing myself. They knew my endless river of emotions was inevitable. I was down. Again.

 I felt my reality warp and morph into a stage. A stage in which I was a little girl being brought back to a time in which I had no power, no say, no choice, no freedom.

Suddenly, I looked up and stared out the window. The sun was setting and then it all went black.

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Daniel's Pov

"I can stare at her for the rest of my life." I said to myself, feeling her breath. Slowly going in and out.

"She is absolutely breathtaking." Said the gorgeous man beside me, holding this amazing woman with me.

"I'm just happy she stopped crying." I said. Every time she choked back tears, my heart broke a little more.

"Me too, but I know she needed this. Seeing that monster in person again, must've been a nightmare." Robert softly caressed her head as spoke.

"It's even harder for me to understand why he doesn't try. It's his daughter, his little girl. Why treat her like this?" I asked, my voice low so I wouldn't wake my little baby up.

"Alcoholism is a disease, but not an excuse. What I really can't understand or believe is the fact that no one is blaming her grandmother. This woman knew what was happening and just covered it up. For her son, who was sick and hurting her granddaughter. That's the part that just boils my blood." Robert said, his face getting red and his tone getting slightly more aggressive.