Life After the Storm

As we head up to his house, it's just like before. Nothing has changed. All the people gawking at me and whispering. What they all must think, but I don't care. The compassion that I've had most of my life is gone. I figure it's better to feel nothing than to feel anything.

In the distance I see a little boy running to me, as my eyes clear I see it's Jayden. He has done nothing wrong, but I'm afraid to show weakness. Knowing Jayden is probably the biggest weakness I have even though everything that has happened is not his fault he is innocent, So why would I not acknowledge him? He is the little shine of light that is in my darkness. I squat down as he runs into my arms, I hug him as tight as I can and pick him up. “Lilly, I have missed you so much, I'm so happy that you are okay.”

Then the words come out of my month without me realizing, “Oh Jayden, I have missed you so much too.”

As I'm gripping on to him tighter, I watch as a woman walks towards us. “Now Jayden, you know that you can't run off like that.”

As she goes to take him out of my arms, “what do you think you're doing, get your fucking hands off of him.”

“Excuse me,” she says to me as she looks at Ivan with an irritated look. That I just want to smack off of her fucking face. I just pretend that she and Ivan aren't there and give all my attention to Jayden.

He then whispers in my ear, “Lilly, she's not very nice. She makes me do things that I don't want to do, but daddy says I have to listen to her.”

As anger overcomes me, I then hear Jaydens sweet little voice which helps me to calm myself. “Lilly, your eyes have changed color, they are so beautiful.”

I feel so much power running through my veins, I do not know what to do with all of it. I try to calm myself as I look at Jayden. It helps me I can feel my body relax as I look at him. He smiles, “Yes my eyes change color isn't that cool.”

He giggles at me as I begin to tickle his belly “Lilly, stop please Lilly,” As I continue to tickle him.

threatening stare to warn him not to come any farther toward us. I watch as he backs away, surprised

an irritated look and says, “Lilly, it's time to

him so much. “Jayden, I have to go

to me tighter, “Lilly, you promise you will come and play

Jayden, I promise cross my heart.” I then kiss his cheek and put

“I love you, Lilly.”

my eyes. “I love you too,

that angers him the most. Jayden has touched me somewhere in my heart that I feel for him. I know that he will be my weakness, but I always want to protect him. I just hope when it comes time to leave that I'm

to shove me along, I take my arm out of his

I'm not sure what is going to happen or what he is going to make me do. I don't want him to touch me and

Now it's like I want to heal Ivan from all his pain that he has suffered. But what about the pain that he has made me

didn't realize that Ivan was speaking to me. I was lost in my thoughts and I did not realize he was talking. I snap out of it once I feel another slap across my face. I look at him with disappointment,

him with frustration “what do you want me to say Ivan you have

was angry you were pregnant, you have been sleeping with other wolves and

you did was evil,

shouldn't of opened your legs to anybody that would fuck you, so who the hell