Antwon's POV

"Antwon, wake up. You promised me that you'd take me to the pond today." Kyra says.

I see my fiancé standing next to the bed, holding her stomach. Ever since she found out she was having a baby, she has done that.

She wants everyone to know she's pregnant and how lucky she is to have a guy like me.

A smile spread across my face when I saw the light from the sun hit her. It makes her look like she has a halo about her head. "I'm awake. Let me change, and then we can head to the pond."

"What about breakfast? I'm hungry, and we have no food in the house."

I laugh. "We can grab something while we're out, and then we can go grocery shopping."

She groans. "You know I hate shopping, and it's not my responsibility to have it stoked up."

I pull her onto the bed. "If you move in with me, we can always stock it. It's about time we take the next step in our relationship. We're going to have a kid in seven months."

She looks at her bare ring finger. "I won't be moving in here until you put a ring on my finger."

I claim her lips with mine, taking her mind off the ring I'm supposed to give her. I grab a velvet box by leaning over to the drawer next to the bed. Opening it, I say. "Kyra Melissa Caiden. Will you marry me?"

"Yes," she nods. Tears begin to fall down her face, and she wipes them away. "This is perfect, Antwon."

Taking the ring out of the box, I slid it on her finger. She leans forward and claims my lips with hers. Pulling away, she says. "I love you, Antwon."

My heart begins to race as I open my eyes and look around the room.

I haven't thought of Kyra since she took her life nine years ago.

Climbing out of bed, I quickly changed into jeans and a shirt. I headed downstairs to the kitchen and heard Cole talking to Julia about a 1969 Ford Mustang.

Entering the kitchen with Liam, their conversation comes to a halt, and an awkward silence falls upon the room.

Cole looks at me, trying to make me have a conversation with my sister, but I'm not in the mood to talk to her after dreaming about my dead fiancé.

Julia: Hey, Dad.

Dad: Hey, Pumpkin. I need your brothers and you home ASAP. There are things we need to talk about.

Julia: I have an interview that I can't miss. Can I come by after that?

Dad: Congrats on the interview. It's good that you're planting roots in this city again.

Julia: I know. I'll give you to Liam. He'll let you know if he can make it.

She hands the phone to Liam, and he talks to Dad for a bit.

Liam hangs up and hands the phone back to Julia. "You could skip the interview and be there for the family."

Julia slaps him across the face. "Just because you have free time doesn't mean everyone can stop what they're doing to run home to Mommy and Daddy. I need to get myself set up here, too. Sometimes, I need to be selfish and look out for myself, just like Antwon and you." Grabbing the food off the table, she walks out of the room.

I see Cole's hands form into fists as he looks at Liam. "I've told you two countless times to be nice to her, and you keep ignoring me. You can fix your breakfast. I've got someone to keep company." Cole walks out of the room without saying another word.

Liam turns towards me. "Do you want to grab something to eat and head to the parents' house?"

"Sure, they won't tell us what's happening until Julia comes home."

"I know." Liam grabs his keys and heads to the door. "Are you going to tell her the truth about Kyra?"

"I have to. It's time Julia learns the ugly truth about our Uncle."

He places his hand on my shoulder. "You've never told anyone what happened. Will you be able to share the entire truth today?"

"I have to. Besides, I owe it to Kyra and myself, to tell the truth about what happened to her. It was hard for me to tell you the entire truth back then, but now Julia's back, and she needs to know what Uncle Kevin is capable of."

Liam and I have been at our parents' house since 9:30, and we're still waiting for our sister to come home from the interview.

I'm glad she's doing something for herself, but I hate that we must wait for her to get home before Dad tells us what's wrong with Mom.

Pulling my phone out of my pocket, I send Julia a message.

Me: Hurry up and get home. Dad wants to tell us something, and I don't want to wait any longer for you to get home.

I stare at my phone, hoping she will send me a message, but it never comes.

Liam and I sit in the lounge outside and wait for Julia to come. Looking at the driveway, I see Julia's car pull into it.

She opens the door and steps out.

"Finally," I yell. "Now we can find out what's wrong with Mom." I lead the way into the house, leaving my brother and sister outside.

Walking into the house, I see Mom and Dad sitting on the couch. They look at us as we enter the room.

Mom starts laughing, and then she says, "Well if it isn't my lonely children, they're coming back home to me. Too bad you're not wanted here."

Dad touches Mom's hand and whispers something to her. He looks at us as Liam and Julia take a seat. "I'm glad you're all here. There's something I need to tell you about your mother."

Julia looks at him. "Dad, after you tell us what's wrong with Mom, I want to know why you're all so angry. I know there are things you haven't told me about while I was gone, and I want everything in the air at once."

Dad nods. "That's fair." He looks at the three of us and says. "Your mother has a brain tumour. She needs to get it removed ASAP, but she's afraid to go to the specialist. I have to take her next week and organise a day to remove it."

"I'll come with you, Dad," I say. "I want to be there every step of the way."

Dad smiles. "Thanks, son. I'll need someone to drive us around. I don't think I'll be able to do it alone.

Julia has tears rolling down her face, but she doesn't say anything. She looks at Dad and says, "Is that why Mom's been mean to me since I arrived home?"

"Yes, it seems the tumour is pressing on the part of your mother's brain, and it's making her have unusual outbursts."

"At least I know why she's treating me differently. Can you tell me what's going on with you, Daddy?"

Dad looks at her. "A year after you left, we noticed that some money was disappearing from the vaults. Our clients discovered some of their stuff went missing a few months later. I had to find out what was happening, and I hired someone to investigate what was happening, but by the time the investigation finished, all the money my parents left was gone, and the private investigator told me who did it. Kevin, my brother, took everything from me, and I was broke. I lost everything until someone came with money and told me he would help us. That person was..."

"Cole Mason," Julia says. "He told me they much."

A smile spreads across his face. "I like that boy."

Julia stands up and walks over to Dad. "I'm sorry you went through all that, Daddy. I wish you had called me, though. I would have come home."

Dad wraps his arms around her and says. "I couldn't let you miss school to help us. Besides, you need to live your life away from your parents. Your brothers did that for a while, but they wanted to come home and save money."

She pulls away from Dad. "Until Uncle Kevin stole from them, too."

Dad looks at me. "You should tell her what he did to you, Antwon. You're the one that lost a lot because of that man."