Uninviting

But not half as impossible as everyone assumes

You are crying lightning.

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Worrywarts and optimists were never a good mix.

Just as Lara looked as pale as the grey walls surrounding them, while pacing from pillar to post. Every action caused a nerve wrecked Chimdi to lose bits of her sanity.

"Do you think he's going to create a scene?" She gulped anxiously. "Will he hit him again this time?"

"Shut up Lara, Jeez!" Chimdi snapped, "Can't you focus on getting your shit together for once!"

If anything, Chimdi's outburst fueled Lara's anxiety the more.

They'd been unfortunate eyewitnesses to what their friend's father was capable of, the...