After Raelee’s conversation with the strong man, she had to look for her sister. However, in the pit of her stomach, she truly believed her sister would meet her back at Will’s place. It was a given, to all meet back at Will’s, but what…why was it that Will sent the strong man to talk to her. He said he would see her soon, to look after her sister and protect her. Something just didn’t seem right. Raelee had left the crowd, had ran most of the way to Will’s apartment, and had entered the room to find her sister curled up on the couch with her face buried in folded arms. Raelee sighed softly and shut the door behind her, tears welling in her eyes as moved to the couch. Nono was the last to see him…she was with him when it all happened. Raelee wasn’t going to cry, she refused and swallowed the unwanted tears down.
The older sister carefully sat beside Nono and lifted her arms as the child-like girl layed down against her sister’s lap. Raelee could feel Nono’s tears streaming down her face. Would it be wrong to ask what happened? Or perhaps she should let her sister weep. Her fingers brushed through her sister’s hair as her eyes closed softly. In Nono’s hand was the bow tie, that flew from Will’s body on the rooftop and she clutched it as if it were Will himself. Raelee brushed her fingers once more and squeezed her sister’s shoulder.
“The other’s should be back soon…” Raelee pointed, her voice no louder than a whisper.
“Mm.” Nono murmured, her face buried in Rae’s lap. Nono had ran from the alley and ran right into the strong man. He had grabbed her shoulders and told her to listen to her sister. Nono was tired of people telling her to listen to her sister, but because it was Will’s orders, she was wise to obey.
“Are you hungry?” Raelee asked, and Nono shook her head. She didn’t want to eat, her stomach was empty and she feared she would lose her stomach’s content if she were to eat.
“He told me to run…I ran. He told me to…” Nono let out a frustraited cry and Raelee pulled her sister tightly against her chest.
“Shh, Nono. Shh…” Raelee hushed, rubbing her sister’s back. “It’s okay… he’ll be okay. He’s always okay…”