Cora (Dollar) POV
Ruby said that Dad and Xavier were upset, and I wondered: this time, we start to relax and enjoy ourselves. What I mean is, we feel like normal people doing everyday things, and then something ugly pops up in our head and bam, we are dragged down again. It's a wonder we are not all crying, sniffling idiots, or the opposite: hard, bitter people, with what life has been throwing at us.
The four of us are in the office.
I could see the large screen had been dropped down; they must have been watching something disturbing.
There was tension in the room.
Xavier looked like he had swallowed something bitter and couldn't get the taste out of his mouth, as he licked his lips and kept swallowing. He looked like he could do with a hug, so I gave him one.
Xavier's arms quick
