Rose breathed a sigh of relief, putting the pistol back into her bedside drawer and walking downstairs. "Good lord, Murphy." she muttered

Caden went inside,pushing through her. "I need to get some stuff off my mind." He replied in almost a silenced tone.

"Okay?" She asked, walking over to the couch and watching him

Caden flew out of the house and to the pond.He sat on the dock and looked back at the house,wondering what Rose was doing.He sighed as he held his head in his hands and unfocused from the world,drowning his mind in thoughts,going still,completely still.

She watched as he bolted out the door. Wierd. Rose watched Tiktok for a bit before her head hurt. She texted Caden. You alright? She asked, surprised he had left abruptly like he did. She worried that their recent trauma was going to plauge him like this. She knew it would for her. She got up and doordashed another lotus so she wouldn't fall asleep. When it arrived, she just sat at the bar, thinking and drinking her lotus with her leg bouncing in stress

He sighed and tossed the phone.Caden was'nt alright.He never had been,never would be.With trauma to deep,cutting into him like a knifes blade,life would never be normal.

Rose groaned and walked upstairs, flopping onto the bed. "What the fuck." She said, thinking again

A wave lapped up onto the dock,soaking Caden's legs.Good day to wear shorts,atleast.He stood up immediatly,rembering being almost drowned.With a sigh and few mutters of 'why am I like this',Caden settled back down and sat on the dock,legs dangling over the edge.

Rose sat up and just stayed there on the bed. She texted Caden again. Do you need anything? I love you. She sighed and set her phone down. He's not fine. He's hurting and there's nothing I can do to fix it..... She felt tears slowly roll down her face, thinking of Caden and how much he had gone through with her the past week

Caden stared at his phone,reading the text.He did'nt respond and just left it on read.He sighed,considering jumping into the water and not coming back up again.The only thing holding him back,was Rose.