I woke up seeing Tessa gone and me naked and my hair wet, but memories of us in the shower replays back in my mind.

I get ready and head to the kitchen seeing Tessa making scrambled eggs. "Hey, baby" I whisper but her ears. "Fuck, Hardin. You scared the living day out of me! She screams. I grab her waist and turn her around and ask her, "Have you used the pregnancy test yet?" She replies with "No it's too early, let's give it time." I roll my eyes sarcastically and Auden arrives looking at us in disgust then we realise what position we are in, my holding her ass is not a good look for the kids.
Tessa coughs and tells Auden "I'm making breakfast, I won't take that long and could you go wake up your sister to wake up please!?" He replies with "Yeah yeah, I'll go."

Auden comes back and sits on the couch while we wait for Tess to make us a Full English. "Well, where is Em?"  I ask him in concern and he says so bluntly "I dunno" - wait what is he on about? I get up to check Emerys room to see it empty. I check the bathroom to see it empty. I check the laundry room to see it empty. I check the study room to see it empty. I check the office to see it empty. I sprint to the kitchen and tell Tess "She did a runner." She looks up at me confused "Who? Em?" I run my hands through my hair and shout "Well of course Em, who else!...Im sorry for snapping at you Im just worried." Her eyes are still, this is her worst nightmare to find her child gone. The next thing I hear is Auden scream I blink my eyes multiple times and the plates are on the floor and tessas hands are trembling. "Mum don't over react, just call her I'm pretty sure she will explain." Auden hands the phone to his mum.

"No you don't understand! She's been going through a rough time!" Tess shouts. I give Auden the look to leave and he does exactly that.

"And exactly what has she been going through?" I say angrily. A promise we made as family was no secrets, No lies just the truth. I hate it that Emery told Tessa it but not me or her brother, she is so close I don't understand why she didn't tell him. If we were in as a family maybe she could have gotten through it. Maybe she didn't need to go all this stress all by herself. I do not want to over think it but i can not help my self. It probably wasn't as bad as I thought maybe having a secret boyfriend then getting heart broken. I always said to her to not have a boyfriend but it was too the point everyone knew it was Joel and besides if it wasn't  Tessa would always say " why can't she have a boyfriend? Maybe they will have true love and get married like us." Whenever she says it, it burns me. Them not knowing what we went through to get where we are, the bet. Just everything.

"I'm going to look for her." Tessa says as she interrupts my thoughts. "Ah hell nah, you ain't going shit until you tell me what do is going through!" I snap at her "I'm sorry for shouting but you got me vexed up. We agreed no secrets but you hid something from me, not just you but Em. I have told you everything when we came up with this promise and yet you don't. How can I trust you babe? If you don't say the truth huh? How will I know when your lying or saying the truth?" I say calmly this time not wanting my anger to take control over me. She doesn't respond and it's been five minutes. "FOR FUCK SAKE ANSWER ME TERESA" I shout at her slamming my hand to the table. "And yet again I'm sorry for snapping at you"

"Sorry isn't going to fix it hardin but-" She is disrupted by then bell her eyes open wide and probably by the same as mine. Auden was near the door and opened it. Me and Tess go behind him and see Landon with Emery.

"Care to explain em?" She softly speaks. But instead of a response Emerys comes crying into her mothers hand while walking to her room. I take Landon in the kitchen and he explains that he saw doing drugs and smoking weed. Never in my life did I think my innocent daughter would do such a thing. I didn't want her to go through the path I went only I just smoked pot nothing else. But her doing other substances. I tried so hard to make her live in an environment where she does regret anything and has her life sort out. How did she end up in this mess? I. Need. To. Find. Out...NOW!

A few hours later I go to her room to see her and Tessa sleeping I don't want to disturb them, they both had a terrible start to the morning.

I go to the kitchen and pick up the plates that was dropped with the breakfast. It came to my realisation that Auden hasn't ate anything yet so I quickly poured some frosties and milk. I head to the Living room to give his late breakfast, it's already for noon. How has it been already more than three hours I don't know but all I do know is I'm worried sick about my family. I just hope he doesn't go through a similar path...i will make sure

I load the dishwasher and leave Auden, reading a book as usual and giving Tessa a good bye kiss but Emerys was still sleeping so I just left her in peace...For now.