Dark Inheritance

Chapter 2

Lucas

- “Calm down, Lexy. Breathe," I tell her.

Who would have thought that I would see her again under such circumstances.

When I woke up yesterday, I never thought I would lose my mother and Jack. I had just finished a meeting with my employees when my phone rang, and the police gave me the bad news. This is a huge blow to me, and I can't even imagine how she must feel right now, she loved them. It had been five years since we had seen each other or spoken. I flew in last night when I heard the news to come and take care of all the preparations for the funeral. Also, I was worried when Mary told me that Alexandra was unreachable. I was afraid she was doing something stupid but seeing the dark circles under her eyes she was probably in a nightclub or doing something else. I'm not going to think about that right now. She starts to react in my hands.

- “Let go of me", she shouts

- “Calm down," I tell her.

She tries to get out of my hands, but I hold her back and help her up. She sobs even more; I direct her towards the stairs. Mary throws me a disapproving glance knowing my relationship with her. I ignore her and support her by her waist to help her up the stairs. I lead her to her room and close the door behind us. She sits on her bed. I search her wardrobe which contains only dresses one shorter than the others. I leave her room and head towards my mother's closet. I finally find a black dress that I take and return to Alexandra's room.

- “Put this dress on, it's more appropriate," I tell her.

She ignores me and continues to cry.

- “Listen, the sooner you change, the sooner you'll get rid of me and you can cry as you want," I tell her, trying not to act like a jerk with her, for once.

She takes the dress

- “get out of my room", she asks me

- “Nothing I've ever seen Lexy," I tell her.

I decide to turn around anyway to give her some privacy. Three minutes later, I turn around without even waiting for her to tell me she's done. I give her some tissues to blow her nose.

We then leave her room and head towards the guests. She joins Mary and I hear her crying and sobbing.

I go around to chat with the guests.

A few hours later, everyone is finally gone. Only Mary was still consoling Alexandra.

- “There is food in the fridge," she says. "Please leave her alone, she doesn't need all your crap right now. "

I ignore her and continue texting my secretary. She gives me a kiss and leaves. I find myself alone in this house with my dearest stepsister. I wonder if the name is appropriate since there is nothing that links us now.

I join her in the living room, where she has been sitting since this morning.

- "Go get some rest Lexy. Tomorrow will be a long day," I tell her.

I know that in normal times she would have answered me but now she is certainly very tired or probably does not want to talk to me. She goes up to her room. I follow her closely and enter the room, she locks her door. I go into the room next door, which used to be mine. I haven't been in there since the moment I left the house. Nothing has changed. I sit on my bed and remember the good times I spent with my mother and Jack all night long.

It was a long night. I wake up early to finalize everything. I take a shower and get dressed quickly. I settle the last details of the funeral with Mary. She was very close to my mother and fortunately she is there. I go upstairs to wake Alexandra so she can get ready. She joins us in the dining room. Her eyes are so swollen from all the tears she has been crying and I am sure she hasn't slept either. We head to the church. The ceremony was not long. There was only close family and a few friends. There were no family members from Jack's family, as he had lost his parents and had no known relatives. I felt sorry for Alexandra because she had no one left. I didn't even attend the whole ceremony because at one point she couldn't hold it anymore and walked out of the church. I had to run after her to catch her. For the first time since yesterday, she let me hold her without pushing me away. I hugged her tightly and stroked her hair.

I look at the time and normally the funeral will start soon.

- “Do you want to go to the funeral?”, I ask her

She nods her head. We go to the cemetery. As soon as everything is over, she falls to the ground and starts crying her eyes out. My heart breaks seeing her like this.

She manages to calm down a bit after a while.

- “Do you want to go somewhere?", I ask her.

She stands up, which means yes in her lingo. I text Mary to tell her I'm with Alexandra, so she doesn't have to worry. She follows me to my car and gets in the passenger seat. I drive to her favorite restaurant. I order her favorite dish and we eat in silence, the sea in front of us. From time to time a tear falls on his cheek. We spend the whole day there, until sunset.

- “It's time to go home Lexy", I tell her.

She gets up and follows me.

- “I was starting to worry," Mary says as soon as she opens the door.

- “Everything is fine, we needed some air", I answer. "Thank you so much for everything".

- “It's nothing. I left some food in the kitchen for you. You have my phone number. Call me if you need anything, I'm here for you. Get some rest Alexandra, you need it."

The latter nods, kisses her then goes to her room

- “Take care of her, she needs you right now even if she doesn't tell you. You are the only family she has left.

- “Don't worry about her. Get some rest too, you need it.”

I close the door behind her and pour myself some whiskey to mourn in my own way.