Scarlet woke up with a start when the cramps became too much for her to ignore. She curled up her wrapped arms around her body as she squirmed in pain. The baby was gone, so Scarlet had no idea why she still hurt the ways she did. She wanted to scream but each time she tried, she couldn’t get a squeak out. “Do you think Scarlet is still asleep?” Stephan had wanted to go to her, but Kayla had insisted that she needed her space. Time alone to heal. “She’ll call us if she needs us. Jade, how are the school plans going?” Kayla hadn’t heard a word about it since the previous night’s incident. “It’s not. SJ and I called the school, we decided to put it on hold for a while.” “Why?” Stephan turned to his son who sat quietly in the corner. “I am not going to be in school when my mother is here

