FLAMES OF LOVE

SKYLER'S POV: Not every betrayal comes from an enemy, and not every fire is started by the one you hate. I learnt that four years ago, in the most heartbreaking, brutal and most devastating way possible. We were the Flores family. We had wealth, owned companies and were loved by all. The world saw a perfect loving family. But behind locked doors of the Flores estate gates lay countless arguments. Words thrown like sharp blades. Glass shattering onto the marble floor every single night. We weren't the 'perfect' family the world saw. We were a mess, We were broken in the most ugliest way possible but somehow managed to fool the world. I'm Skylar Flores, daughter of Mr Ethan Flores and Mrs Demetrius Flores , a sister of Alexander and Sofia Flores. "How many times do I have to tell you Demetrius?! she's a ghost; a memory", "Oh really? Then look into my eyes and tell me" , and every time it ended with. "That's exactly what I thought" , That was basically my life besides work. I came home and listened to my parents arguing about some ghost whose name none of them had the guts to say. DYLAN'S POV: "Gosh Rachel! I don't know ,what do you want from me! My soul? take it". I stayed hidden in the hallway, listening to my mother's sobs. "You still love her , don't you?". Mother looked at him with a hollow, empty look on her face ,"I'm sorry , Rachel", Father said quietly, staring at the broken vase on the floor. We were the Hendrix family. We had companies named after our name. But every family had its own problem, its own secrets, and so did the Hendrix family. We had our own big, messy and heartbreaking secrets and those secrets can set the whole city on fire. I'm Dylan Hendrix, second born of Mr William Hendrix and Mrs Rachel Hendrix and brother of Tasha Hendrix. then came my eldest brother, well half brother, the one parents forbid the kids their kids to talk about, the brother that I despised. The brother that the world never knew about and if they did, the Hendrix empire will crumble and come to an end. A stain that ruined everything, my parents marriage and worst of all, the woman I loved, fell in love with him. "Father ,did we have to move back?",asked Tasha, Father glared at her , "Obsidian Bay wasn't the right place for us", mother scoffed , "Is there something you want to say, Rachel?", father questioned coldly, "No,there isn't", replied mother dryly. Again,we were the most broken family,the secrets that we kept from each other with tearing us apart. Tasha cleared her throat, "Can you guys behave like a normal family for once?", father wrote his eyes looking at my mother. "Teach your daughter to shut her bloody mouth", he said coldly and got out of the car, My gaze met my mother's in the rearview mirror before I followed him out. Ashford hasn't changed much since we left, everything looked the same. I looked at the Flores estate, and saw a familiar figure walking through the hallway. Skylar, Same graceful walk, she hasn't changed a bit. I went inside the house and into my old room, away from the mess, away from the noise. But running away from the noise didn't mean it stopped. Even with the door locked, The silence of the room felt louder than the rising voices downstairs. Neither time new distance had erased the better taste of our beautiful lies. The world still looked at the Hendrix family and so royalty. They didn't see the blood on the marble floor or the night we went to bed without talking to each other. I leaned my head against the wooden door, close my eyes. We were back in the cage we built, and the illusions you created were already tearing at the seams.