Seconds passed…
like minutes.
Then another message came:
“Where are you?”
I looked at the door.
At Noah.
At the phone.
I didn’t know if it was safe.
But I knew one thing:
my brother was hungry.
So I sent the address.
Thirty minutes later…
a long, sleek black car pulled up in front of our house.
It didn’t belong there.
The engine sounded different.
Smooth… but powerful.
Like the wrong world had entered the right street.
I felt scared.
I held Noah tighter.
The car door opened.
And he stepped out.
Tall.
Well-dressed.
Serious.
He looked at the house.
Then at me.
And in that moment…
he understood.
This wasn’t a lie.
This wasn’t a story.
This was real.
He walked toward me slowly.
“Emily?” he asked.
I nodded.
He opened a large bag.
Milk.
Bread.
Fruit.
And so much more than I had asked for.
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