Bria POV:

I paced the living room, my eyes darting to the clock on the wall. 6:45 PM. Caius should have been home by now. He was always home by six, without fail. I tried his phone again, my fingers trembling as I pressed the call button. Straight to voicemail. Again. I knew I should calm down , tried to think rationally but, ever since Celine's disappearance I had been on edge and I couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong .

"Caius, which part yuh deh ?" I whispered, the unease in my chest tightening.

I sank onto the couch, clutching my phone, my mind racing with possibilities. Maybe he was stuck in a meeting. Maybe he was on his way back and just forgot to charge his phone. But that wasn't like him. Not at all. He knew how stressed I was about Celine so he wouldn't have hesitated to answer his phone and he would have came home already.

The sound of my phone ringing jolted me out of my thoughts. I scrambled to answer it, relief flooding me as I fully expected to hear Caius's voice.

"Hello?"

"Hello, is this Bria Tomlinson?" a firm male voice asked.

"Yes, it is", I replied as my heart pounded.

"This is Officer Thompson from the St.Mary Police Department. We have located your sister, Celine Tomlinson. She was found near an abandoned building just outside of the Port Maria area unconscious but, alive and she's currently on her way to the hospital now".

My breath caught, my body going cold. "Celine... You found her?", I felt the tears of relief pooling in my eyes. She was alive . My sister was alive.

"Yes, ma'am. However, we need to inform you that the building she was found not too far from exploded shortly after she was rescued. The scene is currently under investigation".

My head spun. An explosion?

"What... How did she get there? Who was involved?"

"We currently have no witnesses on this investigation but, officers are currently on the scene preserving it and so far over 4 bodies have been recovered from the blaze as firefighters are trying their best to extinquished the fire".

Bodies , fire . My blood ran cold. Caius.

Without another word, I hung up and grabbed my keys. My hands shook as I tried to fit the key into the ignition, panic clawing at my chest. Caius was involved. He had to be. He had been searching for Celine for weeks, and now the building she was found near had exploded? And why wasn't he answering his phone?

The tires screeched as I pulled out of the driveway, my foot heavy on the gas. My phone rang again, vibrating on the seat beside her. I glanced down, the name

"Mom" flashing on the screen. She must have heard the news and was now calling me to probably let me know that she was on her way to the hospital to meet Celine . I reached for the phone, taking my eyes off the road for only a moment.

By the time I looked back up, it was too late.

Headlights. Blinding, white-hot light.

A deafening crash. The sound of shattering glass. My body jolted forward, the seatbelt cutting into my chest. Pain exploded throughout my body. Then... darkness.

The world came back in fragments. Faded voices. Distant beeping. The sterile smell of antiseptic. My eyes fluttered open, my vision hazy.

I blinked, the room coming into focus. White walls. Machines beside my bed. Tubes connected to my arm. A hospital room.

"Bria?"

I turned my head, my eyes landing on Celine, my little sister, sitting by my bedside, her eyes red and swollen from crying. Mickayla was present too and she immediately rushed over to me along with my mother, all three of them surrounding my bed.

"Celine?" my voice was weak, hoarse.

I tried to sit up, pain shooting through my body. "W-What happened?"

Celine's face crumpled, fresh tears spilling down her cheeks.

" yuh did inna wah accident Bria and yuh inna wah coma fi three days now".

Three days...my mind spun, flashes of the accident hitting me in fragmented pieces. The headlights. The crash. The pain. I looked at her , noting the bandages on her arms, the faint bruises on her face. "What... What happened to you?"

She wiped her eyes, her voice breaking. "I... I was kidnapped but, Ciaus find mi and help mi fi escape ".

I frowned. "Who?"

"Caius " she said, her eyes lighting up with gratitude. "He found me. Him save mi from eh man them who kidnapped mi Bria and him almost dead doing it...",

I stared at her, confusion clouding my mind. "Caius?", the name tasted foreign on my tongue, like trying to remember a dream slipping through my fingers.

I looked at Celine, my eyes narrowing. "Who name Caius?"

Celine's face fell, her eyes wide with shock. "Bria... weh yuh mean? Caius... yuh boyfriend. The man who's been with you fi almost 4 years now. Him risk him life fi saved me, Bria... Him...."but, I

shook my head, my heart pounding as panic surged through me .

"I... I don't know who that is. Mi nuh know nuhbody name Caius Celine ".

My mother's voice broke through, shaky and filled with worry.

"Bria, yuh did deh wid him eva since him save yuh life afta wah happened wid yuh fada. Wait, mi aguh get eh doctor " , she stated as she left the room leaving me alone with a very concerned and confused Mickayla and Celine.

I looked between them, confusion tightening in my chest. "I... I don't remember. Mi nuh remember him.

Mi nuh remember anything wid him".

Tears welled in Celine's eyes and Mickayla stared at me shocked .

"No... No, Bria. Yuh love him and him love you. Yuh cah... Yuh cah just forget him. Not after everything he did for you... for me..." and Mickayla added,

" Bria a him yuh live wid now and a him gi yuh eh promise ring yuh have pon yuh finger " but, I just stared, my mind blank my heart empty. The name meant nothing to me . It wasn't familiar I any way .

"Caius..." I whispered, the word feeling foreign, hollow as I strained desperately trying to remember who that person was but, nothing came . No memories. Nothing. "I don't know who that is".

Jesus Lord unu put dung eh rock stone them and nuh bada kill mi , do mi a beg unu lol 😂. Mi know unuh aguh upset enuh but, a life. Hope unu enjoy the story and nuh bada class mi inna eh comments how mi wicked. One more chapter after this and then it's a wrap. Love unu and mi really aguh miss a update fi unu enuh ❤️🫶 but, until next year when I write another story.