Chapter 14.

There was a moment of stunned silence.

None of us could find words, much less the courage to break the thick stillness that descended upon us after such... brutality.

I mean, the living room was a complete wreck.

The coffee table had been reduced to a pile of broken pieces of wood. The tv stand, along with the glass elephant figurines mom collected and other little knick-knacks upon it, were all smashed into unrecognizable shards of crystal and bits of wood. The tv lay in a heap of plastic and glass on the floor. And amidst all that rubble lay Nico, an unmoving mass of bloody limbs and rumpled business suit.

This was... this was a violent act of aggression. One my mind just couldn't wrap around, mu