A NEW FAMILY

HAZEL's POV

A soft knock on the door took my attention away from the show I was watching.

“Hey honey, I brought you soup” Caine said as he entered the room with a beanie covering the bandage on his head.

He pulled the table closer and set the plate on it.

I looked at him without saying anything.

“My mum said it'd help with the grogginess” he said.

"How is she?" I had not seen her since I saw her breakdown after hearing she had lost Dustin.

She had cried and wailed and could only be comforted by her husband, who was also in grief.

"Uh... she's getting by. We're all trying to come to terms with what happened," he said.

"Sorry about what happened" I said.

He nodded and looked away. "It was bound to happen at one point. Either by me or someone else, he had stepped on a lot of toes," he said.

"It was nice you were by his side when he died." I comforted him.

"Yeah, he didn't go alone" he said lowly.

We fell into silence for a while.

“Thank you” I said suddenly.

His head turned to me with a