Chapter 38

BASH   The door swings open.  My eyes land on the redhead older version of Trinity. She looks stressed, but she sees me. Her eyes widen, and her contorted face lights up like a girl staring at the lit Christmas tree. Aunt Zoey launches herself at me and hugs me tightly. I always call her aunt even though we aren't blood-related since Trinity and I grew up together. "Thank God you're safe! No one answered my calls when I tried to ask if the news was true," she says after pulling herself away. She wipes the tears on her face and then gives me a peck on my cheek. "Please come in, Bash."  She opens the door wider.  I hear Edmund greet Aunt Zoey behind me. "Where is Trinity?" I immediately ask when I let my eyes scan the entire living room and can't find her. Panic swims in the pit of my stomach when.  Where is she?  "Trinity!" I start calling out her name as I catch up my pace to search for her. I don't wait for her mother to answer my question. I feel my world just pull under my feet when