stained with the imprint of love... me and you

Matthew and Erica's bodies were arranged to be buried together.It was Kira's decision to tell Mrs. Spencer, but it was Dominic's suggestion.

Mrs. Spencer has temporarily resigned from her job in Marseille, France. After returning home, she has been unable to accept such a blow and has been admitted to the hospital twice.And Mr. Spencer, who has always been desperate for his career, finally asked for a three-month vacation to take care of Mrs. Spencer and give himself time to calm down.

Mr. Spencer, who took care of Mrs. Spencer in the hospital, just held Mrs. Spencer's hand comfortingly and hugged Mrs. Spencer gently.Gently kissing Spencer's hair, gently telling Mrs. Spencer that everything will be fine.

At the same time, it was equivalent to gently telling himself.

On Kira's side, it seemed like nothing could ever get better.Everything is so difficult for her.

Although Dominic has been by her side all the time, and it is rare that Dominic took the initiative to take charge of the daily life of the whole family.He will get up early, although he has never had the habit of sleeping in late.Before school, have breakfast ready for Kira and Mr. Spencer, and Mrs. Spencer's at the hospital as well.

Dominic, who came back from school with Elvin in the afternoon, would simply cook some pasta for Mr. Spencer and Kira, but what Dominic cooked was really unpalatable... In addition to preparing the toast for breakfast, I really can't do anything else in the kitchen... So these days, Mr. Spencer takes Kira, Dominic and Elvin to solve dinners in restaurants outside.Then he took the children and takeaway food to visit Mrs. Spencer in the hospital, but Mr. Spencer insisted that he stay alone with Mrs. Spencer in the hospital overnight.

"Tomorrow is Matt and Erica's funeral." Kira couldn't help crying again just after saying Matthew's name.

Kira coughed, readjusting her voice.

"Tomorrow is Matt and Erica's funeral." Kira repeated in a calmer voice than before. "Erica's friends, did you remind them, Dommy?"

"It's already been said," Dominic replied, looking at Kira.

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The day Matthew's funeral was decided, Dominic went to the tattoo parlor where Jesse and Candice were.

Dominic's sense of direction has always been very good, even if he only visited Kira once last time, he already remembered the exact location of the tattoo shop.

Just as Dominic was about to enter, the door happened to be pushed open by someone coming out of it.

A man covered in signs of body modification.A strange man.

Dominic walked through the open door.

"Hello." It was Candice who saw Dominic first. "Is there anything I can do for you?"

Jesse looked up at Candice's greeting.

"Domi...nic?!" Jesse was a little unsure if he had given the correct name.

"You know him, Jesse?" Candice asked curiously.

"He's Matthew's younger brother." After Jesse said Matthew's name, Candice's eyes suddenly turned red.

"The 29th is Matthew's funeral." Dominic said straight to the point why he came today. "I didn't know you guys had Erica…"

Dominic didn't finish the word 'burial' when he saw Candice's teary face.

"Matthew's funeral is on the 29th." Jesse repeated what Dominic had just said in the middle. "Then what?"

"I wonder if they could be buried together." Dominic looked at Jesse.

"Actually, we've scraped together some money to bury her," Jesse responded. 'The day Erica was buried was also the night Matthew had his accident. ’ Jesse thought, ‘Because Matthew has not been contacted, the police have been urging to claim Erica’s body as soon as possible.So, myself and Candice first asked Patrick to borrow some money.In fact, most of the money for Erica's burial was paid by Patrick alone.The money owed to him by himself and Candice seems to be just Patrick's faking. '

'I always thought Patrick didn't like Erica very much. 'Jesse didn't tell Patrick what he was wondering about.

In fact, Patrick just thought that Erica, who had been in a relationship with Neil, would bring him trouble.Patrick didn't have a big dislike for Erica.Just like with Jesse and Candice. Patrick didn't think Erica was much different.

"That's a pity." Dominic only said this while watching Jesse for a long time.I don't know what else to say.

"Let's bury them together," Candice said to Dominic. "They should also prefer that."

Jesse doesn't seem surprised by Candice's decision.He looked at Dominic, then at Candice who was no longer crying.

"If it's not troublesome for you." Jesse thought for a while. "If other family members in your family can accept it."

"Why can't you accept it." Dominic said coldly. "Buried with the woman I like. I have already lost my life, why can't I have her when I can't be buried?"

"Because." Jesse paused, hesitating to speak out. "It was because of her that Matthew lost his life."

"I'm not talking sarcastic here." Jesse explained with some annoyance after saying that. "I just don't want a tasteless argument at a funeral...if your family is concerned that Erica and Matthew are buried together..."

"I'll fix it." Dominic interrupted Jesse's half-finished sentence. "I will not let unnecessary quarrels disturb them who have already slept."

Jesse tilted his head in silence. Candice didn't say anything more, just looked at Dominic's back as he turned and walked out the door.

"Nine o'clock in the morning on the 29th." Dominic finished his last sentence and left.

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When it was close to midnight on the 29th, Kira was awakened by a heavy knock on the door.

Dominic, who was not sleepy but just lying on the bed, walked down the stairs carefully as early as the first knock on the door, holding the Japanese knife with which Elvin had hit the head.

When Dominic walked to the door of the house, he heard a sound other than a knock on the door.

"Open the door, Matt. I'm fucking exhausted."

The voice seemed familiar, but Dominic couldn't remember whose voice it was.

"Eddy..." Standing on the stairs on the second floor, Kira pronounced a name in surprise.

Dominic also seemed to recall the owner of the name.

Spenecer's second child, Edward Lewis Spencer.

Dominic looked at Kira, then reached out and opened the door.

Standing at the door with Edward was a girl with an Asian face.

The girl was held in Edward's arms, and she looked very young under the dim street lights.Seems to be about the same age as Dominic.

"Sorry for coming back so suddenly." Edward said first. "Must have disturbed your sleep, Dom."

Then Edward's eyes moved up the stairs, Edward couldn't see Kira's haggard and pale face clearly in the darkness.

"Is it Kira?" Edward narrowed his eyes and said uncertainly.

"Is that standing on the stairs?" Dominic looked at the tired Edward. "Yes."

"It's really time for you to come back." Kira smiled wryly in the dark. "Welcome back, Eddy."

"There is a reason for coming back." Edward walked into the house with the girl in his left arm. "I'm getting married."

I am getting married.

These few words surprised Dominic, who was always calm.It wasn't just that Edward, who didn't know it, chose to say this sentence when Matthew's funeral was still a few hours away, but such things as marriage seemed to have never had anything to do with Edward. Edward has always avoided stepping on it like a dog poop on the road.

"Married?!" Kira couldn't believe that her ears were broken. "Who?! You?!"

"Of course it's not just me." Edward couldn't see Kira's face on the stairs, so he just smiled at Dominic in front of him. "Me and Mika."

Everyone was suddenly quiet for a few seconds. Kira and Dominic were hesitant to confess to Edward that Matthew's funeral was just a few hours away.And Edward thought it was because everyone couldn't accept the news of his sudden marriage.

"Come in and talk." Dominic turned on the light in the living room.He walked towards the sofa by himself.

"Speaking of which, where's Matt?" Unknowingly, Edward carried the only suitcase outside the door into the room, put his other hand gently on Mika's waist, and signaled for her to sit on the sofa. .

However, Mika just stood beside Edward quietly.

"About this..." Kira tried not to lose her composure in front of Edward. "Because you keep changing your contact address and never reply to your emails..."

"So I came back in person, didn't I." Edward interrupted Kira. "Just take this as a surprise."

"Matthew..." Dominic wanted to tell Edward the fact of Matthew's death as soon as possible, but felt that Kira would be more appropriate.After all, she was Edward's real family.Therefore, Dominic, who just read a name, stopped talking.

"What's wrong with Matt?!" Edward looked at Dominic with a hesitant expression.

"Matt's funeral is tomorrow." Kira added what Dominic left off.

"WTF?!" Edward cursed.At the same time, Mika, who hadn't said a word since entering the door, also looked at Edward in surprise.

"Who the hell arranged this as a prank?!" Edward smiled in disbelief. "Is it Matt that stupid?! Tell him to get the hell out of me! This isn't fucking funny!"

After hearing Edward's surprised cursing, Kira still couldn't hold back her sadness, so she burst into tears.

"How is it possible..." Edward angrily kicked the suitcase he had brought in. "Fuck...fuck!"

When Dominic raised his eyes to look at Edward who was a little out of control, he happened to catch a glimpse of Mika standing beside Edward.Her expression didn't change much, no wonder.After all, maybe she even rarely heard the name Matthew mentioned by Edward a few times.

Mika is not tall, with black mid-length hair.The bangs on her forehead have begun to grow, until she lowers her head and sometimes covers her eyes.She was wearing a gray hoodie from men's GAP, and she was big and fat.Probably Edward's.Under the ripped jeans are black leather Martin shoes.

After almost a minute of silence, Kira still spoke.

"Go and rest, Eddy." Kira, who went downstairs, patted Edward on the back, and then looked at Mika who was standing aside. "She must be tired too."

"Your name is Mika. Is that so?" Kira forced a smile, not because she didn't want to smile at Mika in front of her.It's just that Kira felt that she suddenly couldn't use her strength. "My name is Kira. I'm Eddy's older sister."

"I know." Mika's voice was low and thin.Just about the same size as her own. "Edward mentioned you."

"And Matthew and Dominic." Mika said this with his eyes on the ground.

"He's Dommy." Kira tried to make herself as friendly as possible.Then, he pointed to Dominic who was sitting on the sofa.

"Hello." Mika said nonchalantly to Dominic not far away.

"Hello." Dominic suddenly felt that the way Mika looked at him just now resembled him who had been away for a long time.Shy and silent, thin and indifferent.

"Is the funeral tomorrow?" Edward said to Kira.

"To be precise..." Kira looked at the clock on the wall. "In less than eight hours."

"Hurry up and get some sleep, Eddy." Kira said to Mika who was standing next to Edward after finishing speaking. "You too, Mika. You must have come straight from the airport, right? You must be tired."

"Understood." Edward answered Kira first. "I'll take her to rest. She'll come with me tomorrow...to that guy's funeral."

Edward's last words came slowly.