Bedmates Soulmates

"What's on that card?" Kira's throat went dry.

Thave no idea. But figured, whatever questions you wanted to ask her, maybe this contains the answer"

Kirale Van's apartment with thecard.

she found a quiet bench, sat down, removed her phone from her handbag, took a deep breath, and inserted the card.

It contained only one like

A vidro.

Kira tapped on "Play with a shaky fing

The image quality was grainy, shot using an old camera phone.

Kira recognised the inside of a hospital room.

Her father's hospital.com.

Leland was lying peacefully in bed, with a breathing hibe shock down his nose

Kirateared up at the image of her father.

she touched his face onscreen.

Afigure came into the room.

Kina's shoulders

The man had his back to the camera, but she recognised Gideon.

The circled the bed.

His head was bowed.

The lens shock alle

The image became blurry.

Kira held her breath

Gideon codest to her father's bed

She couldn't see the expression on his face

He reached out aband.

He pulled out the bowthing tube

"No!' nu screamed.

He removed the electrodes attached to Leland's scalp.

Two more men came into the room, transferred and onto a grey and wheeled himney.

Gideon tossed one last look at the empty bed before leaving

The screen went black.

Kirastared at her reflection in disbelief.

She just watched her father get murdered.

By Oldean..

Hewa the one who pulled the plug on her father's life support

He was there when Henry's men book her father away.

He was the minder!

A thousand daggers pierced Kira's heart as she struggled to breathe.

She watched rather die in front other eyes.

She watched the man she used to ser as a brother and a friend murder het father in cold blood.

Kira's breath hitched.

Blackdets swam in front of her eyes.

The phoneslid from her hand as her body went in

She pitched forward.

She heard Byn's voice.

Then the world went black

"Honey, of course you have a mother, Urland coaxed a gentle voice as Khasat on his lap and cried.

'put char onlar kids at school laughed at me. They rallel me an orplian."

"They are wrong" Leland stroked the five-year-old girl's bark. "You have a father and a mother. You have both parents, just like all theather kids has things to do someplace he'

'Is she coming back?"

No-course she is. She's just busy."

Kralockedup, tuy r

She thought she saw tears in his eyes as well.

Kirastood up and found herself king the cause

She was at the amusement park.

Dad had saved up for a trip there, birthday gift for her.

Kira reached for a stick candy (loss and touched Leland's hand

His cold, tieke hand,

She looked down and saw him in the hospital bed

Gideon was standing on the other side.

Gideon peached out a hand.

'Na!' Rica seemed herself awake 'Mummy'

Kira struggled to open her eyes.

Her eyelids welplund aton.