Is This Family?

Chapter 16: Officially on Diet

Katherine Wright

"Brandon."

"Kat." He said.

And then I did something unexpected for both of us. I went close to him and slowly wrapped my arms around his torso and pushed my head into his chest. He stood still for a few seconds trying to overcome the shock I just gave him. And then gently he wrapped his arms around me. I had never hugged him before ever. I hated him in the beginning. I was closed off and I didn't wanted to open up to him. We stayed like that for a while. I finally broke the awkward silence.

"Thank you Brandon. Thank you for everything. Thank you for saving my life. Thank you for showing me hope. If it wasn't for you I wouldn't be here. You never gave up on me. I was so bad to you still you held my hand and tried to pull me out of the darkness. I feel like I am something and it wasn't possible if you weren't there for me. Thank you."

"Kat. You dont have anything to thank me for. You are like my daughter. I see her in you. I would do anything for you without even a second."

We sat with each other for a while talking about my new life. Even though I liked him he would still ask me therapeutic questions and I would just roll my eyes which my brothers strongly disapproved. But we were kind of having an emotional moment so they let it slide. I was tired. So my brothers told me to go to bed. I said my goodbye to Brandon and then dozed off in my room.

Alexander Wright

I saw Kat going to her room. I asked Brandon to join me in my office as I wanted to discuss a few things about Kat. We both settled on our chairs.

"First of all Thank you for coming all the way to London for meeting...us."

"Its not like I was given much of a choice."

"Well Adrian can be a little...like that."

"Its okay. Besides I got to see Kat. And just so that you know I saw great improvement in her today. You are doing a good job. Especially handling a special kid like Kat takes a lot."

"Honestly speaking I'm not doing that much. Right now we are just trying to make her trust us and show the beautiful things in life."

"No but Kat's case is very complicated. Depressed people usually don't want to see positivity they don't want to hang on to something. They give up all hopes. But in her case she has given up everything other than hope which is rare. She wants to be saved."

"I have seen that in her eyes. Um..I just wanted some opinions as you know her well then we do. If you dont mind?"

"Of course not. Please ask away."

"Since it's been tough for her before and there's a lot of change happening around her. I thought why not homeschool her this year. Since she is really good at studies I'm sure it wont be tough for her."

"I would strongly recommend against that. The minute she feels you are caging her up you will be back to square one. Kat loves her freedom. She might not be showing it much but she is very determined. Besides I think it's better if she goes to school. Kat had zero social life in Australia. She had no friends. She needs to socialize, meet new people. Kat needs her distraction. Someone needs to be with her. See the problem is she overthinks a lot which leads her to being all the more depressed. So let her build her life with her family and friends."

"Okay then. What should we do to help her now?"

"Back in Australia, I used to talk to her daily. But she never showed any improvements because she would go back to her home. Her mother would say something abusive killing everything I told her today. I was barely able to keep her at bay. But now she has a caring family. Dont let her think low of herself. Try to build her character. Show her love and respect. Kat tends to run away. But the fact that she hasn't tried it yet means she loves you too. I know as her brother you worry a lot about her. I would to. But give everything some time. It has barely even been a week."