Chapter Title: (169) Demons-01

Marley woke up to an empty bed. Voices cut off abruptly as she sat up, holding her head from inertia. The small window of Leo and Aiden's bedroom was glowing with afternoon light. When she blinked her surroundings into focus, Bryan and Max turned away from each other to look over her worriedly. "You okay?" Bryan sat on the end of her bed. The sleep was good for her. It put everything into perspective. She had the truth - no matter how imperfect she knew it would be. "I think I am." She glanced around the room. "Where's Aiden? How's...how's Jacobi?" Max crossed his arms and leaned against the wall with pursed lips, while Bryan rested a hand over hers sympathetically. "He's got a lot of demons, Marley. He needs help we can't give him, especially in the form of rehabilitation. I'm having him transported to a psychiatric facility back home." Marley felt her eyes sting. She was desperate for Aiden to be here, to hold her together. "You know what happened to him."