"Ly-Lyra I-I can't b-brea-"
"Sorry" came a mumbled response as she slowly loosened up a little. 
Remaining silent, I walked to the couch and dropped her off, sitting right next to her.
"What happened? You're acting clingy. You only do that when something's bothering you."
She looked down and didn't talk for a while. I got up and went to grab the muffins, handing her one to eat. I didn't pester her. She would open up when she felt ready. She took the muffin and bit it, chewing slowly. 
"This tastes so good." She said, breaking the silence. Tears started streaming down her face at this point.
"Thanks. The soup you made me? Phenomenal. This is all I could make in return."
She put the muffin aside and got closer to me, hugging me and wiping her tears simultaneously.
"Aylaaaaaa..."
"Yes Darling?" Calling Lyra Darling always made her giggle. I tried to make her feel better. 
"Something happened at home and I don't know what to do anymore." 
My shirt started feeling a little damp and before I knew it, my entire left shoulder was visible because the cloth became transparent from her tears. Knowing her, she probably spent her entire night stressing and stress cleaning the apartment because of this. Should I take her to relax somewhere so she can think straight?
Before I had a chance to pry her off me and take her somewhere, she hugged me tighter and started talking. 
"Mom...is such a bitch. I hate her so much. Dad isn't any better. I also really wanted to punch Esme's boy–Ex-Boyfriend in the face and then step on him in the balls with my sharpest pair of high heels."
"That sounds violent."
"You wanna know what that bastard did? And my stupid parents' response? Ugh my hands are literally shaking from anger as I speak!"
"What did they do?"
"So at the party, everything was going okay until Esme fainted. Startled, Jace (Lyra and Esme's older brother) carried her to one of the resting rooms. One of the guests invited was a doctor, so we had him check Esme. Guess what he said? Esme was likely pregnant, based off the symptoms Esme listed. I drove to the nearby drugstore and got a few tests for Esme, only for all of them to come back positive."
Stunned, I pulled away from Lyra and looked her in the eye.
"No way. The bastard left after getting her pregnant?!"
"Correct! And the worst thing? Mom and dad – just calling them that disgusts me – didn't even try to comfort Esme! They yelled at her instead, calling her an embarrassment and how the entire country was gonna look at our family as a laughing stock now! I'm sorry, but when your youngest daughter just finds out that she's pregnant, especially after dealing with being freshly heartbroken for a week, is this how a parent should react? I got pissed, so I told them to leave the room while I would talk to Esme. You know if I dared talk back they would hit me like when I was younger. Somehow, the news got leaked, and so after I got Esme calmed down and left the room, everyone was talking about ..."
After lots of cursing, tears, and explaining, Lyra fell asleep from exhaustion. Just imagining how long she held on hurt my heart. Long story short, Lyra's parents wanted Esme to abort the baby but Esme refused, which led to her being disowned. Currently this was one of the biggest scandals on the news, and journalists were going crazy trying to interview Esme at the hospital. Luckily Jace moved her to a VIP room so Esme was safe for now.