Horrified, Ava throws up on the spot. An overwhelming feeling of guilt builds inside of her. It's definitely her fault. She looks for more news about it and there is also news of a note she posted on her Instagram just a couple of hours after she was found dead. The letter is addressed to Casey and she basically states that even though she loved him he never fully loved her and that she dedicated so much of her time to him only for it all to fall apart. She says that she used the threat of killing herself in the past to keep him with her but it seemed he didn't care about her life because she was already dead because of him. She does not say Ava's name but addresses the 'homewrecking bitch' that came between them.Due to the shock of it all, Ava passes out. When she wakes up, she is in a hospital. Her friends came to check on her and found her passed out. They apologize for leaving her and explain that they needed time to process everything when the news broke out. They say that Klair
Three years go by and Ava has received a lot of help and has mostly gotten past everything that has happened. She has permanently stopped being a therapist because she still feels unworthy but now that she has been helped she's hoping she can find something to do with her life.The incident with Klaire and Casey has been long settled and people rarely bring it up. She still gets some stares in public but after a year the heavy hate she was getting decreased. Since Casey went missing three years ago no one has really been on their case anymore. A lot of people speculate he killed himself or he went into hiding as there would be the occasional person claiming they saw him with some blurred or potentially photoshopped picture to back them up. Ava is over it and since then she has learned to appreciate herself more and spend more time with herself.Ava goes out to the mall and shops for some essentials and on one of the TVs in the store she is in shows a news channel and there is a crowd
After that day, Casey takes to trying to court Ava. She wonders why this appeared all of a sudden and wonders why he has this. She does not believe his feelings and continues to ignore his advances. Every time he appears at her door with floors or when he suddenly pops up when she is trying to live her life casually. She is afraid that the press will get wind of what he is doing and no matter how many times she tells Casey he does not listen to her.By his behavior, she assumes that he is trying to trap her. Get her in a difficult position and then expose her as someone who's trying to get with the person Klaire killed herself over. That is the only logical thing she can think of.Ava thinks that he is probably clinging to her because there is some essence of Klaire remaining on her since she was involved in their entire scandal. That's another theory she has. But whatever it is, she does not believe he has feelings for her.She follows news on him just so that he knows what he's up t
This is common for people who have had relatively lonely lives. They want love in any form they can get it and so when it comes knocking they immediately answer. Casey wanted Klaire because she loved him. Because she wanted him and he liked that she wanted him. But over time it became too much and he couldn't handle it and had thoughts of breaking it off. But not wanting to be alone, he tried to fix her. He didn't want to leave her.Casey is confused by what she says. He is denying everything but Ava can see it. She is confused as to why he did try to break up with her before when Klaire slapped her. He said that at that point he really was only thinking of getting away from her. He said that Klaire was suffocating and in that moment he was so angry that he didn't think ahead. But when she threatened to kill herself, he stayed with her.He tells her that he began to see all of her flaws as time passed and by the time of the wedding he was way past sick of her, but he did not want to b
The sound of heels against the marble floor made Casey turn around. He knew who it was but he still looked to see her. The door opened, and in walked Klaire, bounding towards him. Finishing styling his hair back he turned to greet her with a smile."Are you ready to go?" he took in her appearance which answered his question. Her long blond hair was tied back. She wore a black maxi dress and some black heels accompanied by a black shoulder bag.She rested her hand on her hip, a pout forming on her face. "I really don't see why we have to go. Our relationship is perfect. And this diamond ring is proof of that."Klaire held up her hand and looked at the ring lovingly. It was a twenty-carat diamond ring and gleamed even in the dimmest rooms. Casey took her hand and rubbed his finger just below the ring."We are not perfect. Far from it. But we will be better if we do this. Don't you want to marry me?" he pulled her into a hug.Her sweet fruity scent wa
Ava paused. "Me? Why?"She rested the pad on her lap and looked at Klaire with scrunched eyebrows. Casey knew that she probably felt threatened by her and therefore wanted the satisfaction of grilling the poor woman."It's nothing important. I think we should just continue on with the session," he said, hoping that Klaire would take a hint by the tone of his voice.But of course, she ignored him and opened her mouth. "I think that we should know a little about our consultant before she knows anything about us."Ava chuckled a bit. "Well everything you want to know about me is on the internet but sure, ask me anything. If that makes you feel more comfortable then I will happily oblige."Satisfied, Klaire turned up her nose and sat straighter. "Why did you become a therapist, psychologist, whatever you are?""I studied psychology and human relationships when I was in college so that I could mend my parents' relationship. It worked so I wanted
Ava had seen this type of behavior before. In many of her patients. They would be obsessed with their partner, due to trauma that had happened in the past, and in the end, the relationship would be ruined if the person did not get the correct therapy to help themselves.After she had popped the question they both got quiet and then Klaire demanded that Casey answer her, but he didn't say anything. She told Klaire that it was ok for him to be hesitant because he would want to spare her feelings if it were something serious like that but she continued to flip out.It was not her first time dealing with people like Klaire. She was someone who had little regard for others but made her partner a huge priority. She was extremely jealous and obsessive and it seemed like when she saw Ava, she became defensive. It took her only a couple of minutes to determine that she would be an extremely difficult person to deal with.Since the session seemed to take a turn Ava tried
After a long day, the paparazzi was the last thing she wanted to deal with. Her words came out before she could think but Ava really didn't care. After they paused for a second, she made her great escape and pushed through the crowd to get to the door of her apartment. The guards by the door came to her rescue and prevented them from getting inside the building."Thanks," she said to them and walked away to the elevator.Her apartment required a special key card to activate the elevator and so she pulled that out of her purse and tapped it against the button before pressing the up button.Ava looked back at the doors and saw the paparazzi was finally leaving. If there was something she could do about the paparazzi was make them illegal. She didn't understand their deal and why they wer