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[44] LAS VEGAS MEETS LONDON
The sun hit Aramide's skin as she walked out of the airport with her traveling bag in her left hand. The Afro-haired woman sighed as she breathed the air of London. Nostalgia hit her in waves, She took a few minutes to access her environment, Everything seemed fine. She breathed again.
Aramide just needed to take things one step at a time. This was for Aracely, not for anything or anyone else, She was going to face her past so her daughter could live.
She headed towards the car that had been waiting to take her to the hotel she would stay in while she tried to find Cole, it was almost funny though, So many years she had put so much effort into trying to hide from Cole, and today, she was looking for him.
She was the one —who now had to look for Cole. It was simply pathetic, All those years she had hidden her daughter from Cole, just so this disease would force her to his doorstep to tell him th
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Aramide was dead silent. Her heart raced a mile a minute as she bit her lips, The night wasn't getting younger and her mind wasn't racing slower, even in the dark, Daniel could make out the shock written on her features, the way her long eyelashes were raised as confusion laced them before her gaze met his and their eyes locked. Aramide looked between Daniel and the little boy again. The little boy that was currently staring at her with fear in his eyes, why was he scared? What did she do? She tried to reach for him but he pulled away from her and ran right into Daniel's arms. In reality, of all the things Aramide thought would hit her in the face —Meeting Cole's son was the last thing she thought would Occur, but now, they had crossed paths, And this boy, who looked frightened, full of fear and probably ran from home was Cole's son? She had never pictured Cole as the best father in the world, yes. but this... this was disturbing.
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