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EDEN

“Belle, stop running! I was sure she only heard me screaming but didn't actually hear what I was telling her.

Ever since I told her that she was going to be spending the day with Roman, she hasn't been able to keep still. I was surprised when I got his call.

“What do you want, Roman? I'm busy.” I had just got into work that day and Selena had already made my life hell. The last thing I needed was more bad news.

“I'm not going to take much of your time. I want Belle to come stay with me this weekend.”

This weekend? Why so quickly?

Had he already booked the plan tickets so he'd take her to another country?

Where was he taking her?

Jamaica?

Australia?

“Are you still there?”

“Oh um" Selena came out of her office at that moment. As she passed, she gave me the signature look that let me know that I meant nothing to her and that she hated me. Over time, it came to hurt less and less. “Yes I'm here.”

“Okay, I'll come pick her up on Saturday."

“No.”

“No?"

“Yes.”

“Why?"

Yeah Eden, why?

“Um