ASHLEY'S THREAT

I walked down the streets of california. I didn’t know where I was going or what I was doing.

Ashley had pissed me off by threatening to tell the world the story of her sister in a different way, who knows what she would tell the world about me, how will the world believe my story even if I try to explain my part of the story after keeping it a secret for years. I felt weighed down”

I pulled out my cellphone and texted Steph. “I want to apologize for my behavior. I’m on my way back to the penthouse, and we need to talk.

If you’re feeling up to it, we can go out for lunch.”

She didn’t respond back. I walked back to the penthouse and went straight up to the room. I stood there and looked around. I glanced over to the corner of the room, and her bag was gone. In fact, the things she had sitting on the dresser were gone as well. Claire came in behind me.

“She’s gone, Mr. Dean. Right after you left, she came up here, grabbed her bag, and left. I tried to stop her, but she said there was so