Eden boarded the flight and waited for the plane to take off. It was a two hour long flight, but it felt like an eternity to wait for it to land. She didn't tell Grace that she was going to Florida on her own, because if she did, Grace would have forcefully come with her. Eden took deep breaths to calm herself down and listened to some calming music. She was a nervous wreck and wanted to jump off the plane to avoid the confrontation. But she knew she got herself into it and owed herself some mental peace. After two hours, the plane landed. Eden had brought nothing but a duffel bag with two days worth of clothing. She knew that she was not going to stay for even one day, but brought them in case of any delay. She walked out of the Florida airport and hailed a cab to her mother's home.Martha's house was half an hour away from the airport. Eden was fiddling with her fingers and tapping her legs, in anticipation of seeing her mother again. She didn't know what kind of reaction she was g

Martha ran after Eden, trying to stop her. "Eden, wait! Please, just hear me out?" Eden turned around abruptly and looked at Martha with anger filling her eyes, "What do you want me to hear, huh? How you purposely abandoned me when you didn't have to." "Eden, just try to understand me, please. I've always loved you. Me coming back into your life would have only meant problems, and nothing else. Of course I thought that when I didn't know how your father had been treating you. Right now, I regret nothing more. God, I would have ran barefoot across the country if I knew what was going on with you. Baby, I'm so sorry," Martha said, crying. She approached Eden slowly who was standing in the living room, looking down on her feet as her tears fell down uncontrollably. Martha pulled in Eden for a hug as both of them sobbed. Eden opened her

Eden had not given her phone number to anyone but her closest friends, none of whom would ever do this to her. The voice that said her name sent chills down her spine. It was the sound of a grown man, but it sounded wrong in so many ways. Eden blocked the number and looked outside the window thinking who it could be, then she remembered that if Bennett got her number, anyone could. She texted Grace asking her if she gave her phone number to Bennett or Theo. Grace replied in a minute saying that she didn't.Eden closed her eyes and leaned back on the seat, waiting to get home faster. When she reached her apartment, she paid the driver and pulled out her bag. Outside the building of her apartment complex, she saw a weird looking man leaning against the door as he smoked a cigarette. He was wearing a black shirt, black jeans and a cap and sunglasses on his face. Eden paid no attention to h

Eden slowly opened her eyes when she heard a knock on the door. She said loudly, "No, don't come in." The door opened and a woman walked in with a tray of food. "Oh great, come in anyway. What was the point of knocking?" The woman looked distraught. She looked at Eden guiltily and placed the tray of food on the bed, just enough for Eden to pick up anything she wanted and eat it. "I'm sorry, Miss. Orders from sir," she said and walked out the room and Eden heard the familiar click of the door locking. Eden looked at the tray and saw that there was a big bowl of chicken soup, apple slices, breadsticks and a glass of water. The smell of the soup was filling up the room and Eden's mouth watered. She kept looking at the food but decided not to even touch it because it might be spiked with drugs.  

. It was night now and Eden hadn't changed her position even once.  There was a soft knock on the door. Eden lazily looked at the time and saw that it was 2 AM. She looked toward the door, hoping it was not Carter. A short figure walked in. She instantly recognised her. It was the housemaid, she was standing there with a knife in her hand.  The woman walked closer to Eden and started cutting off the ropes that tied her hands. Eden was completely alert now. Am I leaving? Am I really going to be free? She whispered slowly to the woman, "What are you doing?" "I have done everything for that man but this is something I can't stand for. When you leave