ALEXAKIS The light from the window burned into my eyes, making me toss around to save my face from being scorched. A knock sounded at the door, irritating me just from hearing it. I placed a pillow over my head to prevent the sleep from penetrating my ears, but no such luck."Who the fuck is that?!" I yelled at the annoying person. I was cranky, even though I identified that fact, but there was nothing I could do about it.All the events that went down with me the previous day weighed in on me after I dropped onto my bed to rest. No matter how much I tried to get the odd behavior of Claire and Luna Lisa out of my head, the hurt I felt from being hurt by the two of them wouldn't leave me. In the end, I had to resort to drinking all by myself to get the thoughts away. The drink worked because I fell asleep after taking about three bottles.Worst decision I had made in a while, seeing as my head kept banging, along with the knocks that were still going on at the other side of the door.

ALEXAKIS I was almost dozing off when a knock sounded on my door. I hissed as I opened my eyes due to the annoying sound. What was it with people and always banging on my doors each time I tried to take a rest? The knock came again and I knew that whosoever was at the door was not ready to let go of the insistent knock. I grumbled and got up from the bed to open the door. I saw Luna Lisa standing there, her brows furrowed into a frown."I was just beginning to think that you didn't want to open the door because you somehow found out I was the one knocking." She said.After she said her harsh words the previous day, I didn't bother to reflect on them for long because I didn't want the hurt I knew I was sure to get from it to sip deep into me. I had ignored the turmoil of emotions that hit me all at once because I didn't want to hate the woman. But as she stood in front of me now, I knew that there was no way I had the anger controlled within me. No, it just came back, or should I say

Evie's POV When the phone rang for the tenth time with no response from Nathaniel yet again, I knew for certain that the man had decided in his heart that he was going to be ignoring me. How was I supposed to let go of something like that? After the man had already raised my hope and I thought that I was almost at the end of my struggle with the way I was dissatisfied with everything that was going on and everyone around me?Not even when I knew that I had done more than placed my hopes on him. I had gone beyond that. I was rude to Father because I felt that the breakthrough I so seek would be mine to get the moment I was able to get in touch with the Nathaniel guy. Only I couldn't find him anywhere. Not at the den where someone first gave me information about him, not at the bar where we first met, and not catching him on the phone either."I'm doomed!" I sobbed. There was no way that Father would forgive me for all the hurtful things I said to him, especially when I was not his bio

ALEXAKIS *Hi, this is your favorite P.I. I am currently on a mission. Please drop your message in my voicemail, and I'll solve the mystery once I am available.*I clicked the end call button before I would be redirected to the voicemail box. That was the sixth time I was calling the private investigator to ask him about the daily update that we passed to each other, but I just kept getting redirected to the voicemail each time I called. When I called the first two times and I got the same message, I dropped a message for the man asking him to get in touch as soon as he was free. After an hour of not hearing from the man as I thought that I would, I called again. Since then, it had been the same response over and over again."What the fucking hell is going on?" I muttered under my breath."What is going on where?" I heard Luna Lisa's voice ask from the doorway. I sighed as I saw the woman coming in and I berated myself gently for not realizing that she had even opened the door to the

CLAIRE My whole body felt strained from not moving from a spot for over six hours. I should take a break, but I couldn't leave the work I was doing seeing as I was almost at the end of the course. Another hour or so, and I would finally be done with one of my courses. It crossed my mind that once I was free, I should apologize to Alex for the way I was rude toward him the last time we talked.After I bashed him for no reason, I decided that I was not going to see him no matter what, until I was able to create the time for us to talk and spend enough time together. Otherwise, there would be no difference in my apology. It wouldn't make much sense if I apologized to him for not giving him enough time and still ran off the moment he accepted the apology. So, once I was fine and had some free moments, I would tender my apology and suggest that we spend some time together. I just prayed that the apology was not too late considering the fact that the man refused to come to see me since the