Themis' POV"Uncle Ian!"I turned my head to the door as soon as I heard Elisse call that name. "Where's Winter?" "She's in her room, Uncle Ian.""Oh, is that so? By the way, I brought you pretzels!""Wow! Pretzels!"Upon seeing me, Ian's smile faded and became serious. "Y-You're here.""Yeah.""Ian?"We both looked at the stairway as soon as we heard Winter's voice. She was wearing a yellow dress and her hair was down. She even put on a sunflower hairpin to make herself look adorable. I thought they were just going to a company. Why does she have to dress like they are going on a date?"Oh, you really prepared for it, huh? Are you really that excited to see me?" Ian suddenly teased her.I cleared my throat, which made Winter and him look at me."Just call me when you're finally going home.""Okay.""You don't have to, I'll be driving you here, though." Ian blurted.I looked at him. "You don't have to, I will just fetch her and we'll go home here together. Just make sure it won't t

Themis' POV After taking Elisse to her classroom, Belle and I decided to go to her office. She had to look around first, before looking at me again. "Oh my God, Themis! I can't believe you're really here!" "Me either. I never expected to see you here." "Well, when I got back here, a friend suggested that I apply here, and so I did. Wait, can I hug you?" she suddenly asked. I was surprised, but then I just smiled and nodded my head. "Of course, you can." With no hesitation, Belle lunged at me and hugged me tightly. "I missed you so much, Themis... My teddy.." Belle used to call me Teddy before, it's because whenever she cries or having a bad time, she always runs to me to cry or express her anger. And although I don't talk much, I always listen to everything that she says. "I missed you too, Belle." When we finally moved away from each other, I saw tears filling her eyes, so I quickly wiped them off using my fingers. "You're still such a crybaby even though many years have al

Belle's POV"Mommy...Daddy..."I kept on crying while hugging my knees. I was hiding in a corner, trying my best not to cause any noise that might get the attention of the armed men walking around. I've heard gunshots and each of them makes my heart beat so fast because of fright."There's a child here!"I was shocked when a man suddenly appeared in front of me. I was just looking up at him with widened eyes."N-No, please don't kill me!" I yelled."No, we're not going to hurt you. Come with us. We're going to escape from here."I blinked a few times with tears filling my eyes. If I didn't remember my mom telling me not to go with strangers, I would've gone with that man immediately. "I won't go with you! Go away!" I shouted.The man kept looking around as if someone would catch him anytime. He looked at me again. "Come on, we're going to save you. The bad guys are going to catch you if you don't come with us.""No! I won't go with you!"Tears continue streaming down my face. Then a

Matthew's POVAs soon as I stepped inside the house, I saw Winter who was lying on the couch while sleeping. Her eyes were closed and she was even holding her phone as if waiting for someone to call her.Is she waiting for me?It was already past twelve midnight and she wasn't in her room yet. For sure, she really waited for me."Winter.." I tried to call her, but she was deeply asleep.I decided to sit on the couch while looking at her. I swept the strands of hair that were covering her eyes. She looks so innocent when she's sleeping, but when she's awake, she's so playful and loves teasing me around. I couldn't help but smile while staring at her face.All of a sudden, as I was about to carry her to her room, she opened her eyes and looked at me. "Matthew?""Yes. Sorry, did I disturb your sleep?"She sat up and blinked a few times while looking at me as if checking if she wasn't dreaming. After that, she frowned at me. "Yes, you disturbed me. I should be sleeping right now, but I w

Winter's POV"Come on, stop crying now." Ian kept trying to console me inside his car.I just had a conversation with Phoebe, and she didn't like to see me.I sobbed between my words. "I really... I really thought she had forgiven me already... but she's still mad at me, Ian... I don't even understand... Was it really my fault?""Of course not. It's not your fault, Winter. You don't have to blame yourself for something that you didn't even want to happen. We both know how you cared for that woman. She's just an insecure woman who got mad at her best friend for being more beautiful than her.""I really thought we could finally be friends again. All these years, all I did was pray that she was okay and that we could see each other again. She hates me so much, Ian... She said she doesn't want to see me anymore."Ian tapped my back. "It's alright. If she doesn't want to see you, then don't show your face to her again. As if you would die not seeing her face. Winter, there are things that