Seating in the agreed upon restaurant, Irene found herself checking her phone more time than needed so.Why was she so freaking late, she thought, bouncing her legs impatiently as there was still no sign of Leonica.What if she wasn't going to show up? What was she supposed to do then?The thought alone had her biting her thumb nail, an act she never thought she'd ever do until recently.Her poor manicured nails were suffering so much and it was all because of Leonica. But even when she knew this, Irene had to remind herself to stay calm, after all, she was here to make a deal with Leonica, not murder her, at least not yet.Finally, the bell above the restaurant jiggled and Leonica walked in. Irene watched her walk towards where she was seated, noticing the slight limp in her step."You're late." She said as soon as Leonica had taken the seat in front of her.The younger female flashed her a knowing smile. "Yeah I know,"Irene gritted her teeth. "You-" She stopped herself before anymo

The next day, Ashley was no pleased to hear that he had yet another doctor's appointment with Doctor Bailey."I'm perfectly fine, mommy!" He complained as Grace got him ready for the day. "Why do I still have to go.""Because if you don't, you'll have an awful stomach ache," Owen said as he walked into the living room, pecking Leonica on the cheek as he did. "Isn't that right, dear?"She nodded. "That's right,""But I'm already healthy," Ashley argued, his lips forming a pout as he stared at his mother with the most adorable puppy dog eyes. "Please mommy, let's skip this one.""No can do, Ashley," She shook her head as she lowered herself to his level, dismissing Grace as she took over the task of adjusting his sweater. "I know you hate needles, sweetie, but you just gotta do this one for me. It's gonna be the last one, I promise." She stuck out her small finger."Really?" Ashley was hesitant, but the reassuring look in his mother's eyes quickly washed away every spec of hesitation."

Standing outside with Owen’s jacket around her shoulder, Leonica sighed out and watched her breath turn visible before it disappeared.Today had turned out to be much of a success than she had imagined.She chuckled, To think all her fears was all for nothing.The feeling of her phone vibrating pulled her away from her thought. She reached the the device in her purse, a thin smile finding it’s way onto her lips when she saw it was a message from Gabriel.[Hey, how are you?]It read.[I’m fine. Is something the matter?] She replied, waiting only a second for his reply.[Not at all, just wanted to check up on you. How’s your ankle doing?]Leonica stared at his message for a few seconds and could chuckle. Memory loss sure did a number on him.The Gabriel she was used to didn’t even care when he abandoned her on the road on the day of his grandmother’s funeral, but now here he was, asking how her sprained ankle was doing.Delightful. She could get used to something like this. But not to u

Gabriel always found it funny when Lloyd and Christian would pity the shitty male lead of a movie each time the female lead cut ties with them, or when their relationship hit a road block.But right now, as he felt Leonica's words hit him hard, Gabriel understood their pain, understood why they pitied the male lead. Because that's exactly how he was feeling."Everything I've said up until now is true. I'm done, Gabriel. We're over, and it's not a lie." Leonica stated as she stared him straight in the eyes, something he thought she'd never do and without any form of hesitation, ripped his hand off her wrist."I would have asked for you to respect my choice, but at this point, I’m certain that's impossible. You only care for yourself and your feelings and honestly," Leonica paused as she took a second to shake her head. "That's really disgusting, makes me question why I had fallen in love with you in the first place."Without waiting for a response from him, Leonica walked out on him an

"Ugh," Lloyd groaned as he helped Gabriel into his house, tossing him on the first chair he came across. "Fuck! You're heavy man!"The person he was talking to, groaned, but managed to pull himself into a seating position, burying his face into the palm of his hand."Why in God's name would you even get so drunk?" Lloyd asked as he walked over to the mini bar and grabbed a bottle of water, tossing it to Gabriel who happened to catch it, once he had gotten close. "Did you happen to fight with Leonica?"Gabriel didn't answer immediately, instead, he chugged half of the water down, hoping to sober himself up.It worked to some extent."She found out that I put Billy up to watching her." He simply said, but that was enough to give Lloyd the full picture."Bloody hell Gabriel," He hissed. "I warned you not to do that. Leonica isn't your average chick, she's smarter than them and can easily spot Billy."Gabriel silently looked at the water bottle in his hand, trying to crack his brain for a