Chapter: The Missing MemoriesBella's Pov “Bella?” Roger called but nothing from me. “Bella, please talk to me. Are you okay?” He asked worriedly.A strange image flashed in my mind. Something like a memory. Two boys chased me around a garden while I laughed. It was still kind of foggy, I couldn't see the boys' faces clearly but I could hear my carefree laughter as clear as day. The green grass spreads across the wide plot of land and the flowers blooming along the edges of the fence. The scene shifted to the taller boy running ahead towards the tree and we followed him closely. “Bella, please say something. Don't scare me like this,” he said with a shaky voice that snapped me out of the strange memory. My head was throbbing and my heart was beating fast.“I saw something,” I said slowly letting go of my head. I turned around to see that he was crying. I was shocked. “I'm ok Roger, please don't cry,” I said feeling guilty.I didn't know my disappearance had affected them this much. “You scared me. I thought
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Chapter: Covered TracksGabriel’s Pov“I can't find anything on him,” “It's like they have someone protecting his information. The only thing on the surface is his basic information,” “Nothing?” I repeated myself, my grip tightening around the phone.“Nothing useful,” Dex said. “Your father covered his tracks or he has someone doing it for him,” he added.An idea came to me, “Check if you can find anything on that bastard,”“Okay, I'm going to check and call you back,”“I need to find something, at least a clue. Just something, anything to get me out of this shit. Damn it!” I almost threw my phone to the ground when I saw a call coming in from Dex again.“Anything?” “Sorry bro, nothing at all. It's the same thing as your father's,”“Those sneaky bastards,” I grunted.“What about their financial records? Phone history?” “I'm blocked from the financial records and their phone histories are cleared,” “I don't think they are working alone. They have someone covering their tracks,” I said, pacing across the
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Chapter: A Brother's GuiltBella’s Pov“For?” I asked, confused. “You're going to meet Roger. He is boasting that he is going to pick you up,” I was dumbfounded. ‘Out of all the possible things, this is what he’s jealous about?’ I thought.“Are you serious?” I asked, still trying to figure out what's going on.“Yes, I'm dead serious. I wanted to meet you first,” he said, acting childish. Sometimes I really have to wonder if I'm the youngest, or if it's actually them. “Send me your dorm location. I want to take you out too,”“I will but I can't be in two places at once,” I said smiling. “I will not interfere with him taking you out first but please promise me I will get to take you out tomorrow,”“Okay, I promise,”“Good, see you soon,” he said, sounding so happy.“Bella, someone is at the door,” Lissa shouted from the living room scared.“I have to go, see you soon big brother,” I hung up the phone and ran to the door. I peeked through the peephole before opening the door this time. “Hello, how may I help y
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Chapter: The Two BrothersBella’s Pov“Bel, wake up,” Lissa called, shaking me.“Hmn,” I groaned. “Five more minutes please,” “Get up, we fell asleep on the floor,” she dragged my hands trying to get me to stand. “What?” I asked, freeing one of my hands to rub my eyes. I looked around to see what she was talking about. “Oh, I guess we did,” I got up from the floor. “What time is it now?” I asked.“It's almost 11 p.m.” “I'm going to my room to finish sleeping,” “Before I go, are you ok? How are you feeling?”She sighed, “the event is still on my mind,”“It's going to take me a while to get over it,”“It's ok. I understand, that's not something you're going to get over fast because that was a trauma. It is something you ensured before getting away. Him showing up brought all those memories back,” “It's going to take you a while again to bury it. We just have to do things that will get your mind off it,” I said smiling. I yawned, “I'm going to finish getting my rest. Goodnight,” I waved at her and she sm
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Chapter: BustedGabriel’s PovThe moment she stepped into my room and quietly closed the door behind her, a smile crept on my face.For a few seconds, she just stood in front of the door watching me. I kept my body slumped on the bed as if the drug had already set in. My head tilted to the side and my breathing was slow and uneven.“Gabriel?” She called to see if I would respond, but I kept my mouth closed.She stepped close and I could hear every movement she made. ‘Whoever said playing unconscious was easy clearly has never tried it,’ I thought.“Wow,” she whispered. “That works faster than I expected,” she added.She waved her hand over my face to convince herself that I was really out. She started to unbutton my shirt but I stayed completely still even though I was uncomfortable and her perfume was disrupting the air. She ran her hands over my chest and abs. Her hands lingered on my abs for a long time. ‘If she doesn't let go soon, I'm going to break character,’ I thought.“You're going to have t
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Chapter: Playing AlongGabriel’s PovI went downstairs only to see Dex sitting on the sofa in the living room. ‘I’m just glad it isn't someone else because I can't deal with any more surprises for the day,’ I thought.“Hey bro, you look terrible,” Dex said, laughing. “Cut it! I've been through enough shit already,” I dropped down on the sofa beside him.“What happened to you? What could be worse than your father and a half-brother?” He asked, raising an eyebrow.I leaned back against the sofa and rubbed my face with both hands. My head felt like it was about to explode. Everything that could go wrong today had already gone wrong. Bella’s voice still echoed in my head. ‘I know she still feels something for me. I could hear it in her voice when she spoke. It's like she is trying to hide something but I can't quite place it,’ I thought.“Well… for starters, I called Bella,” I said, sadly hanging my head. “And what did she say?” “She explained why she ran away,”“So what's the problem now? That can't be the
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