"Holly, You don't have to do this!" Charlie exclaimed as Holly took out her sim card from her phone. She didn't listen to her as she sighed. "If I want to start a new life I have to get rid of the old one." "I don't want Kim to keep tormenting me." Holly said as she broke the sim card into two. She had decided to leave for New Jersey earlier than she had planned. She was going to leave Jamie and Susan to pack up all the stuffs in the bakery to the warehouse when their one week was up. Charlie had been devastated,

The trip to New Jersey was long and uneventful for Holly. She had started the day packing the stuffs she wanted to donate and getting her luggage ready. There had been a lot for her to do but she wasn't worried because her flight was in the late afternoon. She also got a lot of help from Darren and Charlie. She was feeling a lot better about her decision, moving back home wasn't the worst thing in the world. She had a fairly good childhood there and her child was going to grow up in a great environment surrounded by her family. It was a decent enough plan. She wasn't in contact with Jamie and Rose even after promising them that she would call with her new number. She had been so preoccupied packing and making so many decisions that she had forgotten all about it. 

 Holly's hands started shaking nervously as she watched Ella go around with her phone in her hands. "Uhmm? Should I call Richard or something? Are you ready?" Ella turned to glare at her. "Ready? I'm not due till January!"  Holly flinched at the tone of Ella as she picked up her phone and struggled to find Richard's contact. "No! No! Don't call Richard. I don't want to see him." Ella said affirmatively as she snatched Holly's phone away from her. Holly's jaw dropped. 

They had to rush into Ryder's car because of the pouring rain and after twenty minutes they reached his hotel.  By the time they got into his hotel room, they were both drenched from the rain. But they didn't care about it, it was as if they didn't even notice anything else but the presence of one another. Ryder told Holly everything, from the fact that Jake his best friend stole from his company and was wanted by the law to the extents which Kim's deception ran deep when she partnered with Jake. Jake was still at large somewhere, the police had been unable to find him. Holly had called Jamie out of excitement and told him to start the bakery's reopening without her. She still very much planned on spending Christmas with her family, that was if Ryder decided he wanted to stay in New Jersey for Christmas.

Christmas started around midnight for the Michaels family. Not only because it was Christmas but because it was also Holly's birthday. Ryder and Holly had stayed over at her parents house for Christmas. Then when the clock chimed twelve, they had woke Holly up with an array of birthdays gifts and happy birthday songs.It was how Holly had always celebrated her birthday when she was home. She always celebrated it with birthday songs and a huge birthday cake at midnight and she got her presents early. In fact she always got two presents. A birthday present and a Christmas present.The last few days had been hectic because she and Ryder had to go gift shopping for the family. There was a long list of things to get since Ryder also wanted to get gifts for his parents and his brother Alex. They had visited about five shops in total and spent almost two days shopping for gifts alone.Then, Holly's