"The truth comes out... I think when you fight you find out who you are" ~Chris WeidmanQuynn's POVI decide to take a rest in the garden after about an hour of sketching and drawing and I adjust my chair and my eyes briefly close. I don't know for how long I was out, but as I open my eyes, I see Joey with a blue plastic helmet, standing beside my chair with a mischievous look on his face. I properly glance at him and find him holding a bowl of dirt and a shovel in his hand."What do you want?" I groan loudly. Since Joey returned, he has dragged me into one problem or the other and I don't know if it's because he's having fun or if he's just trying to torment me and I didn't want to do that anymore.It is bad that I can't call Anna and tell her the major change that has taken place, being Joey returning from school because that goes a

"Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things." ~Robert BreaultGabriel and I are waiting beside the car waiting for Eli to come out of the building so I can take him home.He woke up this morning, got ready for work and I don't think he even realised today was his birthday. I wished him a happy birthday during breakfast and Joey did likewise too.He was surprised, nonetheless happy and I lean in to kiss his forehead before revealing what I had planned out. I told him we were going over to the Grand square restaurant to celebrate his birthday but pointed out that we could do something else if he wanted. He said he was okay with my plans and would close early to spend the rest of the day with me and celebrate. I told him I would come and pick him up after work so we can both go on our way.

"There are two kinds of guilt: the kind that drowns you until you’re useless, and the kind that fires your soul to purpose."~Sabaa TahirA knock comes to my door and I don't need to be told to know who it is. It's Eli, probably here to ask why I ran away from his birthday party which I had taken the time to organise for him. He's probably here to ask questions I am not ready to answer, he's here to see reason and probably agree with whatever excuse I give because that's the type of man that he is. He's a good man and after everything I have discovered for myself, I don't think I can keep the charades up anymore.My loyalty is with Anna because she is in charge of my life until tomorrow when this is all over, but I can't help but think about the man who is being treated like a fool for loving so much. The man I keep lying to and treating like a fool even though he's d

"I hated myself for going, why couldn't I be the kind of person who stays?"~Jonathan Safran FoerEli's POVI carry Anna up the stairs while she clings to my neck for balance even as her eyes remain close. I have a lot of questions running through my head right now and at this point, I think that she can sense it but I am not sure she is ready to answer them.Whatever happened outside there must have shaken her to the point where she had not much strength to move or even talk and throughout the ride back home, she remained silent and when we got home a few minutes ago, she couldn't get out of the car so I took her into my arms."What happened to her?" Rosalina asks with worried eyes as she sees us.I don't know the answer to give her, because I honestly do

"I wonder if this is how people always get close: They heal each other's wounds; they repair the broken skin."~Lauren OliverAnna is fast asleep in my arms and though I slept earlier, I've been awake for quite a while. This intimacy has been one of the things I've missed between us and I'm glad that it is finally back. I run my hand lightly through her hair and she softly moans before turning around, her eyes flutter open and her beautiful brown eyes settle on me.A shy smile comes into her face and she buries her face into my chest, "Why are your eyes on me the first thing I see when waking up?" she demands with a cute groan and covered her face.I pull the hands away, "Because you're too beautiful to look away," I answer and I feel her shudder against me causing me to chuckle."We shouldn't be in bed at this time," she says sitting up and the bedshe