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ONE

BEGINNING It was cold and Neah understood that she shouldn't have snuck out of the school. But it was her birthday and she was tired of waiting in the empty school, knowing that her dad wouldn't show up to pick her as he promised. He had forgotten her birthday. He had forgotten her, even after he promised to bring a gift to her, and it was not the first time it was happening. She looked up at the dark sky and noticed that the wind was picking up, in a second a cold droplet of water landed on her head and the sky broke down. She turned back but it was too late, she was far from the school already. *** DIANA I let the panicked words of Neah's teacher float around my mind like ghosts searching for a place to rest. “Mrs Diana, you need to come quickly, Neah is missing.” My heart was hammering against my chest so violently that I feared that it would punch a hole through my ribs. My entire body was shaking, not from the coldness of the merciless rain, but from fe

TWO

As I sat in the funeral home, I could hear Neah's voice. I might be running mad, but I accepted that madness, if it meant that I could still have Neah with me. My phone buzzed in my pocket and I reluctantly pulled it out. I tapped the notification and I was directed to an entertainment page where they showed a picture of Nathan and Camille. The headline said that they were spotted in a luxury store, shopping together and as I skimmed through the page, I read that they've confirmed dating rumours. Our relationship had always been lacking in many aspects. He didn't love me then, but we learned to live with each other. Neah was the thread keeping us together. He used to be kinder to us, and one time I was delusional enough to think that he would finally love me and Neah, but the moment Camille returned, he snapped. He was never at home and when he was, he was never aware of our presence. Neah always tried and failed to get his attention. And invisible knife twisted my guts when

THREE

I sat in the lawyer's office, trying to distract myself from the fact that it was too cold and stark. Even the waste bin that stood at the corner was white. There were no colours, just emptiness. Nathan sat opposite me, with a frown on his face and his hands clamped together on the table. I tried to pull my eyes away from him, but they were the same shade of blue as Neah's. It was a bittersweet feeling, for her to be so close and yet so far away. “Why are you doing this? Is it because I forgot Neah's birthday? You followed me to the hospital yesterday simply because I was ignoring your calls and you made up a stupid story that Neah was in the ICU, so I'm not the only one that is petty. Something came up yesterday so I couldn't make it to Neah on time, Camille fell and knocked up the vase with her leg, she was bleeding and I couldn't ignore her.” That was the first time he spoke to me this morning. “Look, your eyes are puffy and red from crying, you don't really want this, do you?

FOUR

DIANAI stood in front of the bed, watching all the boxes that contained Neah's things. I wondered if it was best to let go of hold on to them. I picked up her blanket from the bed and sniffed it. I decided that it was best to send everything off. Out of the corner of my eyes, I saw a piece of paper that sat on the bedside table, I didn't notice it there before. I walked towards it and realized that it was a drawing made by Neah. There were three stick figures and a writing at the bottom left of the paper. “Daddy, mommy and I miss you so much.” I stroked the words and then decided I was going to take it, as a reminder. I folded it up and placed it in my purse. I went through my phone and sent a text to a number that I haven't dared to call for the past six years. “Hello Jaylen, I'm divorced now, I need help in moving some things to charity. Can you come and pick me up tomorrow?”Under the message, I texted the address and hoped that Jay still uses this number. I went to sleep

FIVE

DIANA Strong and familiar hands rocked me while soft lips pressed against the corner of my mouth. My eyes opened and I heard Nathan whispering some comforting words. My cheeks were wet with tears and I wondered if this was another kind of dream. I was so confused. But it was not a dream…He was really cuddling me. “You're safe now…You're okay” He whispered and brought his lips to mine. I felt the wetness of his tongue at first and then he slipped into my mouth gently. I froze… and his kiss deepened too fast. Before I knew it, his hands were underneath my top, rubbing against my skin. “Nathan…” I said, trying to get his hands away but he was not understanding that I needed him off me. His fingers stroked my bra and the moment I felt them rolling around my nipple, I was repulsed. I pushed him away from me but he won't let go. “Diana please, let me love you.” Was he drunk? Had he gone mad? “Get off me!” I yelled and turned my face to the side becaus

SIX

My hands shook as I sat in the cafe waiting. I turned on my phone to check the time. It was 8:15AM, Jaylen promised to be here by 8, he was fifteen minutes late. What if he didn't want to see me? What if he changed his mind and decided this meeting was useless. I reached forward and took a sip of coffee, it tasted bland and I felt the need to spit it out, but I gulped it down instead. My nerves were frayed. My mind was running wild and my heart was pounding recklessly. The chair in front of me pulled back, the metal legs scraped the wooden floor and drew my attention. I lifted my eyes to see Jaylen, smiling down at me. He looked different… He was taller, his shoulder was broader and he'd grown to be handsome, breathtakingly handsome. “Jaylen…” I gaped, there were no words in my mouth He paused and his smile faded, a million thoughts were going through my head. I ran my fingers through my hair, trying to remember if I had combed it this morning. He left the chair and walked ove

SEVEN

Jaylen held the door of his car open. “I'll drive you myself, you can bring the urn and I'll carry the boxes.” He looked deeply concerned. “Don't worry I'll be fine.” “Diana please,” Jaylen said softly “I think it's safer if I drive you.” “Didn't you hear me?!” Nathan shouted “She's not going anywhere with you.” Jaylen said to Nathan“You're not going anywhere until you show me where Neah is.” “Remember when I told you she's in the ICU, and you laughed and then I took you there but the room was empty, that was because her condition had turned critical and they moved her to the emergency room. She actually wanted to see you Nathan. Remember the calls you ignored? Everytime you ignored the call, you disappointed her and broke her heart.”I can see him fighting the truth, that's all he does. Fight the truth and accept whatever lie that suits him. His phone buzzed and he answered the call, after a second or two, he smiled at me and put it on the loudspeaker. “She's definitely lyi

EIGHT

DIANAIt was the dead of the night and I could not go to sleep. Everything felt too unreal and yet it was not a dream. It was really happening. I was in my childhood bedroom, although the decorations remained the same, most of the furniture had been upgraded to fit my size. The bed was bigger, so was the dresser and the bedside table and the wardrobe. That was how things were throughout the house, the furniture had been replaced and neatly preserved. There was no speck of dust on any surface, it didn't look like this house had been sitting alone for years. I was surprised and shocked when Jaylen drove us here. I could not believe that the house was still standing. The last time I was here, my mom had sold it off to pay for her medications and treatment. We had to move out and find a small apartment while the new family moved in. I remember catching my mom crying many times, the house had been built by her father and gifted to her. She wanted to preserve his memory but she could

NINE

He pulled away from the hug and cupped my face in his hands. “She would want you to be happy and safe, she would want you alive.”“The guilt eats me everytime, not just the pain. I had trusted Nathan with her life. I shouldn't have.” After a while, I went back to eating and the formerly delicious meal had turned into dry bark once it touched my tongue.***I sat opposite Jaylen and we were both going through the list of universities that would be the best for me. “What about this one?” he asked, handing me his phone. “It's too expensive, I can't afford it right now.”I decided that I was going back to school to pursue my career as an architect. I had to forsake my dreams many years ago and I had dropped out, but Jaylen convinced me that it wasn't too late to go back and get a degree. I didn't realize how expensive it would be. I ran my fingers through my hair and let out a frustrated sigh. “I think I'm going to give up and just find a job somewhere.” “I'm sure they offer schola

TEN

The living room was dark because all the lights had been turned off, the TV was turned on and there was a man jumping off a building in the movie that was playing. The volume was turned up to the highest and I could hear the man grunting as he landed on the adjacent building. I walked over to the television and disconnected it. Everything fell silent and my ears could pick up a bird chirping outside. There was a barely audible footstep behind me, but when I turned around, no one was there. There was a thud in the staircase. I could just brush it off as the old floorboards but something in my guts buzzed with caution. I paid attention to the stairs and I heard another small creak from the floorboard, it was too loud to be nothing. “Diana, is that you?” I asked as I walked over to the staircase. There was a rush of movement, it didn't take me long to realize that it was a masked man pointing a gun at me and charging towards me.My senses were a blur for a second but my body acted o

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