ELOISE (RUBY)There was a knock on the door, before I had the chance to answer, Cassian let himself in.I waited for the unease I always felt when I was around him, but the feeling never came. Something had shifted between us, I couldn’t pinpoint what it was, but I could feel it.“They fixed up the place quite nice, didn’t they?” he questioned.“They did an excellent job,” I agreed. Somehow, the workers had managed to make this place look even more beautiful than it once was.“He got your message,” he said, cutting off my trail of thoughts.“He did?” I questioned, eyes wide with hope. “Do you think he actually believe that I’m alive?”My father believed I died two years ago, and I was left wondering if a single letter was enough to convince him otherwise. “I guess the answer to that would be in here,” he answered, passing me a brown envelope.“What is it?” I asked as I accepted it.“A response from your father.”Wasting no time, I tore the envelope open, and took out the paper.From
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