Babysitting Aurora

DAYS

d's be

and she hasn't step

get her to talk to them or better still leave

reak down the door but Dia

hand, wasn't far from looking like she messed up t

of calls and text messages but she didn't make any

written a word

e on hold and it was

't gotten ov

t just forget the guy you've been in love

ripped out of her chest and she

s? She never wants to go th

h and impatient

attempting to get the door. She just remained

u've been in there for over two days n

tayed

w if you are still alive? We

idn't say

reak down this do

s moti

break the door,” Zar

ck.” He

mm

is door at the count of three.”

unlocked and

Diamond's voice

inside. She took in the condition of the room

. She walked back to

ere.” Ayden cov

rolled h

a asked again, rushi

disease? Were you fired from work? What ha

r her to let go of the burden and share it with them. They won't mind carryi

urged, squeezin

d as she sat up

a pointed out the obvious. “

ll.

ut her off. “When last d

ot him a h

efended sheepishly when Zara

explanation or keep judging m

, Diamond. Keep talk

d hesi

up with

ed in unison, eyes widened a

that normal in every rela

lix so much. You've been with him for over seven ye

ened...” Dia

rest in the relationship and t

“He...” She finds it so hard to let

us.” Za

trust us.” Ayden said softly,

me.” She mumbled,

m until loud cracks of knuckl

and found Ayden cr

at are yo

ill that f*cking bastar

s smile and optimistic nature. The one who gets unneces

en. Don't f*cking make the quiet lion angry

that f*cking bastard hurt you like this? After everything

hard, fiddling w

” She w

. “Wait, why does that

is brows as he tried to remember

or something.” Zara waved it o

me from a movie, Zara.

den and Z

est fr

NG SHIT!” Z

king f*ck?” A

t friend?” Zara asked while Diamond no

.two

g that idiot.” Ayden s

t but there was no answer.

d beat the living daylight out of him. As for me,” Zara tied up her hair and picked up an empty bo

e not going

s empty?” Diamond bites her lip, guilty, looking away from Zara. “Don't tell me you loc

artbroke

ou can hide in here and cry as you want while drinking...that's heartbreak and it's okay to feel dead for excuses like that but that motherf*cker cheated on

he door, tears stre

y wrong?’ She tho

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SOLE (SUNSHIN

Weeks

has ch

tion was getting worse

as f**kin

ul daughter in his arms, tr

He said calmly, boun

ide alongside the he

velyn offered, as she coll

opped crying and

” He asked

ghed. “Calm

nd you are already asking me to

deep breath before

ho

tav

the

. No one knows about his whereabouts. He has been missing for three weeks n

d him. Make sure you find him. I won'

ir. And I promise not to st

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WEEK

Apar

going to do no

ow,” Diamon

s two plates of grilled fish

s rolled their eyes as t

s, though.” Diam

ng with each passing second. I

s and regret it,” Zara m

now by not eating the

she took a bite o

“I think I'm goin

Ayden c

” She gave Ayd

den dramaticall

ened to my judgme

car

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y until Ayden br

o try out more w

e? To be honest, after getting fired,

idding,” Z

sh I

Ayden

thing. I d

nd. Don't give up simply becaus

a little bit insu

or

ween them again. It was Zara

u and...you know who?”

Diamond retorted, wrig

come

ha

alking about so sto

me and Amir if that's wh

s a nic

y what I thoug

Felix.” Ay

nt to date.

hat means you are going to d

about dating right now? I

, giving her the ‘it's time to f

eat in peace?

den and Za

ently at

s you,” Za

gh

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, disrupting h

, grabbed the phone, an

ad

art, how

fine.

doing

n call I expected, hones

ck up on my lovely d

“Of course

s throat. “How is my fa

?” Diamon

avorite daugh

aning back to the headboard

ll my fa

your only daughter.”

hed her off. “You haven

er tongue over her l

ow is

lly like Felix and are rooting for their relationship. They will surely be disappointed if they find out the

tagged as ‘daddy's girl’ not as if she cared. If anything

e.” She sim

from him lately. Hope all

forced o

two going to

ot do this again.

you m

uch, dad but I h

ong pause at

the compan

ing to have this

y legally belongs to you so why are

appoint you or let you do

ea

and I appreciate but I don't want to depend

refusing

o make yo

you come down here and ta

my thing.” She sigh

east stop refusing

, I can never get broke even though I don't

spend my mon

r wi

d. “You mean,

h, y

lf. You are my princess. My life. My everything. I

And if it doesn't work out or I give up...I

omi

e to give up?” D

you back home then

ad

the true daughter of your

, grinning wid

want to speak

peak to me, she wo

amo

alk some othe

eep breath. “A

ve

u more,

.” She

walke

bab

ey

ou on the p

ad

im so much!”

to

say? Wait, did

him...

at cheati

N

N

heard

her of all people

s Felix and he was willing and ready to t

ly, there is

ouldn't bring my

ve dealt with that idiot really hard. Felix is who he is today becaus

Simply because we helped him

cally..

t. I don't.”

her will soon hear abou

kno

should hav

Diamond

r mother, did y

N

other but rather, you are so close with your stepfather

smiled.

ped, it was a

OU COMING T

ly, running her fing

at her. “Ar

e to come to

en

mething like that. You

re a writer, you

state that writer

heck it up

.” Diamon

e party.”

u come w

e!” Zara

. What abo

out on

r date?

at guy is a

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rt

asked for the tenth tim

zing, Diamond

ank

ou ner

lit

sure Amir is

't tell him

surprise him, I s

Let's go

ed through the four corners of the hou

sighed at his friend, the one she had met w

iamond shouted over the loud mu

. Let

on as they got closer, Diamond's mouth was le

other aggressively as they kissed w

iamond ca

the girl and quickly sprung up

come around since she didn'

but she held up her

rprised? You don't need to explain yourself to me, Amir.

ste

I'm sorry for distracting you and your...girl. Continue, o

isten, I'

e should have known better than to do this to me...again. Why do

sor

yself for coming here in the first place.” She

skey from a table and splashed it on Amir's face. “I blame myself for rooting for you. I sh

*

Apar

grinned widely, skipping to the

r head, giving Diamond a w

't I loo

it's oka

“Over a boy again? Nah.

urting. I

because of what happened tonight but becau

e do

. It caught me once, I won't let it catch me again.” She o

re you

love str

t what do you mean by...you wo

, putting a spoonful of

s time I become the predator.” She paused. “Boys will a

ng...you want

, I'm done f*cking with boys.

what have you done

ut somewhat different. Can you stop talking now?

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ONTH

A raspy voice call

o see his wife looking down at

awake. Oh my f**k, do you know how worrie

down her face.

don't have to be. You a

t be able to fulfill

fused. “What are y

fighting...the pain i

lking about? You

ve to

t to go home

up there.” She gla

outside? Mikhail t

r home? Listen, you should stop talking

to fight it. I tried to recover so I can be with you and

ikhail's face as sh

? You can't go. You can't leave me here. You

h her tears, extending her hand to Mikhail. “Prenditi cura della nostra piccola prin

me. Please.” He tried reachin

Am

~

es. The doctor and three nurses were in the room

all a

only to discover that it was only a dream. Sh

topped beeping whic

stepped away from Diamond's bo

who hasn't taken hi

..we tried

went closer to her dead bo

don't do this to me. Please. I can't live without you. I can't breathe without you. Please wake

before leaving the room alongside the n

I love you so

's

r child's beautiful face.

will he forgive himself until he fi

e most brutally and hav

to make h