Eleanor"So father. You can speak now. I have a lot of questions for you. First, how come I do not know about this place?" Dad turned on his office chair. " That is exactly where I want to start. I need to ask you, were you given a box from Mary? Like any box made of iron…decorated.."A box…right! Stepmom did give me a box when Dad disappeared. "Yes, she did.""So did you open it?" he asked furiously. I didn't. I hated him too much at the time to open the trash he gave to me. Before he disappeared, he never showed any affection for me. "no I didn't. I was waiting for your return. Dad, you left me and all you can do is send me a box? I wasn't interested in anything that was in it. It accomplished to change the fact that you left me."Dad held my hands. "Baby, look. I didn't mean to leave you like that. I explained this to you already and I regret it. I do"so what's in the box?" I asked, pouring and facing the other side. "in that box, was the evidence that this place exists and I left
EleanorLina served strawberry pancakes that she just made with orange juice. I sat beside Mom, holding onto her hand so tight. It felt as if, if I left her for the slightest moment, she'd be gone."Eleanor, she's not going anywhere," Lina said with her American accent. I cleared my throat. "So what has she told you?" I asked Lina."she's not fully recovered. There was no sign of torture but her leg is broken perhaps she had an accident. I called a nurse, she said they had been feeding her a particular drug that contained strong caffeine so she might have memory loss gradually but she is fighting it. Currently, she knows who you are, and she has been saying your name. She said she wasn't going to tell us anything until you came around. It's about time.""you both. keep talking about me like I am not sitting right here." I turned to Mom. Lina was as shocked as I was. "what? Why are you surprised? I am not deaf and dumb you know."My shocked face quickly turned to a happy one. Mom was k
Eleanor.I sent a text to Serena to meet me at the Old Tratum bar by seven. I didn't think she was going to come around. It wasn't until eight pm before she showed up. She came with her face covered and she came alone. She sat in front beside me on the counter and ordered a shot. "You look like a masquerade," I said blankly. "I'm an actress, it's necessary. Why have you called me here at this time and hour?" I took a sip of my drink. She did the same. " I just wanted to talk. Nothing more. About Harrison. Do you love him?" I asked. "is that why you have called me here?" she sprouted. "I used to have a kid sister. Her name was Serena. Yh, your name. She was the most beautiful thing on this earth to me and she was a lot to me. She was family. There was this point in my life where I lost every one of them. My mom died, my dad left, and Serena died. These days, they have been coming back and the only one remaining is Serena. I miss her a lot.""So what has this got to do with me?""l
Hendrix.It was one thing to fall in love with Eleanor at first sight, it was another thing to have her so close in the night. She wasn't kissing me back but she wasn't resisting. I needed to tell her exactly how I feel. Harrison would be sorry for treating her so badly all these days. She just sat there with her eyes closed. I kissed her, harder than I did. Her mouth opened, allowing me to slide my tongue in and out of her mouth. She kissed me back, she was done resisting. I touch her Daisy cheeks, so soft and beautiful. Magny looked away, and I almost laughed. After a few minutes, I broke the kiss and looked into her eyes. "I love you. I'm a hundred percent sure of it. She looked at me like she wanted to say something but she couldn't. She just laid her head on my shoulder in silence. I embraced her and patted her shoulder. "I can't let you go. Trust me I've tried but I swear I'm still trying to know," I started singing, "how to move on. Somebody told me but still, I don't know w
Harrison."Have you seen her?" I asked Jay the third time and he shook his head. Where could Eleanor be at this time? "I'll come to tell you when she arrives," Jay said. I paced about my room. It was a few minutes after midnight and she wasn't back yet. If she wasn't coming back, she'd have dropped a message or something. A few minutes after Jay left, I heard a knock on my door. Already tired of getting the same response from Jay, I sluggishly opened the door."did you find~""were you looking for me?" Eleanor said and entered. "For Christ's sake, where have you been Eleanor? We have looked everywhere for you. Why are you coming this time? Why are you coming this late? I was so worried.""you didn't call me. I was just around the corner and I was talking to a friend of mine. It took longer than expected. I'm sorry for keeping you up."Her story wasn't buyable and she sounded like she didn't want to be questioned about her whereabouts. I hugged her, feeling her temperature, making sur
Serena.Something was unusual about Eleanor. I could feel it. The way she spoke that day, and how humble she was. She lived a tough life, all her imagination. I could only imagine what she went through. I had missed calls from Jack, Henry, Tom and Dax. They were my exes, all of whom I enjoyed a beautiful time with. They were in the past now, I needed to live my own life. I should work on becoming someone for myself. I wasn't ready to receive any calls from any of them. Being humiliated by Harry was enough. He had everything. Every fucking thing. I couldn't deny that I had several affairs and I wasn't in California. He was a good detective and he knew how to play pretense perfectly well. It was over between us but I didn't feel it that much. I realized I didn't love him. It was all to make Papa happy. I called Liam and did for him everything. I didn't want to, I was scared he'd call me a failure… he did. "You are such a failure," he started. "you can't seduce a man and get on with
Serena.I took the picture and went through it thoroughly, checking the tattoo again. There was no doubt, this was Eleanor. She looked five in the picture with a little girl which I suppose was her sister. I searched the deck, scattering all the files I sent across on the ground. I found another picture. I checked over his table and the cupboards, and he had different pictures of hers. It was driving me insane. What business did Liam have with her that made her so important that he had almost all her pictures in his office, perhaps, that was why he never allowed me into his office.I had almost twenty of Eleanor's pictures with me already and they were freaking me out. He took his time to have her pictures with him and he never showed me any of mine. Was I so insignificant?I tucked the pictures in my bag and arranged the office back, not doing too much so he wouldn't notice I was there. Nobody caught me which was a good thing and also a bad thing. If they were awake, then they want
Eleanor."I don't know precisely what to choose. You choose," I said to Jay in the Mall. Harrison sent Jay together with me to get a wine ball gown. We have been searching for the past three hours, moving from one mall to another.Jay relaxed his hand on his hips with his other hand on his chin. After some moments, he shook his head and stood properly. "Your cleavages need to show. This isn't enough. Master gave me certain qualities to choose the dress and I'm not ready to lose my job."We checked several more dinner gowns but they weren't enough for Jay. I was helpless. I needed to get one and fast so I can sneak to see Hendrix again. I loved the last time we had together and…the kiss. Surely, Harrison can ditch me and I'm not ready to lose in two places. I liked Hendrix, he's perfect. He's not rich, he's not poor. He has a nice British accent and he is noble. We became friends without asking and this was exactly how a nice friendship should start.His beautiful smile looked similar