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~SCARLETT POV~

I dreaded each day that passed, wanted to kill myself at each month I got passed, and now it has been a year and I haven’t set my eyes on me. Everyone seemed to have moved on, but here I was, stuck in the moment I watched him leave my balcony forever.

I hardly got by without crying about the decision I had to make on the spot. I wished he knew all that I had wanted to say to him, but that would be selfish of me.

Ever since Seth’s departure, things have gone from high to low in my life. It was as if he were the only screw left to my sanity, and I let him off so easily.

Was it my relationship with Leo? I scoff because I am truly a horrible mother for keeping him and Rocky apart just so we can continue to push his false relationship with Patricia’s daughter. I didn’t want to do this, nor did Michael, but we came to a conclusion about how important Patricia was to the campaign and there by putting our son up to the task.

At least in the end, Michael eventually won by a big