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2024-10-29 19:42:56The ride back to Bryan’s place was quiet. Amy kept stealing glances at Bryan, she could tell from the frown on his face and how hard he was holding the steering wheel, that he was angry, probably at her but was holding back. It made her feel so small beside him. If he was reacting this way, she wonders what her dad would do when he finds out about what happened to her. She doesn’t want him finding out about today’s incident.
Amy didn’t realize that they had already arrived Bryan’s mansion, until she felt a gentle pat on her knee, causing her to flinch away in fear.
“I didn’t mean to scare you. I just wanted to let you know that we’re home.” Bryan said softly.
Amy looked at her surrounding and realized that they were indeed at Bryan’s place. She covered herself properly with Bryan’s jacket and slowly climbed out of the car.
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‘The time is 7:00am. The time is 7:00am.’ His alarm kept repeating.Bryan grudgingly turned off the alarm and rubbed his eyes. He was about to drag himself out of bed, when he felt a weight on his left arm. He turned to look at the source of weight and saw Amy holding onto his arm like her life depended on it while sound asleep.Images of what happened earlier that morning flashed through his mind. Amy had knocked on his bedroom door at about 3:35am when he was trying to get some sleep because she also couldn’t sleep. He hated to see her cry as that was the only thing she did earlier while he soothed her until she eventually fell asleep.He was only able to get an hour’s sleep before his alarm went off. He gently untangled her hands from his left arm and carefully placed her properly on the bed without waking her, before making his way to the bathroom to quickly freshen up. Amy’s eyelids slowly fluttered open to an unfamiliar, yet familiar bedroom. She rolled over on her stomach an
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Bryan’s ringtone interrupted Amy’s thoughts, causing her to suddenly become aware of the happenings in her surrounding.“It’s Henry.” Bryan informed her and was about answering the call, but Amy held his hand to stop him.She shook her head and whispered the words,“Don’t tell him.” Surprising Bryan.He furrowed his eyebrows in confusion, not understanding why she wants him to keep this from her dad. But he said nothing, rather, he decided not to keep his best friend waiting by answering the phone call. He gave Amy a glance and put the call on speaker.“Hello? Bryan are you busy? I can call later.” Henry’s smooth voice said from the other end.“It’s okay, Henry. I have all the time in the world.” Bryan replied.“If you say so. Sorry about earlier, I had to attend an emergency meeting… Why did you call so early? Is something wrong?”And here comes the part Bryan wasn’t looking forward to. He doesn’t want to lie to his best friend, especially when it has to do with his daughter. But rig
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“So, when do you plan on telling Henry about last night’s incident?” Bryan finally asked, getting Amy’s attention.Amy had a shocked, sad and confused look. She thought they were over this subject. Why is he still bringing it up? She wondered.She stared at Bryan, who was staring back at her, patiently waiting for her reply. Knowing the kind of person Bryan is, he isn’t going to give up until she gives him an answer.“I don’t intend to tell him.” She quietly replied, deciding to just tell Bryan the truth.“Are you being serious?!” Bryan exclaimed with a confused expression.“I decided not to say anything to Henry because I felt this wasn’t an issue to be discussed over the phone…” He continued.“You don’t seriously plan on keeping your father in the dark about such a grave issue?”“I can, and I will.” Amy stated, making Bryan even more confused and regretful.He shouldn’t have listened to her, he should’ve told Henry everything straightaway.“What is wrong with you, Amy?!”Bryan could
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Amy spent the rest of the week at Bryan’s house, as planned. As promised, Bryan didn’t go to the office. He stayed at home to keep Amy company, only working in his study for two hours, when she takes her nap. After their conversation the other day, Bryan did all he could to make Amy feel more comfortable, even though he was hurting inside with the fact that she wanted to let the scoundrel who hurt her get away with it. He decided not to show it, and never mention of it, for the sake of Amy.She had suggested that she wanted to see some of the things he liked besides work, so he bought them VIP tickets to go watch the NFL games. Just to make her happy. He hired a private jet that flew them to New York, for the New York Fashion Week, and just like he guessed, Amy was very excited. This made him a bit relaxed.Henry will be back tomorrow, which is a Sunday, and he was a bit nervous because, although Amy seemed like she was recovering fast, he wasn’t entirely sure she was being honest. He
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Amy and Mandy were currently in Amy’s bedroom, they were chatting about anything and everything they both did over the last couple of days. Mandy shared the wonderful experience she had with Jack during the course of his parents absence. How he behaves like a perfect gentleman and not like a teenager, which actually surprised her, given the fact that Jack was more of a outgoing person.“I’m guessing you guys are in it for the long run?" Amy asked with a smirk.“I guess so.” Mandy replied with a shy smile, covering her blush with her hands.“You don’t have to be shy with me.” Amy said, removing Mandy’s hands from her cheeks and winked at her, embarrassing her best friend even more.“Enough about me. What about you?” Mandy then asked, changing the subject as she was certain Amy was going to tease her to death.It was now Amy’s turn to tell Mandy about her trip to New York for the New York Fashion Week and her very first experience at the NFL games. This got Mandy dramatically gasping.“
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Henry got back from his business trip, and as decided, Amy didn’t tell him about the rape incident. She tried not to think about that night, to help her erase the memory forever, but it wasn’t that easy, as simple words or sentences would take her back to that ugly night.The nightmares, although not as tormenting as before still made it difficult for her to fall asleep at night, but thanks to the very thoughtful and caring Bryan, she rarely had those nightmares because he made sure to call her everyday after dinner to talk about so many things, like how his day went, some future deals he plans to make, to ask how she spent her day, to know what college she has decided to go to, stuffs like that, just to get her mind off that night. It really helped her, as she only thought of pleasant things before going to bed.Mandy was also very helpful as she made it a habit to visit Amy whenever she could, to spend much quality time with her best friend, to help her get through this phase and al
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Amy was on her way home when she received a call from her mom.“Hey Mom.” She greeted her mom.“Happy birthday, baby.” Paula replied in a cheerful voice.“Thanks Mom.”“So, how did you spend your morning… Did Henry come up with some crazy ideas?”Amy couldn’t help but laugh at her mom’s question. Her mom was right to ask that because from when she was little, her dad always had something planned out on her birthday morning, that is besides the birthday parties he usually organises for her.“No mom, he didn’t. Mandy beat him to it… If I should put it that way.” She told her mom.“Really?! That’s new… I never knew the day would come when Henry would let someone besides family spend your birthday morning with you.” Paula couldn’t hide the surprise in her voice, considering how possessive Henry is of his daughter.“Mandy left for college today. I just dropped her off at the airport.” Amy explained.“Oh, I see. Now I understand why Henry let her win.”“Yeah.”“Baby, I already sent your pre
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Henry introduced his daughter to the guests present. They were his business associates he invited along with their family, because he wanted to introduce Amy to the business world as she had never been seen in public. Henry had always made sure to hide his daughter away from public eyes because he didn’t want her childhood to be ruined by unnecessary attention and external interference or criticism. He wanted to wait until she was of age, and he thinks now is the perfect time to reveal her to the world.After greeting the guests, a famous orchestra performed the ‘happy birthday song’ for Amy and she cut her birthday cake before having her first dance with her dad.Amy thanked her dad for the beautiful birthday party, even though the guests were unfamiliar faces. Henry laughed at his daughter and told her to get used to it as she would be seeing those faces frequently from now on.“May I have the next dance?” A very familiar voice said.Amy and her dad turned towards the direction of t
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