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Ethan's POV I was just about to call Layla's line again when I saw her call pop up on my phone, I paused, nearly pinching myself to make sure I wasn't imagining it and put the phone to my ear. Hello."I heard her voice and it confirmed that I indeed was awake "Shit, Layla. For Pete's sake I've been trying to reach you. What happened?" I was almost wishing I ocould have leapt into the phone, it was so relieving to finally hear her voice but at the same time I was still worried. "I'm fine Ethan..." The hesitance in her voice was unsettling, saying I'm fine when she didn't sound fine. "I was so worried something bad had happened to you, I even went to see Nicole. I called Annabeth to ask her if she had any clue. Nothing. And you weren't picking your calls." I blurted out "Why did you go to see Nicole, is she alright?" She asked immediately That's beside the point, I told myself. I realized I hadn't told her about my suspicion of Nicole working with Sedar and I wasn't sure if I s
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Layla's POV "About Sedar, did you hear about Nicole?" Bridget said casually and it sparked my attention."I'm lost, Sedar and Nicole?" I was completely lost right now what was she going on about?. "Haven't you spoken Ethan?" Her eyes grew wide and innocent"I have, but he didn't mention anything about Sedar. He said he went to visit Nicole but he didn't say what for or what happened after. What's going on?" "Oh, well. I guess it's not a big deal then." She said and weirdly averted her eyes from mine staring out the window. Too late, my curiosity was spiked."What is it Bridget? I want to know." I stated blatantly"Maybe you should just ask Ethan, he might have forgotten. It could have slipped him mind." Bridget was really making me uneasy now.After a series of pleading and excuses she finally gave up and told me to park the car first and when she was done telling me we could hit the road again. I obediently obliged."Okay, I'm listening." She looked like she was struggling to find
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Ethan's POV I lazily pulled my eyelids opened to see Layla's peaceful expression as her head rested on my arm. With my free hand, I moved her hair out of her face taking in the beautiful scene in front of me. I felt like the happiest man alive, the surprise return and then last night, my life almost felt perfect. I had my family with mr now. I still couldn't shake off the weird feeling Layla was giving me but I figured eventually she'd open up about whatever was bothering her. It took a while for me to realize I could feel my arm, well the arm she was resting on. Blood circulation had been interrupted throughout the night. I almost laughed as I accessed my predicament. I didn't want to wake her but I also didn't like the numb sensation I was getting from my arm. I tried to slowly replace my arm with a pillow and half way through, her eyes slightly open. I froze, so much for being careful. She lifted her head, gently taking the pillow from me and replacing my arm with it, well I
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Ethan's POVI lazily pulled my eyelids opened to see Layla's peaceful expression as her head rested on my arm. With my free hand, I moved her hair out of her face taking in the beautiful scene in front of me.I felt like the happiest man alive, the surprise return and then last night, my life almost felt perfect. I had my family with mr now. I still couldn't shake off the weird feeling Layla was giving me but I figured eventually she'd open up about whatever was bothering her.It took a while for me to realize I could feel my arm, well the arm she was resting on. Blood circulation had been interrupted throughout the night. I almost laughed as I accessed my predicament. I didn't want to wake her but I also didn't like the numb sensation I was getting from my arm. I tried to slowly replace my arm with a pillow and half way through, her eyes slightly open. I froze, so much for being careful.She lifted her head, gently taking the pillow from me and replacing my arm with it, well I guess
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Ethan's POV I watched as Layla closed her eyes and gently closed the bedroom door. I had noticed that she had lost weight lately but I didn't expect the migraine that came next. She was at home pretty much all the time yet she was sick. "What's up with her?" Lucas asked the moment I stepped into the kitchen "She woke up with a migraine, she'll be fine. She says it's too much screen time." I hoped she was right. I didn't like seeing her like that. "You two are adorable." Lucas chuckled and took a seat. "So what's new?" I assumed the position I had been in when Layla had interrupted us. "Yeah, that. So I talked with my contact in Japan, the reports came back in." I tried reading his expression but his face was stern *Spill." "We were right about the phone, so the last call that came in around the time Layla said she got Aria back was a number that just started calling her all of a sudden about a week before...It was saved as "Him" which doesn't really confirm anything. At first
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Ethan's POV The guard at the gate gave a slight nod as I approached, I guess he remembered my face. It definitely wasn't a good thing to be a regular at a prison but I had business to attend to. I sat patiently in the visiting room while Nicole was being brought. She stepped in looking a bit shocked to see me, stood there staring at me like a moron for a second and finally decided to take the seat. "What is it this time?" She kept a straight face as she spoke "Where is he?" It was obvious she knew more than she was letting on and I was determined to figure out what that more was. "Are you ready to drop any charges and get me out of here?" Straight to negotiating, she disgusted me. "You know Sedar is just going to abandon you if you of no use or probably just get you killed." Fear was the best weapon She creased her brows staring at me strangely, if not for the guard sitting at the corner I sincerely wanted to tear her to pieces. "Does someone have to die first?" "Uh?" What i
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Ethan's POV"Weren't you doing anything before?" He said it so plainly I felt stupid, he was definitely on a mission to frustrate me."I'm just messing with you, I get what you mean. The thing is you actually are doing something. You're in charge off keeping them safe while I look for the bastard. That way I don't have to split my attention." It didn't feel enough, it felt like the kid's share of the work. I wanted to know I was helping catch Sedar."Ethan, this isn't something to joke about. I want this to be over fast too. But you really need to take their safety more serious that the urge you have to be Batman." He smirked and pat me on the shoulder."Okay " I accepted what he said and realized I could focus all my energy into making sure there's no chance for Sedar to get close to them. And if there is anything I know about people it was how we tend to get agitated when our plans don't work and eventually that anxiousness leads to mistakes."What are you thinking about?" He asked
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Ethan's POVI watched as Layla closed her eyes and gently closed the bedroom door. I had noticed that she had lost weight lately but I didn't expect the migraine that came next. She was at home pretty much all the time yet she was sick."What's up with her?" Lucas asked the moment I stepped into the kitchen"She woke up with a migraine, she'll be fine. She says it's too much screen time." I hoped she was right. I didn't like seeing her like that."You two are adorable." Lucas chuckled and took a seat."So what's new?" I assumed the position I had been in when Layla had interrupted us."Yeah, that. So I talked with my contact in Japan, the reports came back in." I tried reading his expression but his face was stern*Spill.""We were right about the phone, so the last call that came in around the tim
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Ethan's POV Layla held Aria's hand as they walked through the toys section of the mall, happily grabbing everything that caught Aria's eyes. It was good to be free again, to not be watching over our backs. It had been two months since Sedar was finally caught and even know it still felt unreal. He was such a nuisance for so long it was weird with him gone. All the drama we went through because of him. I remember Layla suggesting we go to Nicole out of desperation and frustration and to be honest I was about to give in but I knew good would come of exchanging oke devil for another. We decided to not go that far and I was grateful we didn't, unfortunately even if we wanted to it was too late. Layla got a call from a family about two weeks later that Nicole had ended her own life. The warden said she was constantly screaming to be let out and that someone should call me or Layla but they didn't because that was unreasonable. A while after she hung herself. Layla was frozen to t
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Layal's POV"Okay." Annabeth's weak response came from the other side of the phone. Thank heavens maybe my little speech had knocked some sense into her."Okay? so you'll come stay here right?" "Not yet, I'll stay with a friend for a while. I want to stay with you guys but I can't risk messing up your lives even more." she sounded tired and I decided to let this matter rest for now. "Which friend?, where's Derek?", he had taken her home but he never called back so I guessed he was still with her."He left a while ago."He left?! Could he be any more of an asshole. He comes, drops a bomb like that leaves the two of us in a mess and then just drops her at home to be by herself. What was all the love talk about if this was all he could do. "He left you like this?" I was really starting to direct the anger i fel towards Derek, which obviously wouldn't end well. "It's not like that, i asked him to leave me alone. He kept apologizing when he wasn't at fault and I knew letting him see me
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Layla's POV Watching Annabeth leave felt like my world came crashing down on me. I couldn't believe my eyes when Derek showed me that picture, immediately my mind clicked and made the connection it was like my brain just went into autopilot. It felt like the cinema all over again, realizing that Sedar had been so close to me again, I had been so close to death. I was thankful for Ethan who caught me before I fell, God knows him being there was what helped me calm myself down. Then Annabeth had started her meltdown, I had expected a shocked reaction but not something of that intensity, she looked like we just told her, her entire life was a lie. "Annabeth wait." When I had tried to grab her when she dashed upstairs she basically pushed me away and snatched Cho. My reaction to that was slow, what had I done wrong? I was in as much shock and disorientation she was feeling so why was I the one getting this reaction from her. To be honest I was disappointed that Ethan just stood ther
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Ethan's POVI watched silent as Annabeth took a pause from her episode took a breathe and look at us, she seemed more composed but still rattled up. "I've got to leave." She said I shot off up the stairs"Why? Where are you going?" Layla called after her and follow her up.I turned to Derek, in less than a minute he'd wreak absolutely havoc on us all. This is why I didn't involve Layla in my conversation with Lucas, I didn't see her as weak, no but I also knew that certain matters are delicate so they should be handled delicately. "When did you figure it out?" "Last night. I was going to tell you guys first but..." I raised a hand to cut him off, it didn't matter if he wanted to tell us earlier or not what did matter was that we had found Sedar and he was awfully closer than we thought, this entire time."Wait, just wait." The sound of a door shutting and hurried steps called out attention. Annabeth was basically running down the steps with Cho is her arms, she was leaving with h
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Ethan's POVI could hear the noise increasing slowly from downstairs, I had warned Layla this would happen. I tried to ignore it at first but then they had to be shouting for me to be hearing them this clearly. I put my laptop aside, stretched my limbs and walked downstairs. I got there to find Layla, Derek and Annabeth sitting round the dinner table, Layla's eyes were already in my direction by the time I reached them. She had most likely heard me coming. The discomfort they were putting her through was very evident on her face. I was already pretty much irritated, trying to work and being disturb by meaningless quarrel was very annoying. "I warned you." I said in my head as I looked at Layla, I was definitely going to rub this in her face later."You two know you're in another man's house right? A man who's trying to get work done and who has kids upstairs." They both shut and sat frozen with their eyes fixed on me. Personally I would have just kicked them out there and then. I
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Layla's POV"It's nothing really, I just felt like maybe he was right" she waved her hand dismissively."Who?" "Derek", shit what had he said again"What did he say again?" I felt my fist instinctively clench, I was starting to feel like Annabeth was actually right in this. "Again, nah he said it when he brought you over to my place. That you had issues too and I was acting like my man drama was the center of the world." She looked to the side, it was obvious she was hurt by it.That was too much, this had gotten way too much. "Give me a second." I grabbed my phone and marched upstairs."Where are you going?" "I'll be right back." I barged into the room and Ethan looked at me confused."What's gotten into you?" "I'm going to interfere. I'm calling Derek to come over right now so I can settle whatever this is that they have going on." His eyes widened in shock and he shook his head, "Don't Layla. You sure you want to be in the cross hairs of whatever it is they have going on?"
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Layla's POVThe house had been on lockdown for the past two days, yes, because of Sedar and also because Ethan was an overly protective person. Did I like being locked up in here all day? No. Could I do anything about it? Also no. All that could be done was wait it out and pray it needed soon. Ethan also worked from home to keep me company and lessen the agony of my situation. I told him numerous times that he could go to work and I'd just ask Annabeth to come over but I guess he saw through that lie. I was just looking for a way to get him out of the house so I could sneak out. His maid, America brought us all of the groceries and supplies we needed so there was no way to use needing to go shopping as an excuse. It was nice to be cared for but this was pretty much the same feeling that made me move out in the first place, unfortunately this time that wasn't an option."What is on your mind?" Ethan asked, this question snapped me back into the reality, I looked around, yep still stu
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Ethan's POVI watched her step into Derek's car and drive off, I didn't exactly like the idea of her being out in the open after seeing Sedar stalking us but there was no winning an argument with Layla, the best I could do was give her a curfew to be back home. I called Lucas when she left, she was right about us needing to find the leak in our whereabouts that Sedar was tracking is with. "Didn't we just get off the phone?" He said sarcastically."I'm calling about Sedar. Again." "Did he show up again?" "No, but you remember how we talked about finding out how he knew where we were. Well Layla has a theory about it, she thinks it has something to do with Annabeth. Apparently all the times Sedar has showed up unexpectedly were when she went to places she'd already told Annabeth she was going to." "Was Annabeth the only one she told? That's a pretty wild assumption." He sounded skeptical, which was reasonable. Even I thought it was a shaky suspicion."No but she's the only common p
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Layla's POV "What do you want me to say. Oh hey don't date whoever that creep is. I love you. Is that it?" I just stared at him, what the heck was that? So what he loved her now?. He stared back at me like a moron and then his expression softened and I took as a sign he realized he'd just lashed out at the wrong person."I am sorry." He did his puppy dog eyes look."I'd love to say it's fine but it's nothing, you two really need to take a minute and sit down to talk." The rest of the ride was absolutely silence, he walked me to the door and kept apologizing for the way he acted but all I did was nod. "What happened between you two?" Ethan saw the look on my face when I stepped in."More like what the heck is happening between two of them" I threw my bag on the couch and fell into his arms "Who are we talking about right now?" "Derek and Annabeth." "Oh, those two. Wait, they're still at it? I thought it would be over by now. Aren't they taken it a bit too far?" Even Ethan notice
