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As the day went on, Aurora became more and more uneasy about her fast-tracked relationship with Arden. She began to second guess all her decisions. It was not rational that she should feel as though she was ready to give up anything, apart from her son, to be with Arden. The feeling scared her to no end.

Arden had sent a couple of text messages during the day. He apologized that he was going to be busy with work for a little while. Aurora had not responded though. She felt she needed some space to think clearly. If there was one thing that she was certain of it was that she could not think clearly when that man was around her.

The second text that came through was a few hours later as Aurora was finishing up her and Eli's laundry for the week. Aurora picked up her phone and read the message. "Think of you", was all it said. Again, Aurora sat the phone down. She had such a strong urge to snatch it back up and write back to him. So much so that Aurora left the cell phone on the bed as