Eden looked at Grace, surprised to see her. When Grace saw Eden, she nervously stood straight and gave her a weak smile. Eden didn't know how to react so she just stood there looking at her. Grace did an awkward wave at Eden and smiled bigger, waiting for a reaction. Eden turned around and started walking in the direction of her college. She didn't know how to feel about meeting her after so long. She knew through Sophia that she went to Italy for her internship a couple of weeks after the last time she saw her. Though it was killing her to not ask about it and know everything that happened, she couldn't get herself to look at her without feeling sad.Grace followed Eden and said, "Eden, wait." Eden stopped in her path but kept looking ahead, waiting for Grace to say something. "Can we talk?"Eden turned around to see Grace standing there looking like a lost kid. Eden felt a pang in her heart when she saw how broken Grace looked. She didn't know what happened to her and Professor Co
Grace hung up the phone and picked up her purse to leave the house after Eden called her to come to the mom and pop cafe. The day before she had gone to meet Professor Cooper at a bar. It all happened after he hung up on her saying that he was married and had kids. The next day he called again. Grace had just come back from Eden and Bennett's penthouse. She picked up the phone and said, "Hello? Why are you calling me?" "I would like to apologise for my behaviour yesterday. Can we meet? Possibly at a bar. It's not a date, just to talk," he said.."Professor, I don't know-""You can call me Richard," he cut her off."Um, okay. Richard, I don't think it's right for us to meet," Grace tried to reason. She knew both of them were clearly attracted to each other but then thought of his wife and kids. "Like I said, it's not a date. I just want to talk," said Richard. He sounded genuine so Grace thought it wouldn't hurt to meet once."I don't really understand what's there to talk about, bu
Grace woke up with a blinding headache as the sun rays hit her eyes. When her eyes finally adjusted from her blurred vision, she saw a low grey ceiling. Confused, she got up and looked around. She was in the backseat of a car. She saw that she was completely naked, wearing nothing but an oversized black coat that didn't hide much. She turned her face to see a man lying next to her, a familiar face sound asleep "Oh my God!" Grace yelled loudly, waking Richard up abruptly."What? What? What's wrong?" He asked with a groggy voice as he rubbed his eyes. "Did..did we..," Grace couldn't complete her sentence. When she saw that he was also wearing nothing but his boxers, her suspicion was confirmed. She was also feeling sore in her southern regions and that horrified her. "Oh my God, se had sex.""It's okay, it's okay. Calm down. It's nothing wrong, I really enjoyed it," said Richard as he smiled and extended his hand to touch Grace's cheek.Grace jerked away and looked at him, still shock
“Eden, you’re going to be really angry at me for this but…” Grace’s words trailed off as she tried to think of words to say.Eden squeezed her shoulder and said, “There’s nothing that can make me mad at you right now.”Grace felt reassured and smiled at Eden. She took a deep sigh and said, “I slept with a married man.”“WHAT?!” Eden shouted. “DON’T TELL ME IT'S PROFESSOR COOPER, OH GOD PLEASE!”“Yeah… it’s Professor Cooper.”“OH MY GOD, GRACE WHAT HAVE YOU DONE,” Eden kept yelling at Grace as Sophia and Natalia watched them with shock and confusion.“You just said you won’t get angry at me,” Grace pouted and looked at her feet, feeling embarrassed.“Well, I am now!” Eden lowered her voice but she was still angry. “Do you know what this can mean for me? If things go south between you I am sure he will not think twice to fail me. Grace, why don’t you EVER think?”Grace looked at Eden with pain in her eyes, before she knew what she was saying, the words left her mouth. “Why don’t I think
Theo leaned back on the chair as if thinking deeply about something. Grace noticed that he looked upset."Theo, you don't have to answer it. I really liked you a lot and I guess it's just an itch to know why we couldn't work it out," said Grace.Theo looked at Grace and gave her a guilty smile. "You're right, I owe you an explanation. I can't deny that I like you a lot too. You're the first girl who made me feel something real for the first time in a while, and it scared me. I was so used to getting drunk, having meaningless sex, partying, and whatnot that I got too numb to the sensation of actually falling for someone. I was happy the entire time I spent with you, but when things started getting too real, I got scared and ruined something that gave me true happiness."Grace was speechless. She looked at Theo with wide eyes. Before she could say something, he got a call, and he excused himself to pick it up. When he came back, he said, "I have to go. I'm so tired of Bennett calling m
"And then I worked for him for three months, modeled for him and he taught me about design. I did learn a lot from him, he's truly a legend. I talked to Theo a lot over these days, mostly on call or text. I know he said that he might want to get with me again, but I don't know if I want to be with someone who had so many unstable feelings. I think we're okay being just friends. Bottom line is, I missed you like crazy. And I came here straight from the airport," said Grace. She held Eden's hand and smiled. "Now I want to know everything about you."Eden looked at her and said, "I'm so sorry I Didn't see your texts. I changed my phone number after the divorce. I lost my old one the day I left the cafe. God I wish I had never gone to that pub and drank so much.""Wait, what?" Grace asked."Yeah, remember that bar Alex used to take me to? I went there and got wasted. Bennett came to save me again," said Eden."You did that again, Eden?" Grace asked, sounding angered."You don't know what
Eden sat through her class, unable to stop thinking about Mom's death. It made her want one thing: to find her real mother. She didn't want her to leave the world some day and never have met her or gotten an explanation about why she did what she did. Though she was angry at her mother for leaving her with a monster like Alfred, she wanted to see her and hear her side of the story. The only problem was that she didn't know where she was or how to contact her. She knew that Bennett probably had contacts that could find her but she didn't want to talk to him again. An idea came into Eden's mind and she quickly texted Grace to meet her the next day at her apartment. Grace knocked on the door and Eden answered with an excited look on her face."Grace, I think I'm ready," Eden said, feeling nervous."Ready for what?" Grace asked in confusion."To see my mother," Eden replied."Oh," said Grace, not knowing if it was a good idea. "Are you sure about this?""After Mom's death, it got me thi
Eden paced around the room, waiting for Grace to call with information about how the talk went with Theo. Finally, her phone rang and she got excited and fell from her hand and below the bed. She groaned and cursed out loudly, but quickly shut her mouth remembering that a family with young kids lived right next door. She got on her knees and bent down to fish out her phone. Fortunately, it was still ringing and Eden picked it up before it got hung up.Grace was on the other line. She said, "Okay, so Theo agreed to do it. He said he'll get you the number before 12 AM tonight."Eden felt relieved but for some reason, her heart was pounding loudly. I am finally going to see her. I can't believe it. It had been more than 12 years since she last saw her mother. Eden paced around the house, thinking about what she was going to say to her mother. This was a big step for her and it may be the biggest thing she has ever had to deal with in her life. Even after the alcohol problems, abusive fa