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
Eden boarded the flight and waited for the plane to take off. It was a two hour long flight, but it felt like an eternity to wait for it to land. She didn't tell Grace that she was going to Florida on her own, because if she did, Grace would have forcefully come with her. Eden took deep breaths to calm herself down and listened to some calming music. She was a nervous wreck and wanted to jump off the plane to avoid the confrontation. But she knew she got herself into it and owed herself some mental peace. After two hours, the plane landed. Eden had brought nothing but a duffel bag with two days worth of clothing. She knew that she was not going to stay for even one day, but brought them in case of any delay. She walked out of the Florida airport and hailed a cab to her mother's home.Martha's house was half an hour away from the airport. Eden was fiddling with her fingers and tapping her legs, in anticipation of seeing her mother again. She didn't know what kind of reaction she was g
"Who is my father then?" Eden asked, not knowing if she was going to like the answer or not.Martha scrunched her eyes and said, "What are you talking about? You keep calling him Alfred and not refer to him as Dad. Did he do something so bad that you don't even want to be seen as his daughter? I can't imagine what he put you through." Martha placed her hand on Eden's shoulder and looked at her with sympathy."What?" Eden was confused. "Alfred is not my father, what are you talking about?"Martha was confused too. "Eden, I don't understand. Do you mean that he did something wrong?""No, I mean he's biologically not my father, that's why he was selling me off to marry an old creepy man. Ever since you left he has done
Martha ran after Eden, trying to stop her. "Eden, wait! Please, just hear me out?"Eden turned around abruptly and looked at Martha with anger filling her eyes, "What do you want me to hear, huh? How you purposely abandoned me when you didn't have to.""Eden, just try to understand me, please. I've always loved you. Me coming back into your life would have only meant problems, and nothing else. Of course I thought that when I didn't know how your father had been treating you. Right now, I regret nothing more. God, I would have ran barefoot across the country if I knew what was going on with you. Baby, I'm so sorry," Martha said, crying. She approached Eden slowly who was standing in the living room, looking down on her feet as her tears fell down uncontrollably. Martha pulled in Eden for a hug as both of them sobbed. Eden opened her
"True love doesn't fade out in a couple of months, maybe you should see him, try to talk things out," Martha advised. "The media, the publicity, none of it matters if you're not happy. Let them think what they think. Like that Game of Thrones saying goes, the lion doesn't eat sheep that are- wait what is it again," said Martha.Eden burst out into laughter at her mom's attempt at trying to be hip. "It's 'the lion doesn't concern himself with the opinion of sheep'.""Yeah, yeah, fine you're cooler than me," said Martha jokingly as Eden continued to laugh at her.As they talked, Eden couldn't help but feel a very strong wave of nostalgia. She remembered talking nonsense things to her mom while she fueled her fantasies and played
Eden had not given her phone number to anyone but her closest friends, none of whom would ever do this to her. The voice that said her name sent chills down her spine. It was the sound of a grown man, but it sounded wrong in so many ways. Eden blocked the number and looked outside the window thinking who it could be, then she remembered that if Bennett got her number, anyone could. She texted Grace asking her if she gave her phone number to Bennett or Theo. Grace replied in a minute saying that she didn't.Eden closed her eyes and leaned back on the seat, waiting to get home faster. When she reached her apartment, she paid the driver and pulled out her bag. Outside the building of her apartment complex, she saw a weird looking man leaning against the door as he smoked a cigarette. He was wearing a black shirt, black jeans and a cap and sunglasses on his face. Eden paid no attention to h
Eden started panicking as she saw that ger hands were tied. Though the rope was loosely tied, she still couldn't get herself out of it.She realised something was different with her and looked down to see her body. She was no longer in the black dress and heels she had left in. She was wearing a short, light pink, silk nightgown that had thin straps, a very deep neckline and reached above her mid thigh. She felt relieved that she was still wearing her own undergarments. On her feet she was wearing white translucent stockings that reached up her thigh. Why would anyone dress me like that? She thought to herself. She didn't know who changed her clothes or what they did to her body while she was passed out.Eden pulled and twisted on the ropes, in hope's to break it but it was of no use. She heard the door creek open and she