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
Eden slowly opened her eyes when she heard a knock on the door. She said loudly, "No, don't come in." The door opened and a woman walked in with a tray of food. "Oh great, come in anyway. What was the point of knocking?"The woman looked distraught. She looked at Eden guiltily and placed the tray of food on the bed, just enough for Eden to pick up anything she wanted and eat it. "I'm sorry, Miss. Orders from sir," she said and walked out the room and Eden heard the familiar click of the door locking.Eden looked at the tray and saw that there was a big bowl of chicken soup, apple slices, breadsticks and a glass of water. The smell of the soup was filling up the room and Eden's mouth watered. She kept looking at the food but decided not to even touch it because it might be spiked with drugs.
As Eden's eyes fluttered open, Carter tilted his head and grinned at her. He had piercing eyes that didn't show any emotion, he was smiling widely but his eyes were dead and void of any normal human emotion.Eden abruptly jerked away as she saw him. She blamed herself for falling asleep again. She looked at her clothes and sighed in relief when she saw she had not changed into new clothes. She did not like the idea of being changed in her sleep, whether it was by housemaids or anyone else."Get the fuck away from me, you creep," Eden spat at him as she crouched into a ball on the other side of the bed. Carted shifted on the bed, trying to move closer to her. "I said, GET AWAY!"On hearing Eden tell so loudly, he raised his arms up in defense and shifted back to h