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ABIGEAL“I'D LIKE to know what you think the reason why she's so fixated on me is, but you don't have to say anything if you don't want to. It's not my business.” I said in response.“You keep saying that.” He sighed. “I’ve never told this to an outsider, but oh well.” Deep breath. “Melanie and I dated…sort of.”I turned to look at him. “I'm shocked to the bone," I said sarcastically.He threw a pillow at me. I let it hit me in the face and drop. “Fine, yes, you might have gotten that impression. But what you didn't know is that it was all a lie she and Jordan made up.”That took a turn I wasn't expecting. “How so?”“I can't give you the details of what happened, but something happened and I lost my memory and was in a coma. Melanie was constantly talking to me during that period and her voice brought me back, but I didn't know who she was and...”“Since she was the constant one there, you assumed.” I finished for him.“Yeah, exactly. My mental state was very fragile then and they d
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ABIGEALWHEN WE boarded the jet for the return flight to Brooklyn, the staff lined up at the entrance to greet us. I caught someone staring at me and realized she was the same person who had walked in when the motion of the plane had made me fall into Blaine's lap. She had the same little smirk on her face as the last time and when I'd walked past her, I turned to look at Blaine. From the way he was trying hard not to smile, I knew he had caught the look. “I told you so,” I hissed.“For someone who doesn't care about a lot of things, you're thinking too much. I told you to let it go.” He said back.“What are you two whispering about?” Jordan asked without looking back at us. Blaine looked at me and I saw the intent in his eyes. “Don't you dare.” I warned with gritted teeth.He kept looking at me as he raised his voice. “Nothing, really. Abigeal here is just a little paranoid about a small matter.” He smiled at me.I was going to kill him.“Abigeal? Paranoid?” Melanie arched her b
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ABIGEALWHEN THE car service finally got to Blaine's house, we found everyone assembled outside to greet him. They immediately swarmed when he got out of the car, leaving me and the chauffeur to offload the baggage. I started to carry them inside when I felt something grab my leg and looked downwards to see Eleanora smiling at me with all of her two teeth. “Hiii” she babbled, then giggled like she had just said the funniest thing.“Hi, kid.” I said in response, looking at her expectantly. She just continued to giggle so I tried gently prying her arms off my leg. They wouldn't budge. For baby's arms, they were quite strong.Seeing no other alternative, I started to walk into the house carrying luggage with her still attached to my leg. She squealed loudly and I looked at her again in worry, unable to tell whether it was a sound of pain or joy. When I lifted the leg she was holding a took a step, she squealed again.Oh. Okay.“Nora, get off her.” Dolores reprimanded, coming over to
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ABIGEALTHE WOMAN named Heather broke into a wide smile when Blaine said her name. “Oh my God it's been so long! You look gorgeous.” She enthused, wrapping her arms around him and giving him air kisses. He returned the hug, but hesitantly, like he wasn't sure what was going on. “Heather, what are you doing here? You're not one of our partners.” He said. She laughed like he'd said the most hilarious thing. “No, silly, you know I'm not into that kind of thing.”“No, he doesn't.” If what they were saying was correct, they hadn't met since…whenever the last time was, so how could he know?She glanced at me, her smile becoming a little more plastic. “Is this the lucky lady?” She teased, elbowing Blaine like they'd been tight for decades.I wanted to saw off that elbow. Maybe just take the whole arm while I'm at it.I blinked away the violent thoughts as Blaine turned. “Shit. Sorry. Abigeal, this is Heather Green. We went to high school together. Heather, this is Abigeal Starr.”I thou
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ABIGEALTHE EVENT wound up a little after midnight with most of the partners stumbling to the door in varying degrees of intoxication. Their dates either held them up with amused looks on their faces or walked past them with irritation or disdain written into their frowns. Melanie was unsteady on her feet and yet kept insisting that she could walk on her own in her skinny heels until Jordan finally lost patience and scooped her up out of the venue, her murmurs of protests trailing in their wake.I stepped out with a very much alive and breathing Blaine and he held the door of the limo open for me. I was about to get in when someone called out his name. We both turned to watch- surprise surprise- Heather make her way to us with that smile of hers already in place.“Where's your date? Don't tell me he left you on your own at this time.” Blaine said with a frown as she reached us, looking around for her date. She laughed. “He wouldn't do that. He's just bringing the car around.”He gl
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ABIGEALBLAINE WAS shaking me awake. “Abigeal? Abigeal.” He called softly while I blinked and opened my eyes fully. “Hey.” He said with a smile. I realized two things at that time. The first was that somehow while asleep I'd managed to rest my head on his shoulder.The second was that the…activities that had been taking place had all been a dream.The car had stopped moving. I sat up like a string and shifted away from him. “Sorry about that.” I mumbled.“Nothing to worry about. You must be so tired, with the flight and all.” He said. “Are you ready to get out now?”“Yeah, sure.” I said and Blaine opened the door and stepped back to let me out. I automatically reached out and took his outstretched out. I got out of the car and stood there a moment with him still holding hands.Blaine lifted my hands up to his lips and began to nibble lightly.I jerked my hand out on this and he looked startled. “You okay? Did I do something wrong?” He asked.Except making me think about you so much t
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ABIGEALI GOT back to the house barely an hour after I left it, so I didn't expect anybody to be out and about just yet. I walked up to the front door and reached out to touch the handle.“You know, if you're going to be sneaking out before 7am you could at least be quieter about it.” Blaine's voice said from behind me, startling me a little.I turned. “I wasn't sneaking out.”“Oh? Then I'm sure at least one or two other people know you've left the house. Why don't we go in and find out?” He gestured to the building.I sighed. “Fine. I wanted to take care of something before I had to resume work.”“Anything I can help with?” He asked, coming closer to me. I forced myself to stay where I was.“It's fine. I handled it.”“Why do I feel like it has something to do with Annalise being in the military?” He asked after a brief pause. My eyes darted to him. “Excuse me?”“I saw the look on your face when we opened up her I*******m profile. You didn't know.” He responded.There was no use tr
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ABIGEALI HAD to admit, zipping down a street in a brand new car beyond the speed limit was thrilling. There wasn't another car in sight, so I could do whatever I wanted without getting written up.What was not so thrilling, however, were the kids in the backseat squealing. With the way they were yelling, you'd think I was kidnapping them to sell into slavery.Another reason why I was grateful for the empty roads.I made a hard right turn and went back the same way we had come, slowing down when I got to where everyone else was standing.Gabriela had her hands on her hips and her lips pursed as the kids climbed out of the car. “That was a little faster than I would have liked.” She commented.I opened my mouth to apologize but Dolores scoffed. “Oh please. They go on joyrides faster than that at the fair. Besides, Abigeal won’t let anything happen to them.” She said.Blaine came out of the house checking his watch. “Alright, play time is over. Abigeal and I have to go.” He said, follow
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