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"Thanks for the drink again," Emma smiled, as she stepped out of his apartment with him."We should do this some other time," Henry suggested.They had spoken for a few minutes, until Emma requested to go to sleep because she had a long day at work. "Good night," Emma said, in a sleepy voice yawning.Henry went back inside his apartment after Emma had gone to hers. He sat in front of his laptop, typing in Emma's name on the search bar of his search engine.He scrolled down as the page loaded. He could see Emma's instagram, her Facebook and all other information that people provided online.He could see where she worked and where she had schooled. Emma wasn't one who had a lot of posts on social media but she posted the important once and was an average user.Henry did that for a couple more minutes, having been intrigued by her. He was determined to find out everything about her and get to know her more.*************************************Emma and Eric sat by the lake as they watc

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"I love intentional proposals, it doesn't matter if it's a big one or a small one. A proposal is a proposal, I really don't mind" Jane said.Emma had her phone playing the new episode of "all things love" in the background while she got ready to go to work.Maria had a late night shift and was still in bed while Emma got ready to leave. She ate a slice of bread, drank juice and plucked in her earphones as she was about to leave the apartment."Bye, mum," Emma called out, turning the knob on the entrance door."Bye, dear," Maria said in a sleepy voice. Henry had been waiting by his door all morning, listening for when Emma came out of her apartment.He had spent most of his night going through her social media pages and refreshing the page for a post. He had read all of her tweets including ones from when she was 16. He knew a lot about her already, like her favourite meal of the day which she never fails to mention on a post. Her favourite books of all time but one thing he notice

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Helen pulled Emma into a tight hug, as she opened the front door of her house. "I missed you, alot." Helen whispered in Emma's ears."I missed you too."Emma closed the door behind her after she entered into the living room.Emma scanned the apartment has she entered. It was a two bedroom apartment. Big enough for the two of them. It looked exactly the same way it did when Emma had first visited years ago.There were some changes in the wall painting which had cracked and wasn't looking as polished as it looked the first time."How is mum?" Helen asked as they both sat on the couch in the living room.Helen was glad to see Emma. She didn't do much around the house and had no friends to come visit her. She was always home alone and would just bury herself in movies and books all day and house chores.Jack, her husband wanted it to be that way and would always object at Helen's mention of getting a job."She is fine, still works as hard as ever," Emma replied and Helen forces a smile

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Emma watched the ripples created by the pebbles, thrown in the lake by her. She absentmindedly stared into the depths of the lake. "What's the matter?" Eric asked, concerned. "You haven't spoken much since you got here."Emma turned to look at him. They were both sitting next to each other on the floor, by the lake. "Why don't we all get to have happy endings? Why do some people have to suffer and not find the happiness they deserve?""Maybe because sometimes happy endings are just an illusion.""I don't like how she is these days. She has lost her smile and all the things that make her, her. I miss my sister and I feel helpless because I don't know what to do."Eric didn't know what to say or how to even console her. He wished he knew the right words to say or could help her not feel how she was feeling anymore."All she ever wanted was to go to fashion school, be one of the best designers there are and live her best life yet. But now, I can't even help her with any of it."Emma l

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"Can I come in?" Betty asked, opening Eric's office door a bit as she smiled."Please do," Eric smiled.Betty was Eric's childhood friend. They grew up together. Went to the same schools, had the same friends and everything.Their parents were best friends and their companies worked on a lot of projects together.Eric stood from where he was sitting, as he walked towards Betty "Seems like forever," he said, pulling her into a tight hug.Betty had been away for a course abroad and had just returned back.Betty smiled, "I know right.""Now, tell me everything that has happened since you have been away. You look amazing," Eric said, sitting across Betty on his chair."You look great yourself," Betty smiled, sitting."So much as changed around and it's only been a year.""I know right!""How was the course? Tell me about it?"There was a knock on the door before Betty could respond to Eric. "Come in."Collins walked in with some files in his hands. "Hello, Betty," Collins said, after h

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"Love really is the best thing life has to offer. It has its ups and downs but Love always makes a way. Welcome to another episode of "all things love"."So, jane. What's the most romantic thing anyone has ever done for you?" Lewis asked.Emma had her Earphones plucked in. She was sitting next to two teenagers in the bus. She was almost late for work but still hoped she could get there in time.The podcast was her way to have a calm morning and it made her feel refreshed for the new day. Her gaze shifted to the two teenagers who were laughing and holding hands next to her. They looked like couples to her.They looked really happy to and Emma knew that teenage love can be the best sometimes. Even though people always have a lot to say about it and how they are probably too young to understand love.Emma had always been a firm believer of love and that it didn't matter the age or time, love can be real at any time.The bus stopped at her stop and she hurriedly got down from it. S

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Emma texted Henry, as she walked away from Eric. She needed something to get her mind off of Eric. "Is the poetry slam still happening tonight?"Henry replied almost immediately, he had been waiting all day for her message. He had initially given up hope about her attending but the message he had received had rejuvenated it all back again."Sure, I can pick you up.""Alright, I will be done at work by 7pm."Eric didn't understand why Emma was giving him the attitude she was putting up.He felt he had apologized, even though he wasn't sure what he was apologizing for. He missed the Emma he knew, the one who laughed and joked at every chance she got.She was a different person when they met and he didn't like how she was. He had never seen her that way before.Henry was waiting for Emma at the restaurant door already by 6:40pm.She watched him from inside as she prepared to close. She cleaned the tables and put the other things in their appropriate places."Sorry I kept you waiting," E

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"We need new innovations, there is so much in the market we are competing with right now. I need new ideas, think people!!" Eric's dad said, pacing back and forth in the conference room.He was having a meeting with every member of the office and the stake holders. "I think I have an idea," Eric said.Eric had been trying his best at work lately and he had been spending most of his time at work and trying to impress his dad.Eric had always had ideas for work even when no one did. His dad loved him because of that and he knew what to always say at the right time to impress him.On days when no one had ideas and everyone needed one urgently, Eric was always there to save the day."Go on," his dad said. Sitting back on his chair ."So, I have been thinking alot about this particular idea for a while now.""I am all ears. Give it to me.""Why don't we try to make more affordable shoes. That way, we reach a wider range of audience and more of our shoes would be worn by the populace." Eri

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"Still not done?" Eric asked Emma. They were both sitting by the lake. It was the weekend and Emma was not going to work.She had suggested to Eric, that they both go by the lake during the day and since he also had so much on his mind. He didn't say No to it.Emma dropped her note pad close to her, staring into the depth of the lake. The view was still has beautiful as the first time Eric showed the place to her.She closed her eyes, inhaling a fresh of breath air. "I don't still know how it's going to end. I have no idea."Emma really had no idea what the end of the novel would be like. She had never thought it would be this hard and she wouldn't even be able to form a paragraph for what the ending should look like."Why is that?""I don't know. It's seeming more complicated than I had thought."The template of the novel had been about she and eric and even though most times she denys it, she knows that's the truth."It's going to come to me eventually, I just hope it's soon.""

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Emma sat on a couch in Mrs Lopez's apartment, while she made a drink for her. "I haven't seen you around in a while," Emma said."I went to the Maldives with a few friends," She said, excitedly.She walked towards where Emma was sitting, handing her drinks over to her.Mrs Lopez sounded so enthusiastic and Emma watched with a smile."How was the trip?" Emma knew that was an avenue for Mrs Lopez to say all the stories, she had been holding in.Mrs Lopez dropped her drink on the table, in an attempt to have focus all her attention all Emma."It will be on my top 5 favorite places in the world to visit. It was amazing, the beaches, the people. The serenity. I loved every minute of it."Emma had always wanted to travel. See the world and all but she hasn't even saved up enough money for the university, not to say a world tour.She knew that part of her dream was going to be fulfilled someday.Growing up, she had her sister would cut out parts of the world that they wanted to visit f

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