𝐌𝐲 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝'𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐲𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝟐 | ✓

- Chapter FIVE -

"Oh, that's funny." He chuckled looking at the house.

"What's so funny about it Landon? Please I'll on my way." Elizabeth begged, turning left.

"Annie told me to go on a walk, and I'm going on a walk. Leave me alone."

"How the hell did a simple walk end you up in front of Carlota's house!?"

He shrugged. "I don't know."

"You're going to regret this Landon. How do you even know she's back?"

"Annie told me." He said.

"No, she didn't. She said she saw someone similar. Carlota hates short hair. Why would she have short hair?"

"Bye Ellie." He cut the call and put it in his pocket.

Landon didn't want to come in and start asking for where Carlota was because, on the off chance that wasn't actually Carlota and he was just missing her all over again, he didn't want to look stupid in front of her parents who he hadn't seen in almost 3 years.

"F*ck it." He mumbled under his breath and knocked on the door.

"CJ go open the door for Carlota." Camilla yelled from upstairs.

Her son got off the couch and walked to the door.

He opened it to see a tall man he hadn't seen before. But then he remembered his face but not his name. "Who are you?" He asked.

"CJ?" He asked with a smile.

He nodded his head.

"Wow. It's been a minute. Do you remember me? I'm Landon, I was Carlota's friend." He smiled.

He awkwardly shook his head. "Sorry."

He nodded his head. "Where's your sister?"

"Which one?"

"Carlota."

He thought about it for a while. "She should be here. Mari forgot her doll and mama said she was coming to get it." He explained. "Would you like to wait for her?"

"No, I just want to know if she's in the town and if she is, who's Mari?"

"Mari is Marianna, who is her daughter. If you'd like to meet her then you can just wait."

Landon's face lit up. Annie was correct. Carlota did have a child and if that was 3 then it was his. "How old is she?"

"I think she's turning 2." He said.

His face lost its glow when he heard those words. If she conceived that child a year ago she must be somebody else's. He felt stupid for believing Carlota could be carrying his child.

Camilla came downstairs with the doll. "Carlota, sorry for keeping you waiting. Here's-." She froze when she saw Landon.

"Landon? What are you doing here? After 2 years without seeing us?" She asked, surprised.

He shrugged. "Just wanted to say hi." He spoke turning away on his heels.

By the time he got 3 minutes away from the house, he saw Elizabeth's car. He got in and they drove in silence for a while.

"Did you see her?" She finally spoke up.

"No. And she has a child with someone else, so there's no point." He shrugged, staring out the window.

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She came back the next day to collect Marianna's doll. "Thanks, mama." She smiled, collecting the doll.

"Carlota, I'm about to tell you this because I love you, okay? Don't go acting crazy."

She smiled and nodded her head.

"Landon came by yesterday." She whispered, but she was able to pick it up.

"W-what? Why? Why would he come by? And why would it be yesterday?" She questioned, with slight anger.

"I-I don't know, Carlota." She said, mocking her stammering. "Look, I just wanted to tell you, okay? You won't do something stupid, will you?"

"No, I would never." She sighed, walking out the door. "Going to his house and asking him why he came over is a completely natural thing, right?" She asked the doll in her hands.

She made the doll nod it's head and she smiled. "I like you, LaLa." She smiled, walking into her car.

Thankfully she told Lorenzo she was going to spend the whole day with her mother and she wanted to sleep over. So she had about 24 hours to talk to Landon.

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Finally!!! They're meeting. It's about time.

I'm updating Saturday and Sunday because the next update after that is Thursday.

QUESTION FOR THE CHAPTER: WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN WHEN CARLOTA GOES?