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twenty-five | a mysterious box and a lonely hair tie

twenty-five | a mysterious box and a lonely hair tie

NEVAEH STOLLY

Nick Dolivo was sentenced to 40 years in prison.

When the Dolivo family heard the verdict, they were the happiest I've ever seen them. They were laughing and hugging, and crying and relieved that everything was over.

Mrs. Dolivo, soon to be Herrera, was hugging her boys so tight to her chest that I believed left them breathless for a few seconds.

And looking at this image felt like I was watching the ending of a movie where everyone got their happy ending. And if anyone deserved a happy ending, the Dolivo family was first on the list.

"Look how happy they are," Tamara whispers in my ear and I take my eyes off them, moving my gaze towards my best friend.

Zaiah and Carl wanted us here. To make sure we will be with them in the happiest moment of their life. So of course we said yes. "Yes, they are very happy."

"Tam, my only love. How much I love you!" Carl comes hugging his girlfriend just like his mother did earlier. Tamara giggles while answering his hug.

"Neve." He said with a soft voice and I almost didn't hear him. But somehow, I always do. I hear him even if he doesn't talk.

"Love." I decided this will be his nickname. Because I love him and I can't think of anything else.

He hugs me. Not tight but close enough. I wrap my arms around his shoulders and lay my head on his shoulder. I have to tip-toe so I could do that but I know Zaiah would not let me fall.

"I love you!" he says. After three months of dating, these words felt like a new beginning. Like our relationship starts over and a new something waits for us. And I'm so ready to start that something new with him. I'm ready to do everything with him.

"I love you!" I say back. I love him. I knew about it a long time ago. But I kept it hidden within myself. I was scared that my feelings for him would scare him away but I should have known that if Zaiah would be scared of me, it would be about how many pancakes I can eat.

"My beautiful babies," Daisy says and we turn to look at her. She has her hands together under her chin and looks at us with watery eyes. Full of love. "Let's get something to eat! We're rich!" Every single business that wasn't illegal was put under her name. They weren't a lot of legal businesses, maybe three or four but Daisy is a smart woman. She knows how to handle them and make millions out of it.

"Pancakeeeees!" I say with lust. I haven't eaten pancakes in like two days. That's like torture for me.

"Pancakes noted. Anything else?"

"French fries." Carl and Tamara said at the same time.

"Zaiah, baby, what do you want to eat?"

"Hamburgers. Totally." Zaiah says. "We should go to that fast food we went to a few months ago." He turns his head towards me.

His hair was messy so my hand was trying to make it seem less tangled. "Sure. Let's go there."

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