Twisted

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Everything happens for a reason, god may put us in the toughest situations just to show us what are we capable of, suddenly! We fall, suddenly! We stand. Waves in the sea, waves in our lives too.

On 23 July 2022

"Oh god!" Celine threw herself in my lap while crying.

We're on lunch break, Roman told them everything from the beginning until what happened last night. I couldn't stop staring at Antoine who couldn't figure out his reaction. Was he happy or sad or furious?

"It's okay, Celine" I hummed.

"Don't ever regret what you've done, Helen" Lela spoke with a nerve. She was mad about what happened to me and to herself too.

"Guess you're right about how much New York changes people" I directed my words to Rathod who I noticed  his frown face.

"You're stronger than I thought, Hudson" Rathod commented.

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We turned back to the gallery after the lunch break. I got a group of kids whose project at school is about the international gallery of Arts and Artists.

"So, what do you wanna know about it?" I asked excitedly one of these kids.

Before they can respond, I noticed Jacob passing them and lifting me in the air.

"I did it, Helen. They gave me the place. Finally! Helen" He shouted in delight.

He put me down while grinning.

"You made it, Ryder" I widely grinned

"I know you have a hand in this" He calmly said.

"Me?" I played dumb.

"Don't deny it, I remember what happened last night, and waking up on Aaron's face wasn't helpful too" He rolled his eyes.

I can't handle it but laugh.

"He told me how you called him at 6:00 AM asking him to come to help you out with me and you didn't even get time to rest. You phoned Marcel and convinced him to give it to me! Thank you for everything, Helen" He softly spoke.

"It's nothing" I said while hitting him on his shoulder.

He hugged me, I was going to choke from his strength on me.

"You didn't have to stay the night, you didn't have to listen to my shits, you asked me to never show up in front of you but every time you get stuck to me... Thank you for being unwittingly here" He hummed.

I hugged him back.

"At least, you confessed that you're the real stalker here, Ryder" I grinned. He grinned too.

My heartbeats are racing.

I noticed those kids with the oldest people, Roman, Celine, Lela, Rathod, Antoine, and Nicole watching us.

Shit!

"Hey!" Jacob smiled like a dumb.

"Shut the fuck up" I murmured.

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A month passed pretty quickly, from visiting Nick's grandma. To help Jacob out in his new place, working hard with many kinds of stuff in the gallery.

Roman and the team never left me alone and also never to my thoughts. They are always present in everything with me. There are no complications with them anymore.