The Only Man I Ever Loved

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Present Day Estella

'So what's the Plan Estella?' Max asked as he panned around my bare yet messy apartment

'Just box everything up. I'm not bothered about an order because everything is going into storage.' I tap a brown box up. Kelly and Max where over helping me pack the last of my apartment.

'How was Paris the other week?' Kelly smiled grabbing a few blankets off the couch, whilst max and I where sorting the kitchen

'It was great. The book is popular with the teenagers. A lot of them can relate.' I say cleaning out the fridge.

'I heard you bumped into Charles.' Max gave me a nudge and I just nodded. 'Do you think you could ever forgive him?'

'Maybe.' I start but there is a knock at the door. Kelly shouts that she will get it but a few moments later she shouts me over saying someone was here for me. Someone being Leclerc.

'How? How on earth did you find me?' I snap when I see him standing against the door.

'Max.' He mumbles. 'He mentioned you was moving so I thought I could give you a hand.'

'You don't even live here!' I snap, Charles just shrugs his shoulders. 'You are just obsessed with me!'

'I want to help you!' Was his response

'Fine.' I move aside the door. 'Charles you can help Max in the Kitchen. I'm going to my bedroom to finish that.' I said earning a nod from the other 3

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I was interrupted from my packing session by a knock on the door from Kelly.

'Max and I are going to head out to eat, do you want to come?' She smiled at me

'No thank you, I am going to stay and pack.' I say back dropping a dusty box on the bed.

'Okay well we will see ourselves out.' She smiled before shutting the bedroom door.

I opened this box to reveal plenty of my old journals from when I was younger. I wasn't even aware I still had them, I couldn't even remember writing them. I flicked to a page. It was the entry of Charles breaking my heart.

'Hey.' His voice appeared in my room. 'I made you coffee.' He walks over and hands me a mug. 'What are those?'

'They are journal.'I sigh chucking the journal into the box and moving it across the room. 'How come you didn't go for food with Max and Kelly?'

'I came to help you, so I stay until the job is done.' He smiled. 'Anything I can help with in here?'

'The bed needs taking a part actually. Could you help me with that?' I ask moving the boxes off the bed and Charles nodded taking the drill out my hand.

'Where is all the stuff going?' He asked once the bedroom was completely empty.

'Storage mainly. The clothes I don't want are going to charity. My kitchen table is off to charity. The rest of my furniture cost a bomb so that's off to storage with some other things.' I say as we re enter to the kitchen

I grabbed my laptop and opened it up on the counter. 'Is that Paige?' He asked as the laptop powered on.

'It is indeed. The photo was taken in South Africa about a year ago?' I say as I type in my password.

'So you two are still close?' He asks

'Closer than ever.' I see Charles pull a confused face when he looks at the software on my screen. 'As well as writing a book, I have my own YouTube channel. That's an editing software I use.'