Rose bed of lies

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Hey everyone, I was just wondering if there's anything you want to see more of in the book you know besides more chapters 🤣🤣🤣

I have a lot of plans for it. I may or may not have gotten in a car crash twice in the past two months so things have been hectic🥰🤣

Anywho

Emma's pov

I don't know why it hit me so hard now, the realization that I won't be here, I go back to the manor in 2 days, father will be home soon.
Things will go back to how they're supposed to be. Zack will start to act like my existence is a burden to him, so-called friends will no longer be my friends. And Jackson and I will most likely end up getting married. This is my life. I don't have a choice. I am always here if you don't like your life change it, how can I when I'm backed into a corner

I don't know why, but the hours spent with Zack felt like seconds. I could've sworn we'd only been drawing for a few minutes. Zoe got dropped off a while ago, so we all just colored together and watched kid shows. I knew I would miss spending time with Zack and Zoe. It felt safe and comforting. Zack got up and started making dinner.

Grilled cheese and tomato soup is a classic
Comfort food, well not for me, it's greasy and high calorie and hard to throw up.

When it came time to Zack plating food, I felt my stomach get knotted up. He handed Zoe her plate a nice big grilled cheese sandwich with a bowl of tomato soup.

"Um Zack, I.."

" I thought this would be more to your taste"
he handed me a plate with a small bowl of soup and crackers on the side
I don't know why it was so simple but it made me feel so warm inside

"Thank you," I said lightly smiling to myself,
Zack had changed so much, it's weird, I've never seen somebody do that, say they want to help apologize, and change how they act.

That kind of scares me, I want to trust him, but I can't. I don't want to get hurt anymore. There's not much left of me to hurt.

I'm gonna miss Zack's cooking, just because I don't wanna eat, it doesn't even mean that I don't want to, I just have self-control, is not that I don't like food, I used to love it. But sacrifices have to be made. Beauty is pain.

"We have school tomorrow right?" I asked

" yeah sadly, I couldn't get it closed down permanently" Zach laughed, I couldn't help smiling at him "You're awful"

"I'm so offended" he gasped dramatically, putting his head down.

"Oh, are you?" I laughed.

He looked up at me
"your laugh is really pretty, you know"

"you say that like you've never heard me laugh", I could feel my cheeks getting kinda red

"It's not that I haven't" he scratches his neck "It's just this, it feels more like you"

I stared at him, not knowing what to say before I could

"Em," Zoe said quietly

" yes, honey?"

"I don't want you to leave, you leave soon, right?"
I pulled her in and hugged her. "I can still come over and hang out with you?"

"Really?"

"of course" I didn't wanna leave her either
But the truth is I don't know if I can come back.

"Zoe come pick out a popsicle so we can get you in bed"

"Can Emma come to?"

"don't ask me, ask her?" he looked over me.

"Emma, will you come read with us?"

" sounds like a wonderful idea"

I was wearing the pajamas from the sleepover. They were just so comfortable.

Zack was sitting in the middle of the bed Zoe on one side and me on the other. It was so peaceful.
Listening to him read I don't remember being read to sleep much as a kid.

I ended up falling asleep I don't know when, it felt like something bad was going to happen.

The day when went normally, breakfast, school everything, until it didn't.

It was the end of the day, school bells were ringing.

Then my phone rang, my Father.

I picked up, "Good afternoon Father, how are you?"

"Tomas will be bringing you home today at 5"

"Wait but I'm not supposed to go back until tomorrow?"

" Amelia"

"But why?"

"Jackson was right"

" Right about what? What is that supposed to mean?"

" being out of the house so much has caused you to become disrespectful and disobedient, it's okay my sweet daughter we can talk about that when I get home"

I watched Zack say bye to the others, and Collie and Rach waved over to me. He walked over to me and I quietly followed him to the car.

I was drowning in my head, my father would teach me a lesson in disrespect.

"Emma what's going on?"

"Hmm?" I looked up

"Are you okay?" I could his eye flick from me to the road

"Yeah of course"

" hey we talked about this"

"Tomas is picking me up today"

"What I thought you had till tomorrow"

"I did but my father called he wants me home today" my legs were shaking I'm scared

" okay don't we'll figure this out, I promise"

"Are you going to go back to hating me" I looked at him

"God no Em I'm sorry for what I did to you I just I don't have a good excuse"

The rest of our ride was quiet, I started packing when we got home, home, Zack's home I mean

I could feel my throat getting tighter by the minute