Hollywood Heights

Chapter 43

Loren: Eddie my boss just called she needs me in the office immediately.

Eddie: I assumed she would call you.

Loren: What does that mean?

Eddie: Dave, my manager just called as well.

Loren: Dave? What happened to Jake?

Eddie: He left when you did, apparently everyone i knew was so mad at what happened they decided to leave L.A.

Loren: What about Kelly?

Eddie: Once you were gone she moved back to New York, she now has her own management company out there.

Loren: She still with Jake?

Eddie: Dating? No. Jake moved back to Chicago and he is remarried to Tracy and they have a girl and boy.

Loren: You kept up with him?

Eddie: Not really but i do talk to him every once in a while.

Eddie pulled up in front of Loren's office. Loren opened the door and then turned to face him.

Loren: I will call you later to reschedule okay.

Eddie: I would appreciate that.

Loren got out of the car, Eddie watched as she walked into the building and then he drove off into the night. Loren walked through the lobby and straight to her office. Amber was sitting there waiting for her.

Loren: What is going on?

Amber: Loren, sit down.

Loren sat in her chair opposite Amber and waited until Amber spoke.

Amber: Loren, i am really sorry about slapping you with the Eddie Duran case. But i was stuck i had no other choice.

Loren: It's okay, i'll survive.

Amber: I just got a call from the D.A. I'm not sure what you did but they dropped all charges.

Loren: I was just doing my job.

Amber: You didn't even have the case a day and you got the charges dropped. This case has been going on for 3 years, there were lawyers who had this case on their desk for half that time and weren't able to accomplish anything. How did you do it?

Loren: I called the D.A. while he was talking to my mom in the hospital.

Amber: And just like that you got him to drop the charges?

Loren: Well it wasn't that simple. Seven years ago when Eddie and I first broke up he tried winning me back, but he was too late.

Amber: Loren, what happened between the two of you? I kept up with the news but all the stories contradicted each other i am still unsure as to what really broke the two of you up.

Loren: Amber, i love you dearly and consider you family but i really don't want to talk about it, spending this last day with Eddie was confusing enough, helping him out was even harder. Anyway in one last attempt to prove to me that he still loved me he caught Chloe incriminating herself on tape. Eddie sent me the tape, but i was too angry to listen to it, i didn't want to forgive him a part of me wanted him to suffer the same way he made me suffer. But i still love him, i never threw out that tape i kept it on me at all times. 

Amber: Did you ever listen to it?

Loren: When i moved back to Los Angeles my mom warned me that i might bump into Eddie while living here she convinced me to listen to the tape, once i listened to the tape, it was hard not forgive him but i didn't want to. I was really happy with where i was in my life at that point so i decided to keep the tape and pretend i hadn't listened to it.