Don't Forget To Breathe

Chapter 4

"Who's moving in?" I ask Ally once again.

The smaller girl smirks and leans in closer whispering "Normani Kordei" she says again as if this is a name I was supposed to recognize.

Ally has been leaving Mila a note for me everyday for two weeks. Sometimes the note is attached to money and others to an artifact I think might be useful for the small girl in these streets.

So far she has received the blanket, multiple pieces of clothing, a pillow and a sleeping bag so she doesn't have to sleep on the cold floor anymore.

The small front desk clerk has been my loyal confidant and hasn't spoken a word of this to anyone, so she claims. I am well aware that "no one" means with the exception of Jason but I am okay with that so long as neither one of them say anything.

"I repeat" I say "Who?"

She sighs and offers me an eye roll that must've been felt all the way in New Jersey but I ignore it as she pulls out a magazine showing me the cover. On it, is my girlfriend and the girl who Ally was talking about with a golden lightning bolt between them with the title "ADC vs NKH! Battling it out" The darker skinned girl looked familiar but I couldn't remember where I knew her from.

"NKH?" I ask the young girl who held all the answers

"Normani Kordei Hamilton, she's Alycia's rival in the modeling industry" I chuckled at the thought knowing that Alycia was too kind hearted to actually battle it out with anyone. Plus, if she really felt that strongly against anyone I'm sure I'd know about them.

So I offered Ally a scoff and a shake of the head "That's not true Ally, it's just magazine gossip"

She offered me a sympathetic shake off the head as if she knew something I didn't, which she probably did.

"What?" I asked

She sighed "Alycia was down here this morning asking me if the rumor was true" she said "She didn't really have a reaction to it which only leads me to assume she was just hiding her anger"

I take a second to contemplate the thought before I decide I'll simply ask her when I go up to our penthouse. Changing the subject I ask for the information I came here to receive before she changed the subject.

"How's Mila today?"

Ally shrugged "Still homeless" she snarled.

My eyes glared at her and she immediately lifted up her hands in surrender as a reaction "What do you want me to say?" she asked "She's the same" she adds with a kinder tone this time "Oh and here" she says pulling out a piece of paper from behind the front counter.

There was a small folded up piece of paper with To: Someone Who Cares written on the outside.

"I found this, I'm assuming it's for you" she said.

A smile landed on my lips as I took the piece of paper on my hand. Before opening it I looked at Ally with suspiciously and she already knew what I was going to ask.

"No" she said "I didn't read it" her index finger crossed drew a cross on over her heart before she spoke up again "Scouts honor"

I smiled and nodded before saying my goodbye's. I decided to open the note in the elevator so Alycia wouldn't ask about it when I got home. I still haven't told her about Mila and I'm not really sure why, but I kind of like having her to myself.

My eyes land on the small piece of paper before opening it up.