The Story of Dean and Ziggy

Chapter 6:

Ziggy had been living with Brody when they were married.

Now that their marriage was over, she was living with her parents again.

For the past few weeks, Ziggy had been staying in her sister Coco's bedroom.

Coco was due back from boarding school tomorrow.

Ziggy put her rug-sack on her bed in the old room.

She glanced around the room.

The room had significant meaning for her as she and Brody had spent a lot of time there during the early days of their relationship.

It was hard for Ziggy to try and move on.

She was haunted by the memory of Brody everyday.

Ziggy put her hands on her hips and she looked at her wall.

She smiled as she noticed the photo of her and her friend, Olivia Fraser Richards pulling goofy faces.

Ziggy sighed as she saw a photo with Dean when they worked together at the garage.

They had always had such a strong friendship.

Right away they just clicked, and Ziggy liked him so much but she couldn't escape her past.

Brody Morgan would always have a place in Ziggy Astoni's heart no matter how hard she tried to fight it.

Ziggy took the photo of Dean off of the wall and held it in her hands delicately.

"I'm home!" Coco Astoni called out.

Immediately, Ziggy put the photo of Dean in her black denim jacket and hurried out of the room.

"Coco, what are you doing here?" Ziggy was speechless.

"I wanted to surprise my big sis," Coco was grinning cheekily as Maggie and Ben stood at the doorway.

"You guys knew that she was coming back?" Ziggy looked at her parents.

"Coco asked us not to say anything," Maggie explained.

"Well give me a hug, you big freak," Coco smiled as she held out her hands.

"I've missed you," Ziggy admitted as she murmured.

Coco squeezed her sister's hand.

"I'm sorry about you and Brody," she said softly, trying to thread carefully and not upset a vulnerable Ziggy.

"Me too," Ziggy's eyes teared up.

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Dean walked into Colby's apartment, that was just above the bait shop.

"Yes, come on in. Have you heard of knocking?" Colby demanded as he put his boots on.

"I think we've been friends long enough that walking straight into the other's house isn't a problem," Dean pointed out as he sat down on an armchair.

"Or their caravan," Colby chimed in as he laced up the black boots.

"What's with you?" Dean declared.

"I don't know how much longer I can keep the Ross secret from Bella," Colby started.

"Mate, you always knew it was going to be hard to lie to her," Dean chipped in .

"I thought that I'd be able to get through it, because I know I did the right thing with Ross. He deserved what he got. He would have never stopped terrorizing my family, but maybe Bella should know the truth," Colby said.