CHARLOTTE WEST
“Hey” Jess said as she sat next to me
“Hey, what’s up?”
“Well, Ronan is in the plan. Thanks for your help.”
“Anytime. Are you sure he will not spill the beans to his brother?”
“He will not. He even signed the non-disclosure agreement.”
“He did? That is awesome. So what next?”
“I have to return to Australia with Ronan tomorrow.”
“Oh, so I should get packing then. Why didn’t you call me sooner, I could have been done by now”
“Chloe, you didn’t hear me. I said I am going. Not we. You are staying, you have unfinished business to take care of here” she eyed Joel who had decided to make his appearance at that time. Memories of last night flooded my head and I sighed in defeat.
“Alright, I will stay. But call me so we can end this together.”
“I will. Let us go out. Joel, want to join us?”
“Nope, I have an important meeting in an hour. I have to get to the office.”
“Alright, see you when we get back home.”
“See you. I have transferred some money into your accounts, in case you decide to go shopping or whatever girls do when they are out.”
“Okay, thanks. Later big guy.”
We took Jess’ SUV and left the compound.
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“Girl, your ice cream is melting.” Jessica snapped me out of my reveries
“Oh, I forgot” I answered absently
“What is wrong with you?”
I sighed, “It’s your brother.”
“Oh boy. What did he do now?”
“He has been, I don’t know he has just been amazing?”
“Tell me about it.”
“This past week, he booked me a spa, closed the whole damn shop for me. Next day, he bought me this bracelet” l lifted my hand and showed her the gold bracelet that had three diamond studs on it, “and guess what, these are real diamonds and pure gold. He even had it custom made, with my name as an engraving. The next day he brought me a bouquet of roses with lots and lots of my favorite chocolates. You saw that new Audi parked at home, he got that for me. Yesterday, he set up and Italian three course dinner, near the roses with my favorite drink, which I must confess is pretty hard to find in California. Surprisingly, he made it available for our dinner. Today, he wired a lot of money into our accounts, and don’t tell me he did it because of you. We both know he knows you still have your gold card, so I bet he for some reason doing this for me.”
“Yeah, I must admit, he wired the money into our accounts because of you.”
“I just don’t understand. Why is he doing this?”
“Maybe he wants to make amends for his past sins?” she shrugged nonchalantly
“You think so? What should I do?”
“Just follow your heart. If it leads you to him, then be with him. Whatever you decide, I will support you. Just don’t overthink things.”
“You know after all these years I still love him.”
“I know. And I know deep down, behind that façade he pulls up, he loves you very much.”
“I don’t know. I am not sure he does.”
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