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CHAPTER 3: [JOEY'S POV]

I should have made the necessary arrangements to make sure she wouldn't return, I had a feeling that day in the art shop it was her I just never believed it. I needed to sort this out and fast; I pressed the assistant button and waited for Jeff to come , " Mr. Arthur I'm here , what's wrong?" I turned around and all I could see was a breathless Jeff , he most probably ran to get here." Jeff I have a problem !" I started explaining to Jeff and by the time I was done he got to work ;after all he was hired for the right job.

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I stayed late that evening sitting in the dark in my office, the office lights went on- it was Jeff . I hope its good news" Mr. Arthur I'm really sorry , I couldn't carry out the required task she -" I was beyond furious "JEFF JUST LEAVE! I will handle it myself" he soon left and I stayed a little longer at the office then expected.

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I was sitting in my car - right opposite the dance studio waiting for her , I was not going to let her go easy this time around. Few minutes later she walked out and I watched her closely , she entered the nearby café and she placed her order and went to the restroom's. I  exited  my car and made my way inside the café , I gave a letter to the waiter who was about to serve her table, I went back to my car and waited, minutes and seconds went by and I was starting to get impatient. 

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She finally came out of the restroom's and took a seat , the waiter served her and gave her the letter- I was getting excited for this part. She opened the letter and read it slowly , she looked around for a while and called the waiter -it looked like she was inquiring about the letter.

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She left the café and I felt immensely happy that I achieved what I wanted.

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Few days went by and I've been dropping a lot of letters off, she was very terrified but there was just one thing that was missing - I needed to approach her in person. She was standing in the street talking to this guy , I appeared behind her she greeted the guy in the street and turned around , in her hand was a rose -it soon fell to the ground as soon as my eyes landed on it. I bent down, picked it up , stood up and looked at her " 4 years ago you said you were too common to be a rose , well you were right" I crushed the rose in little pieces , she was expressionless - she bent down slowly to pick up the crushed pieces but never managed to, she looked dizzy and then she fainted . I quickly knelt down and caught her before her head hit the ground I called her name repeatedly but she never responded. I  called Jeremy -my best friend and business partner and told him what happened , he soon arrived and drove really fast to the hospital. 

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I ran out carrying her in my arms , I lowered her on a stretcher . The doctor came and I wanted to ensure that she will be fine, after I admitted her Caroline came running in the hospital " what happened to her? I swear if you did this I will get you arrested for attempt of murder" I narrowed my eyes at her " attempt of murder! " Caroline glared at me " yes attempt of murder , you know she gets panic attacks! " I  raised my eyebrows at her'' you kidding me right ?I mean the last I remember she didn't have any'' Caroline shook her head '' yeah that was 4 years ago it was quite a long time  ago and now things have  changed '' I scoffed'' I know things have changed but I didn't come here to be told about some past , I want to find out about everything that happened '' Caroline sighed '' okay ! the other day when she came to the art shop she didn't look quite well so I enquired about it and she told me its nothing to worry about but it didn't stop there she became dizzy and weak , she stopped eating , she worked constantly and never took a break and as we know the result of that is that she is in hospital'' I paced the floor back and forth '' wait did you have something to do with it?'' I turned to look at her '' yes I did '' Caroline looked furious '' what do you want this time with her ?''  I didn't think I just answered'' REVENGE! I WANT SWEET REVENGE '' Caroline started clenching her fists '' if you wanted revenge you wouldn't be inquiring  about how she is doing'' I walked around a bit then the doctor appeared , Caroline walked over to the doctor and the doctor looked over at me.

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I walked over to the doctor and he looked me up and down '' you have to make sure she doesn't stress , this time around it wasn't so serious '' Caroline walks with the doctor and thanks him , I walk towards the room April is in and I see Caroline sitting by her bed holding her hand. Caroline looks  at me and gets up ''you either fix this or stay away and by that I'm serious ! I'm going to file a case against you so if I were you I would stay away as far as possible'' I looked at April and then I walked away.

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I got in my car which Jeremy brought to the hospital , I ran my hands through my hair - I put my head back and closed my eyes, memories of that night came flooding through. I tried really hard to find her but I couldn't , I opened my eyes and looked outside the window - where ever I go I'm trouble , I'm not the same Joey as I used to be and I don't think I can look after her because I cannot fix what she started.

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