Lana's POV
I gave Arden the space that he needed. I just sat in the lounge and read through some books. I tried desperately not to think about everything that was going on, also the fact that when I look at Arden and I see Gerard, I tried to push that aside because I wanted to be able to look at him the way that I had before the assault happened.
I closed my eyes, just taking a moment to try to let things go. I opened my eyes as the front door opened. "Hey," Miranda smiled at me as she had Charl in her arms and Charl smiled at me. To think that he isn't Arden's baby this entire time, that is just sad, my heart breaks. I gave them a little smile. "Are you doing work?" she asked as she walked towards the kitchen. It was early evening.
"No," I said, paging through the textbook, "Its univ
