Some of the mistakes you make impact your future, Never live to regret them. It will ruin you. I laid in bed with my eyes closed. All I could hear was the soft movement of the ocean crashing into rocks down by the sand. Living here was possibly the best decision I had ever made. Not because of would my soul intention was, but because of its location. You could sit here and listen to this sound forever and never really get bored. I heard the noise of footsteps coming across the floor boards and into my bedroom as I quickly opened my eyes and sat forward in immediate defence. "Woah, It's just me." I saw my best friend, Nolan Ross, stood at the side of my bed with his arms in the surrender stance. "Sorry." I began to relax and slowly rubbed my forehead as he sat down next to me. "Another sleepless night?" He asked in a concerned tone while I just nodded. "Ems, you need to rest." "How can I, Nolan? All I keep doing is questioning my own motives. The accident has clouded my judgement. I don't feel like continuing my journey down this dark path." "So you want to give up? After everything we've been through over the last 2 years?" I could sense the worry in Nolan's voice. I guess it was to be expected, I mean I devoted my life to this... I vowed that nothing and nobody would stand in my way and look at me now. Giving up. "Nolan I-" I began just as he cut me off. "No Emily, I can help you. I want to help you." He kept insisting. "I can't think straight. Nolan I've been turning against you. I can't even tell who my enemies are anymore, It's gone too far. It's got to stop." I threw my hands in the air just as I pushed past him and walked out of my bedroom and into the bathroom, locking the door behind me. *** Nolan slowly walked down the stairs to my beach house and met Aiden who stood quietly in her lounge. Nolan had called Aiden round to try and get through to me since he had some kind of hunch that Aiden could help me. "You're saying she wants to stop everything?" Aiden whispered trying not to attract my attention as I was still in the bathroom. "Yeah, she can't control herself anymore. I don't know what to do about it. Every time I try to get close to her and help her, she just pushes me away even more." Nolan whispered in reply as I slowly walked down the stair case. "What's he doing here?" I spat looking at Aiden and then wondering into the kitchen. "He's here to help." Nolan quickly walked out of the beach house leaving us both alone. "I don't need help!" "Emily..." Aiden said in a quiet tone. "No." I moved away from his grasp. "Just look at me!" He ordered. "What?" "This isn't you." "But I don't want this life anymore Aiden!" I stared at him. "I'm fed up with being a dead girl. I want my own life, my own family. I want to stop trying to harm the people who wronged my father. Yeah, I won't ever forgive and I won't ever forget... But I need to move on. What was I even hoping to gain from clearing my father's name? It's not like he's here to witness any of it." "But I thought you wanted people to know it wasn't him?" Aiden questioned me. "Throughout walking down this path, I've met people... People who truly believed that David Clarke was an innocent man. As long as people, other than me, are certain he was innocent I'm happy with that." "So, In this new life of yours... Where do me and Nolan fit in?" I noticed him look up at me. "I was hoping you could tell me." I smiled. "Remember how we used to dream about leading a life together, why can't that happen? That's what I want. " "I can happen, Ems. We're gonna make it happen."