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Chloe's POV
- Don't forget, dinner is served at five. You better not be late this time, said my dad. I know how this work of yours can finish late but please sweetheart make an effort.
- I know and I apologize. But the final scenes are filmed today and I am pretty sure that I am going to make it in time.
Just as I said the last word, I left my house. Sometimes, my father came at my house to visit when he had some time off work. It does not happen often and when he comes here he always makes dinner. It's as if he tries to live the moments that he lost with me when I was a teenager. For almost three whole years, I was not even able to see him. At the beginning, I was at Lyle House. At the time, I thought that it was an institute for mentally unstable teenagers but it was for a scientific experimentation on our supernatural powers. So my friends and I ran away from them. We have been caught once but after that the cabal that was responsible for the experiments lost our track.
Of course, my dad knows nothing about that. He just think that I tried to run away from that institution while I was younger because I was in a rebellious phase or something. But he still feels bad about it.
I still remember the day that I came back home. My father was in his study, working as usual. When he saw me, he ran toward me and said that he was sorry. He also promised me that he will never send me back there, which was what I was expecting from him. If he tried to send in another institute I think that I would have ran away again.
- Chloe! You are late, again, said my boss.
- Sorry I had some situation that I had to take care of. My dad just came home and-
- I don't care. Hopefully it's the last day. I will give you an advice, whether you want it or not. In life people don't wait for you. If you didn't already prove numerous times that you are the best director I ever worked with, I would have fired you. But there is a lot people that will not take your talent into consideration when you are almost always late. Those people will fire you without a doubt. So do not be late again.
- You know that I am trying to arrive on time. But just like you, I have responsibilities and things to take care of. Since you won't fire me, can we please start working?
- Sure.
Christopher, my boss, and I used to be a couple. We broke up a couple of months ago because he was way too controlling. I could only do things when he authorized it and I hated it. He even chose what I ate for Christ sake. Now he thinks that he is my best friend and that his purpose in life is to give me advice every day. For him being late of a few seconds is that big of a deal. As he said hopefully it's the last day that I am going to be required to spend with him.
The day passed really quickly actually because I was so excited to have a talk with my dad. Sure I spoke to him this morning but I don't spend a lot of time with him and I can't wait to see him again.
When I got home, we talked about his work or mine. But this night turned into a bad night when he started talking about Derek.
- You were good together, he said. I don't say that often but when you talked about him you were happy. And now, I am not certain that you are happy. Even if you have the carrier that you always dreamed about.
- I told you that it was over. We wanted different things and I wanted to see you again.
- Maybe you should try to ring him and see if he is happy without you. Because I have a feeling that you are not only because he is not around.
- Come on, dad! I haven't seen him in 10 years. Of course he got over me and the fact that I left.
- Whatever you say sweets, just think about it okay?
- Ok. I will.
That night I picked up the phone I hoped that Derek still had the same phone number that he had when I left him.