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Dear Aden,
I am so sorry that I left without saying goodbye. I am sure that by now you will know that I have taken a job on a trawler and left Summer Bay for three months. I really wish that I could have said good-bye to everyone but I really just needed to get away. Charlie broke my heart and I ask that you please don't tell her that I am writing to you. It's best if we both just try and move on. I know that that is what is best for Charlie at the moment. I understand completely that she is confused and upset right now but she lied to me and I know that right now I can't be in the same town as her, where we will be continuously bumping into one another. I do wish that I could hate her for what she did to me but I don't. I still love her and that is why I have left so I can try and figure out what I want and when I come back in three months hopefully everything will be a lot clearer for us. Please help her get past me and help her move on, I know that she is going to want to wait for me but I think that it is best if we both move on. Please tell her that I love and that I always will.
I hope that everything is going well for you and I'm sorry I wasn't there to help you through your break up with Belle.
I miss you heaps. :)
Love, with all my heart, Joey.
Aden smiled when he read the letter. He was hurt that Joey had left without saying goodbye and it was great to know that she still wanted to keep in contact. He looked for a pen so that he could reply and was surprised to hear a knock at the door. "hi, Ruby." Ruby smiled at him. "What brings you here?" Ruby looked worried,, unsure if she should say what she was about too. "Umm… well… you know how Joey left the bay. Yeah well, Charlie has been really down. Just crying in her room and on the beach. I am really worried but whenever I try and talk to her she pushes me away. I don't know what to do. She has been a wreck lately and blames herself entirely for Joey's departure. And I know that it was Charlie that drove Joey from the bay but I am really worried. She has been calling in sick to work and not talking to anyone. She isn't eating or sleeping…" Ruby burst into tears. Unable to hold in her emotions for Charlie. She was very scared for Charlie. Aden hugged her, just holding her as she wept into his shoulder. "Please Aden; can you talk to her for me?" He agreed and Ruby walked him over to her house. "She's in her room."
Aden nodded and walked over to Charlie's bedroom door. He knocked lightly before entering. "please, Rubes. Just leave me alone." "It's Aden. Come on Charlie, talk to me. I was Joey's friend but I'm your too." Aden quickly regretted mentioning Joey when Charlie started to sob uncontrollably. Aden hugged her tight, while she cried. "I lost her…. She'll never love me again….. Three months…… forever………..I miss her…. I miss her………I love her….." She said between sobs. Aden sat there for hours, talking to her, and reasoning with her and finally Charlie began to feel a little better. Aden offered to take her to the diner for coffee. "Umm… I don't really feel up to it." Aden smiled. "Come on Charlie, it will do you good." He dragged her out of bed and waited outside her room while she changed.
They walked into the diner and Aden ordered to coffees and two slices of chocolate cake. As they dug into their cakes, Trey approached. "get bored did you? Was she just your game?" Aden got up and glared at him. "Back of Trey, no one is going to put up with your crap." Aden said intimidating him. Charlie ran out of the diner, fighting back tears. Aden noticed her quick exit and as Trey backed away Aden turned around and went to look for Charlie. He saw her crouched on the beach. "I can't believe I did that. She probably thinks that. That she was just my game? What if she doesn't know that I love her?" Charlie started to sob again. "Come on Charlie, Trey's an idiot. You know as well as I do that Joey knows how much you loved her. You know that she loves you and that she will always. Joey went through hell and back but the positive that came out of it was you. Joey loves you, she left you because that was what she thought both of you needed and Charlie, I think she was right. You still have another two and a half months before she comes back. You need to think and find a way to make it up to her. Your love for her shines so brightly, anyone can see it but for right now you just have to move on with your life. At least for three months and then when she gets back maybe things will be better for the two of you." Charlie thanked him and looked out to see, she knew that Aden was right. She had to try and move forward until their paths met again, three months in the future. Charlie knew that she had to be strong and fix herself up emotionally and physically.