Chapter Three

Sephy

Is Callum right? Honestly, I don't doubt that Minerva will tell everyone. Not for one second. But will my Father be so...heartless to hang Callum based on the fact that he's a nought? Of course he would.

Silently, I tiptoed up to my bedroom and sat down on my bed, where there was an envelope, it was Callum's handwriting. My heart sunk. I slid the letter out of the brown packet and flipped it open.

Sephy,

I've got a new job, at the office around the corner, I can't tell you what business it will be, as of yet. But I've been transferred. I'm moving to China. In six months. I...I love you, Sephy. And you're the only person I love. I want to be with you. But this may be the only job I'll get in a long time. I just don't know what to do. We've been through so much together and I don't want to leave you, I'll never leave you, you're always in my mind wherever we are.

Forever and always,

Callum x

Oh God. He's gonna leave me. He's gonna god-damn leave me.

Callum

After dropping the letter off at Sephy's house, handing it directly to Sarah Pike, the Hadley's personal secretary, and instructed that it must be put on her bed and Minerva must not get her slimy claws on it.

I hope she comes. I hope she comes to say goodbye. I'll never tell her this, but she's the only person who can make me laugh, cry and change my mind completely. I hope she decides to make me stay because unless she does, I'm gone.

The reason I can't tell her about the business...well, that's just because I don't really know yet. The company I work for is "International Organisations LMT". They have over 100 worldwide businesses and I haven't even been told which one I'll be working in. All I know is in six months, I'll either be on a plane to China or I'll be sat on the beach with Sephy. Let's hope it's the second.

Sephy

Callum,

I got your letter, I love you, too.

No. That's too...not me.

Callum,

I love you, you can't lea-

No. Too...desperate.

Callum,

Don't leave me, if you leave I will di-

God, these are just getting worse. I'll have to see him in person, let's just hope he has the same brainwave as me. Making my way to the beach was a painful journey, knowing it could be one of the last times I ever see Callum, it killed me inside. My head began to pound. My hands began to shake. My breathing began to get faster. My eyes fluttered shut as my head hit the ground.