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CHAPTER 7

'Wear something pretty' That could mean a lot of things. Something pretty for bed? Something pretty for a date? I scan through my closet for the sixth time. Most of my clothes are work out attire. I'm not equipped for this type of thing. I have one drop dead sexy bra and panty. But that is it. Dimitri burned one of the two dresses I own and the other one is the one I wore to the funeral. If Lissa was here, she would have had a dress for me. It's strange that I could still fit into her clothes even though she is smaller than me. Sometimes she bought clothes a size to big just to give it to me. I jump slightly at the sudden knock on my door.

"Christian? What are you doing here?" I ask surprized. He enters my room, carrying a large suitcase and my old duffle bag with him. My name is written on a piece of paper that is stuck onto the suitcase.

"Well, I wanted to bring your bag to you. Eddie is moving his things into my room now. And this morning, a guardian came to my room and dropped this off." He points to the suitcase. The hand writing looks like Lissa's

"Apparently, this was in Lissa's room. They cleaned it out for the new girl." I roll my eyes at this.

"Where is the rest of her stuff?" I ask.

"Alberta said that they put it in a storage unit. When we are ready, you and I need to go through it and decide what we want to keep, and the rest will go to charity." I thank him and watch him leave my room. I look at the wall-clock. I must be with Lissa in thirty minutes. I open the suitcase because my curiosity is too strong to ignore. Clothes nearly jump out as I open the suitcase. I look at the dress on top of the pile. Its price tag is still on and it's in my size. She has done it again. Even in death, she still looks out for me. I find a beautiful red dress at the bottom of the pile. It's knee length and has a high neckline with an open back. A unique design out of lace covers the dress. I pair the dress with black wedges and pearl ear-rings. I pin my hair up and let small locks frame my face. Dimitri loves my hair and he told me a while ago that I should never cut it. I apply light make-up, some mascara and eyeliner and a thin layer of foundation. More is less in some cases. I grab the only jacket I own and leave to go and meet Lissa.

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"Why are you so dressed up?" Lissa asks from behind me. I spin around to see her smiling face. I never got to tell her about Dimitri. I planned to do it after the rescue mission, but I never got the right time. Alberta always told me that there is no such thing as the right time, just time that you must make right. I thought that she was on some crazy pills at the time, but now I understand the truth of her words. I should have made time to tell her.

"I guess you can say I'm going on a date." Lissa looks intrigued. Well this is it. Better late than never I guess.

"With Dimitri."

Lissa's eyes nearly pops out of her head. She opens her mouth then closes it again. She kind of looks like a fish out of water. I don't need the bond to know that she is shocked, I can see it on her face. But wait. I can't feel it, I can't feel her shock like I normally can.

"Are you blocking me out?" I ask. Lissa raises her eyebrows in a confused manner.

"The bond. I can't feel your emotions."

"Rose, when I died, the bond went away." I shake my head.

"No, it didn't. If it did, then how can I see you now. And I feel emotions that aren't mine." Lissa bites her thumb nail as she thinks. She always did it when a difficult situation stood before her.

"What type of emotions?" I think over the last few days again. First, I felt sadness when I was with Christian in the church and then I felt disgust around the new girl, twice.

"It wasn't very happy emotions Liss. I felt this sadness when I was with Christian in the attic and then a wave of disgust came twice when I was with the new girl." Lissa cocks her head to the side.

"What new girl?" I start to pace in front of her.

"The new girl. She kind of looks like you. And I get the feeling that you don't like her." Lissa shakes her head gently.

"Rose, I have no idea what you're talking about. It's not my emotions you're feeling."

"Then who's is it?" I ask her. She shrugs her shoulders.

"I don't know. Maybe it's your own that is just buried deep inside you. You could feel sadness for Christian because he also lost me, and you could feel disgust towards the new girl because she looks like me." I stop pacing and look at her. She could be right. Last night she told me that she was in a happy place. With her family. She would have no reason to feel sad or disgusted.

"You said you are in a happy place? Why are you here then?"

"Because you need me. But I cannot be here for long. It takes a lot of energy and when I can see that you are better, I'm going to stop coming. Then I will wait for you in heaven." I scoff. She really thinks I'm going to heaven. I never really thought about that. Maybe I need to start going to church, just to secure my place with her where she is now.

"You are good Rose, and we will be together in the end. Now let's go back to Guardian Belikov. Since when did that happen?" I give her the history of our relationship. When the feelings started to happen, when we realised that it will not go away and I tell her about the night in the cabin. She listens to every word I say.

"I wish you told me this earlier, but I am very happy for you Rose. Maybe he can help you get better. You need to get better. Please for me." I'm fine, there is nothing wrong with me. I'm handling everything fine. I want to tell her all that but just nod my head instead. Lissa gives me one last smile before she disappears.

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I hesitate only a second before I knock on the cabin's door. I hear shuffling inside and then Tasha Ozera opens the door. Her hair looks rather messy and her lips are swollen, like she has been kissed violently

"Rose? What are you doing here?" Dimitri appears behind her, his eyes is wide, and, like Tasha, his hair is messy. That can only mean one thing. They must have been kissing. Dimitri's shirt is wrinkled, and the first button is open. There must be a rational, logical explanation to this. He would never do that to me. Or would he?

How well do you really know him Rose?

I hear Lissa's voice in my head. She is right. I don't really know him well. Heck, I don't even know his favourite colour.

"Rose, you should not be out here this late." How dare he try that crap with me. He told me to come here. Did he do that just to make a fool out of me in front of Tasha? Is this his way of showing me that he wants her? But he said that he was my boyfriend.

"Tasha, I didn't know you were staying in the cabin, Christian said you were in guest housing." I try my hardest to keep my voice calm and friendly. I would really like to tear her pretty hair out and shove it down Dimitri's throat, but we don't always get what we want.

"I do, but I forgot some of my stuff here from the last visit." Dimitri steps out of the cabin. His aftershave hits me like a train and it makes me want to cry. How can he cheat on me? Now? After everything I have been through.

"I will have to escort Rose to her room, have a nice night Tasha." Dimitri takes a step towards me and I take a step back.

"I was actually going to meet Adrian here, but it looks like he bailed on me. I will just go check in his room. you can stay Guardian Belikov. I didn't mean to interrupt." I turn my back on them before Dimitri can say a thing. I hear vaguely how Tasha invites him for a coffee.