The next morning, Abby invited everyone to an early breakfast in Bryant Park. My mother decided that under the circumstances, this should be our last day in New York City. I still needed to figure out what Zach said, and this would be my last chance. All of us made our way from the Four Seasons to Bryant Park. It was a great day, with blue skies and not a cloud in sight.

"Ah, I love New York. I wish we could stay longer." Liz said, twirling around as we crossed the street.

"People are staring, Liz." Bex laughed, and Liz smiled.

"We should come back one day. Together." Macey decided, shoving her hands in her coat pockets.

"Of course." I agreed. Bryant Park was packed, even though it was early. Many people were sitting at tables, reading the newspaper and sipping coffee, and enjoying the nice weather. It didn't take long to find my aunt, who was accompanied by none other than Edward Townsend. They were sitting next to each other at a table, and they were oddly quiet. He was whispering something urgently to her, but she was shaking her head, and it looked like she was shaking away tears.

"Hey, guys." My mom smiled, noticing, but ignoring her sister's actions. Mr. Solomon and my mom took seats next to each other. Bex, Liz, Macey, and I all sat at the other side of the table. My mom had let the rest of the girls explore New York while we were at breakfast.

"It's too bad you couldn't stay longer." Edward coughed. I saw my aunt's fist tighten around her cup of coffee. There was a long silence.

"Okay, what the bloody hell is going on with you two?" Bex yelled. We all saw you admit you were in love with each other last night! What happened?" Abby turned white.

"What?" She whispered angrily.

"Oops." Liz murmured.

"Well, there was this video camera…" Macey said awkwardly, and shrugged. My aunt looked murderous.

"I do love her! You saw the whole thing. I don't know what bloody happened." Edward complained.

"You did say you love him." I offered, and my aunt looked like she was torn between tears and fury.

"It was spur of the moment…" She said quietly.

"Spur of the moment my ass!" Bex complained.

"I don't love him." She insisted.

"You're scared." I snapped, and I could feel myself breathing heavier. I've never ever told off my aunt. Until now. "You're scared and you're afraid you're going to be hurt again. The woman who always told me to never let fear stand in my way is scared that she's going to get her heart broken again, and that'll she'll be all alone with no one to love her." There was dead silence. Wow…this got awkward. I finally found the courage to look up at my aunt. Her eyes were wide, and sad. Edward looked confused, and my mom looked upset, but a little proud.

"I…that's not…" Abby stumbled for the words. "You don't know me, Cameron."

"I know that you're not the Gallagher Girl you're pretending to be." I said coldly.

"Um…I think I should get going." Edward coughed, stood up, and quickly hugged my aunt goodbye, kissing her on the head. "Pleasure seeing all of you again. Cheers." He started off across the park, and disappeared in a matter of seconds.

"God, Abby. You're acting like an idiot." My mom admitted.

"Excuse me?" Abby protested.

"There's a perfect guy who is deeply in love with you, but you're too selfish to see it."

"I'm the one who's selfish? You're the one dating my ex-boyfriend!"

"Don't you dare even go there!"

"I just did!"

"Ladies," Mr. Solomon interrupted. "Maybe we can just calm down-"

"Did it even bother you that I was pregnant with his child?" Abby snapped.

"Yes, it did! But it's not my fault you were acting like a slut!" My mother bit back. Bex covered her mouth, trying not to laugh.

"What did you just call me?" Abby said seriously daring my mother to continue.

"I called you a slut! You prance around with every hot guy imaginable to try to get attention. You've always been jealous of me, trying to steal the spotlight!"

"Everyone always loved you more! What was I supposed to do?"

"How do you think that all made me feel? Having to deal with a sister who was always so insecure?"

"How do you think all this made me feel? Having a sister who always had to be perfect."

"Abigail, can you get over yourself already? You're still jealous of me. I'm the one who has the family, the child. And you're still all alone." My mom concluded harshly, and Macey's eyes widened. Abby looked like she was about to slap someone. She stood up slowly, threw her coffee cup in the trash, and stomped off across the grass. I glared at my mother, then took off after her, still wanting an answer. It took me about two seconds to realize Mr. Solomon was following me. He reached my aunt first.

"Abby, slow down!" He commanded, grabbing her arm, and yanking her back. She turned slowly, and her face was stained with tears. Her breathing was shaky.

"What?" She snapped, trying to pull away from him. "Let go!"

"Are you angry that I'm dating Rachel?" He asked.

"No." Abby lied.

"Please, tell the truth. For once." He insisted, loosening his grip on her.

"Yes." She admitted. "I am. I'm angry that you forgot about me so easily."

"Wait, don't try to pin this on me." Mr. Solomon said. "You're the one who left."

"You're the one who let me." Abby said harshly, yanking away from him. I still followed her.

"Aunt Abby! Wait up! I need to ask you something!" I panted, and she stopped, and turned to face me slowly.

"What do you want?" She cried impulsively.

"What did Zach say to you and Townsend last night?" I asked. Abby raised an eyebrow. "Please. Tell me."

"You have one month." She sighed. "One month before the Circle of Cavan comes to kill you." And with that, she turned around, and was gone. I held my breath, waiting for her to turn around and tell me she was kidding. But, she didn't. I slowly started walking back to Mr. Solomon, who was frozen in place, looking particularly upset.

"Well, it looks like your buddies at the Circle are coming to murder me in a month!" I said, falsely cheery. He swore.

"That's a shorter time frame then expected." He mumbled.

"Yeah, sort of sucks, doesn't it?"

"We need to get you to a secure destination. And fast."

"I'm tired of running. I'll have to face them one day, and once I leave Gallagher, I'll be on my own."

"What are you saying, Ms. Morgan?"

"I'm saying I want to infiltrate the CoC headquarters in Greece and whoop their asses." I told him. "I know you know where it is."

"You're crazy!"

"It's a good thing I am, because if I wasn't, than this would totally never work."

"You'll need a team if you want to infiltrate the CoC." Mr. Solomon said.

"I was just about to mention that. I was thinking me, you, Mom, Bex, Macey, Liz, Townsend, and Abby." I offered. "Oh, and Grant and Jonas."

"Deal." He sighed. "In one month, we head to Greece."

"Good." I said shaking his hand. "If Zach was here, he would have put an 'e' on the end." Mr. Solomon smiled.

"You're going to have to start learning all about the Circle of Cavan, Cammie. You and your friends. Which means I'm taking you out of all of your classes so I can give you private lessons."

"Oh, how fun! Even more time spent with my mother's current boyfriend." I said sarcastically.

"Well, if you don't want them…" He smiled. I sighed.

"I'm sorry. I want them, I do. And I know you make my mom happy…" Mr. Solomon grinned.

"Alright. We started Monday."