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I stared at the doctor. "A lot of blood?" I said incredulously.

"Yes. But that is not what we have to worry about. The concussion she has gotten is very severe and although she may go home tomorrow, we recommend bed rest for about two weeks."

Relief flooded through me. She was going to be alright. "Thank you doctor."

"My pleasure."

- The Real Me -

The next day, when Sophia came home, we treated to everything she could possibly want. Alex stayed home while I went to work to check on a few things. I was worried and had this irrational fear that everything would crash and burn without me. Of course, this wasn't the case and people were working as normal. I met Jace in the office, filing as usual.

"Hey. How's work?" I asked.

"Its alright. How's Sophia?"

"She's fine but she has got a concussion."

"What happened?" Jace asked curiously.

"She fell down some stairs. Listen, I have an appointment with the principal of her school but I just wanted to check on things here. I'll see you later."

"Okay, bye."

The walk to her school wasn't very far but I was running late. So I ran like hell. I bumped into a few people but I got there on time. It was an important meeting and being late wasn't part of the agenda.

By the time I got the school, I puffed and exhausted. I took a moment to regain my breath and then walked into the office.

"Excuse me? I have got an appointment with the principal. My name is Katerina Rose."

"Oh yes, ma'am. Go right in. The principal is expecting you."

"Thanks."

Knocking on the door lightly, I went in when I heard a small "come in."

"Ah, Katerina, isn't it? I'm Amber. Pleased to meet you." She got up from her oversized chair to give me a handshake and gestured to sit down.

Before I could say anything, she started talking. "I'm so sorry for the difficulties Miss Rose is feeling right now. We have had a talk to the girls and they have said that they didn't see anything different when Miss Rose fell."

"No, its alright, she is well. All I came to talk to you about was that I wanted to know if she had maybe an enemy that might have pushed her, so maybe something seemed different. I find it very hard to believe that she could have fallen down the stairs, just like that."

" Of course Miss Rose, I will have a chat with the girls again and will let you know if there is something…unusual going on."

"Thank-you." I stood up to leave and shook her hand before exiting.

I was just departing the school, when out on the sidewalk I saw Jace with a dark-headed whose face I couldn't make out. They were sitting in a posh restaurant, and a feeling on bubbling jealously washed over me, throwing me off-guard. It wasn't up until closer inspection that I saw it was just Isabelle.

The feeling of jealously muted and I felt a hazy sort of relief. And then shock. I didn't know what was becoming of me. I was never like this. I never used to feel jealous or sad. I knew my place and I would never question that. It was as I entered Diamond Corp. that I knew I had to become my old self again. As soon as I realised this, I knew that I didn't want to become the old me again. I wanted to feel and think and empathise.

I knew it was wrong though. Being almost sterile to the world was better. It allowed me to block away all the things I had endured. Those things still came back to me in little waves. I knew that even though Alexandra and I had grown up in a very rich household, I still tolerated the pain. I remembered all the fights, the violence and the nights of sobs that we suffered through.

I had taken Alexandra away almost as soon as I legally could. We lived where we were now and left our parents to sort out their own problems, by themselves. We had never seen them for about eighteen months, when one day, our mother had turn up on our doorstep. She was bleeding all over and covered in bruises. Nothing compared to that day when Alexandra saw that. The ambulance was called and we stayed in the hospital for about three days, taking turns to go home and have a shower and eat.

Our mother died about six days later. That was the last straw for me and I had gotten our bastard father arrested and jailed. He had lost everything. His stellar reputation being one thing.

The thing that struck me the most was Alex. She had a high tolerance for pain and was often as teenagers nearly flaunting the fact that she didn't care. However, I was her sister and I understood her. It was eating her alive and I knew she would eventually be crushed under the pressure of it all. That prediction came true, eventually.

I had needed some basic counselling but Alex had needed a whole lot more than me. Endless sessions that had costed a lot but it didn't really matter to me. She was mopey a lot of the time but the only good thing was that she slowly returned to her old self and I was ecstatic when she came over to tell me about her new job.

That was when I had realised that emotions made people so messed up. They twisted people and attempted to change them. That was when my emotions had shut down completely and I changed into the smart, cold and calculating person.

However, once Jace had swept into my life, it wasn't the same to just hide emotions. I liked being able to feel and interact with my emotions even though I became a person to target instead of some who targets. I was now vulnerable and I hated the feeling.

I had to do something about this. I was never vulnerable and I never will be.

I felt exposed. Weak. Defenceless. And I loathed it.

Okay guys. I know. Its been a while since I have written anything but I had writer's block and then school started so I got really busy. Anyway since school has started yet again, updates will be less frequent and I'll try my best to update as quick as I can.

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