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Chapter 53

Mel spotted Ian and almost ran over to him. She had no idea why but she wrapped her arms around his neck, she hugged him before she started dancing with him. Mel felt Ian's hands on her hips, she didn't realize how close their faces were.

"Were's Adam?" Ian asked, leaning towards her a bit so he didn't have to yell.

"He went home and he wanted me to go too but I didn't want to." Mel replied, she still had some trouble talking and had no idea had no idea how loud she was actually talking.

Ian slightly shook his head and chuckled. Anyone could see that it was one of the first times Mel was drunk. Ian had craved to to be as close to Mel as he was now. Mel's already short dress was pulled up a little by her moving as much as she did and not pulling it down again. Ian allowed his hands to trail to her butt. Ian had danced like this with a lot of girls before but this was different. If he made one wrong move, it might be the last move he will ever make on Mel. But Mel didn't respond negatively to his touch, the only thing she did was move closer to him. Their bodies were pressed together and moved with the music.


"Loren? Loren are you home?" Nora yelled as she closed the door behind her. She didn't see her daughter and decided to check Loren's room.

Loren woke up from the sound of her mother's voice followed by the door of her room opening. Loren's eyes fluttered open and she saw Nora standing in the doorway. Nora had turned on the light and Loren's eyes needed some time to adjust to the light. Nora walked over to her and sat on the edge of the bed.

"Hi mom." Loren groaned as she still shielded her eyes from the light a bit from the light with her hand.

"Hey sweetie, I saw your interview." Nora replied with a smile.

"You did?" Loren replied still sleepy "Did you like it?" She added as she removed her hand from her eyes and rested it on her belly.

"I loved it, you're a natural." Her mother answered, the smile on her face went broader when she had said it which caused Loren to smile.

"Thank you, you couldn't see my heart beating outside of my chest?" Loren joked, Nora shook her head.

"No it didn't. I did notice the way Eddie looked at you." Nora said, she smiled at first but her face quickly turned serious.

"And what is wrong with that?" Loren answered feeling like she had to defend herself.

"Nothing I guess..." Nora sighed "I was just wondering if you have already had- you know..." She added, it felt weird trying to discuss something like this with her daughter.

"Mom!" Loren nearly gasped.

There was the guilty feeling again. The guilty feeling that she had because she hadn't told her mother about having sex with Eddie... Twice. But why should her mother know? It wasn't like she had anything to do with it.

"I'm sorry, it's none of my business." Nora replied hastily as she held one hand up, defending herself.

"No. It isn't." Loren answered, she raised one eyebrow at her mother who still looked curious.

"Well... Have you?" Nora asked, she had to ask. Loren smiled a little, she couldn't help herself, thinking about Eddie.

"You have, haven't you." Nora stated when she saw Loren smile in that way. Nora wasn't sure what to feel, was she supposed to be mad? She was surprised that she wasn't mad at all. Maybe there was even a feeling of happiness that her daughter's first time had been with Eddie, Eddie clearly loved Loren. Nora didn't have any doubts about that.


Adriana sat curled up on her bed, she had never thought her father would go out to get her a pregnancy test. Adriana thought it was the most embarrassing thing ever. Her phone laid next to her, unlocked it and opened a message of Tyler.

Hey babe, how did everything work out with your dad? I hope he wasn't too mad. Sorry for not being there for you now. X

Adriana smiled at the text.

Well, to be honest... I'm not sure yet. Call me ASAP kay? It's really important... X

She hesitated for a moment before sending the text, was she ready to tell Tyler what had happened? Or that she was- no, might be- no, there was a slight chance she was... Pregnant. She didn't care, she sent the text, in the need to hear Tyler's comforting voice. In the need to hear him say that he would do anything for 'his girl'.

Adriana heard the door open and the heavy footsteps of her father walking towards her room. Adriana could tell by his pace that he was angry. But he didn't know what had happened to her in the last days. Don walked through the door of Adriana's room, holding a small plastic bag. She knew what was in there, she wished this wasn't happening. No, she wasn't sure of anything yet. Something inside of her was sure of it. It felt that she was pregnant, but Adriana was fighting to ignore it. She wasn't pregnant, she was just sick.

"Here." Don said awkwardly, handing his daughter the bag.

"Dad... There's something you should know..." Adriana began.

"That Phil is a scumbag who got my daughter pregnant." Don replied. Adriana found herself partly agreeing with her father. Phil was a scumbag, and maybe he had gotten her pregnant... But hadn't she deserved to be treated by Phil the way she had been? She assumed she deserved it. All of this.

"No. What happened to me... On Friday." Adriana cleared up.

"Get your hands off me!" Adriana yelled, she had just about enough of Vince, who laughed and took her shirt off in one motion.
"You don't talk to me like that." Vince hissed, his face was less than an inch away from hers. He smelled like cigarettes and old sweat, like he hadn't showered for days. Vince still had Adriana pinned down on the dirty bed.

"So what happened to you?" Don asked softly, a little taken aback by the sudden look of horror on his daughter's face.

"I- It's possible that-" Adriana tried to tell her father, she shook her head "I really don't know how to tell you this." She finally continued with a humorless chuckle. Don tilted his head a little and finally sat down on Adriana's bed and motioned for his daughter to sit next to him. He could barely remember the last time they sat next to each other like this. But he still remembered. It was when Don told Adriana her mother had left, that seemed like a lifetime ago.

"You can tell me, I'm here for you, although it doesn't always seems like it." Don assured his daughter.

"Vince- Vince-" Adriana began she swallowed loudly and felt a tear roll down her cheek. To her surprise Don grabbed her hand gently. "He... Raped me." Adriana managed to say softly. She felt her father's soft grip on her hand tighten as another tear rolled down her cheek.


Tyler stood in front of the hospital when he heard his phone beep. Adriana. She wanted him to call her.

Was it wrong what he was doing? Was it wrong to go and see Chloe without telling Adriana? Yes. Yes it was, but it was not like he was cheating on Adriana with Chloe. Tyler didn't walk in just yet. He was looking at Adriana's text and debating with himself whether to call her or not. He stood there for a moment and then put his phone away; Adriana could wait.

"Tyler! I'm so glad you came, I didn't know who else to call." Jackie said, she came walking up to Tyler the second he came in. As if she had been waiting around the corner until Tyler walked in.

"It's okay, do they know anything about her condition yet?" Tyler asked. Tyler had told himself that Chloe was the person he was supposed to be with, but something about 'meeting' Adriana changed that.

"No, they won't let me see her, Tyler. They won't let me see my Cynthia." Jackie cried.

"Are you Chloe Carter's relatives?" A doctor asked before Tyler had time to reply to Jackie's remark.

"Yes." Tyler replied, knowing that if he would tell the truth about him not being a relative of Chloe, the doctor wouldn't tell him anything about Chloe's condition.

"She's awake, but very weak, she can barely talk." The doctor explained.

"Can I- Sorry, can we see her?" Tyler asked, he needed to see if Chloe was okay before he could call Adriana. That was all he needed.

"You can, but try not to upset her." The doctor responded. "Follow me." He added as he started walking down the hall. Tyler and Jackie followed him.

Tyler walked into the room and saw Chloe laying on the bed. She looked horrible. If Chloe would see herself now she would probably kick everybody out of the room and apply too many layers of make-up before letting them into her room again. But she couldn't see herself now, nor could she throw a fit about the way she looked.

"Tyler?" Chloe said in a questioning voice. She had thought Tyler never wanted to see her again, she was relieved that he was here.

"Yes, I'm here, you scared us Chlo." Tyler said, Chloe was just a few meters away from him so he reached her bed with a few steps.

"What happened?" Chloe asked, she reached out with her hand and Tyler grabbed in and gently rubbed her hand with his thumb.


Eddie was driving back to his penthouse with a smile on his face. He turned on the radio, the sound of his hit song Something In The Air filled Eddie's car. Eddie chuckled, normally he would have changed the channel but he felt like singing along. He sang along with his own song, something that he usually hated. Eddie wasn't tired anymore he had the feeling that he could run all night.

"Good evening mister Duran." Jeffrey greeted Eddie.

"Hello Jeffrey." Eddie replied happily. Eddie got into the elevator and was singing his own song as it moved up. Eddie got out his phone and decided to send Loren one last text, so she would have something to wake up to.

Hello beautiful I hope you had sweet dreams. I love you and today -maybe yesterday by the time your read this- was amazing, just like every single day I get to spend with you. I love you... Again... xxx

Eddie smiled at his own text. He was going to let Loren know how he felt as much as he could. Whether it was by telling her or by showing it. She would know, as would everybody around them. The first thing Eddie did when he walked into his penthouse was sitting at his piano, he felt inspired. Inspired by Loren... Again.

The song seemed to write itself.

Eddie's fingers played the keys, his eyes were closed an his lips moved. He sang the words that had been building inside of his head for the whole day and craved to get out. Eddie wanted to have Loren here next to him, singing the song she had inspired. Yes, she needed to sing this song. Not him. Eddie had never seen himself writing a song for somebody else, but this was made for Loren.