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CHAPTER 6

She put on a brave face and tried to forget about it, if no one knew then she didn't have to worry about it…right?

She looked at the clock and realized that she had been thinking it all over for the last few hours and that Ashley and Maria were bound to knock down her door any minuet, and they did.

"OI lets us in fruitcake!" Ashley's voice echoed

Lily smiled and let them in, "Sorry, wanted some peace from everyone" lily admitted, it was the truth.

"Right, well no more peace tonight, you got us and then you got you walking dead to see" Ashley giggled

"Ash leaves her alone, if she's happy that's all that matters" Maria chided

Lily and the girls left, they were going to head to the hotel and decided a girls night in was what was needed. They gathered their bags, some junk food that Lily had stashed and headed out to the cars.

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"Ok we have until 10 – 10:30" Lily smiled, this was a good distraction

"Ok, so its dish time, we have a truth only policy from NOW until 10 pm and its 8:45" Maria giggled

"Shit" lily muttered

They chatted about their lives and lily went along with the story Sebastian had given her, although she knew it was flimsy, some how they had found her after only a few months, how was she supposed to hide it from mark and the others?

"Earth to lily!" Ashley swatted lily's leg and she looked up

"Sorry Ash, I guess I'm tired" she lied, the girls nodded and smiled

"Answer us one question…and then we'll leave you be" Lily shook her head

"No stay…please, it'll be fun!" Lily replied quickly covering up the slight fear in her voice…note like the one she had gotten had appeared all the time when she lived in Australia, she had learned that it was better to be with people, be it friends or just random people than being alone.

"Okay, chill Mark would kill us, I forgot that" Ashley Laughed

"Question?" Maria smiled

"The best moment of your life?" Ashley asked

Lily winced, she hadn't had had many good times in her life, everything had become fucked up so quickly. She remembered one good moment in her whole life, but she couldn't tell them, it would reveal to much.

"When I moved here, when I got the job…it gave me a fresh start" lily smiled, ok so it wasn't a lie but it wasn't the truth either.

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The time came when mark returned and the girls said goodbye promising a trip to the mall in the next day. Mark dumped his bags on the floor and kissed lily, he was happy, he had won his match and now he had come back to the woman who he fell for so quickly.

"I'm going to grab a shower" Mark stated grabbing his towel and kissing her head

"Okay" lily smiled weakly

Lily sat on the bed thinking, she had almost lost it earlier the ring lingering on her mind and eating away at her. They were after her and no doubt in the near future she would meet them face to face, once again.

Lily ran down the streets, she was 14, they had found her all be it, it had taken them a month to find her. She was getting better at losing them.

She ducked into and alley and scaled the fire escape leading to the roof, they wouldn't follow her if they couldn't find her. She ducked below the wall on the roof and sighed, tears running down her face. She had seen the faces of the men who killed her mother, the men who had been after her for years, she finally saw their faces.

She listened as the men below cussed her out and vowed to find her no matter what.

"Shit" she muttered

Avoiding them had made her more valuable, she had escaped them so many times and it was getting easier for her to lie and get away with things, she needed to straighten herself out and become more truthful with anything she could

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Lily wiped her face, things were just starting to work out and here she was being hunted again, Nothing would hold them back, they would weasel themselves into her life again and she would lose everything, just like before.

Mark re entered the room and saw lily's red face

"Darlin, what s wrong?" he had not seen her cry before

"Nothing, just memories…" she replied mustering up a smile, "I'll be fine"

"You wanna talk about it?" he asked rubbing hand up and down her arms.

"Nah, let's sleep. I just wanna snuggle, sounds lame but it what I need" she smiled

Mark led her to the bed and pulled her into his arms, he knew something was up and he wasn't going to push it. If he had learned anything in the last few months it was to TRY and be patient with her. He knew that if she wanted to talk about it she would, but if she didn't change in a few days he was going to have to talk to her, weather she liked it or not.

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Mark wasn't blind; he knew that whatever had been bothering her the last few days was eating away at her day by day.

He knew it was affecting her work, but he had tried talking and that had got him no where.

"Lily, talk to me" Mark urged, she had spontaneously burst into tears

"It's nothing, just remembering my mother, I miss her and I guess I blocked it out for so many years" she replied wiping her face "Don't worry Mark, I'll be fine, just need to let it out and move forwards" she lied, things weren't going to get easier.

"You need to talk I'm here, please just tell me what bothers you, the truth" he begged, he cared too much to let it go right now.

"Leave it ok" Lily answered tightly

Mark sighed but left it, he would find out and when he did shit would hit the fan, she was hiding something.

Mark just had no idea what it was and how big and dangerous it would become.