A/N: It's been a really long time, I know. Hopefully this makes up for it. ENJOY!

Chapter 3

Mia:

The drive to Eddie's house was complete silence. All I could do was look at the scenery and think about how much I missed outside the hospital. From the corner of my eye I could see Eddie look at me a few times then went back to looking at the road. I knew what he was trying to look for, it was to see if I was okay by the expressions on my face, but I kept it blank and kept staring out the window. The car swerved to the right and Eddie drove into a drive way. He pushed a button located under the glove compartment and then garage door rolled up revealing well, his garage. He drove in slowly before parking and turning off the engine.

"We're here." I unbuckled my seat belt and opened my door and then I walked around so that I could help carry the bags into the house.

"Do you need a hand with those?"

"Nah, I've got it."

Once we were inside I couldn't help but stare in awe at how big the interior was. It was so spacious and clean! Really clean. All the furniture was a deep mahogany and the walls were a pale white. His kitchen was huge! And it amazed me at the fact how one person could possibly live in a place like this.

"Do you like?" I turned around and put my hands on my hips.

"How on earth did you get a place like this?"

"Lissa gave it to me. After the whole you know Tasha and Rose incident. But I hardly ever come here, I'm usually with Lissa and I have a place that's much more closer to court. But when I get a day off it's best to have some alone time and this is where I escape to."

Suddenly I hear a dog bark and I turn around and I see him run towards me in the hallway. I bend down to pat him and he licks my cheek. "And you must be Red." He barks louder and I scratch his neck. "Hi Red," I say. "I'm Mia. Who's a good boy? You are!"

His tail wags a little and I know he's accepted me as a form of companion. Eddie whistles and Red runs towards him. "Hi ya buddy! How you doing huh?" He barks in response. "Behave okay? Mia's going to stay with us for a little while," Eddie lowers his voice to a mire whisper. "that means no you know."

"Know what?" I asked.

"Nothing."

"Eddie…"

He walks up behind me and pushes me forward against my shoulders. "Why don't I show you to your room?"

He leads me down another hallway and up a flight of stairs and at last we come to a door. He lets go of my shoulders and takes a hold of the door knob. "Are you ready?"

"Yes I am." He opens the door swiftly and I take my first step inside. I make my way towards the neatly made bed and run my hands on the soft pale ivory coloured bed sheets. Across the other side of the room are a wardrobe and a dressing table with a stand up oval mirror in the corner. I take off my shoes and feel the soft texture of the carpet beneath my toes. I flop on the bed. "Ohh…" I close my eyes and turn over so that I am facing the pillow.

"Yeah well I know it's not much but like I said it's only for the time being."

"No… it's perfect," I say groggily. "Thanks Eddie."

"You're – " Suddenly his cell phone rings cutting him off mid-sentence. "Dimitri? Yeah hi did something happen? Oh… Why?" He frowns a little bit and then it deepens. "Who would do that? I'm with her right now… Actually she's in the same room as me. No nothing is going on. Dude! All right, yeah I'll tell her. Thanks for letting us know, bye." He hangs up and puts it at the back of his jeans pocket.

"What'd he say?" His face is sketched with sympathy and every step he takes towards me is taken with caution and I know something has happened.

"You might be staying with me for a little bit longer…"

"What?" I feel my face drain out with colour and I'm practically sitting up on the bed. "How much longer?"

"Look I don't really know how to say this to you. But someone thought you were going straight to your house this afternoon. There was a fire and Dimitri's there trying to recover anything that survived the accident."

"This wasn't an accident Eddie. They deliberately set my father's house on fire!" I could hear the accusation in my voice. Who would do such a thing? Had my father made so many enemies?

"We will find them Mia."

"Take me home. Now."