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My past…my present.

I liked her and I knew it was moving beyond that.

Moving fast beyond that in so little time.

One last look and I left her.

Baby steps and one thing at a time.

Even if every step seemed harder than the last.

What the hell was I really going to do?

Chapter 25

Jia

The door closedand I opened my eyes.

I wasn’t sleeping.

I hadn’t been.

I heard him…

Heard when the phone buzzed and it woke me up instantly. It came from having to listen out at my house for people coming in and out, more so in the last few days with Pa on his tirade to destroy my life.

So, I heard him.

Xander.

I heard him answer the phone and I heard what he said to— whoever that was he was speaking to.

I hate playing double agent. Pretending to be someone I’m not.

Those words stood out in my mind.

Agent and pretending.

Then he said something about leaving.

I hated listening in on a conversation because you didn’t get the full picture of what was being discussed.

On this occasion however I couldn’t help it.

It was the result of being so distressed and needing to cling on for hope wherever I could find it.

And damn did I ever think I’d found it when he told me he wouldn’t let Armand take me. Found it and lost it as I listened in on his conversation and my heart squeezed.

What did it mean?

I hated this and hated that Pa’s words came back to me, telling me I didn’t really know Xander. The words came tumbling into my mind as I’d heard him talking on the phone.

I hate playing double agent. Pretending to be someone I’m not…

That was what he’d said right?

So, was he an agent?

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