  The next day after Sean had left, Athena was getting ready for her practice when TB entered her room looking as bright as he always do with his always colorful hair, &quot;hey there, baby girl, you ready for some learning?&quot;
  &quot;You bet I am,&quot; Athena smiled, tying her hair up in a ponytail, &quot;you didn t join us for dinner last night and neither did I see you this morning.&quot;
  &quot;Oh girl, I ate so early, right before you woke up,&quot; he shrugged, &quot;as for last night, I heard from Esther that Esperanza was joining so I withdrew myself,&quot; he went and sat on her bed.
  Athena frowned, &quot;um, you didn t join because she joined us, why?&quot;
  &quot;Darling, it s a long story.&quot;
  &quot;I have time,&quot; she replied, sitting on the bed beside him.
  TB sighed, &quot;well, I have known Sean for nine years now and have been leaving with him for eight.

  Two days later, Athena woke up in the middle of the night after having a bad dream, she lay on her bed, staring at the ceiling in the dark room, she was panting, trying to catch her breath after the dream. She grew thirsty and removed the covers and got down from the bed, she turned on the light to notice that her water-jug was empty so she picked it up and left the room to fill it up. On the staircase, she heard faint melody, she followed the sound to the living room and the closer to get, the louder the music.
  She pushed open the door and was surprised how loud and clear the melody was, that was when she knew it was the piano, she walked a little further into the living room to see Sean, he was sitting with his back to her and he was still dressed in his office clothes. Athena was surprised, she had stayed up waiting for him but he didn t come back so she went to bed and now he was

  A glass been shifted to her made her look up to see that Sean had poured her a glass, she glanced at him and he winked at her before picking up his cutlery to continue eating like he hadn t done something. Athena smiled, happy that he wasn t angry at her and picked up the glass to sip her juice. She was about to down the entire drink when she remembered how elegantly Esperanza had taken her sip so she decided to copy her, how hard can it be anyway?
  She slightly raised her pinky finger and took a very light sip, she glanced at Esperanza as she was returning the glass to the table to know if she saw what she did and to tell her that she can do it too, but she didn t know that the glass wasn t balanced on the table yet and she let go of the stem. The glass fell on the floor, shattering to pieces and scaring her with the noise. She stood up immediately with a little scream just as Espera

The next day after Sean had left, Athena was getting ready for her practice when TB entered her room looking as bright as he always do with his always colorful hair, &quot;hey there, baby girl, you ready for some learning?&quot;
  &quot;You bet I am,&quot; Athena smiled, tying her hair up in a ponytail, &quot;you didn t join us for dinner last night and neither did I see you this morning.&quot;
  &quot;Oh girl, I ate so early, right before you woke up,&quot; he shrugged, &quot;as for last night, I heard from Esther that Esperanza was joining so I withdrew myself,&quot; he went and sat on her bed.
  Athena frowned, &quot;um, you didn t join because she joined us, why?&quot;
  &quot;Darling, it s a long story.&quot;
  &quot;I have time,&quot; she replied, sitting on the bed beside him.
  TB sighed, &quot;well, I have known Sean for nine years now and have been leaving with him for eight.&quot;
  &quot;That long?&quot; Athena was surprised.
  TB chuckled, &quot;well, back then, pe

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