  &quot;Oh, yeah. I do remember that doll. Uh, I forgot her name, sorry.&quot;
  She smiled again. She seemed to be doing that a lot lately and it now didn't seem nice at all. &quot;It's okay, I remember. We named her Heliet. Heather and Juliet. Heliet. Stupid girls we were back then.&quot;
  I remained silent. &quot;Why are talking about that doll now?&quot;
  &quot;Nothing. Just reminiscing memories, you know. I slept everyday with that doll right next to me to make up for your absence.&quot;
  &quot;Oh, too bad I didn't have anything that would remind me of you.&quot;
  &quot;What about that bracelet we gave each other?&quot;
  Double?shit.
  &quot;Oh...that bracelet. Right. I left it in my dresser. I didn't want to...lose it.&quot; I gave her a smile which I hoped didn't look nervous.
  She didn't smile back. Instead she just walked towards me until she was right in front of me. &quo

  I almost forgot that I had to meet up with Heather at her house. It dawned on me when I was eating breakfast and replaying the previous night's happenings in my head.
  I looked at the clock hanging on the wall and it read ten-twenty three. I remembered her asking, no, more like ordering me to be present in her room at sharp eleven. That meant I had a little over thirty minutes to get to her house, wherever it was.
  I asked Samara to check if Heather had sent a car here to pick me up while I gobbled up as many waffles as my mouth could possibly manage. Leaving half of it uneaten, I gulped down some juice in less than fifteen seconds.
  I didn't have time to go upstairs and change and my outfit was not bad anyway. Samara then came to inform me that the driver had been waiting for me for about twenty minutes already.
  I quickly ran to my room to see if I at least looked presentable. I 

  Well, I felt bad for Charlotte and Alistair. Their launch party just got spoiled when they entered. Not because of Heather because she looked resplendent in her shimmery golden one shoulder gown, no but because of Ethan. He had an arm wrapped around her waist as they posed for the cameras.
  The paparazzi threw endless questions at them about their relationship. They stuck to short and vague answers. After they had been clicked a few dozen times, they finally moved on and began mingling with people around. They hadn't noticed us.
  We continued with our conversation about pointless things till they finally joined us after about twenty minutes or so.
  Alistair excused himself to attend to his guests. People were crowding around the newly launched car and clicking pictures of it, or posing with it.
  Ethan and Heather both greeted our small group. When Heather's eyes fell on me, she ins

&quot;Oh, yeah. I do remember that doll. Uh, I forgot her name, sorry.&quot;
  She smiled again. She seemed to be doing that a lot lately and it now didn't seem nice at all. &quot;It's okay, I remember. We named her Heliet. Heather and Juliet. Heliet. Stupid girls we were back then.&quot;
  I remained silent. &quot;Why are talking about that doll now?&quot;
  &quot;Nothing. Just reminiscing memories, you know. I slept everyday with that doll right next to me to make up for your absence.&quot;
  &quot;Oh, too bad I didn't have anything that would remind me of you.&quot;
  &quot;What about that bracelet we gave each other?&quot;
  Double?shit.
  &quot;Oh...that bracelet. Right. I left it in my dresser. I didn't want to...lose it.&quot; I gave her a smile which I hoped didn't look nervous.
  She didn't smile back. Instead she just walked towards me until she was right in front of me. &quot;Okay,&quot; she said, taking her phone out of her purse. &quot;I have to call a?very?importa

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