Their End, My Beginning

Chapter 11

After settling down, Mandy offered to stay, but I rejected it as I want my space as much as I wanted her ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

to be near me. I think it’s time to stand on my own with no one’s help, which was hard, but I coped up

with it.

The next instruction from dad was the hardest. Meeting Ryder. Forget about meeting him I couldn’t

even get to see a glimpse of him. I tried many methods to find his number which I got through Mandy

which was taught to her by her dad, Uncle Nick was also very good in coding seeing that my dad and

he was not only best friends but childhood friends it was through them that Aunt Olivia Mandy’s mom

and my mom became best friends. While I tried to get a glimpse of him, Mandy found his number.

I got his number; I got to hear his voice which made me tear up again but remembering the task in

hand I said Hello and he hung up on me. HE HUNG UP ON ME. Well, I forgot this is not my Ry we are

talking about. I tried to call him again, but it said the device was switched off. I felt something ran down

my face and when I touched it; I understood I was crying. Now I understood why Ry never hung up on

me in the past, though I did it many times either to irk him or because of our stupid fights, IT

FREAKING HURTS.

I cried and cried the whole day and cooled myself down, but when Mandy came to the apartment; I

started crying so badly that I felt like I would die I couldn’t even breathe which I understood much later

that I hyperventilated if it wasn’t for her quick response I don’t even want to think about it. After crying

the whole day Mandy took me out for a walk which really helped me a lot, later when I came home did I

find the boxes in my living and when I looked at Mandy, she said nothing but went straight to

unpacking. Well, that’s Amanda for you, even if I say I don’t want her help she will make it seem like it

is she who wants it though it is just because of stubbornness that I declined her help but in reality I

needed her help. More like I wanted her to support me like always.

So from then on she became my roommate. She was not only my roomie but my helper in investigation

too, since I needed her to find the clues. She was the one who drove me to interview she was the one

who calmed my nerves. I don’t know how will I ever repay her. The things she does for me mean the

world to me, though it is what best friends more like sisters from another mother are for.

The thing that made me more broken was the magazine I saw in the café next to our office building.

The magazine had a picture of Ry, though with excitement I took the magazine because of the shock I

had to pay extra because of the cup I broke. It was a picture of Ryder and some model claiming to be

his one-night stand caught kissing in front of a 5-star hotel. It seems he has been doing this for

sometime more like 2 years. This is the time during which I lost his contact completely and was

searching for him but didn’t get any news of his sudden disappearance. Seems like I was the only one

loyal to our relationship while he was fooling around with many girls with that I quickly got out of the

café and went straight home. Luckily Amanda was there and after telling her what happened she told

me to go into bath which was confusing but she pour sweet aromatic bubble bath and let me say

nothing can replace a bubble bath with wine and sweet music in my case I wanted a depressing song

and it was played. I cried during the complete bath, but the pain was somehow less compared to the

time he hung up on me. Amanda called to my office and asked for a medical leave. Gone to work for

only two days and already started asking for medical leave. But they were understanding by making me

work two overtime.

It was during these times; I met Cassy and Richard. First, I met Cassy as she was the one who showed

me around the office and in within seconds we clicked we had so many similarities like our favourite

shows friends and favourite character Damon Salvatore and Klaus Mikaelson, what can I say they are

hot!!! Then she made me and Richard meet though her plan was for us to be in a relationship I said I

was not interested same as Richard as he recently had a heartbreak.

But later he started having a crush on me, I could see that, like, the way he got angry as other male

colleagues came to talk to me. And I talked to him about it and said I am not interested in any

relationship, but then he was the one who suggested for ‘no strings attached’ relationship.

I shook my head, removing all the other thoughts from my head, and tried to focus on the job in hand.

And that’s when my chief came barging into my office.

“KATHERINEEEE,”