PETALS OF LOVE

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at at the dinning staring into space and holding a burger to her face with both hands. Sam stepped in, "You have to be careful, so you don't get yourself in a worst situation than you're already in" "It's not in any way easy to...""...fix the puzzle when several pieces are lost?" She pulled out a chair " I need you to try Sophie, try. You can't keep brooding over him!""That's the problem. You all think it's just about Gerald right? How about Torah and..." She choked and Sam handed her water.Samantha was confused. Neither she nor Leah was having their way Sophie was thinking about the times Gerald said the same work with Sophie. "Listen Soph, a lot of things make up a treasure box, that you've lost one doesn't mean you've lost all or that the others aren't there. Your attitude tries to say that we don't matter to you".What's Sam even saying?"I'll be leaving tomorrow morning, Justin needs me." She waited for Sophie's reaction "But I'll be back soon."dis to her, " I need you". Is that how needs become totally unwanted?"Sophie can you hear me?""Yes, Sam. Thank you so much for stopping by." She took the first bite of her burger since Sam came. " And you know you don't need to come back, I can deal with my issues, they are mine"."Oh please...when did I become a stranger?"" I didn't do any thing wrong, Sam"" I know, you don't have to blame your self for anything.""I never wanted you to go back, but it seemed like you really loved him and I wanted you to be happy" She wrapped her hands around Sophie's waist."I loved Gerald, I loved his child, I loved his household, I loved everything about Him. I still do and that's the problem", She said staring in Sam's eyes."What actually happened?" Sam was careful not to ask the previous days in other not to stir up her feelings, but now, it seemed like she was ready to talk about it and that is much progress." He found out about Havila""Elena told him?"" I don't think so "" Then how did all of these happen?""I don't know.... I really don't know". Her eyes were becoming misty and Sam had to cut the conversation short.Oh, no! She knew.When Sam left the next morning for home and her Mom, for work, she let her heart wander to how she met Gerald.★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★Gerald sat in his nothing short of magnificent office. It seemed like the days went too slowly since Sophie left. He'd sit in His office, dreading his home because it was empty. Initially, He had toiled with the thought of not going home, but there was Toria, his little girl. Yet when he'd go home, only the sight of her brought him reminders of Sophie. The previous day, Toria had asked, "Daaaad?""Yes baby?"" Sophie doesn't love me anymore?"Gerald had to remind himself that she was just a child. He didn't know whether to say yes or no. But saying no would hurt her feelings.He carried her and swung her in the air, then brought her to his chest. She put her tiny palms around his cheeks. And steadied her faze on his eyes because she was seeing her reflection in his iris.He wanted to answer her question, but she had obviously forgotten that she had ever asked a question. Now exploring his heard, she touched his ear, tried to force her hand into his mouth, but he folded his lips. She sat down, lay her face up on his thighs and began to tickle her as her laughter filled the entire room.His door bell rang, jolting him from his thoughts. He looked at the screen of his CCTV to see that it was Karen, his personal assistant."Come in Karen"."Sir, there's an emergency!" She looked worried.Gerald stared at her. Sophie would never worry if she was in the same situation. She was always calm and ready to take things one step at a time. She'd always say, "what ever would be would be, what does that song mean to you?""Sir, it's the Cresce