Vidal is very understanding and sweet. I didn't like sucking on my thumb, but I wouldn't deny that it helped. He held me tightly and that helped me fall asleep. But when I woke up, he was sleeping on top of me. His head was on my belly.

I giggled. He was very cute when he was asleep. Even though he was big and scary, he could also be cute. The little tiny girls were pretty cute too, kind of like Bunny.

Suddenly, I remembered Bunny. I looked all over the bed but I didn't find him, I looked wherever I could and he wasn't there. I pushed Vidal off me gently and I looked for Bunny everywhere but I couldn't find him. So I ended up sobbing really hard because Bunny was gone.

"Woah... Kiara? What happened?" Vidal asked, waking up to the sound of my sobbing.

I cried, looking around again and he frowned.

"You're looking for something?" He asked me.

I nodded. Maybe he knew.

"Oh... your bunny?" He asked me.

I nodded vigorously and he looked around.

"That's weird. It was here with you last night, right?" He asked.

I nodded again, so desperate to find Bunny.

Maybe he didn't like bunny and he took him away but he didn't want me to get mad so he's denying it.

Poor Bunny. He's probably so scared because he's all alone.

"It's ok. Calm down. I'll find him."

I started hyperventilating and then Vidal pushed my hand closer to my face. He knew I was embarrassed by it, so he didn't say anything for a while. He realized I wasn't going to do it myself, so he was more blunt about it.

"Put it in." He said, pressing my hand to my lips.

I shook my head and he frowned.

"Come on, Kiara. Put it in so I can help you look for him." Vidal insisted.

I opened my mouth and started sucking my thumb. I would do anything to get bunny back, no matter how humiliating this was. It helped, it really did. But I wasn't a baby. Tears streamed down my face as I looked around in a panic. Then Vidal pulled him out from under the bed.

"See?" He asked me. "It's ok."

I grabbed Bunny and I hugged him tightly. I laid on the floor, sucking on my thumb and hugging Bunny while I cried.

"No, on the bed, Kiara." Vidal said gently.

I did as he said. I didn't dare disobey him. He hadn't tortured me yet but if I did something he didn't like he might end up hurting me too.

"Your bunny is safe. See? He's perfectly ok." Vidal said, bringing his hand to my head and making me flinch. He stroked my head so gently though and I slowly relaxed. "Shh... relax, Kiara."

I was able to relax completely and then he got up and left the room. I felt nervous being alone because it meant anyone could come inside. I turned to face the door and I watched it.

When the door opened again, I couldn't handle the stress. I pulled on my hair in anticipation, but then Vidal appeared and saw what I was doing.

"Hey, hey, hey. What're you doing?! No, Sweetheart." He said softly, running over and removing my hands from my hair.

I was so nervous, so scared.

"Never do that again, Kiara."

This was it, this was when he'd hurt me. I'd messed up and now he was going to hit me and yell at me. I sobbed uncontrollably at my mistake and then I was pulled into his familiar, warm lap and everything fell into place for a moment.

A sense of peace and calm washed over me and it was stronger than any other feeling of relief I'd ever felt. I shivered into him. I was always cold.

"It's ok. I'm so sorry, I probably scared you, huh? I'm sorry, Kiara. I'm new to this, but I'll get better, I promise." Vidal said to me.

He was being so perfect, so kind and caring. How could he think he messed up? I'm the one who messes everything up with my stupid behaviour.

"I brought you some breakfast." He said to me.

I looked at the bowl he brought in with him and there were colourful pieces in it, like the so-called fruits that I got in the hospital. I wasn't complaining, but I just knew that they couldn't be fruits.

"More fruits." He told me. "Wanna try them? I made sure there was some Kiwi in there"

I just continued to look at the colourful little pieces in the bowl.

"Let's try these." He said, bring a little black berry-looking thing to my mouth. "It's a delicious blackberry."

It tasted beautiful. I ate them all as he gave them to me. I didn't like eating, I knew it would make me fat and then if I was fat, I wouldn't be beautiful, and if I wasn't beautiful, I would be tortured because no one would be able to like me.

I felt hot tears streaming down my face, but Vidal just wiped them away as he continued to feed me the blackberries. "Wanna try mangoes again next? " He asked, pointing to the orange cubes.

I nodded my head and he fed me the mangoes. They were even better, so sweet and delicious. Mangoes were my second favourite after kiwis.

"You like mangoes, don't you?" He asked, wiping away more of my tears. I didn't respond, I was too lost in the beautiful tastes that were overwhelming me.

Once all the mangoes were gone, he fed me the so-called strawberries again, and finally, kiwis.

"My Little Kiwi loves her kiwis, doesn't she?" He said to me, kissing my forehead and making me feel ten times more safe and cared for.

I rubbed my irritated eyes and he fed me piece after piece of my favourite food. It tasted good but some pieces were a little too sour for me.

"Is it too sour again? I'm sorry, Kiwi." He chuckled, kissing my cheek.

I wanted more, but I'd never dare say that.

I liked it when he called me Kiwi. Kiwis were nice and he said their colour looked like my eyes. He continued to stroke my head and that's when I realized I was crying again. I didn't know why I was crying, I felt happy because I ate yummy food.

He popped my thumb back into my mouth, and he held me tighter. I hated this thumb-sucking thing. I didn't want to do it. I remembered back at the orphanage when I was little and used to suck my thumb, they hit me for it. I just kind of learned my lesson eventually. I was afraid that eventually he'd hate me for acting like a baby and he'd stop being nice like this.

I waited until there were no tears left in my eyes and then I removed my thumb from my mouth and started to squirm. He set me down and he looked around the room. He put a box in front of me and then he walked towards his phone.

"You can try to solve the puzzle." He said, dumping out these little strangely shaped pieces all over the floor. It looked like they might fit together, so I started trying to fit them together.

I was lost in the world of these pieces while Vidal had his conversation on the phone.

He called someone from work and told them he couldn't go. The man argued for a while, but eventually he gave in and let Vidal take several days off.

Then he called a man named Theo, and this time he sat down in front of me while he talked.

"Hey, Theo. Sorry I never got back to you." He said.

"Are you in a sexual relationship?" The man immediately said.

"What?" Vidal asked in shock.

"There's a girl... and now you're bringing her home and locking yourselves in your room and showering and eating together... tell me what's happening?" Theo said sternly.

"I'm not having sex with anyone, will you all relax? There's a girl in my life, that's all you need to know." He said.

"I was supposed to be the first guy to hear about this and to meet her. I was supposed to know immediately how you felt about her and you gave me the bare minimum.... I don't get it Vidal... what happened to my twin?" Theo said.

"Other than Uncle Rico and Romeo, you know the most." Vidal said to him.

They were talking about me. I was already causing so many problems for him in his life. he was going to hurt me. I was eventually going to mess up so badly and he was going to hurt me.

"Arabella told me about this, so don't even try to deny that she doesn't know stuff about this that I didn't." The man on the phone said. He sounded kind of hurt and I didn't understand why.

I just felt horrible because all these people were getting mad at Vidal and he didn't do anything wrong. He just wanted me to stay a secret, I guess. I didn't really know what I was most upset about, the fact that I was a secret or the fact that he probably hated me because I was making these people get angry at him.

"Just forget what Arabella said. She doesn't know what she's talking about." Vidal said before he looked back and saw me bawling my eyes out. "Listen. This is not the time. I'm not coming to the park like I said I would today. Bye." He said to the man on the phone.

He came over and he pulled me into his lap again.

"Hey, none of that. Why are you crying?" He asked me.

I didn't know if he thought I was going to respond or what, but I wasn't about to get beaten for making sound. Vidal was a confusing man. There were things I knew were wrong. I just knew I wasn't allowed to talk, but he kept pushing me to do it.

"Is it because of what he said? It's ok. They just don't understand." He said, tucking my hair behind my ear.

So, he doesn't hate me?

I was very confused. I thought he would be mad at me. I acted like a baby, I cried a lot and made him feed me, and I needed to suck on my thumb. Now on top of all that, I was causing issues in his life.

"Come. Let's go get you ready. We're going to go somewhere nice." He said to me.

I didn't want to go anywhere. I wanted to stay here where it was warm, and cozy and Vidal made me feel safe.

"I promise you'll like it when we get there." He said, and he went to the closet.

I crawled after him. It wasn't good manners to walk around him. I was determined to go back to following the rules so I could be good for him. I didn't want him to have a reason to be mad at me.

I knew he was nice now, but that's because I was new and shiny, once he got used to me, he would start hurting me. I think I probably got sold to him and he just doesn't want me to know that for some reason. I mean nothing made sense to me, but he was in charge now and I was supposed to serve him. Once I got over this shock, I'd start serving him properly, even though I didn't want to serve anyone.

He started packing up a bunch of the stuff he bought at the store he took me to. He put it all in a bag and then he zipped it up and took it to the door. He walked over to me and he put some socks on my feet and then the shoes he bought.

"Let's go." He said, picking me up and setting me down on my feet.

The shoes were very comfy on my feet. He made me walk after him and I didn't dare do anything else. I knew it was bad to walk around him, but he's the one that made me. I wondered if he'd punish me for something that he told me to do. Maybe that was the point, maybe it was all a test.

"Ok, Kiwi. In the car." He said softly, opening my door for me. He kneeled down and buckled me in. It made me nervous to be restrained. But he let me restrain him when I took a shower so I knew not to complain.

He looked up at me once I was buckled in and he tucked more hair behind my ear.

"Why are you nervous? Is it because I buckled you in? It's just for your safety, Kiwi." He said to me.

It's for my safety?

I didn't see how, but I just went with it.

I wondered where he was taking me, and all the wondering sent me back to a dark place.

What if he takes me back?

What if he just leaves me in the middle of nowhere all alone?

What if he's trying to get rid of me?

Maybe he was giving me away to someone else.

I didn't do enough, I wasn't a good girl for him and now he's just done with me.

I knew this was coming. But I like Vidal, I don't want to leave him.