"You're at the bakery?" Cayden asks,

"You literally called the bakery phone," I deadpan, it's like when someone asks if you're home, excuse me, I had no idea I could take my phone to holiday with me...

I hear him sigh, before saying, "Yeah sorry, you left really early today,"

I woke up early today and left for work, not like usual where Cayden and I would sit for breakfast and start our morning together.

I nod, but then realise he can't see me, "yeah, busy day today," I lie, I'm sure he knows that as well since it's a Tuesday and Tuesdays are always a little dead.

I hear the bell on the door jingle, turning my head to find Peter, "Hey, Peter," I smile, he returns a shy smile and holds his hand up to wave.

"Whose that?" I hear Cayden ask

"Customer, anyways I should get going, the place is getting really full, Bye!" I hang up, not waiting for his response and put the phone down, turning to Peter.

"Hey, kid, how are you today?" Since the last time I saw him, there hasn't been any new bruises or wounds on him, unless he's covering them somehow.

He shyly nods, "I'm good, how are you?"

"I'm alright, what you in the mood for today?" I ask,

"Oh the cupcake you made yesterday, it-it was really good, not as sweet but it was nice," he says, reminding me, I had written the recipe down but just hadn't made any today, wasn't sure if it'd do any good. Even though the 10 I made yesterday, were all gone.

"Really? That's good and yeah it's supposed like that, for people who may not be a big fan of sweet desserts. Even though that should really be a crime, but still we shouldn't judge, each to their own," this causes Peter to laugh as he looks through his options.

Once again Peter decided to join us, he sat in the corner and did homework while I worked, when it got quieter, I'd sit with him and just chat,

"He's nice, helps out around the house," I was telling him about my 'housemate'.

He smiles and nods, "that's nice, I just live with my dad, but we usually have- I mean we usually take turns around the house for chores," he stiffened up for a second before nodding again and smiling, that was weird...

"What is he to you?" He randomly asks.

"he's- he's a friend."

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Who would've thought my life could get any crazier, definitely not me.

"No, I swear he's here!" I whisper yelled into the phone, hiding behind the aisle.

Instead of going straight home, I decided to do some shopping and buy groceries, thinking this would be a straightforward trip.

Clearly not...

"Melody, stop following him and come back," Cayden warns, he sounds angry...

While I was buying cereal I noticed a familiar face on the other end of the aisle, scary gang leaders eat cereal? Maybe instead of milk, they have it with the blood of their enemies. Eww...

I groan, "He's gonna get away again. I'm calling E,"

"NO, Mel-" before he could say anything, I cut the phone but then very quickly realised that I don't even have E's number. Great.

Instead, I called Nice, who might be dead because he didn't pick up!

Giving up I looked around to see if the scary dude was still here and indeed he was, walking away with a box in his hand. Instead of following him, I dumped my trolley and ran to the parking lot and back to my car, looking around for any tape.

Coincidentally, there was a roll of masking tape under my seat, quickly grabbing that and turning my phone to completely silent, I scanned the parking lot, looking for the guy's car.

It wasn't hard to miss, the car that was randomly parked by the side, not in an actual parking spot also the scary looking guy sat inside, I could see a bit of his scorpion tattoo poking out his shirt.

Taking a deep breath and lots of prayers, I try covering my face with most of my hair and approach the car, instantly the guy looks up. Geez, why is he so scary!

"Excuse me, Sir," I cried, while fake snuffling and fidgeting around, "can you please help me,"

"What is it, girl?" He spat out, causing me to flinch backwards and pretend to cry a little.

"Never mind, you're mean," I was genuinely about to turn around and leave, giving up on my plan when the guy stops me.

He groans, "what do you want?" Awh he's nice...

"There's a guy," I point towards a random car, "a very weird guy he's sat outside my car and keeps barking at me when I try getting in... I thought maybe you could help me," adding more sniffles, I looked down, playing the scared little girl act.

"Where, I don't see anything?" I hear him say at the same the door opens, halfway there.

"He's on the other side, could you please chase him away... It's the red car in the back," I point towards the random red car in the back that was kinda hidden between other cars.

I peek out my hair and notice him warily glance at me, before walking towards the car.

I quickly bend down, looking back and forth to make sure no one was coming, taking the masking tape and my phone out, pull some tape out and searching under the car for a safe spot. Finding one, I rip some tape out, in the process almost taking my lips apart, geez why couldn't I coincidentally also have some scissors.

Sticking the tape onto my phone to attach under the car, phew, now let's hope my phone doesn't fall off...

"What are you doing?" A deep voice behind me asks,

I try to carefully hide the tape inside my sleeves and stand up, "sorry, I was scared that guy might see me and come running, so I hid..."

He narrows his eyes at me, "there was no man there,"

"Really? He must've seen you coming and ran, I mean you do look... I mean, thank you so much for your help!" Clapping my hands together, I walk back to the random red car.

I stand by the door and notice the guy shaking his head, getting back in the car.

I better call- oh wait...

Hi guys

What on earth is Melody doing😕

(As if I didn't just make her do that...🙂)

they have 3 months to fall in love I need to move this along!! I feel like this book is getting too long, I might just have to pull an 'When you walked in'.

Anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed! Thank you for reading, voting or comments, lots of love! 💕

Stay safe mi amigos!💕

(This is the last time we'll see this cockroach 😭☹️)