"Amy do you want to tell me something?" Mom asked me as we were having breakfast.

"What? What do you mean?" I asked wondering what on earth was she talking about.

She couldn't possibly know could she?

"You've been quite uneasy for awhile now it's like you have something you want to say to me. I know you Amy. So spill." mom said to me.

"It's nothing." I said shaking my head before taking a bite out of a forkful of scrambled eggs.

"Don't give me that." Mom said staring intently at me. "I know that you have something that you want to mention so please go right ahead."

"Alright." I sighed. "I spoke with Marcos again last weekend."

"See, I knew it." Mom replied cocking her head to the side. "Let me guess, he tried fulling your head with a whole lot of foolishness and excuses."

"He did try to explain himself to me and apologized for not being there for me from the beginning."

I said to her.

"And whatever lies he fed you, do you believe them?" Mom asked raising a brow.

"I don't know. He said things that Carter- his son- he told me some of the same things. So I'm guessing they are true but that still doesn't excuse any of his actions or what he did to you. I told him just as much." I said to her.

"What exactly did he tried to explain?" Mom asked curiously.

"It's a lot of things. I think it'd be better if he told you them instead of me." I said to her." He wants to talk to you."

"What? No way." Mom said shaking her head. "Screw Marcos and his lies."

"Mom please, I know you're mad. And you were hurt severely and I'm no way defending him or condoning his actions, but I just think it'd be best if you hear him out." I said to her. "I'm not saying to forgive him or anything but just hearing what he has to say and try letting go. Harbouring a long term grudge isn't healthy for anyone."

"Amy, I don't know. It's not as easy as it sounds." Mom said to me. "I know it's been years but it still feels fresh. It still hurts."

"I know mom. But maybe if you talk to him and finally get out all those pent up feelings, it could help somehow." I replied.

"I really don't know Amy. I really don't know." Mom sighed.

Mom and I talked some more as we finished with breakfast and I helped her in cleaning up and washing the dishes. Mom had finally agreed to go talked with Marcos but not before telling me that I should probably be prepared to bail her out of jail. Mom left for work shortly after as I went back over to Lucas's apartment. I was so bored just staying in and not having much to do. Greta was there and sure we talked and everything but I still felt bored so I decided to go out.

I remembered last week when Lucas and I talked, he had mentioned that he liked my natural hair so I decided that although I love my new hair and thought purple hair was cool, maybe I should go back to my natural hair color. I decided to go get my hair done and maybe do some shopping or just eye shop. I got dressed in dark skinny jeans, black patterned sleeveless blouse with a white blazer and a pair of aquamarine flats and a black purse before leaving out.

I went to the hair salon I always go to and let the hairdresser know that I wanted to go back to my natural look. Since I had bleached my hair I had to get it dyed with a brown hair dye and would probably have to keep retouching up the roots until I grew out my hair. Whenever you bleached your hair instead of just dying it, your natural hair doesn't come back even when you try to remove the dye, you normally have to grow out the new hair.

The dye color that was added to my hair wasn't exactly my normal hair color but it was pretty close. When I left the hair salon, I decided to go do a small shopping and mostly eye shopping. I went to an affordable store that I've always frequented and bought an entire new outfit. A sleeveless v-cut grey dress with a type of frill design falling at the front with a peach belt below the bust area, matching peep toe heels and a cream handbag . The dress was cute and also on sale so I got it quite cheap.

I decided to go uptown a bit out of my comfort zone and look at all the nice things available. I may not be able to afford anything here but still that didn't mean I couldn't do eye shopping as planned. I had walked around for a while looking at things here and there before going into this nice store called CHANCES, I decided to take a 'chance' looking around inside. I was greeted by a familiar face when I entered the store. This was the girl Lexi had introduced me to as her brother's girlfriend at that business function.

"Hey there," she greeted with a friendly smile.

"Oh hi." I replied returning the smile.

"It's good to see you again." She smiled "You remember me? We..."

"We met at that business function." I nodded smiling. "Yes, I remember you. You're Lexi's sister in law"

"Yeah, I guess I am. Though I'd rather you call me Kathleen instead." she chuckled.

"And I'm Amy." I chuckled as well.

"Well it's a surprise seeing you here today. Are you here alone?" She asked looking towards the doorway.

I'm guessing she must be looking for some one of Lucas's guards or watchmen or something considering past events.

"Oh yeah, I am." I informed her. "I kind of have a little bit of Lucas's trust. Just enough to be out shopping by myself now. Wow, this place is amazing. I can't believe I've never been in here before and I didn't know you worked here either."

"Yeah, I've been in charged here for a while. Ever since Lexi opened this store." Kathleen said to me.

"This is Lexi's store?" I asked surprised "I had no idea."

"Yep and that restaurant next door? Hers as well. She owns the building." Kathleen informed me.

"Really? Wow, that's so impressive." I said looking around in awe.

I could see other store attendance assisting other customers. As I looked around somehow my feet took me over to the lingerie section. I have no idea what it is but lingerie always seem to be calling to me whenever I go to a store. I didn't know if it was as a result of all the years I've spent dressing up in lingerie why I always seem to gravitate towards the lingerie areas.

"These are amazing." I looked at Kathleen before looking back at the lingeries.

"I know right. Let me tell you a secret, this is where I got most of my lingeries." Kathleen told me. "We've always got the best stuffs coming in. We even got a few newer stocks yesterday, like these over here."

"Omg. Those are probably a bit too naughty for me." I chuckled before a particular one caught my eyes, I just couldn't resist touching it.

"That also came yesterday." Kathleen informed me.

"Lucas would love this." I said to myself but was shocked when Kathleen questioned my statement. I had no idea I had said that out loud.

"What? Lucas? Wait, are you guys a thing now?" She asked in surprised.

"Uh... I didn't mean to say that out loud." I said sheepishly.

"You were thinking out loud. I guess I shouldn't be surprise that you and Lucas would eventually started seeing each other. After all you live together but it still is surprising."

"There isn't exactly a label attached to Lucas and I relationship right now." I admitted to her. "We're kinda just two people who happened to share each other's bed a few times. I don't think you would refer to us as an item."

"Trust me girl when that starts happening, a title or label isn't usually far behind." She said to me. "So, are you going to get this?"

"I must admit I do love it, but I don't think I can afford it right now." I said to her. "I'm sorta on a budget, I have to stick to items within an affordable price range. I'm just going to look at it and go."

"How about if I give you a discount for it?" Kathleen asked with a sneaky smile.

"I doubt a discount is going to make much difference." I replied.

"Even if it's 50% or more off?" Kathleen asked smiling and raising a brow.

"Are you serious?" I couldn't resist asking.

She'd do that just so that I could the lingerie piece? I couldn't believe it.

****

I was thinking about getting ready for work when Lucas called me telling me that I had tonight off from work and he was taking me somewhere so I should dress nicely as he would pick me up in a couple of minutes. Lucas and I had been a bit more friendly and on better terms right now. Last week Lucas had opened up to me briefly about why he was so adamant with people gaining his trust and opening up to people. He had a bad experience with a female he had trusted was real- who turned out to betray him and had happened to be secretly working for an enemy group back then. It was from then that he had trust issues with people and the fact that he always seen multiple reasons not to trust people easily. He had also let it slip that he tend to lose the ones he cared about, therefore he always try to not let people in. I was actually surprised that Lucas even opened up to me that much, I tried asking him what's the difference why he decided to open up to me about his past and in that instant he just closed up once again and resorted back to his threats- letting me know that if I ever think about crossing him or make him regret some decision he was going to take care of me instantly.

I wasn't sure where Lucas was planning to take me or what was the occasion so I was having a bit of a struggle with what to wear. He told me to dress nicely but did he mean wearing a dress kind of nice or comfortable nice like a bit casual? I wasn't sure so I settled on an outfit that I hoped would be suitable for almost any type of occasion Lucas may have in mind. I slipped on a black spaghetti strap maxi dress which stopped at mid thigh, with a jeans jacket over it, a grey scarf, black louboutins and black purse. I added some diamond earrings and silver bangles.

I had just finished catching my hair in a ponytail and added some eyeliner, mascara and lip gloss when Lucas arrived. I hadn't expected him to show up so soon even though he had told me he would be there in a couple minutes. Fortunately, I was actually ready so he didn't have to wait much longer. The first thing caught Lucas's attention was my hair which was back to normal. He expressed his love for my natural hair color once again and told me that he still thought I looked hot being purple headed but he rather seeing me in my natural state. I was actually flattered by the compliment. I had of course bombarded him with questions about my outfit if it was suitable for whatever occasion and he told me that it was perfect and I looked smashing.

"Do you mind me asking where we're going?" I finally decided to ask him after driving for some minutes now.

"It's a show. That's all I'm saying." Lucas responded.

"A show like a play or...."

"It's somewhat like a musical." Lucas told me before I could finish asking my question.

"A musical?" I asked surprised. "I wouldn't take you for a guy who enjoys musicals."

"Who says I do?" Lucas asked me.

"Seriously? I'm guessing because you said we're going to a show- musical. So if you don't like or enjoy them why would we be going to one then?" I asked turning my head to look at him.

"Because I thought you might enjoy them." he replied.

"I actually wouldn't know if I enjoy musicals or not. I've never been to one before." I told him.

"Well guess we'll both find out tonight." Lucas responded.

The venue where the show was taking place was actually a big theatre. We were seated in a VIP area up on the second floor where it was not so crowded and we could clearly see everything which was talking place down below on the stage. When the show finally started I was so intrigued and amused. I honestly loved it. It wasn't just a musical but like a live play performance with gymnasts. That was the part that really grabbed me. I had taken years of gymnastics so now watching a show with other gymnasts and the way they moved got me so caught up- I actually missed gymnastics right now.

"You like it." Lucas stated looking over at the expression on my face.

"Are you kidding me? I love it. This is so amazing it's like a whole full package-singing, dancing, acting and gymnastics." I said glimpsing at him briefly before focusing back on the stage not wanting to miss a second of it. "You know it's so rare for them to includes gymnastics in these types

of things but this here is a big change. Wow, I remembered when I used to attend gymnastics classes. This is so cool."

"I'm glad you're enjoying it." Lucas said giving me a smile.

"Thanks for bringing me here tonight Lucas." I said looking at him intently. "I really appreciate it, this means a lot to me."

"I remembered you told me about you being a gymnast before. I knew you would like this even if not the whole other performances but I know the gymnastics performance would amaze you."

"It sure did. Thank you." I smiled at him. "What about you? Are you enjoying this? Are did you just bring us here for me?"

"I'm finding the performances uhm what do you say, uh... relaxing." Lucas responded.

"Relaxing?" I asked raising a brow hoping he would elaborate.

"Yes, that's the best word to use right now." He replied.

For the next hour, we watched the show quite interestedly- well I know I did. I was actually leaning forward in my seat due to how caught up I was in the performances. When the show ended, Lucas and I left. We stopped at a restaurant and Lucas kept apologizing for starving me throughout a two hours performance. I had to let him know that wasn't quite true. I wasn't even hungry and that the performance alone kept me full throughout.

The restaurant Lucas took me to was a really nice Italian restaurant. In my mind I was wondering, is this a date? But there was no way I would ask that. I just kept it to myself that yes it was indeed a date. The menu was in Italian and I couldn't read one thing on the menu which Lucas had to translate for me, as well make my order. I even learned something I never knew about Lucas; he was actually Italian too. Like seriously? How could I missed that and not figure that out before?

I always preferred to stick to food that I was familiar with, therefore I decided to just get Carbonara which was an Italian pasta dish with eggs, cheese, bacon and black pepper. I wasn't going to take a chance one any of the other fancy name foods- one of which Lucas had ordered for himself. Lucas and I talked in between bites of our food. Basically it was us trying to know each other better. At one point, one of Lucas's hand and mine were intertwined while Lucas just kept rubbing his thumb back and forth on top of my hand and playing with my fingers.

To me, this felt like a scene from out of a romantic movie and I was secretly loving the scene. Lucas had said something that caused me to laugh and that was when my eyes briefly caught Adena and Marcos sitting across the room and by the looks on her face she was clearly looking at our intertwined hands on the table with a shock expression. Marcos was still yet to see us. I quickly averted my eyes back to Lucas, pretending that I didn't see her.

This now was awkward. I almost felt as if I was caught with another woman's man.

"Everything alright?" Lucas asked looking at my face.

"Huh? Oh yeah, yeah. Everything is great, it's just that I need to use the ladies room." I said to him standing up. "Please excuse me, will you?"

"Go ahead, I'll get the check. We'll leave when you get back." Lucas said to me.

"Alright, I'll be right back." I smiled at him before leaving for the restroom.