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"Can't we go this morning to look for it?" she asked.
"I'm not going to be leaving that late," I replied. "Just like an hour from now. But I promise I'll get it for you."
"Okay," she sighed.
"Now let's go brush our teeth," I said.
"But the food will get cold," Ben pointed out. "I think you two can make an exception this morning only."
"Yay!" she exclaimed and went to the table.
"What did you want to say?" he asked.
"When we get home this evening," I replied.
"I guess I'll wait then as well," he said.
I still had time. There was no need rushing it.
****
I wasn't able to talk a lot with Ben as I got to the office. For some odd reason, we were very busy. Ethan was around to drop off his birthday gift for Chloe but had to help us out as well. I couldn't tell Ethan about my new plans of staying, but he had given me the tickets. I guess it was his way of saying that it was up to me to leave or stay. As work came to an end, I ordered a cab to Byrd Park.
It was already half past seven, and there were little to no people around to enjoy the night’s activities. I went through every site we had visited but found nothing. I went to the oak tree where we had our picnic and someone was already there, bending over to pick up something.
"Excuse me, is that a teddy bear? It's mine," I said as I walked over to him.
"Is it?" the familiar voice asked.
He turned around. I noticed it was Jason holding the teddy bear.
Fuck.
Why did have to be moments when I was already feeling good about myself?
"Evening, Jason," I greeted. "Could I please have that back?"
*I thought you said she died?" he asked.
"What are you on about this time?" I sighed.
"The girl you were with yesterday, and that guy from last week," he clarified. "That girl looked a lot like Sophia."
"You don't even know what Sophia looked like," I said.
"I may have not seen her in person, but she was your profile picture on your Instagram," he explained.
I felt disgusted. "Were you… Are you stalking me?"
"What? No," he shook his head negatively. "I know you don't believe me, but I did feel bad for leaving. I kept watch over you two. You just stopped posting about her or posting in general. I didn't know… anyway, who was this girl who looks like her?"
"It's not Sophia. Sophia is dead." I hated the fact he was making me remember. "I buried her myself."
"Wait so this is her doppelganger?" he asked as he looked at the teddy bear. "The man… is her father?"
I didn't answer, "Please just give me back the toy.*
"No wonder you were so close to him…because his kid looks like our late daughter," he continued.
