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That was all that was clouding my mind since the moment | woke up this morning and slipped out of the bed,

and then out of the island. Addison was still asleep this morning when | did that, and | had wanted to wake her at

first to let her know that | was leaving, but | ended up deciding against it cause | was certain that once she

stared atwith those eyes of hers, I'd be unable to get those

words out.

| was fully aware that it was selfish of me. After all, | was supposed to be her strength there at the wedding

today, and someone who could distract her once she started getting sad at the wedding. But after getting what |

needed for my goal, | had no reason to still stay behind there.

But why was | still in Italy right now?

| was supposed to have gotten back to LA at this point, however, despite leaving the island this morning, | found

myself driving towards everywhere but the damned airport. | felt so mad at myself that | was feeling this way

right now. A part ofassumed | was feeling this was cause | was aware that | used her in my own game, but |

used a lot of people in my life, and I've never felt guilty before, which is why this feeling of guilt was still

something surprising to me.

It was at the front of my mind to call her, since the day fully broke and | was certain she'd have woken up and

have already discovered that | was gone. But | had kept convincing myself agsinst doing that, while reminding

myself | didn’t owe her any explanations so the call was gonna be

unnecessary.

However, it's been hours. Right now, the sun was retreating behind the clouds, and | was still regarding my

phone with a sharp intensity, still contemplating calling her to ask if she’s alright, and if she survived the

wedding without breaking down.

Again, | shook my head, reminding myself to not do that because it wasn’t needed anymore. At this point, the

wedding is undoubtedly almost over, so it was pointless forto check in and provide an excuse to her at this

point. I'd just tell Gregg an emergency cup once | get back to LA, he'd undoubtedly understand. However, |

wasn't sure why this guilty feeling won't go away, and why | just won't drive over to the airport.

I should have really hired a driver. If | had done that, the driver would have drivenover to the airports

without stalling ridiculously.

Since when did | even get this ridiculous?!

| let out a sigh as | got out of the car and dragged a hand over my face, and then | stared into the orange sky.

The sky looked so pretty right now, and it remindedof Addison. Sometimes her large eyes remindedof

the sky, they were as beautiful as the sky is right now.

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On realizing that | was thinking about Addison right now, | let out last sigh before wrenching the car open and

grabbing my phone, then I closed the door and leaned away from it. As | opened my phone and scrolled through

the notifications, | noted that there was no text or call from Addison, indicating that she was furious as hell. In

my mind, an image of her furious face materialized. Her nose scrunch up in such an adorable way that always

madelaugh each time.

| shoved that thought away, scrolling past missed calls from my parents and brother, and that madescoff.

They made it clear that they didn’t wantaround, so | wondered why they all calledtoday. There was no

calls from Gregg and | assumed this means Addison was yet to inform him. that | bailed out on her.

| pulled up Addison’s contact. | had resaved it as ‘bunny’ at a certain point, and now, my thumb hovered over the

call button. | want to call her, to confirm that she’s alright, that was all. | hated to admit it, but | was worried

about her. | figured that was because of this guilt | was feeling right now.

Perhaps after calling and confirming that she was fine, I'd be able to let go of this ridiculous guilt, then I'll be able

to finally get to the airport and board a fucking plane like | should have done since morning.

Before | could change my mind, | clicked on the call button and pressed the phone against my ear, my steady

heartbeat slowing down.

| wasn’t completely shocked when she didn’t answer the call. After all, | know she was undoubtedly mad at me. |

wasn’t gonna apologize, cause | don’t think | did anything wrong. | was just gonna check in on her, ensure that

she was alright, then that was it.

She didn’t accept the call the second or third time, and | felt myself start to get annoyed.

No one ever ignores my calls. Not even my father who's trying to teacha lesson. Should | ever call him, he

picks it up on the first ring.

Feeling annoyed, | shoved my phone into my pocket and got back into the car, then I finally drove to the airport.

After parking the car in where it would get picked up cmorning, | hesitated before stepping out, and hating

myself for wanting to do this again but unable to help myself, | fished my phone out from my pocket and called

Addison one more time.

No answer.

“Fucking hell...”

| opened our messages and shot her a text.

Zane: answer the damn calls

She read the text almost immediately, confirming that she itbirrr those calls on purpose, and the irritated feeling

withintripled.

She started to type in a response instantly.

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Bunny; fuck you, Zane.

| rolled my eyes this time. She’s definitely mad at me.

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But why is a smile tugging at the sides of my lips right now like that was a good thing? It was something that was

supposed to makefeel more annoyed, but unfortunately i thought of her angry face which looks cute as hell.

| typed in a response after that.

Zane; just answer the damn call, | only wanna ask a few questions.

Her response ca second later.

Bunny; go fuck yourself, Zane

Bunny; you seriously bailed out ontoday of all days?

Bunny; seriously, go fuck yourself

Bunny: don’t textagain

| reread the text and rolled my eyes, then | typed in a single response,

Zane: answer the call.

When | called her this time, | thought she’d still ignore it, but | was surprised as hell, and pleased that she

listened towhen she answered the call.

Before even saying anything, | was already pulling out of the spot | had parked into, and getting into the road

again.

“Where are you? I'm coming over right now.”

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