chapter 1

am Beatrice Athena Paterson.

I live in an apartment in London, England my best friend loves to have some sleepovers with me on Sundays and Saturdays.

"Gracie don't even bother coming with me " I pulled out my tongue showing her how disappointed I am.

"Listen hear miss Paterson you can't force me to come with you to the park " she pulls her middle finger. I scoffed at her and pulled my middle finger at her.

"Oh **** YOU I'm coming," she said grabbing her winter cout.

I smiled at my victory.

She stepped out the door as fast as she could and made her way downstairs.

I sighed and locked the door after us.

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It was so stunning in the park the snow was white as I could believe it was.

It was cold all I could see was white and lots of people fighting in the snow. I jokingly tossed some snow at Gracie but my smile goes away when I see her looking at me with a maniac smile.

"No no leave me alone I will call your father I swear " I laughed and I didn't have a chance to move because I felt myself being pushed in big snow.

"My butt will freeze " she laughed at me then she tried to get me up. She didn't know what she got herself in I pulled her in the snow with me.

Gracie said she will go home because her parents are calling her. (She is 20 years old and she has a younger brother )

I was sad but instead of going home myself, I went to a coffee shop that I saw. I made my way in and the smell of coffee hit my nose.

"Just coffee with 1 pump of milk please " I smiled at the old man that was probably in his late 40's.

He smiled at me and nodded his head.

After 5 minutes he made my coffee and made my way to a table.

I sat at the table and took my phone out and started to talk to Gracie on the phone.

I and Gracie are different and this is why I loved her.

She has blonde short hair. I had brown long hair.

She has brown dark eyes I have hazel eyes.

She is taller, I am shorter.

She has a family, I don't have a family.

Her parents never killed each other, on the other hand, mine did.

I ended the call with a goodbye and started to go home.

I got up and made my way out the door.

The cold air hit my face as I closed the door behind me. I was tired of walking so much I didn't even know where I was and it made it harder as there was more roads and entering.

I was at the end of a heel. When I could fully feel that someone was following me. It was scary and scarier because I had no clue where I was. I only had 1 year in London, England I originally come from California.

My heart made it even harder for me not to have a panic attack right there.

"Leave the woman alone man the **** is wrong with you?" I hear another voice from the other side of the road.

The man from back scoffed and went somewhere else.

"Thank you, sir" I smiled at him. He was coming on the street I was. Oh, God.

He smiled at me, the most generous smile I saw.

"You lost?" He questioned me.

"Yes, how did you know?"

"You could see it from a mile away. " he had blue dark eyes and his hair was nice. Brown hair on the side.

"Oh," I only said as I put my head down and stopped walking.

"What street?" He said as he looked at me.

" If I would say it will you follow me home?" I said.

He chuckled.

"Silly girl I'm not a creep "

I gave him not my real street but a street that I knew.

"Ok let's go then" he smiled and I followed him.

"Do you have any questions?" He said as there was silence.

"Yes I do...why did you help me?"

"I have a younger sister and she was followed home....she was murdered "

"I'm sorry," I said.

"Nah it's okay"

"You have brothers or sisters?" He said.

"I have a brother who helped me stable myself in London," I said.

My brother worked 2 jobs so he can help me go to London and have an apartment than to have a job so that I can escape hell. he died in a car accident.

"Oh, that's a really good brother if you ask me..." He said.

"Yes he was "

"Here we go your location miss..?"

"Beatrice," I said and I saw his hand coming to mine to shake. I shake his hand and he smiles at me.

"Miss Beatrice I am Adam," he said.

We said goodbyes to each other and went home as fast as I could.

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