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    Stephan: Anything to spend time with you, my love.

    Me: Is your mom pissed?

    Stephan: Sort of. She’s mad that she had to hear about it on the news, but she’s happy for us. She loves you.

    Me: Yeah, waiting to tell our family wasn’t our brightest idea.

    Stephan: LOL definitely not… I’m going to go to sleep now. I can’t wait to see you tomorrow. I love you.

    Me: Love you too.

    I set my phone on the nightstand and stare at the ceiling in my bedroom. Tonight is the first night that I actually miss being in Hope, though I think it has more to do with the fact that Stephan is there. It doesn’t matter where I am as long as he is with me.
    Over the past two months though, Hope has become my home. My house in LA is just where I stay when I have to work. And my house in Europe is where I go when I want to vacation… But Hope is where I go when I want to go home. And as much as I hate to admit it, I kind of miss high school. I miss hanging out with Ethan… I even miss Mona, which is kind of ironic.
    Well — I suppose Mona IS my sister-in-law now.
    I wonder if her and Stephan will ever get over the grudge they have for each other. While it seems like they won’t, I truly think they will. Or at least, I hope they will. Stephan needs to get to know his sister, no matter what the circumstances have been.
    I can’t help but feel bad for Mona. I know that how she treated Stephan was wrong, but she just reacted in the only way she knew how… And that was to lash out and blame the only person left to blame. I can understand where she’s coming from.
    Then I think about my own dad. Seriously, what is up with all this cheating? Though, if my dad hadn’t cheated, Bridgett and I wouldn’t be here.
    I know that I will forgive him.
    Bridgett, however, may never forgive him.
    I want to talk to him again. I want to know about my mom. I want to know what she was like. I wonder if he has a picture of her. Maybe Bridgett and I get our looks from her. Someday I will ask. But for now, I’m just going to give myself time to heal. I need a minute to breathe before I can move forward.

Tuesday, November 11
    8:34 PM
    Absence makes the heart grow fonder… Or not…

    “And… cut!” Nancy yells. “That’s a wrap.”
    Even though I am completely exhausted, I somehow manage to jump up and down and scream like a little girl. I’m glad that we finished the video early and ecstatic that when I get home Stephan will be there.
    No more Nancy!
    Nancy narrows her eyes at me. “Where was this excitement while we were shooting?”
    Alec pats Nancy on the shoulder. “Try living with her.”
    “Yeah, why are you still living with me?” I ask him, as we walk to my dressing room. “You have a house in LA. You live like five miles away from me.”
    “I get to be with Bridgett at your house,” he answers easily. “ I have to make her fall deeply and madly in love with me .”
    “Haven’t you heard the saying absence makes the heart grow fonder ?”
    “You see, that might work in some instances, but when it comes to Bridge, I have to act now,” he explains. “She’s too pretty. If I don’t stake my claim, some hot actor with awesome abs will come sweep her off her feet. Then I’d have to kill him.”
    I laugh. “Great logic, Alec. But I’ve seen your abs. They’re very nice.”
    He smirks. “I know, right?”
    “Your conceitedness never ceases to amaze me. No wonder Bridgett can’t stay away… Oh wait…” I wink at him. “I’m going to shower and go home to my husband. So I’ll see you later. Go bug my sister.”
    “I’ll tell her you sent me.”
    Twenty minutes later, I am in my car on the way home. I have a missed call on my phone. I don’t recognize the number, so I play the voicemail as I drive.
    “Scarlett…” I hear Mona’s voice on the other end. Her voice breaks, and I can tell she’s been crying. “I told my dad… about Stephan and my real dad. I wanted him to know before the documentary