CHAPTER FORTY NINE

 

 Hayden

 

 

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The moment I stepped down from my car into her neighborhood something in me changed. Every fiber in  body tensed up ..thrummed in anticipation.. 

And something else.. 

There were just a few people walking about the streets. 

I approached the house I knew was hers slowly. 

This was her house.. 

I was this close to her... If I just walked inside... 

Suddenly my gaze focused on a sight just a few feet from where I stood . Just sitting on the carpeted grass floor was a little girl with two pigtails who was focused on drawing something on her book. 

I haven't seen her face...