"Don't you ever get sick of the way you act?" Hunter asked his best friend Veronica.

"Hm? What do you mean? I don't seduce the fools who come on to me. THEY come sniffing around me not the other way around." Vero looked at Hunter in boredom.

"Yeah... I mean I get it, they will stray from their happy lives if it comes to their dicks, but like don't you feel ANY guilt?" He looked at her and wondered what went through her head at times like this.

"Honestly? No, I don't. I couldn't give two shits if they got caught with me in bed with them. Hell I'd probably clap when their wives or partners went 'I want a divorce and I'm taking half your money with me'"

Wide eyed he stared at her in disbelief. He couldn't see the girl he knew before she turned into this viper. He had loved that version of her because of the way she would always smile and giggle at the weirdest things. Where had that girl gone? She wasn't completely gone though because at rare times that beautiful, sunny, and innocent girl would pop up from time to time and quickly disappear again.

"What? Why are you looking at me that way? Hunter you know I don't do innocents I do a very good check into their social media accounts, because hello I'm not going to fall in love with a moron with a wife and three kids. Darling you know if I didn't have a lack of faith in all humanity I'd look for love."

"Can you even love?"

Snorting Vero rolled her eyes, "Yes I know how to fall in love Huntie. Been in love before."

She sneered at the memory of that jackass who had ruined her views and taken everything she had held close to her. Her precious, beautiful, INNOCENT daughter was ripped out of her hands by the court of men and all their pathetic lack of morals.

"And what happened to that love?" He looked at her face filled with malice.

"It is unfortunate he's not burning in hell right now. He's breathing as we speak. How do I know? His wife and I hook up behind his back"

"I'm sorry...what now? You swing both ways? How come I didn't know that?" Hunter basically swallowed his tongue by the end.

Laughing at him and his reaction of her sexuality ticked her pretty. Appearances weren't everything to be judged by.

Humming by the end of her laughter she simply replied, "Yuppers. I hit both teams and they hit me right back. Don't be so quick to judge another by how they look Huntie it's rude you know."

Licking his lips, he nodded like a bobble doll and remained quiet for once.

Taking pity on him she continued on, "It started after that bastard took my child. She was still a baby at the time. She was beautiful Hunter you should've seen her. Quiet as she could be, just looking at the world with a sweet view while trying to chew off her foot. What's with babies and their feet anyways?"

Whispering softly he finally spoke. "I didn't know you had a child Vero. Where is she right now by the way?"

Smiling sadly, she looked down at her worn out the nightmare before Christmas sweater,and started bunching it up not speaking for a minute. It hurt her to think, of her sweet Moria Bella,she was still with her in a way but it wasn't the way she wanted.

"She's with that bastard and my lover. She brings my daughter to me when we hook up, well after we hook up. I won't mess up my child's life just because I'm selfish.

I get to hold her tiny form and smell her unique scent. It keeps changing as she grows up you know? I missed all the important moments in her life.

The day she first learned how to walk, I was thankful that Belthia took video of every moment. She recorded her first word, her first giggle, her first smile.

I missed all those steps because he was a selfish asshole who didn't want a child but since Belthia couldn't have children and lets be honest here she didn't WANT kids to begin with. He took my child and handed her over to her without a care of what Belthia wanted just for her to play mommy.

She did ask where the baby came from. She might be a blonde but she's not stupid. He avoided answering then when he got fed up he just admitted it was his and left. She was the one who looked for the mother and found out the full truth."

Leaning to kiss Veronica on the forehead he pondered why hadn't he known before. He felt like a failed best friend. He'd failed her when she needed him the most and why hadn't she called?

"Why didn't you ever ring me up in the middle of the night Vee? If I had known I would've just stayed silent while your tears fell.

Screamed like you had been stabbed multiple times. Hell I'd have driven to your house and held you if you wanted. Why didn't you do all that though?"

He started to cry imagining the pain filled days and nights she had probably stared at her gray walls, contemplating how had it all gone to shit, threw things everywhere seeing it shatter just like her life without her baby.

"Hunter don't cry, I didn't tell you because you were going through enough stress at the time. College is never a peaceful time and adding my baggage would've topped off a panic attack."

Growling at her he replied,"It wouldn't have mattered! You are my best friend then, now, and even later in the future."

Laughing and kicking his legs softly Veronica smiled in fondness for one of the few people that actually cared about her feelings, thoughts, and what went on her life when she wasn't around. If only she could've fallen in love with Hunter and not Shawn. What good things could she come up with why had she fallen in love with Shawn?

He had a good sense of humour? He was good looking with his built and charm? Oh she knew he could hide his evil soul behind a wonderful smile. Hm I guess the sex wasn't that bad if she could get past the burning rage inside of her wanting to kill all his good traits.

"Hunter...sweetie you helped me in your own way. I know it doesn't seem that way since I kept you blind, but your honesty about how you asked how I was doing and didn't give me sympathetic platitudes on how it would get 'better' simply because you didn't KNOW anything."

"So you wanted the whole 'ignorane is bliss' shit from my side? Is that it?"

"Yup. What you didn't know wouldn't hurt me indirectly. You were the perfect friend by being blind to the truth around me."

"So are we going to get her back?"

"Nope."

"Why not?"

"She's safe for now. Belthia brings me my daughter every weekend. I get to hold her and she even calls me 'mama'. I won't destroy what I have now I have to think long term.

The facts are that he's powerful and I'm not. He can get her into schools I can only dream of sending her to. She can have it all if she stays with him. Will it make me go insane that he gets to see her everyday? Hell yeah it will yet we can use him and she can STILL know of my exsistance and know that I love her."

"Damn you thought about this for a very long time haven't you?"

"Yup."

***Writer's note :)
SO I never expected this story to be longer than what it was supposed to be but I want to make it 5 chapters and for once I want it to be finished unlike my more recent work unlike Journal Entries (which I totally love even while it's kind of depressing at the beginning)***

P.s. the picture isn't mine! Just saw it on Google and I love the nightmare before christmas!!!