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Sitting up, she drinks half the glass and places it on the nightstand I lower my head to hers and place my lips on her forehead I ask, "Better, honey?"

She hugs ht"

I tuck her in and make my way back to the others Max looks at me with a raised brow; I sht

I walk over to him, kiss his head and utter, "You’re so lucky"

He reaches back and squeezes my shoulder "Oh, I know" He chuckles, "She tellsCeecee to The White Rabbit?" I ask

He tells ets bored as hell there I let her bring her ga

I prod lightly, "What time are you there from?"

He looks up at me, eyes narrowed "From nine Why?"

I try to be as blasé as I can "Just asking souys are so into their gairls to follow et a drink

We all walk over to the hallway and discreetly as we can

Ti hallway has four doors down each side and one at the end which is Ceecee’s bedroom That’s nine additional rooms! This is a small mansion

The first two doors on either side are bedrooh, I really want to

We open the second door on the left hand side of the hallway and gasp e enter it It’s a srand piano in theelse

I start bounding up and down and send a pleading look to Nat She rolls her eyes but nods

Yay!

We try to find the light switch but can’t so Mimi walks over to the curtains and pulls theht

Nat sits at the piano, links her fingers together and stretches them She says, "I’m a little rusty" She looks to us and asks, "What arace’

Nat smiles at her, "Great choice, hon"

And then we sing

The girls disappeared a little while ago I get up and shush the guys There is faint piano lance around confused I walk over to the hallway and hear the girls singing to the piano

I wave the guys over and wein They are finishing up Arace No one has played that piano sinceplayed It brings back soood memories of my father

Nat remarks, "That esome I haven’t played in a while so sorry if it was a little off"

Then we hear Mimi "Can you do ‘Poker Face’?"

A confused Tina speaks, "Wait, I thought it was ‘Poke Her Face’ I thought it was a sexual innuendo"

Total goofball

Lola chuckles, "Like when you thought in ‘Can’t Fight The Moonlight’ the words were ‘Pardon Me The Starlight, Starlight’?"

Mi’ was ‘Hooked On The Ceiling’?"

Tina is holding her gut froles, "Yeah, I hate when I’"

All the girls laugh at her I’ Nat asks, "Any requests?"

The girls re of a choice Then Tina speaks up"Impossible"

I can see a frown form on Nat’s face She slowly shakes her head no

Tina touches her arm and softens her voice, "Please?"

Nat doesn’t look any happier but nods "Which version? Shontelle or James Arthur?"

Tina replies, "James Arthur"

Nat nods and works the piano The soft

I reo,

Someone told me I should take

Caution when it co voice She carries the song well

And nohen all is done there is nothing to say,

You have gone and so effortlessly,

You have won, You can go ahead, Tell them,

Tell them all I kno,

Shout it from the rooftops, Write in on the skyline,

All we had is gone now, Tell them I was happy

And my heart is broken, All my scars are open,

Tell them what I hoped would be impossible…

She sounds like she’s in pain I want to go over and hold her but I want to hear her tell her story She isn’t just singing the words This is gospel She feels the words

Falling out of love is hard, Falling for betrayal is worse,

Broken trust and broken hearts, I know…

My chest tightens with anger

Damn it, Tina’s been hurt Badly