There was so many thoughts running through my head, so many emotions. Sadness, anger, pity, worry, curious, helpless. Who did this to her? What happened in her past? Whether she wants it or not, I'm going to help her.

I will heal her inner child.

With tears in my eyes, I shut her diary and put it back where it was. Then, I searched around for a pen and a small piece of paper, I wrote something and slowly took her phone out of her pocket. I opened the clear case and slid the paper inside, then I placed her phone on her bedside table. I noticed she had already set an alarm for the meeting. Grabbing her blanket, I gently placed it over her before turning the light off and heading out the front door.

AVNI'S POV:

I woke up to the sound of my alarm buzzing at me. My head was pounding. I looked around in a daze, how the fuck did i get here?? I don't remember anything-
wait... I scrunched my face up tightly. However I DO remember seeing that familiar faced guy. Chocolate Labrador, the last thing I remember is seeing him sat next to me, trying to make conversation with me. Would he have brought me here? No no, Deeya must have. Deeya has done that many times before, without a doubt it must've been.

I spent so long trying to fit this puzzle piece together that i didn't realise my alarm was still ringing. I turned to face my bedside table and found a covered glass of lemon water ready for me- thanks Maa, always working late shifts and then early shifts the next day, but she still has time to think about me first.

I snatched my phone from the table because this ringing sound was starting to really piss me off, but I noticed something in my phone case... a piece of paper? Did I put that in there? I turned the alarm off and took off my phone case, pulling the paper out from it. Intrigued, I turned it around. It read:

Today is here to tell you
that it is proud you made it this far.
With all the setbacks in life,
it is glad you chose to press forward
even when it was hard.
~ :)

My eyes started watering after I read the note over and over again. I couldn't have wrote this for myself? I must find out where this is from, maybe it accidentally ended up inside my case?? No one would write this for me. I still wanted to keep it safe, so I slipped it into my diary and then drank my lemon water. The time read 10:04AM, luckily I won't be late to the meeting this time. A notification pinged on my phone; an email from Yusra. This must be the email she was talking about:

To Miss Avni Ayesha,

Good Morning! I hope to see you along with the others at 12PM today!
As I mentioned to you yesterday, I said that I would be emailing you the details of who you will be working with for your partner project. I've mostly paired everyone based on similar skill and experience, but I also know that opposites attract, so your partners will be slightly different in level to you in different fields.

The name of your partner is Mr Neil Khanna. Just like you, he's strong in psychology. However, as you enjoy writing, he enjoys researching and observing, hence I thought you both would benefit off of each other.

He will also be present at todays group meeting. See you there!

- Yusra, AZ INDUSTRIES.

Neil Khanna? I have to work with a man? Oh shit. It's okay Avni, it's not something you can avoid. You want the job, you have to step out your comfort zone to earn it. Remember, not all men are the same as the only one you've had experience with.