Eliza's POV

Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. What the freak is that banging in my head? I lifted my head from the bed and looked over to see if Haynes was still in bed, he wasn't. He's probably making breakfast. Hopefully. I slowly got out of bed and noticed my feet aching. When my door sprung right open with two boys being loud and rowdy just like old times, I remembered. I drank too much and I wore super high heels. Awesome. I just stared at Edgar and Kai. 

"Oh, you're hungover." Edgar pointed out the obvious. 

"Well, Haynes left a few hours ago for work." 

"A few hours? What time is it?" I panicked a little.

"probably three in the afternoon." Kai shrugged.

"Or nine in the afternoon." Edgar snickered. 

"I had to be at work nearly two hours ago!" I shouted and quickly checked my phone. 

Several missed calls from Donnie. He is going to kill me. I quickly changed into a pink and blue pastel tie dye shirt, light blue jeans and black and white stripes slip on shoes. I looked at the two, who were about to say something negative and stopped them. I kissed Edgar on the cheek and left. Edgar and I are super close, I'm sure if he weren't gay, we'd be married right now. 

I took a deep breathe and then walked into work. Pete just stared at me, terrified for my safety. He gave me an iced coffee and wished me luck. I walked past Donnie's office, hoping he wouldn't see me. Okay,listen, I know I technically own this place, but I really was suppose to be in work early today. I had a lot of things to get done since taking off yesterday. So, since I wasn't here, Donnie probably did all my work. 

"Eliza!" He shouted.

Darn it! He saw me. I am totally screwed. I am also not prepared for this at all. I took a deep breathe and walked in. Donnie looked pissed. 

"Where were you?"

"Home, but I was promoting a club last night with a friend, that I was doing for over 10 hours." Hopefully he gets off my back for a bit. 

"I had to do all your paperwork, plus mine. That's over 200 pages, so uh over 12 hours." 

"Give me a break man. I-"

"You what? You drank too much? That's it right?"

I knew I couldn't say anything else to get him to back off. So, I started to walk out. He stopped me. 

"Go home, Eliza." 

I turned to him, "What?"

"Go home. You're obviously not fit to be working today and I don't want to look at you."

"I own this place."

"I co own it and if I think you're a safety hazard, then you go home. Sober up."

I couldn't argue. It just wouldn't have been worth it. So, I left. I didn't go home right away though. I stopped at my dad's grave. It would've been so much simpler if he were still here. It just sucks. I sat down in front of his grave and just stared at it. Waiting for something to happen. I'm not sure what, maybe a sign? Anything at this point really. 

Then a moment later, I felt as if someone was behind me. I didn't want to turn around, I mean if I'm going to get murdered, might as well have it be in front of my dad's grave. Die next to the person I love the most. I closed my eyes and tensed up, awaiting my fate. 

"It's such a lovely grave stone, isn't it?" A women's voice said. 

I quickly stood and slowly turned around. I looked into the eyes of a women who has the same eye color as me. The same lips, nose, even hair color. I just stared at her, in disbelief. It couldn't be her, but all evidence point to she is. I think I'm looking my mom in the face. 

She slightly smiled, "Just as beautiful as your pictures." 

"If not more beautiful." I replied.

"And witty too. I see you got both our sides."

"So, it is you." 

"It is. Pleasure."

"It would be move of a pleasure if you didn't leave me when I was a kid." 

"I guess you want me to explain myself."

I shook my head, "not really. My brother, who was very well hidden from me, explained enough."

"I'm really sorry and I know that isn't enough."

"Do you even know anything about me?"

"I know that you look just like me."

I laughed a little under my breathe and shook my head, "I have more important things to do. Nice to meet you."

"You're a music producer, who took over her dad's studio. You're dating a doctor named Haynes Jockey, who changed his name just to rebel against his parents. Your best friend is Chloe Lewis. You grew up healthy and happy. Even without a mother by your side."

"How do you know that?"

"I hired someone-"

"You hired a stalker?"

"Private investigator."

"PI, stalker, they're pretty much the same thing. What the hell is your problem?"

"I want to know you."

"It's called being there! My first choir concert, band concert, graduation, any time in my life ever! You can't just show up with all this information about me and expect everything to be fine! I'm not a pushover, I'm leaving." 

I walked away without a second thought. I didn't want to go home. I couldn't go back to the studio. Haynes, Chloe, Gracie, Lewis, no one was answering their phone and my safe place is no longer safe. I did what any other girl who just met her mom would do. I "accidentally" cut my hand open and drove to the ER, where her boyfriend is working. 

I walked up to the desk in so much pain, crying, asking for help immediately. The lady at the front desk called in a chick named Bethany and Haynes. They bulleted through the door with an older man, I'm assuming, but hoping it's not his boss. Haynes just gave me a weird look. Bethany and Haynes took me into a room with the older man right behind them. 

"So, what happened?" Haynes asked like he was 100% with all of it. 

"Well, first Donnie kicked me out of work for having a hangover, then I went to my dad's grave because that was my safe place, BUT now it's not because well, um I met my mom who hired a PI to stalk me. We got into this huge fight and now I'm here." I said quickly with a big smile on my face. 

"We could've done all of our medical stuff in the time it took you to speak." Bethany added. Kind of bitchy. 

"Bethany, seriously? She is an injured and soon to be dead patient."

"Wait what?" I looked at him. 

"Haynes that's no way to talk to a patient."

"Well, in all fairness, he wasn't talking to me, he was talking about me." I replied with that same big smile. 

"You are not helping. Especially because this is my boss and he's making sure that everything goes smoothly." Haynes added. 

They bandaged me up and I was good to go as soon as I filled out some paper work. Haynes and his boss hung around while I filled out the paper work. I kept looking up from the paper to see if they were still there. Yup, still there. 

"You know we have to talk about your mom." Haynes said. 

"Why do you need to talk to a complete stranger about her mom?" His boss questioned.

"Eliza's my girlfriend, the one I've been telling you about."

"Oh, the most beautiful women in the world that you won't shut up about."

"I like your boss." I smiled.

His boss took a seat right next to me, "I know what you're going through. My dad who never had anything to do with me, I had zero idea who he was, showed up one day when I was just a student in med school. I was just about to take a final. He said he was sorry and he knew that wouldn't cut it. I told him to get out of my face, I never wanted to see him ever again. You know what he did?"

"What?" 

"He promised to do so much to make it up for me and yet the only thing he did was leave again."

"What happened after that? Did you ever see him again?"

He shook his head, "he was killed immediately in a car accident 2 days later. What I'm saying is, I wish I wouldn't have been so brutal, I know he was just trying to make peace and I pushed him away because I felt betrayed. But once I heard the news over a month later, I wouldn't stop beating myself up over it. I think you should give her a chance. I'm pretty sure you don't want to lose another parent." He smiled and left. 

I looked at Haynes. 

"So, we don't have to talk about your mom. Turns out my boss is great at that. He has never told anyone that story. Except to his brother, I over heard them," he smiled, "but I can ask you how you hurt yourself."

"Or we could talk about that bitch Bethany."

"As much as I would love to vent, please just tell me what happened."

"I was feeling whatever and I kind of punched a mirror in a CVS. The glass just cut my hand up. Exhibit a." I showed him my hand. 

"Well, lets just hope it heals for the party in a less than a week." He reminded me. 

"Oh shit. Haynes, I'm so sorry I forgot." 

He smiled, "As long as you're okay, I don't really care."

"So, did I make a good first impression with Beth or what?"

Haynes shot up and made sure the door was closed. I wasn't sure why he was doing that, but it was cute and funny.

"Never say that ever again. Never give her a nickname, especially if it's Beth."

"Okay, so this might be a weird question, but why?"

"Because she's weird. She's literally bitter about anything and everything. That's probably why she hates you."

"She just met me." I added.

"She is the pure spawn of Satan. You should go before she grips you to Hell."

He was being over dramatic, but I wouldn't be surprise if that was really true. She honestly seems like a bitch, actually with the few words that she said to me, she is a bitch. And not like the fun kind of bitch, like me, the bitch kind of bitch. Hopefully that makes sense. You know what? It probably does make sense. We all know the bitch, bitch. Now thanks to Bethany I know two. The one before her, was... No is a bitch. Not going to sugar coat it, but her name is Jess and she's probably the spawn of Satan. But I probably shouldn't get started on it. It's too much energy wasted. 

I kissed Haynes and went back home. Edgar and Kai were still in my apartment going through my mail. I smiled, rolled my eyes and walked over to them. They had big smiles on their face, which meant they knew something thrilling that I didn't.

"You guys paid my bills, didn't you?" I asked happily.

They gave each other a weird look.

Edgar stood up and put his arm around my shoulder, "you have a rich doctor boyfriend for that."

Good point. So, why were they smiling. I knew they weren't going to flat out tell me, well because they're dicks. But I'm actually okay with waiting for the surprise. I've had enough for a while. But when Kai stood up, I noticed an envelope in his back packet. My curiosity is strong, but my will is stronger. I really fricking hope so.