My Twin Flame | Scarlett Johansson

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Things have been much better between Lottie and me. I was glad. Rose was home for the week and I didn't want her to feel any tension and ask questions because she worries enough about Lottie leaving us. She asks me every day if Lottie is still home. I feel like I've projected my own insecurities onto her and now she has to deal with them to and she's only 8.

I was laid in bed and I could hear Lottie and Rose playing in the playroom down the hall. Rose was giggling like crazy. I smiled and rolled onto my side to check the time. 7:30. What time did they get up?

I stood up and went into the bathroom and put my robe on before brushing my teeth and going into the playroom. They were putting on a show using the teddies like the characters and the audience. "Do you guys know what time it is?" I questioned them amused. Lottie was wearing half of a lion's costume and Rose was in one of her princess dresses. "Around 8?" Lottie guessed putting the teddy in her hand down. "7:30." She pulled a face and I chuckled.

"I had a nightmare and couldn't sleep... Lottie laid with me for a while but then we got up to play." "You had a bad dream?" She nodded. "I'm okay now though." "Have you had breakfast?" I asked hugging her and kissing her head. "Yeah," She said looking up at me with her bright smile. "Can I go get a drink?" "Yeah, go ahead honey," I tell her, letting her go.

"You could have woken me," I tell her. "It was 4 in the morning, you had a late night." I pecked her lips. "Thank you for taking care of her." "Always." She pecked my lips. "You should go get some sleep," I tell her taking the lion mane off her head and giggling as I did it. I looked at her. "You're going to be the best mum," I tell her honestly. "You are the best mum."

"MUMMY!" "Yes, baby," I called back. "Dads here." "What?" We both rush down the stairs and to where Rose was in the back lounge of the house that had a wall of windows with sliding doors that lead into the garden. Rose was stood holding her drink looking at the sofa.

"The fuck?" Lottie said looking seeing Colin laid there asleep. "Rose come here," I tell her picking her up and placing her on my hip. Lottie knelt in front of Colin. "He's breathing. And Stinks of alcohol." She says before tapping him. "Colin. Colin, wake up." He looked around slightly before moaning and pushing his face back into the sofa cushions. "Colin get up." She said more firm this time. He rolled over and sat up.

"What are you doing here?" She asked. "Daddy you're not allowed here." "Rose-y," He says. "This isn't your home Dad." She told him. "I came to see you." He told her. "You need to leave," I tell him. "How did you even get in here?" Lottie asked standing up. "I don't know." He rubbed his face and stood up stumbling. "Why are you even here?" I asked.

"I um." He looked around. Lottie moved a pillow over something on the sofa I frowned at her and she shook her head. "I should go." "Yeah," I say encouraging him. "I came to see you... In your room." "What?" "I was annoyed at you." "Leave, now please," Lottie said showing him the door.

"The doors broke. And the front gates by the looks of it. And his car is totalled. In the fence." "What?" I say my eyes widening.

"Where's Rose?" She asked quickly moving through the house. "She's in the lounge." "Hey, sweet girl." She says smiling at Rose. "Hey." "Could you help me?" "Sure," Rose said standing up from the sofa. "I can't find my phone?" "I think it's in the playroom." She says. "Could you go check, whilst I look in here?" Rose nodded and skipped off.

I looked at her confused. She lifted the pillow off the sofa and I saw a knife, it wasn't one of our knives, we have an all-black knife set this was silver with a wooden handle... like the set Colin and I had. Oh my gosh, he brought it with him here. He was in our room.

"Hey, it's okay." Lottie came over to me. "Baby... It's okay." "He was in our room." "We're going to report it okay... He can't do this. He was drunk, he could have hurt Rose. We need to report this." I nodded slowly. "I'll call, you go play with Rose. I'll be in the office." She pecked my cheek. "Don't touch anything." I nodded.