Balancing act: Fractured Dreams (Balancing Act #5)

A Promise Broken II

Narrator: Henrietta Von Marzipan

Chapter 8

I was at a loss for words. Caligula would not listen to me, no matter what I said. He kept waiting for Nero and Lily. there was nothing I could do until I tried having a snack.

I was a huge candy lover! It hurt my modeling prospects but my urges were too strong. However, Caligula seemed fascinated by the candy. He snatched my bag of caramels and downed every single one of them.

When he ate my caramels, I got a great idea.

"Caligula?" I asked.

"WESH?!" he responded.

"If you are a good boy, I'll buy you more caramels!" I told him.

"KAY!" he responded.

It seemed like smooth sailing for the first hour. That's when the doorbell rang and I panicked. Nero wasn't supposed to be back till later! Henrietta freakout mode was enabled!

"Nero, I didn't think you'd be back so soon?" I said.

"Henrietta?" the voice said.

I recognized the voice as Chad's. Did he follow me here from Horrorland!? I was gonna shoo him away but Caligulia had other plans.

"SENNRETTA'X FWIEND?" he asked.

That's when I knew it was pointless. I opened the door with a grim expression.

"Hello Chad," I said in a meh tone.

"Wassup, Henrietta" he responded.

"Is that how you greet a former coworker?" I muttered.

"I knew you vanished but sending me a sexy pic?" Chad told me, shaking his head.

"I didn't send that!" I responded after looking at the pic.

"Then who did?!" he muttered.

One name stuck out in my mind.

"Nero!" I exclaimed.

"WERO GHRE?" Caliguila asked.

I realized if I was going Nero, I was gonna need to ditch Caligula. Luckily, Jezebel entered right at that moment. This is what I needed.

"Henri, can I have-" she began.

"Take him!" I told her.

"Ok..." she said bewildered as I rushed out the door with Chad in tow.

I needed to find Nero...