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think I was better off alone in my
room.

 
    I
walked back into the bedroom from the bathroom. I hesitated when I saw
Alexander was sitting on a chair. I pulled my towel a little tighter around me.
“I was going to be down after I dressed,” I said hesitantly.
    He
smiled like he knew something I didn’t. “Why are you so shy? It wasn’t that
long ago that you were naked in my arms.”
    I
looked at him a little shocked. “I slept with you?”
    He
laughed as he stood. “You slept with all of us at one time or another.”
    I
blushed and looked away as I sat down on the bed. “Maybe I am better off
forgetting who I was.”
    “Maybe,
you had an uncanny ability to get exactly what you wanted,” he said as he
walked over to the window.
    I
thought about it for a minute. “I think I should go home. Maybe everything is
better how it is now. I will at least be a little better because I know now
that I am not crazy.”
    He
looked a little startled. “What about finding the witch and getting your memory
back?”
    I
shrugged. “Maybe some things are better left alone. I just want to move on and
let them move on.”
    He
didn’t speak. He looked like he was considering what I was saying. “I believe
that is entirely up to you.”
    I
was relieved that he wasn’t going to argue. “I will leave as soon as I am
dressed. Thank you for being understanding.”
    He
smiled. “In a way I have been where you are. I understand what you want.” He
walked to the door to leave. He hesitated with his hand on the knob. “Everyone
cares about you. Don’t forget that.”
    I
smiled and nodded. “I won’t.”
    He
forced a smile then left me to get dressed.

 
    I
hurried down the stairs toward the door. I figured it would be best to leave
instead of telling everyone. I hesitated when I saw Rick standing at the bottom
of the stairs. He was leaning against the wall, sharpening a knife. He glanced
up at me scowled and looked away.
    “Come
to inflict your presence on everyone?” he growled.
    His
words hurt a little, but I pushed the feeling away. I wasn’t going to fight
with him. I was done fighting and being the person he hated. He may not have
thought it, but I wasn’t her anymore. I continued down the stairs. “I am
actually leaving,” I said quietly.
    He
blocked me just as I reached the bottom step. I looked at him a little confused
by his sudden action. “Where are you going?” he asked sounding annoyed.
    “Home,
where I belong,” I said softly and went to move past him.
    He
pressed his body to mine refusing to waver. “So you are just going to give up?”
he asked angrily.
    I
looked at him even more confused now. First he was angry I was here, now he was
angry I was leaving. He needed to make up his mind. “Tell me what exactly am I
giving up? No one has anything nice to say about me except Ali, and that’s
because he is obviously lovesick. I don’t know who I was, and the more I talk
to people the more I don’t want to find out. So I am going to go home and
pretend none of this ever happened. I am going to live a normal life where the
things that go bump in the night don’t exist.” I went to move past him again
and he refused to let me by. I was starting to get irritated with him.
    “You
are taking the easy way out!” he hissed. If he wasn’t angry before I knew he
was now. “You get to forget everything you have done; and then you leave us all
here to rot. That sounds like the Isabella I know. Maybe you haven’t lost who
you are as much as you think.”
    I
looked at him trying to control my temper. “I am sorry for whatever it was I
did to you, and whatever it is I will do to you by leaving tonight. I know that
doesn’t really matter, but I am saying it anyway. You should at least take
comfort in the fact that you will never have to worry about me again.” He
didn’t speak and I pushed past him. This time he let me by; and I walked out
the door. I felt a little better once I was in the fresh air. Rick had