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when she offered him one. 
    “I’m probably betraying my best friend by inviting you in here.”  She looked down at the carpet, and he saw how torn she was over it.  She looked up and sighed.  “So…why are you here?”  For the first time, he realized he didn’t have any idea what to say to her.  He bit his lip as she awkwardly looked at him.  They stayed in that position for a few minutes until she stood up from her chair.  “Well, this has been fun.”  She started to exit the living room when he found his voice.
    “Wait.  I’m here because I have to find Charity, and you’re the only one that can help me.”
    She turned around and glared at him.  She moved closer to him, and he thought it was because she suddenly thought it was a great idea to help him out, but then he realized it was only because she wanted to lower her voice so her mom wouldn’t hear her anger towards him.  “You screw my best friend, she gets angry with you, and you want me to help you out?”
    He tilted his head.  “So, you realize she’s angry with me, then you must’ve talked to her.  Where is she?”
    She rolled her eyes and looked away from him.  “Hell, yes, I know she’s upset, but I don’t need to talk to her to know that.”  She moved further away from him, and he watched her every move.  When she was a short distance away from him, she turned around and looked at him.  “We’re besties, Derek…Best. Friends.  I know her thoughts almost before she does, but no…I haven’t seen her, and I haven’t talked to her since you f’ed up her life.”
    “That was never my intention, Ana.  She won’t talk to me.  She won’t return my calls, and she didn’t come to work yesterday.  I’m worried about her.  I went to her apartment, and she wasn’t there.”  He hesitated, deciding not to bring up the whole eviction notice thing.  “I thought if you knew where she was, then you could help me out.  You really haven’t talked to her?”
    She shook her head.  “I haven’t, but honestly…I might not tell you the truth if I had.”
    He sighed.  “I realize that right now you hate me and right now you hate Jesse.  In your eyes, we lied to you, and we lied to Charity, but I wasn’t lying.  Yes, I didn’t tell her about the inheritance, but I never thought we were heading for a relationship.  Then over the weekend, something changed.  The inheritance was never on my mind the entire time Charity, and I was together.  I didn’t have sex with her so she would want to marry me, have my child, and share ten billion dollars with me.  When he called her two days ago and told her everything, I was on my way back to the room to tell her that I love her.  I just never got that chance.”  His face fell, and he walked over to the couch.  He took a seat, feeling the same pit in his stomach he felt when Charity walked out on him that day.  “I don’t run around telling every beautiful girl I see that I love them.”  He looked up, and Ana headed around to the front of the couch, where she took a seat next to him.  “I know we don’t know each other all that well, but I would not intentionally hurt your friend.”  He paused, before adding, “Jesse would not intentionally hurt you and frankly…he shouldn’t be punished for my family tree.
    Ana shook her head and looked away from Derek’s eyes.  “Um…” she cleared her throat.  “You love her?” she asked, turning back to face him.
    He sighed, smiling, as he slowly nodded.  “I didn’t expect it to happen, and I didn’t want it to happen.  I told Jesse a year ago that I didn’t care about the inheritance and that truth still remains.  I care about Charity and if I lose her…” he took a deep breath, just a mere thought of that frightened him.  “Let me put it this way, I would give up all my money if she would just give me another chance.”
    “Wow!” Ana breathlessly stated.  She then realized how that came out, and her