Chapter 2

Arriving in Bradford left me with a lot of mixed emotions. I wasn't quite sure how to feel about being back home. I was happy that I was going to see my father and friends but I was really dreading to see Flynn Rider.

I still remember the day he left like if was yesterday. I knew that Lily being back in town was going to cause problems between us but he had promised me over and over again that it wouldn't and I believed him. Now I know that believing him was the biggest mistake that I ever made and it won't happen again.

When I get to Bradford, I didn't want to go straight so I went to our favorite eating spot, Pizza Pieces, if you want to meet new people or to catch up with your old friends, Pizza Pieces is the place for you. When I got there, I got there, I could see my father and Damon at the bar, and of course Zach serving them. Zach called my name before I could say anything.

"Elisa...", My father and Brad immediately turned their heads when they heard Zach say my name and without warning I was engulfed in a bear hug and I knew that scent all too well.

"Dad..."

"My baby girl, I missed you so much." I start to cry because I've missed him just as much and I realize in that moment that there's no place I'd rather be.

"I missed you too dad."

"Okay, Can I talk to her too now." Says Brad, I've missed him too. He's one of my best friends here and he kind of reminds me of Dorian. He's got that mysterious bad boy look just like Dorian.

"Hi Brad"

He gives me that infamous smirk, "I know you missed me, I'm the kind of person that people miss when he's not here." He's so full of himself.

I roll my eyes at him and smile, "whatever, Brad , I know you missed me too."

"I did miss you and Ryder missed you just as much."

My face immediately falls at the mention of his name. I don't want to talk about Ryder right now, I'm not ready to revisit the past just yet.

"Please, Brad, not now. Can I just have this day without the mention of his name. I haven't been here for even ten minutes and I'm already hearing his name. One day, that's all I ask."

"Alright, I'll let it go for now but you and him need to have a conversation, all of this was just a big misunderstanding. Please just talk to him, Elisa."

I doubt it was a misunderstanding but I don't was that to Brad because I want this conversation to end right now. And even if it was a misunderstanding, he should have looked for and explained everything but he didn't.

" Where is Brody?."

"He's with Alana. You know he spends all his time with Alana, hardly has time for his brother." Brad and Brody are brothers, I love their relationship, they might fight from time to time, like brothers do but they would die for each other in a heartbeat.

Brad can be so dramatic at times. I'm sure Brody spends some time with him.

"And why aren't you with Yemi?" Yemi is Brad's girlfriend and the only person, other than Brody that can reel Brad in whenever he goes off the rails.

He shrugs, "she's with her grandmother."

Brad has been with Yemi for three years now, the first time they met, they hated each other when they first met, Yemi thought Brad was an obnoxious bad boy who thought the world revolved around him and Brad thought Yemi was a too a miss goody two shoes who thought she was better than everyone.

They got close when Yemi lost her grandmother, at the time no one knew how to help her and Brad was the only one who could and from that a relationship blossomed. It's still weird to see them together now. To be honest she's changed Brad for the better.

We stayed at Pizza Pieces for a few more hours, just catching up on our lives and what has been happening. And I must admit it was very refreshing to talk to everyone.

This all made me realize that whether I liked it or not I had to talk to Ryder. I'm not looking forward to it but I can't avoid him forever. Bradford is a small town so I'll definitely run into him at some point.

But you can me trust on the fact that I will delay meeting him for as long as I can. I'm just not ready to talk to him yet and besides I came back to see my father and nothing else, so for now I'm going to enjoy being home and spend as much time with my father as I can.

Flynn has caused me so much pain. When I left Bradford and came to New Orleans, I was a mess, emotionally, physically and mentally. Thank the heavens for the Morgan's. When I got to New Orleans, I wasn't living, I was just getting by, which is how I almost got myself killed but even at that point I didn't really care about any of it.

Meeting the Morgan's changed my life, they made me want to live again. They got me out of the dump I was in and made me enjoy life, the finer things in life and most importantly they made me appreciate all the little things in life, the things that I took for granted.

This is why I owe them my life and I refuse to let Flynn take me to the same place I was in five years ago.