Page 2 of Isolation

Raven,

Did Mia get to Paris alright? My parents changed their minds. They will be joining Mia for the last week of her break. I am attaching their itinerary. Their hotel is within walking distance.

I’ve respected your wishes for the last year. Can we now meet so we can talk?

From: Raven Beckett

To: Milo Sinclair

Date: January 2, 2017

Subject: Re: Mia

Milo,

Thank you for the itinerary. I’ll be at the airport to pick up your parents. Is Tessa’s new medication still causing nausea? I can stock up on ginger drinks if it’s an issue.

Mia got here safe and sound. She is having a blast. I am attaching photos from her site visits. If it’s okay with you, I’d love it if she can visit me this summer. She wants to go to Nice.

I am sorry, Milo. Nothing has changed on my end. I am begging you to move on.

From: Milo Sinclair

To: Raven Beckett

Date: January 2, 2018

Subject: WHAT THE FUCK!

Are you fucking serious!? You have been giving me hope for the last two years, while you have been fucking other men?

I made a mistake, but I gave you every option to let me rectify that. The only thing you wanted was time. You agreed to forgive me if I left you alone to process what happened between us. You agreed to discuss reconciliation if I still felt the same after some time had passed.

I could have convinced Theressa to let me take you back for your senior year. You were a minor under my care. I could have even kidnapped you, and there was nothing you could have done about it. Trust me, kidnapping wasn’t off the table. But I wanted you to love me by your own free will. You told me that the only way that would be a possibility is if I stayed away. So, I did.

I knew you were saying what I wanted to hear to get rid of me, thinking my feelings would fizzle. I am not stupid. I still gave you what you needed so there could be a possibility for us.

Is this the possibility you had in mind? This is what you were doing while you were trying to “forgive me?” You didn’t think I’d find out?

Clearly, giving you an option is futile.

I am flying to Paris. First, I am going to kill the asshole you have been fucking. Then I am coming to see you.

If you don’t open the damn door to your apartment this time, I am going to break it down and bring you back.

Alternately, you can come back to New York.

From: Raven Beckett

To: Milo Sinclair

Date: January 2, 2018

Subject: Re: WHAT THE FUCK!

1) Giving me an option so I can pick the one you prefer is not really giving me an option.

2) I am not currently in Paris, nor do I plan to return till Mia gets to Paris.