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3) Who I fuck and don’t fuck is none of your business. We are not in a relationship.

4) I am not a minor anymore. Good luck trying to kidnap a grown woman from a free country.

5) I agreed to the possibility ONLY if I’m able to forgive you. I have not forgiven you.

READ THE FUCKING FINE PRINT.

From: Raven Beckett

To: Milo Sinclair

Date: January 4, 2018

Subject: FUCK YOU

YOU ARE A PSYCHOPATH! Did you really go to Paris to beat up my friend? He is in the hospital. I wasn’t even dating him anymore. What the fuck is wrong with you? Seriously. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? Do your worst! I’m not going back to New York and you can’t force me.

From: Milo Sinclair

To: Raven Beckett

Date: January 5, 2018

Subject: Don’t push me

I dropped him off at the hospital, didn’t I? It’s not my fault that your “friend” is a scrawny douchebag who fell down after one punch and hit his head. Really! That guy?

If you don’t want any more of your “friends” to end up the same way, don’t do anything stupid like that again. I might not be able to force you to come to New York, but I can force my sister not to go to Paris anymore. I just canceled Mia’s ticket. She will not be spending her remaining winter vacation with you. I am not buying any more plane ticketsfor my parents or sister to visit you again. It’s simple. If you want to see them, come to NYC.

From: Raven Beckett

To: Milo Sinclair

Date: January 6, 2018

Subject: Re: Don’t push me

Milo,

This is our last email exchange. I am scared of you, and I don’t want to communicate with you. If you have any family related logistic questions, please go through Mia or your parents.

As I promised, I hope to forgive you one day for the sake of our families. For the time being, if you contact me or come near me outside of the perimeters I have set, then I swear on Mia I will not keep my promise. There will never be a reconciliation. Please stay away because I do want to keep my word, and you know that I don’t lie when I swear on Mia.

I hope you change your mind about keeping Mia from me. She grew up having me as her sister. This will hurt her as much as it will hurt me.

I hope for nothing but the best for you.

-Raven

From: Milo Sinclair

To: Raven Beckett

Date: January 6, 2018

Subject: What is that supposed to mean?

Look, I am frustrated, and it’s hard to keep holding on to faith that things will change. Can we just meet up and talk this through? I just tried calling you, but it’s not going through.