I GOT THE HIGHEST GRADE IN MY CLASS FOR THIS DEEP END SUBMISSION AHHHHHHHHH

Deep End - Chapter 16: Kiss Me Goodbye (Preview)

…in which Ezi leaves Harry.

• AU: famous!harry, siren!mc, adult modern retelling of the little mermaid? lol, fake dating, enemies to lovers.
• WARNING: MATURE THEMES
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Full chapter: Wednesday, June 1, 2022. 

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A/N: Apologies for the wait! Here’s the new Deep End chapter :) Also I wanna share some good news that I submitted a different version of Deep End for my final submission of my Creative Writing MA and I got the highest grade in my class! Thank you for supporting this series and these characters. It means a lot to me.

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When she made it all the way down the steps, she found Koa waiting for her by the front gate. A taxi was waiting for them. Ezili wiped her eyes with the sleeve of her jacket and eyed her sister up and down. Koa was wearing a bright orange dress that looked too big for her. How was she not freezing?

“Did you–”

“No, I didn’t kill anyone for this.” Koa rolled her eyes. “I bought it with the paper notes I stole from that lady sitting by the station.”

“You stole money from a homeless person?!”

Koa shrugged. “It’s just paper. It’s everywhere.”

Ezili rolled her eyes and grabbed her sister’s elbow. “Come on. Let’s get out of here.”

“Ezili, wait!”

“Oh, God,” Ezili groaned. She knew whom that voice belonged to without turning around.

“Wait, that’s your other human boy,” Koa exclaimed. Ezili put her hand on Koa’s head and shoved her into the back of the taxi. Dawson rushed down the steps of the mansion and strode towards them.

“Where are you ladies going?” asked the taxi driver.

Ezili asked him to give them a few minutes, then grabbed Dawson’s arms as soon as he came close. “Dawson, you need to go back inside.”

“Ezili, what happened?” Dawson asked, panting. Then he saw Koa, and his eyes widened. “Dolores?”

Koa waved at him, a wicked grin on her face. Ezili tugged at his arms to turn his attention back on her. “She’s not Dolores. She’s my sister.”

“What?” He looked at her as if he believed she was telling a joke.

“You need to go back inside. I’m so sorry I cannot explain everything to you.” She tried to spin him around, yet he refused to follow.

“Ezili, what’s going on?” His eyes shifted back and forth between her and Koa. “Did Harry do something?”

“No.” Ezili sighed. She wished she could tell Dawson everything, but when she closed her eyes, she could see Harry’s disgusted expression back in that room. She didn’t want Dawson to look at her that way, too. “I’m sorry. I have to go.”

“Go where?”

“Hurry. Mother’s waiting,” Koa hissed.

Ezili threw her arms around Dawson’s neck and felt his body go rigid as she hugged him. She kissed his cheek, probably the first and last one she could ever give him, then quickly got into the taxi and shut the door.

“Wait!” Dawson tapped frantically on the window, but she refused to look at him.

“To the giant bridge with lots of lights,” Koa told the driver, who seemed confused.

“You mean the Tower Bridge?” he asked over his shoulder.

“Yeah, that! I think…”

“Oh, are you girls tourists.”

“Just drive, you–”

Ezili slapped a hand over Koa’s face and faked a smile at the surprised man. “Yeah, it’s the Tower Bridge.”

The driver nodded, probably thinking Koa was drunk so he didn’t ask further questions and started the engine. Ezili didn’t look out the window when the taxi headed towards the gate, leaving the mansion. However, she imagined Dawson watching her go with pain in his eyes, and Harry, somewhere inside, probably still sitting in that chair, was relieved that she was finally gone.

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