THE GENIUS ADVISE

　　"Run again?" Camilla repeats trying to make sense of Lisa's advice. She puts more emphasis on the last word.

　　"Yes, baby girl. Run." She repeats.

　　Camilla gets even more confused wondering what Lisa means by what she is constantly repeating.

　　"Lisa, I have two questions." Camilla breathes to the phone.

　　"Ask away your favorite customer service agent is online," Lisa chirps.

　　Camilla rolls her eyes smiling at Lisa's comment. "Lisa, can you at least pretend to be serious sometimes?"

　　"Nope, I can't," Lisa says pooping her mouth dramatically loud through the phone.

　　"That's why I said you should pretend, I know you can never be serious," Camilla responded laughing.

　　"You are killing my acting, just go on with the questions already!" Lisa snaps playfully.

　　Camilla laughs shaking her head at her friend's attitude. Lisa can be so funny at times one will never guess her to be a pickpocket.

　　"Okay, first, where am I running to, no one sent me away from here, so why should I run?" Camilla asks.

　　"Someone is following up on your every movement, I think you should run away. They might put you in jail baby girl and I can't do anything about it. Do you understand why you have to run now?" Lisa says.

　　Camilla tries to find a reason around it but none pops in her head. She can't just run away from Ethan after everything he did and still does for her. "Lisa, won't that be considered ungrateful on my part?"

　　"Camilla you steal from the guy, I think at this point we should forget about our morals," Lisa says as a matter-of-fact.

　　"Okay, okay, let us assume I agree with you on that point. I have a second question." Camilla shifts on the bed, pulling one of the pillows to her thighs.

　　"Go on, I am listening," Lisa retorts.

　　"Why do you have to use the word 'again', when you said the best thing for me will be to run? Have I ran before?" Camilla asks her best friend.

　　Camilla can't remember a time she ran away from Ethan or even anywhere. She is never a runner. She is more of a stand and faces your fears' kind of person, not a runner. She is never afraid to face her problem squarely like the brave young woman she Is.

　　"Relax and let me explain," Lisa says and Camilla can almost see the smile on Lisa's face. A sly smile always grows on her face whenever she is asked a question people presume to be hard but she has a simple answer.

　　"I am relaxed, explain," Camilla adds with a smile of her own.

　　She hears shuffling on the other side of the call and she can tell Lisa is probably moving to the window. She always says, sitting where there is enough ventilation brings the best motivation. Camilla never got her but she always pretended to avoid a lecture.

　　"Remember that time you almost got caught stealing from his guests at his party?" Lisa asks.

　　Camilla nods her head slowly before remembering that Lisa can't see her. "Yes, I remember," she says instead.

　　That night in the garden, she ran into Ethan. That night she had been pissed off at the way he just stood in the middle of the garden like some ghosts. She remembers the tingles she felt when he touched her but, of course, she paid it no attention back then, for there was only one thing on her mind, and that thing was, how to run out of that Estate without getting caught.

　　"Good. Now, history is repeating itself. You are about to get caught again, you have to run, Cam!" Lisa barked suddenly making Camilla's heart jump.

　　"Lisa!" Camilla complains, holding her chest. The girl can give a man serious heart issues with her energy.

　　"I am sorry but that's the only solution I see right now. Ethan is too influential. I am not even sure you would go through trial if he calls the cop. It will be straight to jail Cam," Lisa says with all seriousness.

　　Camilla groans, holding her aching head in her arm. "Lisa stop thinking so far ahead. I don't even want to get caught and I am not getting caught so don't think of that!"

　　"Why do I feel like this has more to do with something else entirely? Because I have been thinking, Ethan can't have you arrested. You can always see daddy some other time, so what is stressing you?" Lisa asks.

　　She knows Camilla like the back of her hand. She knows that Camilla, won't be asking so many questions unless something was bothering her. She is supposed to sneak out of the house again today, to go see her dad in the hospital for the first time in weeks but Ethan has returned, and sneaking out is going to be hard since the guy keeps checking on her like a prince charming hovered above sleeping beauty. But it isn't a big deal because they can always reschedule the sneaking. They still have enough money to survive for at least a month. The gold Rolex Camilla gave her the previous day, was a hit piece in the black market.

　　"Come on, Camilla talk to me." Lisa urges.

　　"Mmm, actually, it's Ethan," Camilla whispers.

　　"I know it's Ethan. We always talk about Ethan when you call. What I am asking is what is on your mind?" Lisa says and Camilla can imagine her rolling her eyes.

　　Camilla sighs loudly. "Lisa I think I am starting to crush on him badly."

　　"Oh my God! That's amazing!" Lisa shrieked so loud, Camilla has to draw the phone away from her ears.

　　"Lisa don't shout like that, you will destroy my eardrums!" Camilla whines

　　"Oh stop being such a baby. This is good news. Look, I know the guy already likes you too-" Lisa is saying but Camilla stops her.

　　"Woah! Slow down. Nobody said anything about Ethan liking me the guy has a girlfriend- " It was now, Lisa's turn to stop Camilla.

　　"Hold on, what girlfriend? The shrieking barbie? Please spare me the bad news!" Lisa exclaims and they both start laughing.

　　"Lisa, you are so mean!" Camilla says amidst a laugh.

　　"I am not mean, I am just being real. That barbie got nothing on you. I have mentioned this before but you are just too strong-headed sometimes you don't listen. Baby girl, no man will put you in his house and take care of you the way Ethan has. That guy loves you." Lisa responds.

　　"Look, if you are having a crush on him then that means, I should be planning a wedding soon because that guy is going to propose to you at any moment with a diamond ring! Which by the way you should send to me so we can sell it and get rich!" Lisa jokes.

　　Camilla laughs too but her happiness is soon replaced with anxiety. "Do you think, he will still like me when he finds out that's what we do for a living?" She asks with a soft voice

　　"What's that?" Lisa questions.

　　Camilla pulls her bottom lip between her teeth as the anxiety keeps building. She has indeed started crushing on Ethan but there were so many obstacles in her life. She isn't a regular girl on the streets."Lisa, I am a pickpocket. I have lied to him. Do you think he is going to like me after finding out all of these?"

　　"Camilla relaxes, no one is going to tell him. How will he know?" Lisa tries out? She is only seeing the positive side of the relationship and she doesn't want to start thinking if the negative side

　　"Lisa, have you forgotten that Peter has been trailing us? He may find out and tell him. Then again nothing is truly hidden under the sun. Somehow, Ethan will find out about me!"

　　Lisa is quiet as she thinks about what Camilla has just mentioned. Indeed, Peter's constant tracking of their movement is fast becoming a thing to worry about. If not for that he left that café that day, she wouldn't be able to sell out that roles. They will have to do something to push him off their back.

　　"Lisa, are you still there?" Camilla asks when Lisa stays quiet for too long. She pulls her phone away from her ears and saw that the call is still reading. She returned it to her ears once again.

　　"Lisa?" She calls.

　　"I am here, I am thinking." Lisa blurts and Camilla keeps quiet letting her think.

　　After another long silence, her voice comes back on the phone. "I think you should tell Ethan about us," Lisa whispers.

　　"Wait, you want me to tell him that I remember you?" Camilla asks with a frown on her face.

　　"Yes, that's it. You need to tell him that you have gotten some of your memories back. And that you remember me and you need to be seeing me! This will solve your sneaking out problem Cam, you won't have to worry about it! Gosh, I am such a genius!" She exclaims happily. Camilla pictures her doing her usual happy dance something she did whenever she thought she got the most brilliant idea.

　　The idea isn't entirely bad but it is genius either in Camilla's mind. There were still so many unanswered questions. What if Ethan didn't believe her? What if he sniffs their activities and sends them away? What if he grows to hate Camilla with the whole of his might?

　　"Camilla!"

　　What if Ethan discovers that she never lost her memories in the first place?

　　"Camilla!"

　　What if he finds out about all her lies and hates her forever?

　　"Camilla Louise!!" Lisa yells again and this time Camilla shakes out of her whirlpool of thoughts. "You are thinking too much again, aren't you?"

　　"Lisa, I don't know, I am not sure about this..." Camilla trails off.

　　"Listen this is the master solution to every question. Even Peter will stay away from us if we come clean. We don't have to move around scared that he finds us together!"

　　"But what he had asked me about it and I told him that I don't remember anybody and that no one came to visit me! How do I explain all of that?" Camilla asks, getting worried again.

　　"Camilla, relax. There is a solution to all of that. When they ask you about it, just say you were scared and all, cry a few tears and they'll all buy it," Lisa tells her.

　　"Are you sure about that?" Camilla asks still unsure of the idea.

　　Lisa kisses her teeth together in frustration. "Sometimes you act like your redhead is fake! Where is your spirit, Cam! Look at the bright side!"

　　The comment makes her giggle. It is true that sometimes, Lisa acts more like the redheaded than the blonde she is. "Okay, babes, I am going to try it out"

　　A soft knock on the door made her jump out of her skin and almost drop her phone.

　　"Lisa, I am going to have to call you back, someone's here."