Once a week, Belle would go and pick up the mail from her apartment and do a little tidying up. At this point, she spent almost all of her nights with Eric, and a lot of her clothes were at his place as well. She would grab new or select items from her apartment on her trips to get mail, but there wasn’t much that wasn’t in her usual wardrobe left there. Any plants she had been tending to were either now at Eric’s place as well, or they had unfortunately died due to her absence. Her toothbrush, favorite books, and other items had also found a home elsewhere. Somehow, she’d integrated herself into Eric and Lukas’ home, but she still had a place of her own. Or, well, she would if she renewed her lease. She sat on the couch, biting the corner of her lip as she read over the letter telling her that her lease was up at the end of the month. She would either have to renew it for another year, or she would have to move out. Her apartment had been her safe space after her marriage with Gaston had fallen apart, but it wasn’t anymore. It wasn’t where she felt at home.
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