NICK
My feet felt heavy as I walked out of the room, I felt empty inside as I was leaving my heart behind. She did not <b>want </b>me anymore and she was ready to marry someone else. Why couldn’t she see me, why couldn’t she see that I was there, trying to make things right between us. Why won’t she give me a few minutes of her time to exin what I had been doing?
It hurt me to see her cry like that, for the first time <b>since </b>she got out, I saw how hurt she was by my actions. I wished I could tell her how much I regretted everything, how sorry I was and to tell her that I had fixed grandma’s grave. That <b>1 </b><b>had </b>sent Sandra up stairs and had her locked up in there. That she was never going to hurt her or us again.
To tell her that everything was going to be okay, that I didn’t care if Samuel <b>was </b>not my son or that she slept with Marcus, I didn’t care about any of <b>that</b>. I just <b>wanted </b>her back. I needed her back. Tension gathered on my shoulders, and I felt like I couldn’t breathe. I went to the staircase and opened the door taking a seat there.
I took out my phone and sent a message to Ethan toe and get me. I pocketed my phone then sat there with my head between my legs. I was drained but most importantly, was hurting. I thought I had time to fix everything. time to show her that I <b>was </b>no longer the man who didn’t believe her.
That I was <b>a </b>changed man, one that was willing to fight for her, fight for her <b>love </b>and affection. But Marcus had other ns, while I attacked hispanies, he was shopping for an engagement ring. I should have seen iting but I didn’t. I heard the door behind me <b>open </b>then closed. I knew it could only be Ethan.
“I <b>saw </b>Olivia when I wasing up.” I didn’t move, he only saw her while I heard her about to agre another man. “<b>Man</b>, what is wrong with you? you are in a hospital, when you are feeling pain, you should be asking the doctors to help <b>not </b>me and besides. You said you wanted nothing to do with me.”
And yet, he came when I asked for his help. “Why did you call me?” he asked sitting next to me, I lifted my head. Worry covered his face when he saw me. “Man, are you crying, what is wrong Nick?” I shook my head not knowing how to answer that question.
I was at fault; I was the reason my wife wanted nothing to do with me. I shouldn’t be crying now that she wanted to move on with her life. But God damnit! We belonged together. “She agreed to marry <b>him</b><b>.</b>” Ethan gave me a confused look. “Marcus asked her to marry him, and she agreed.” Pain shed through his eyes.
Oh, yes. My friend, we both lost her. but she was never yours to begin with. He cleared his throat and schooling his face to look like he was not bothered. “That was fast, didn’t they just started seeing each other, what is the rush?” what was the rush indeed, Marcus was up to something, and I needed to know what.
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I could not let him marry my wife, Olivia was mine and I <b>would </b>be damned if I let him take her away from me. Nick, what are you thinking? I know that look man and I know when your wheels are turning. What is the n?” so eager to help as if he was going to have a chance with my wife. What a moron.
“The n is to make sure that my wife doesn’t marry someone she doesn’t <b>know</b>. The n is to get her back so that she and I can be family again. The n is to <b>grow </b>old with her and look back at this andugh. Tell our children about it and how we overcame it all and stayed together. That is my n. What is yours?”
He frowned as if I had insulted <b>him</b>. “Don’t give me that look Ethan, I know you want my wife and I know you only <b>want </b>to help me to eliminate thepetition because you think that if Marcus is out of the way then there is no stopping you from trying your <b>luck </b><b>with </b>her again and that is because you <b>don’t </b>think I can get her back, isn’t it?”
He sighed then shrugged. “You know me too well. If you want honesty then here goes, you never appreciated her when she was yours, she always showed you that she loved <b>you </b>and what did you do, huh? <b>Spat </b>in her face and sent her to jail. You don’t deserve her <b>man</b>.”
I chuckled dryly, all this time, my friend thought I didn’t deserve my wife and that he was the one who was right for her, the friends we keep! “Are you still my friend Ethan or my rival?” he sighed. “I am your friend and yes, I want your wife. I am not ashamed to admit that I have feelings for her, but I also know that she doesn’t want me, she never did.”
Heughed mockingly. “It is true what they say my friend, at we can’t get those we want because they are either taken or they don’t want us. And those who want us, we don’t want them. It’s twisted, I know but you can rest assured that I will not be going after your wife again. It’s clear I never had a chance with her.”
That was good to hear. “Help me get her back man, help me stop her from marrying that man.” He sighed. “How are you nning on doing that?” that was for me to know and for him to shut up and help when I asked him to. ” Nick?” he raised an eyebrow.
“Man, it was you who sent the IRS and the FEDs to hispanies” I said nothing, and he stood. “You have made a mistake man; you should have asked me before going after him like that.” I frowned. Marcus was not a big yer. “Don’t worry about It, Marcus will get what’sing to hlin.” he shook his head.
“No Nick, you are going to get what’sing to you if you don’t stop this now and make sure this investigation disappears.”