NICK


    “Don’t you even think about it!” Ethan bellowed next to me he might have seen my fists and thought I would go crazy again <b>and </b>punch the elevator doors this time. But that was not the case, I was angry seeing her wearing his ring, but I decided not to do anything. It hurt so badly that was numb.


    I didn’t know what to do, all I wanted was to get home and drink myself to a stupor. “I was not going to do anything.” Ethan gave me a sceptical look, his hands that were in his pockets were now out and hanging on his sides. He was ready for anything, if only he knew that the only stupid thing, I wanted to do was to drink myself to death.


    Elevator doors <b>opened </b>revealing my mother. She looked shocked to see me but said nothing moving to the side for us to enter. We silently entered and stood there. “What happened to your hand?” I nced at it, but said nothing. looking forward and waiting for the elevator doors to open so I could get the hell out of there.


    As if it heard me, it opened, and I stepped out hearing Ethan say as I <b>walked </b>away. “He was fighting with a wall.” I didn’t turn, I continued walking. It was like I was having an out of body experience. Like my body was not mine as I walked. Getting outside, Ethan’s driver was standing there.


    I headed to the car and hopped in looking out the window. Mother and Ethan soon joined me. but I didn’t look in their direction. I wished I could dig into the confines of my chest where my heart was and rip it right out. Stick my hand out of that car window and let some air sooth it.


    It hurt so much that my chest burned. People think stab wounds and bullet wounds were painful. But those <b>had </b>never been in love. Hell, I was stabbed and had two heart attacks but none of that painpared to the pain I was feeling at the moment. ‘Sandra, I curse the day you came into my life. If it weren’t for you, I would still <b>have </b>my wife.‘


    I cursed the bitch in my head. “I prepared your favourite; you shoulde to the house with me so we can enjoy dinner together. It’s been a while since we did that, before your father died.” She was trying to manipte <b>me </b>into going home with her. if it were any other time, I would have gone but not this time.


    This time I just wanted to drink, I wanted to forget, to feel numb and not think. “It’s not good for you to be alone at this time Nick, the house is big, you <b>should </be back and live home with me.” I still said <b>nothing</b>. “Ethan, tell your driver to take us to my ce.” I turned right at that time and red at her.


    She never did know how to take no for an <b>answer</b>. She pushed and pushed until she got what she wanted. Well, not this time. I was not in the mood for her tricks. Ethan kept his mouth shut; he knew very well what my n <b>was </b>when I got home. It was the same thing I did when my mother told me to marry Oliv


    A woman I knew nothing about, I wanted to choose my own wife. But the woman was determined, she even threaten me and manipted me with tears until I gave in, that day, I asked Ethan to join me at the club and drank <b>until </b>I passed out. I didn’t remember much about that night


    But I remember the next morning like it was yesterday. She woke me up with banging on my door and dragged me to go meet Olivia. My head was so heavy, and it hurt. I had the biggest hangover, and I wanted to meet her and be done with it.


    But then I saw her. I had just taken a sip of my coffee, <b>and </b>I was about to ce the cup down. When I looked up, the most beautiful woman I had everid my eyes on wasing our way. She was not wearing anything fancy, just a yellow sundress, sandals and carried a small handbag. She had sunsses on, and I couldn’t see her <b>eyes</b>.


    But damnit, I wanted her. I didn’t care about the Olivia my mother dragged me to go meet. I was already nning on getting up and following her, but then <b>she </b>came and stopped at our table. She gave my mother a smile and I was blown away.


    She had the most beautiful smile with the whitest teeth. She took a seat, and I couldn’t stop staring at her. I wanted her to take off those sunsses <b>already </b>so I could see her eyes. When she finally did, those emerald orbs of hers drew me in. I couldn’t stop staring at <b>her</b><b>. </b>


    I <b>didn’t </b>even hear when my mother introduced her, but when I heard that she was the woman who was going to be my wife. The headache subsided, my eyes and mind cleared. Then I asked my mother to leave us. I wanted <b>no </b>disturbances with her, I wanted us to be alone. I wanted to continue looking at her until sunset and all the way to sunrise again. I couldn’t get enough of looking at her, each time she smilled my heart skipped a beat.


    Then we started talking, it was like we have known each other for many years. She was mine and I was hers. When time came for us to get married, I was marrying her for me and not my mother anymore. I was already falling in love with my wife. She had my heart that very minute Iid my eyes on her and now she was leaving me.


    How can my heart not break, how can I go on? I was a morco, I know. But she always had my heart, even in those moments of stupidity. “Nick!” I jumped a little when my mother screamed my name shaking me. “What!” I was annoyed.


    “I have been calling you for thest five minutes and you were not responding. You were just staring into nothing and not moving! What the hell, Nick. don’t ever scare me like that again, I thought you died!” she shouted at me with tears in her eyes. “I wish I was dead.” I said then opened the door and walked <b>out</b>.