Chapter 3
I couldn’t stop crying as I watched the video, even my hand holding the phone couldn’t stop shaking.
The worst part? I still loved that bastard. Even after everything.
I couldn’t just delete him like a bad Instagram post.Six years. Six goddamn years. Loving Elliot was like breathing–it just came naturally, even no
Everyone always said Elliot was obsessed with me, but they never saw how I’d saved every movie ticket stub from our dates or how I’d memorized his coffee order by our third date..
Six years together….and only now.
Remembering the rapid little heartbeat I’d heard during the check, I wiped away my tears and took a deep breath.Give the last chance for my baby and Elliot.
Then I called him.
“Elliot, can you come to the hospital? … we need to talk.”
His voice came through weirdly breathless. “I’m kind of in the middle of something. Just Uber home and we’ll talk there, okay?”
“Oh god, Elliot, harder…“, with a soft moan the call disconnected, leaving just the dial tone.
I’m not a kid, I knew exactly what he was doing.
I looked up at the nurse hovering nearby.
“Well,let’s do it.”
It was after dark when I got home. The second I stepped through the door,Elliot came striding toward me.
“James said you went around. What’d you buy?”
Then he clocked my puffy eyes.
“What’s wrong? Briar.Did you cry?what happened? About Elliot?Oh,The baby you’re carrying belongs to Elliot,at least a comfort”
“What was this thing you wanted to talk about me?”
I stared at his face–that perfect jawline, those eyes that still made my crazy.
The same eyes I’d just watched in vedio from Carmilla.
“Never mind,” I said, forcing a weak smile. “Just checking if you needed anything.”
He practically deflated with relief.
“You should get some rest,” he said, “You look… rough.”
I just nodded and bolted for my bedroom.
I fell asleep almost instantly, my dreams taking me back to college–freshman Elliot with his floppy hair and that vintage Nirvana t–shirt.
“Briar Collins, I’ve had a crush on you since day one. Will you date with me?”
“Don’t worry, I’ll treat you right.”
Maybe it was the golden sunset making everything magical, or maybe it was the sincerity in his eyes that I couldn’t resist.
Somehow, I ended up saying yes.
I woke up to sunlight streaming through the blinds. First decent night’s sleep I’d had since learruing of his “death.”
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I was still
sitting dazed in bed when my door
WA
opened and Carindila
came in
Wanna
know
why I sent
that video? Still think
SOMO Elliot’s
doting brother amd
I’m just
your sister in law?
Chapter 4
Chapter 4
