Chapter 69

She glances back sassily, a flick of attitude and anger, eyes filled with tears as though expecting it to be a lie and shudders to a halt when she sees me on the ground. A look of shock passing across her sweet face in a nanosecond. My heartbeat stops with a flutter at her instant response.

“Stop it. Get up. Don’t do that.” She yells at me, turning and waving her hands, motioning for me to get back up as though somehow my doing this is the absolute worst thing in the world. I don’t move. I’m broken and the woman I’m crazy about is going to walk away for a second time if I don’t grovel and beg and tell her how much I need her. I can’t go through life without her. It’s too hard, too empty, too bleak and she took al the sun and goodness, the happiness with her when she walked out.

My eyes are blurry as I’m overcome with aching pain, my throat hoarse with pent up emotion and the need to have her stay with me. I have nothing else if I don’t have her. I can’t let her go on not