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Crying on the couch while Arya and Fay whisper about how pathic I am in the kitchen.
My heart is broken and my body hurts. Walking away from Corbin, I'd hoped he would follow and tell me he’d fix it. I hoped he would grab me and tell me he loves me, and he’ll never allow me to believe otherwise. But he didn’t do any of that.
He watched me walk away.
I haven’t heard from him and but why would I? He poured his heart out to me and I told him everything he said was a lie.
I close my eyes against a fresh set of tears and sigh.
“Leah, you’re still getting the recognition and doing the tattoos. People will put together that you own Inkify,” Fay says, rubbing my back.
“No, Fay, they won’t. They’ll see Sabbath and that’s where they’ll go. My name will mean nothing,” I say.
I roll onto my back and look up at them both. “I don’t even think I’m this upset because of that. It adds to it but I lost Corbin and that hurts more than anything else.”
Arya kneels on the floor by my head and wipes away my tears that won’t give up. “Sweetie, call him.”
“No, don’t call him. He showed his true colors. Breakups suck but you’ll realize eventually it just wasn’t meant to be,” Fay says, rubbing my leg.
I push up on my elbows and stare at her. “What the fuck is your deal? You told Corbin what a piece of shit he is.” She raises her eyebrows and I nod. “Yeah, he told me and now you’re talking like this. What’s the actual problem, Fay?”
She shakes her head and stares at the wall in front of us. “My boss, we had sex and now he ignores me and refuses to even answer my texts.”
Arya and I grab her and hug her tightly. “I’m so sorry, Fay. You should’ve told us,” I say, pulling away.
“It’s my fault. I should’ve known he was only looking for a quick fuck, but I liked him,” she says shrugging.
It makes me realize I’m not the only one hurting here and I’ve been so occupied with Corbin that I didn’t even notice.
“Fay, you deserve so much more than that prick. He’s been stringing you along for years and now this, fuck him. You walk with your head high and we’ll find you someone that will make him realize what he missed out on.” Arya turns her attention to me and smiles. “Corbin is a good guy, Leah. It wasn’t his decision to have the tattoos done at his place and you shouldn’t hold him accountable for that. Yeah, it’s a shit situation but regardless, you will be tattooing Hollywood elites and whether that’s in your shop or his, it’s life changing.”
I stare at her and blink back more tears. “I fucked up.”
“No sweetie, he fucked up letting you walk away. Sometimes we overreact and if he can’t handle that, he can’t handle you. But don’t close that door just yet, because sometimes those assholes who rock our world in bed, can prove to be a hell of a lot more,” Arya says, smiling.
I giggle and take a tissue off the table. “What the hell is going on with you?”
She shrugs and stands up. “Just giving my opinion.”
“You had sex with an asshole,” I shout, laughing.
“Maybe,” she sings, walking into the kitchen.
She’s right about everything and there’s nothing I can do now. I’ll go tomorrow and hide my pain while I tattoo and let my personality speak for itself.
I go into my room and lay down in bed, needing a little time to myself. No matter what happens it won’t fix the pain I’m feeling.
Losing Corbin has destroyed me, just like I knew it would.
My bedroom door cracks open, and I peel my eyes open, noticing it’s dark out. I guess crying so much takes a lot out of you.
I sit up and squint as the door closes.
“Arya?”
“No, princess, it’s me,” Corbin says.
My heart stops and my stomach drops. “Corbin?”
