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I don’t stop. “No.”
We go back and forth with our argument, and it’s not until I notice the bottom of my feet are as black as the soot covering my apartment that I stop. No way in hell can I take more of this walk in my flip-flopsandmake it to the hospital in time for my shift. I also have to find a family member to let me crash with them until I get a new place to live.
“Fine,” I groan. “But, before I do, I want to make it clear that I’m doing it only so I don’t lose my job.”
He doesn’t say a word when he pulls over to stop. The door slams behind him, and he circles around the car. His touch is cold when he releases me from the cuffs, and I shake my hands out, a sigh of relief leaving my chest.I shall never take these babies for granted again.No conversation is made while I settle into the seat or when he drives back into town.
It’s been years since I’ve seen him. In the past, there were no moments of silence between us. We were loud, rambunctious, lovesick teens who never shut up or got enough of each other.
“Where do I drop you off?” he finally asks.
I peek at him in confusion. “You’re not taking me to the station?”
“Fuck no.” A hint of a smile plays at his lips. “It’d be too much paperwork, and I hate paperwork.”
I perk up in my seat in victory.
“You’d better spit out an address and calm your arrogant ass down before I change my mind,” he warns at my response.
“My parents.” I raise a brow when he snorts. “What?”
“I’m back in town. You’re staying at your parents’. A bit of nostalgia is creeping in.”
The same feeling is bursting through me. “I guess so.”
I want to punch him in the face.
I want to apologize.
I want him to know I regret what I did and that my heart beats only for him.
But it wouldn’t change anything.
No amount of apologizing will reverse the betrayal and pain I caused.
