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"Okay, wait." Travis shakes his head and sighs. “I have to do my post-fight presser, meet with my agent about a contract change, and I promised Penelope a dinner first, but I can come see you after.”
“Oh...Okay."
“I hope that's alright with you."
“Yeah, sure.”
I’m tempted to book a hotel room in hopes that he’ll drop by later, but I don’t.
I return to the airport.
He doesn't call that night.
* * *
Two days later,I wake up to an inbox full of apologies from Travis and four new "I am so sorry, please let me fix this" voicemails.
In every message, he begs me for a raincheck.
Although I accept, I have a nagging feeling that he’ll never have the time to redeem it.
THIRTY-NINE
PRESENT DAY
TATIANA
A Couple of Days Later
Manhattan, New York
New York welcomed me home with warm thunderstorms and hugs of heated rain.
After making it to my condo, I turned off my phone and rushed into the shower.
Holding back tears, I stood under the scalding hot streams and washed every bit of Las Vegas and Travis off my skin.
Foolish, foolish girl…
As steam fogged the glass, a memory of Travis fucking me against his shower bench weeks ago played in my mind.
I wished it would swirl down the drain as quickly as the suds.
“You were making fucking excuses then, and you’re making them now.”
No matter how hard I scrubbed, the stains of our relationship remained.
I considered returning to the airport, flying back to Nevada, and breaking up with him in person, but I couldn’t.
This needed to be our final chapter, and no matter how hard it hurt to read, I needed to accept “the end.”
ACT THIRTEEN
BACK THEN
TATIANA
Denver, Colorado
