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His gaze was sad when he continued, “Yes and if given the choice, I would do the same thing all over again, minus the cheating part.”
“Brennan,” I said, aware that my voice was shaking, “When we were together, I gave it my best shot. I think I knew why Kieran stayed away. He wanted to give you and me the chance to build a relationship. I didn’t expect that you would do what you did. But I can’t come back from it. I don’t want to come back from it. You just seem so different now. You’re full of anger and bitterness. You have to let us go. You have to let me go.”
He gave a soft nod and said, “I just can’t control myself. I feel enraged, mad when I see you with him. Zander has fucking everything. And now, he has you.”
“Maybe you need to get some professional help if you feel like this. You can’t go around getting mad at people when they break up with you. You’re a good person, Brennan. You have a great future ahead of you. If you feel like this is too much to handle, you need help to manage your anger.”
I thought he was going to say no.
“You’re right,” he swallowed, “I think you’re right.”
My phone buzzed on top of the table. It was Kieran calling. I let it go to voicemail.
“I have to go.” I stood up on the table.
He stood up and he looked forlorn. The weight of the world, crumbled down on his shoulders. I stepped towards him and gave him a hug.
I felt his arms around me and he whispered, “You’ve been so good to me. If only I could go back and tell myself not to do what I did.”
“Everything happens for a reason,” I reached up to his ear and whispered back, “Take care, Brennan.”
“You too, Sed. You too.”
“Bye.” I said and walked outside to my car.
******
I placed Kieran on my speakerphone and talked to him on the way back.
He knew about the media storm happening around campus. I did not tell him about my meeting with Brennan. It was so hard to keep a secret but he would probably react the same way Zander would if he knew what I did.
He informed me that he just heard Brennan had dropped the charges. He saw it a few minutes ago at a local news channel.
Whew! I sighed in relief. Brennan came into his senses.
Zander’s Porsche was parked in front of my apartment when I arrived.
I was overcome with the good news; I almost hopped the stairs two at a time to my apartment.
Zander had his right ear to his phone when I saw him on the living room couch. Tanya must have let him in and left. I didn’t hear any sounds coming from her bedroom.
He really was a handsome guy. His eyes flickered when he saw me but he didn’t smile.
“Alright, thanks Matt. Just keep them updated. Thanks for all your help, man. I really appreciate it” he was addressing his lawyer.
I went up to him and reached up to kiss him on his lips as soon as he hung up.
He kissed me quickly and pulled away.
Something was up.
His eyes flickered, his expression, undecipherable, “How was group study?”
I looked away, pretending to be interested at the news on TV.
“It was ok.”
“Yeah?”
