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“Stop it! Stop bullshitting me.”
“You really want me to leave?”
“Congratulations. You’ve got the message at last.”
She doesn’t say another word, but walks away, out of my office, and I slump into my chair, my heart in pieces. I can’t take this… it’s too much…
I startle as she comes back in again, tears streaming down her face. Her purse is slung over her shoulder and she’s carrying her phone and car keys, which she puts on my desk.
“Keep them,” I mutter, but she shakes her head.
“N—No. They’re yours.”
I stare down at them, and then up at her again, the last few pieces of my heart crushing to dust.
“Just go, will you?” It hurts to look at you.
She clamps her hand over her mouth, stifling her sob, and runs from my office.
I watch her leave, knowing I’ll never feel happiness or hope, ever again.
Chapter Eleven
Livia
I don’t wait for the elevator. I run all the way down to the parking garage, only then realizing I don’t have a car here anymore. The car that was mine is parked in bay twelve, but I can’t drive it…
“Oh, God…” I fall to my knees, bringing up my hands to cover my face, and I howl. The sound echoes around and around, but I can’t seem to stop. It hurts so much, I can’t move.
“Livia? Is that you?”
I jump at the familiar voice and look up, expecting to see Hunter. He’s come for me. He’s really come for me. We’re going to be okay. Except, as I blink through my tears, I realize the man approaching me isn’t Hunter at all. It’s Drew.
I struggle to my feet and he takes my arm, holding it by the elbow, and looking down into my face. “Are you okay?”
“I’m fine.”
“No, you’re not. You’re a long way from fine. What happened? Did someone hurt you?”
Yes. Your brother. “It’s nothing, really.” I pull my arm away, without making it too obvious, and step back toward the exit.
“Where are you going? You can’t leave. Not like this.”
I nod my head. “I have to.”
He frowns. “What does that mean?”
“Ask Hunter.”
I turn and start running again. This time, I make it out onto the street, although I realize straight away that I can’t run all the way home.
I get to the bus stop, though, and only have to wait a few minutes for the next bus to arrive. While I’m waiting, I keep looking back toward the office, wondering if Drew will come after me… or if Hunter will. There’s no sign of either of them, though, and before long, the bus comes and I get on, sitting down and staring out the window. I know I look a mess, but I don’t care.
I’m not sure I care about anything anymore.
All I did was screw up over the guy who came to see Hunter’s father, and he fired me. Why would he do that? It doesn’t make sense. He didn’t say as much, but it was clear he broke up with me, too. Words weren’t necessary… not when he was looking at me like he hated me. Not when he told me to ‘just go’, like he did.
I struggle to fight back my tears, his words echoing around my head.
