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‘Do you remember her last night?” Sarah continued, her voice getting harder. “Do you remember how she looked when you were saying all things to her? Because I do, I remember exactly how broken she looked.”
She moved closer to me.
‘You should fix whatever you broke Tristan, and you should do it fast because my patience with you is running very thin.”
She walked away toward the kitchen and I stood there alone in the middle of the living room feeling more lost than I’d ever felt in my life.
I stayed frozen for a full minute, my mind racing through everything that had just happened, everything I’d said and done to get to this poin
Then I moved.
I practically ran up the stairs, taking them two at a time, my heart pounding in my chest as I rushed down the hallway toward the room where had gone.
When I got there I pressed my ear against the door and heard it immediately.
Crying.
She was crying on the other side of that door and it was my fault, I’d made her cry again, had hurt her again, had proven that I was exactly the ! man who didn’t deserve her.
I pressed my forehead against the wood and closed my eyes.
“Athena,” I said softly. “Baby please open the door.”
The crying continued but she didn’t respond.
“I’m sorry,” I said, speaking through the door. “I’m so sorry for everything I said last night, for the way I looked at you, for making you feel like you something wrong when all you did was save my life.”
Still nothing.
*Please just let me in so we can talk about this,” I tried again. ‘Please give me a chance to make this right.”
‘Go away,” her voice came through the door, thick with tears. “I don’t want to see you.”
The words hurt but I deserved them, deserved worse than that after what I’d put her through.
“I’m not going anywhere,” I said, settling myself against the door. “I’m going to stay tight here until you open this door and let me apologize properly
“Then you’re going to be waiting a long time,” she said.
“I don’t care, 1 said. Till wait forever if that’s what
takes.
Silence fell and I waited, counting my heartbeats, listening for any sound from inside the room.
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Minutes passed.
Then an hour.
Then two.
I stayed pressed against that door, occasionally trying to talk to her but mostly just sitting there letting her know I wasn’t leaving, that I meant what said about waiting.
My legs were cramping and my back was sore from sitting on the hard floor but I didn’t move, didn’t even consider leaving because the alternative wa losing her and that wasn’t an option.
Around noon I realized she hadn’t eaten anything, hadn’t come out of the room once since she’d gone in there.
Concern overrode my determination to wait her out.
“Athena,” I called through the door. “You need to eat something, you need to think about the babies.”
No response.
‘I know you’re angry at me,” I continued. “And you have every right to be, but please don’t punish yourself and the twins because of me.”
Still nothing.
Fear crept into my chest, cold and insidious.
“Please baby,” I said, my voice cracking. “Please just come out and get something to eat, I’ll leave if that’s what you want, I’ll go downstairs and stay ou of your way but please don’t hurt yourself.”
I waited but she didn’t respond and the fear grew stronger.
‘I’m begging you,” I said. “I’m begging you to take care of yourself, to eat something for the babies if not for yourself, if you don’t want to see me I’ll leave right now, I’ll go to a hotel and give you all the space you need but please come out and eat.”
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Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland’s breathtaking cold.
