Chapter 34
They make me sit and mom holds me in her embrace.
I watch as Zander frantically reads them, letter by letter and throws them to my brother after, and he also reads
them.
There is a faint ‘no, no, no” coming from him.
He is now knowing the truth about her double life and her betrayal.
“No!” he roars and he finally breaks down, his eyes suddenly meeting mine.
And for the first time, I see regret in his eyes.
Years of regret.
Believing in someone only to be betrayed.
Before I know it, he is running towards me. He engulfs my body with his, removing me from my mom’s hold.
“I am sorry, I am sorry” he cries but I push him off me.
“Get away from me Zander! Get away! Please get away!” I yell, my skin feels itchy.
“I am sorry for hurting you! For betraying you, for rejecting the good thing I have in my life. Please forgive me. I am sorry, I am sorry” he cries into my shoulders.
“I have nothing left to give you Zander. I am so tired” I whisper suddenly feeling dizzy.
“Crys, honey are you okay? “Mom’s voice says but everything becomes a blur and my head is spinning.
I see dark dots clouding my vision and the only I hear is Zander’s call for me before everything goes black
Save my baby.
I wake up in the hospital and the first person I see is Zander, crouched beside me with my hands in his as he rubs it tenderly.
“Baby, oh thank God you are back. Back to me!” he says and kisses my forehead.
Memories starts rushing back like flood and my hands immediately moves to my stomach. I sigh in relief when I feel my bump.
“Let go of me! I want my mo! Get me my mom!” I shout
“Baby calm down, I’ll get her” he says and soon my mom and dad was entering the room.
I hug my mom tightly, I can’t continue this anymore. I am so tired, I just want to let go of everything,
“I can’t this anymore mom, I am so tired. I want to leave, I want to go back to England” I cry.
“No, please Crystalise, please don’t leave me again. The first time you left I was broken but if you leave again I won’t be able to survive” he pleads, kneeling Infront of me.
I have nothing left to give you Zander. I am so broken beyond repairs” I tell him
No, I don’t want anything from you. Let me give you everything, everything you desire, let me love you the way you deserve. I love you Crystalise” he says and I should be happy because he said those words I have been wanting
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to hear for years but now, I feel empty, nothing.
“You know, If you had said this a day ago, I would have believed you, I would have cried with joy but now, as I sit here, I feel nothing, empty” I say and he wails.
“No, don’t say that! You love me, please think about our baby, think about him. He needs a stable home” he cries
“I am thinking about my baby that is why I have decided to leave. I don’t want to be with you again, we’ll co parent if possible” I say
He continues to cry whispering how sorry he is, how he loves me so much, how I can’t leave him but I don’t feel anything
I am numb.
