Chapter 30
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The tears started to cloud her vision, so she parked at the side of the road few blocks away from the company. She wiped away her tears along with the smudged make-up. "You think that I would joke about something like this?" She said in a shrill voice scowling her face at me.
"No of course not, but it is Brandon that we are talking about. The same Brandon whose whole body was shaking when he tried to confess to you in high school, the Brandon that would always get you a bouquet of flowers to tell that he was sorry after each fight. Are you sure that we are talking about the same man?"
She lowered her head covering her face with her hands as tears were falling down. "Yes…" She managed to say between her sobs. A painful twinge could be felt in my left chest at the sight of my best friend weeping figure. I circled my arms around her pulling her head in to my chest; stroking her head soothingly as I tried to calm her down. I could feel the tears soaking in to my white blouse.
"It's okay Cher. Didn't you say that you think that he is cheating on you? I am sure that there must be some misunderstanding." I assured her.
I could feel the friction of her head against my chest as she was shaking her head. "He has been acting so weird these past few weeks, April. He always comes home late, he never did that before. If I message him he would always reply immediately unless he's at work, now…now he would reply after few hours. And he has been so busy texting or messaging someone on his phone. He doesn't even touch me anymore…" The last part came out like a faded whisper. She tilted her head up meeting my eyes with her tear coated eyes. Her nose red, irritated from the sniffling and rubbing. "Does that still sound like he's not cheating on me?" She asked her voice cracking.
Cher who was normally an overly confident girl brimming of brightness looked so small, so broken, lost; searching for validation, reasons and answers. Answers which I couldn't give to her.
"I would be lying if I said yes, but we will never know until he admits it. It just…sounds impossible; he's the type of man who would die first before hurting you like that." I just refuse to believe that he would ever cheat on her.
She scoffed. "He's still alive."
a vibration of a phone could be heard, but it wasn't mine. Cher pushed herself away from my embrace and wiped away her tears. She grabbed her phone from her handbag and looked at it. "It's from Brandon." She said. "He wants to talk to me about something." She continued in a soft whisper.
"He's going to break up with me I am sure of it!" She wailed, tears raining down again.
The dam of my own tear ducts started to break down as I couldn't handle to see Cher like that, but I suppressed it. Cher needs me right now. I can't be crying too.
"Hey, hey…" I called but she kept on crying. I cupped her cheeks with my hands making her face my way forcing her to look me in the eyes. "It will be alright, I can feel it. Even if he did cheat on you I'll make sure that he will pay by cutting off his dick." She lets out a feeble laugh, her cries reduced to sobs. I grabbed her hands. "I'll will go with you, okay?" She nodded.
"Okay."
I smiled sympathetic. "Now stop crying, you're ruining your only good quality." I said as I wiped her tears away with my thumbs.
"Fuck you." She said letting out a light wobbly laugh slapping my arm.
I laughed.
Her face features were still pulled down, shoulder slumped. "I love him April. I love him so much. I can't imagine life without him. It's killing me April." She said just above a whisper.
"Yeah…" I replied stroking her head.
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We arrived at work and Cher's complexion looked better than before after letting everything out, but I still felt worried for my friend's mental health. "Are you sure that you should be working today?" I asked. Unbuckling my seatbelt.
She smiled. "I should be asking you that. Are you going to be okay with that leg?" she asked eyebrow raised.
I shrugged. "I'll survive."
"So will I." She smiled reassuring and got out of the car.
'Damn my friend is strong.'
I grinned and followed her, calling out to her to wait for me as we went in to the building.
Leaning against the cold metal wall of the elevator I waited until I had reached the floor. Cher had a meeting so she wasn't with me. I was scrolling through my phone to see if I had any appointments or meetings today.
Private Number: "I would never cheat on you." He popped up out of nowhere. I sighed rolling my eyes.
April: "I never asked and don't care."
Private Number: "Well I care and I sure as hell care if u even think of cheating on me."
April: "We are not even dating!"
Private Number: "That's because u don't want to admit that u have feelings for me!" What in the world is he talking about!? Me liking him? Forget it!
April: "There's nothing to admit because I don't have feelings for you!"
Private Number: "Says the girl who was clinging on to me in her sleep."
A tint of red started to overshadow my face.
April: "I don't remember that." When did that even happen!?
April: "Also maybe I was dreaming that I was tying the knot with my baby Damon."
Private Number: "And I'll be tying a knot around his throat so tightly that his cricoid cartilage gets crushed if you don't stop talking about him."
'Asshole.' I grumbled annoyed.
The elevators door slides open. I quickly put my phone away taking my crutches and hopped out without looking around properly. I really should have looked better because the next thing I knew my face collided against something hard, really hard. It was like a stone brick wall. I winched as my nose took the biggest impact and rubbed it trying to sooth the sting. "Who in his right mind puts a wall right here." I grumbled.
The wall started to vibrate and a chuckle could be heard from above my head. I slowly looked up meeting the sharp blue globes, staring at me with a glint of amusement in them. "Sorry." He said giving me a sheepish smile.
I gasped and slightly jumped away forgetting about my unstable leg.
