Two days later, Brett walked into Freya’s. Jay was sitting on the couch with a bag of toilet paper at his feet. “Hey, Brett come on in. Freya went to the store. She should be back soon.” “What’s with the toilet paper?” “My lawyer called yesterday, He was able to get me a plea bargain. I do nine months in county and then six months at a halfway house. I have to turn myself in tomorrow and they don’t always have toilet paper.” “Oh” “My buddy Don is on his way to get me. He’s throwing me a “Last Day of Freedom” party.” “I’m sorry it turned out this way for you.” “It could have been worse. I was facing seven years. Which reminds me, I wanted to ask a favor.” “What’s that?” “Look, I know I fucked up, but I care about Freya. I know you’re …show more content…
“Take me for ice cream after?” “Two scoops and strawberries.” ————————————————————— After dancing, Brett and Melody went to eat. After they ordered, Brett looked at his date. “I’m interested in spending more time with you and there are some things I want you to know about me before we go much further.” “All right.” “One, I’m not a liar and I don’t play games. If a relationship isn’t based on honesty I’m not in it.” Melody nodded. “Two, my best friend is female. I went through a horrible break up last year. I almost killed myself over it. She stood by me and pulled me through. Any woman I’m with has to accept that and her. If I get married my priorities will be my wife, my kids, and then her, in that order.” “Okaay.” “To be honest, at this point our relationship is physical. But, that part would stop the instant I enter a committed relationship.” “Why would you tell me this?” “Because it wouldn’t be fair to either of us to start developing feelings if this would end the relationship.” “If you care for her that much why don’t you marry her?” “I proposed and she refused for her own reasons.” “What were they?” “It’s not my place to talk about it. You’ll have to ask
“All I need is a little time,” he says, his brown eyes wet and earnest as a cocker spaniel’s. “Kind of a vacation from marriage. A year or two to find myself.”
“I guess we need to come up with an excuse when we are asked the reason for the annulment.”
Daniel gazed at her and sighed, “Look, I promised myself I would not date, not until after I got passed college and the part of my life I should have completed years ago. But I met you and I broke that promise so I could get you before someone else does”.
“I wanted to see if you actually cared about me. That you would be honest.”
“Come down here on the floor with him.” She pats the spot next to her. I shake my head, comfortable where I am on the couch, a safe distance away. “You’re going to have to engage,” she says. “If you want to be able to do this after I leave.”
“We are working on our relationship, I love my wife. She is entitled to a few mistakes. After all, we are only human. We will be attending counseling, as we are very much still together.” He seals it with a kiss, as the cameras flash. Then pulls her into a car.
"I honesty don't know. Yes, I am still mad at you, I mean you practically handed me over to death. If you'd have known-" I cut her off. "Which I didn't. That's the thing Becca, I didn't know anything." She looks over to me, astonished at my statement. I nod.
"If she actually cared about you, she would've just been glad to know that she'd get you back if you had an accident, that you won't ever fall ill or that you could always be there."
"You really have to wonder about people like that," he continued in the silence. "How they think, how they feel, how they see the world. Don’t you ever just wish you could go up and introduce yourself to a stranger and learn their entire life’s story?"
“And the physical attraction... Well you and I have done a lot of things together, and Mr Abraham I assure you, I have enjoyed doing everything we have done together... Hopefully look forward to doing more...smile”
“ We aren’t we just know that you are so fun and crazy, you would make the night fun.” they say as I blush a little.”
“No “we”, i think i’ll be better off alone, i don’t think trusting you would be a great idea” i said walking away
"Well, why 'd you wait until now to tell me? Why didn 't you say something before?"
“Do you really want to do this? I have a bad feeling. ” I said.