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I can hear the motorcycle way before I can see it. I know exactly who it is. I haven’t spoken one word to him since I told him about the baby that night. I know he blames me, I could tell by the way he shut down on me as soon as he found out. He left the room and didn’t come back for hours. He claims he loves me but if he did, he wouldn’t have left me in my grief.
I don’t look up as I hear him coming up the front steps but I can see the toes of his boots.
“How are you doing Bella?” He asks but I continue to stare at the toe of his boots. He let’s out a long sigh.
“Fine, you don’t have to talk, just listen. I’m going out of town for awhile. Not sure exactly how long I will be gone but when I come back we are working this shit out. I’m more than tired of the silent treatment.”
I try not to react to his words, although it is like a knife to the heart. How can he run off like this after everything we have been through? What I have been through?
“I’ll call and text you every day. I really hope you answer because I will miss you Pixie. I love you so very much; I have for a really long time.”
“STOP!! Just stop saying you love me Blade! I am sick of hearing you lie to me!! Just run off to God knows where and leave me the hell alone!” I scream at him as I run inside.
A few minutes later I can hear the sound of his engine as he roars away. I am sure in that moment that everyone in the county can hear the sound as my heart breaks into a billion pieces.
My mom comes back from the store a little while later and I can hear her moving around in the kitchen. I pray she leaves me alone for just a little while longer.
Everyone hovering over me since the attack is about to drive me insane. It’s making me think about doing something drastic, like taking a nice long vacation without telling anyone, if I could just figure out a way to slip past the prospects...
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