Only Ten Years - Chapter 17

Chapter 17

Thirty is the perfect age to take charge!

I rejected Chet. But he wouldn’t give up, and spent most of his time at the office, competing with Liam. I did what I could to avoid them both, asking Caleb to deal with them. Caleb always managed things, and I was finally able to have some peace.

But things didn’t stay good for long. Liam got drunk, and was screaming at my door.

“Jane! What do I have to do to get you to forgive me! I’ll give you everything, come home with me, please?”

Chet was there too.

“Your garbage is too dirty for the trash!”

“Jane, I’m all yours, and I’m clean!”

I massaged my temples, ripping the mask off my face. I called Chet’s family to come get him. Outside, they were still fighting. Liam didn’t see Chet as a threat. But he was wary of Caleb. He didn’t think that Jane would be into the immature Chet.

He was more mature, and way more competent. Liam scoffed, and Chet lost it.

“Old man! You’re ancient!”

Liam, who had been poked, lost his mind.

“I was in love with Jane for ten years, and we even had a baby.”

That was all he had, and now he was showing how desperate he was.

“But she didn’t stay with you! How pathetic!”

Chet mocked him, and pushed him, until he fell. When I opened the door, Chet’s family had just arrived. I had never seen Liam look so lost. He looked so hurt as he stared at me.

“Jane, do you know? For three years, I’ve been dreaming. I see our kid crying, and he’s asking me why I didn’t want him. My heart feels like it’s being ripped apart. I’m sorry, Jane, I’m so sorry for everything…”

Liam covered his face with one hand, as tears ran down his cheeks. I sighed. “Go home. And don’t come back. We can’t go back.”

Looking at the man who used to be so full of pride, now had a few gray hairs on his head, I felt pity. It was time to move on. Liam dropped to his knees and grabbed my hands.

“Please, let me try again. I’m never going to be happy without you, please forgive me.”

I didn’t look back. Silence was my answer. I had fallen down in the same place before, and that was enough. What’s done is done, but the future is still ahead of me.