Chapter 4: Meeting Again

Seven Years Later

What can I say? It's been nearly seven years since I last laid eyes on my family and ex-husband. My life is great. I am happy my daughter is happy. She did ask me about her father and my parents since she has only seen my sister and I don't like lying to her. So I told her what happened, don't get me wrong. My child may be young but she is very mature. Sometimes I wonder where she got it from. I told her the truth and she said she did not need anyone and that she was okay with only her mother.

Although I still see my sister sometimes. She's a graduate and has her own business and she is getting married to one of Ethan's friends. Yea how did I know? I haven't met the guy since she started dating him and now soon to be a wife but have seen his picture and I know him from college, although he had to relocate because of his father's business, he his one of Ethan's good friend and business partner, yea we kind of bump into each other when I was married to Ethan, he did not attend the wedding so he came to apologize, he is very nice and friendly, What! do you think that she will not invite me, of course, she did, why wouldn't she? I am her favorite sister and "like she has another sister" I am her only sister.

Am just thinking about going, my ex will be there with his family, my parents will also be there with my brother, I was thinking of not going but screw them. I am going for my sister, not them.

My business has been going well, but nobody knew I was Dave's partner, people know he was not the only one running the business that he has a partner but nobody knows if it's a lady or a man.

I mean our restaurant was one of the best. We got an award for it and I was so proud of everyone working for us. Also, I had to move to America three months ago because the business there was not going well so I moved back. Although that was not the only reason, Amanda and her family also moved to America two years ago which was hard for my daughter because she was so close to the triplet they were and still best of friends. So when I told her we were moving to America she was so happy she was like "yay am going to see my friends again". I was happy as well, I miss Amanda and her family so I told her to look for a place for me but she said I should just move in with her that her house was big enough which I refused but she did not listen so I rented an apartment close to her house that way it will be easier for us and our children to visit each other...

My sister's wedding was also in America, more reason for me to be here. I was looking forward to it. She did invite great Amanda. It was the day of the wedding, Amanda was the one that designed my dress and my daughter's own. It was so beautiful. Amanda and her kids came with us, we got to the reception a little bit late but when my name was called Raven Carmichael where are you? "Am here I raised my hand" I had to make a speech for my dear sister, people were shocked to see me especially my family. What did they expect, did they think I was dead or something. I mean my family and Ethan were shocked to see me but my sister came to hug me and told me "I am so happy you came" I thought you changed your mind. I held her "I would never miss your wedding" even though I don't want to see some people but you are more important to me.

Ethan

After my divorce from Raven and the statement, she made I was not myself I was so angry and hurt that she would do that to me

I loved that girl. I still do so when I told my parents about the divorce and what she did. My mom was disappointed in me. She asked if the picture were real that it did not look real, she asked who gave it to me, I told her I found it on my office table she asked if I did check the picture if it was real or photoshopped, I told her no, I was too damn angry to check all that. she called her PI to check it which came out to be fake, we traced it down. I found out it was my assistant that did all this simply because she was in love with me. Like what the hell, I would never go for a girl like her, she was too fake. I was devastated, I cried, I was so ashamed of myself. I went to her parent's house to apologize to her since that was she will be but they told me they disowned her and I told them the pictures were fake how could they not trust their daughter "like I trusted her am so stupid".

We searched for her but it was like she did not want to be found but I was a little bit suspicious her sister was behaving somehow like she knew something but didn't want to say. But who was I to question her? My family was disappointed in me if only they were around when all this happened. They were celebrating their thirty years of marriage on a remote island and I did not want to disturb them.

They were disappointed and told me that what I did was wrong that am supposed to trust my wife now she is nowhere to be found

It's been almost seven years of searching for Raven but nothing. My life has been miserable but nobody knows how I feel. My business has been going well because all I do is work work, work, and work. I hardly go home why should I even go home when no one will be there waiting for me

So when my friend called me and told me he was getting married I was so happy for him, he told me to be his best man which I accepted. I told my parents about the wedding and they said they were going to come since my friend was like a son to them and it was Raven's sister that he was getting married to, she's a nice person.

During the reception, I was told to make a speech which I did and they said somebody from the bride side to make a speech when they called her name "Raven Carmichael I was like who was that when we heard am here I was in shock I did not expect to see "Raven my Raven"...

There she was looking more beautiful than the last time I saw her, I mean what was I expecting that things would have been bad for her after the divorce. Right since she had nowhere to go, I mean her parent practically disowned her, her brother did not even listen to her, I for one chased her out of my house and I know she had some friends but most of her female friends always tried to seduce me, she always caught them flirting with me and I did not like any of her male friends, yea call me jealous but I don't care I loved that woman and I still do.....

But she still trusted me and stopped been friends with them or hanging out with people she meets, when I will ask why she was always alone when am out she will say "I don't have a lot of friends and I don't need them that much since most of them are trying to get into your pant" she would say glaring at me, like it my fault she married someone as handsome as me.

Her speech was good, what am I saying it was great "like I was even listening to what she was saying '' smirks. I was busy staring at her, her lips, her body call me a pervert, I don't care. Gosh, she was just so beautiful, I could not stop staring at her, I mean she got bigger in the right places if you know what I mean.....

I couldn't take it anymore after her speech I approached her while she was talking to her sister I was nervous, what was I even going to say to her, so I said the first thing that came to my mind

"You look beautiful Raven"

After my speech I was busy talking to my sister I was so happy for her then I heard someone behind me saying "you look beautiful Raven"

I was about to reply when I saw it was no one other than my stupid ex-husband, that is what he can say to me what was I even expecting him to say anyway

I just gave him my stone-cold face which he knows very well is what I do when am angry or when I don't want to talk to you I told him thanks he was sad seeing me with that expression I mean what was he expecting that I should turn and kiss him, smile at him or what after what he did to me

He was about to say something else when his family appeared from nowhere, his mom was the first to hug me I was shocked

His mom Sydney never liked me she was always looking for a way to get me out of her son's life telling me I was not good enough for him and her husband Peter he was always looking at me like I was some gold digger or something

I only got along with his younger sister Avery who was still in boarding school the rest we had issues I mean big issues

Like his sister Adrianna, we went to the same school but she hated me telling me I was the reason why her boyfriend broke up with her when she found out I was dating her brother she was angry I mean the bitch didn't even come to our wedding but who cares she was just so childish

I did try to be friends with her but it was like I was making things worse so I just let the bitch be

Then there is Nathan the man whore, yeah I called him that because he sleeps around with any girl even some of our female teachers were sleeping with him so when he asked me out and I refused him he was angry because no one had ever rejected or refused him, he nearly made my life a living hell I told him I was dating his brother but he was like "so what I just want to have sex with you nobody will know, we can keep it a secret" stupid boy. I later found out he made a bet that he was going to have sex with me thank God I refused him like I was ever going to accept him but he's very very handsome, oh my, what am I saying.....

So to see all of them here smiling at me like asking what had happened before was so surprising and then my daughter Blue came to me and said "mom do you know them?"