Chapter 106 Left Behind
I make my way on unsteady legs down the stairs, and shit! I think I'm going to fall on my face. But I don't have time for this! I'm going to keep rushing until I have her in my arms again. I wish I had time to shower and get this filth off me, but I don't! Maybe I can beg Josie to take a shower with me?
I'll probably be in the dog house for a while. That's fine! I can live with that... But I can't live with her leaving me. Not like this. Not when I know this is the last time I will ever see her beautiful face. She's running away from me, and I fucking know it! This is all my fault!
No, it's actually Gina's fault, but it still feels like my fault!
I see Olivia hanging out in the foyer, texting on her phone. God! Maybe she didn't leave after all? She wouldn't leave her sisters here, would she?
But then again, those taunting little parting words float into my mind. “Take care of my sisters of me,” she whispered before she dashed away with my heart.
I stumble over to her, leaning heavily on the wall and trying like fuck to catch my breath. "Liv! Have you seen your sister?" I pant out.
Olivia puts her phone down and bats her eyes up at me, giving me a flirtatious smile. I'll have to talk to her again about not flirting with her sister's fiance... She kept the ring... right? That means she just needs to calm down somewhere? She'll come back to me?
I know I'm feeding myself lies, but it's better than falling apart on the floor and crying like a child. Because the second I give up, I know I'll truly lose her forever. And I fucking refuse to lose the woman I've spent my entire adult life pining over. Not now that I've finally found her!
I watch as Olivia tilts to the left momentarily before she straightens out again. Damn whatever Gina got me with is stronger than I want to admit. My stomach is going to spill all over the shiny floor.
I take a deep breath and close my eyes momentarily, trying to get everything back in order. I'll fix this! Everything is fixable! My life is fucking fixable! I JUST NEED TO FIND HER FIRST!
Olivia snorts. "Yeah, she yelled at me, like she has any right to stop me from seeing my boyfriend!" she giggles. "Although, I'd stay if you asked me to, Ricky. Like I said, just say the word and I'll ditch him for you..." she smiles up at me seductively.
"WHERE IS JOSIE?" I demand. I dont' need another fucking female to try to seduce me! I need to know where my future wife is! Can't she see that? Is she fucking blind?
I run my fingers through my hair in frustration, begging with my eyes for her to tell me she just went to the music room, or the theater... Maybe the pool?
She shrugged her shoulders like she couldn't be bothered with her sister. "Dunno. She ran outta her like a bat outta hell," she snickers only to scowl when Gina sashays up to me, trying to put her claws on me.
Why the hell is she doing this to me? Can't she fucking take a hint? Does she need me to draw a map for her? I don't fucking want her anywhere near me!
"Now I can see why," she makes a disgusted face so similar to Josie's I want to cry.
I shove her hands off me. "I told you to stay away from me you stupid bitch!" I snarl and march for the damn door.
The cold hits me immediately, clearing up my head. My entire body is covered in goosebumps. I didn't have time to put a damn shirt on, let alone shoes and a coat!
I race down my driveway. It's so fucking dark out here! Why the hell aren't my lights on? They should've been on before she even came home! "JOSIE! WHERE ARE YOU? Please? I NEED TO TALK TO YOU!" I call out into the dark night like a fucking drunk.
Only, I'm not drunk! I'm fucking desperate. Desperate to hear her voice. Desperate to hear she forgives me. Desperate to hold her in my arms and make this whole damn thing go away...
But the whole damn world is fucking quiet. Not a soothing kind of quiet. It's the kind of quiet that could gut you. The kind of quiet that tells you you are so damn screwed, even the fucking universe pities you.
I spot Josie's little run down Toyota and jog over to it. Is she still sitting inside? Did she leave without her car? Why would she leave it here? Maybe she's still here?