39~ Take Me Instead

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Nothing is more devastating than revealing the past that should have been kept asleep. I didn't think that part of my life was going to resurface. It was a day I wanted to forget. I knew I was going to speak about it, but I didn't think it was this soon with the woman whom I had loved now.

I had not seen her this distraught, and she had been avoiding me. Lunch came and she missed it. Sitting in an empty dining room with just Vanessa and I. I tried to understand where she might be coming from but it only made me miss her more.

I noticed Vanessa was staring at me. I knew what she was going to say. "I told ya, tell her sooner." Yeah, I should have but I knew something like this would happen. Maybe she did understand me, that doesn't mean Jessica would.

"Please, don't say it."

She chuckled. "I wasn't going to say that, trust me." So I gave her a listening ear. “What I was going to say was, I think you just have to give her some time. I promise you she will come around.” I shook my