Feeling Regretful

POV: Victoria

“You love him?” Claire asks me, startling me from my thoughts.

“He’s not coming back, is he?” I responded, my voice heavy and sad. I’ve been standing out here since he drove off. A part of me still thinks he would turn around and come back to me. I didn’t think he would leave that way, I thought he was simply bluffing. But as it is, nothing is a joke to Raphael Hawkins.

“You shouldn’t have asked him to leave if you love him that much, you shouldn’t let anyone manipulate you into leaving him. You need to start thinking about your future, no one has the right to tell you what to do and who to be with!” she told me firmly.

“Jeez, who are you and where is my kid sister?” I joke, earning a chuckle.

“You know how you always ask me to leave Kyle because he is not good for me and I completely ignore you?

Well, that is because I love him and I chose to think with my heart and not my brain. I let myself love him because I know he is a good man and he loves me too. In fact, he i