Chapter 106: This Man

Amelia

I hadn't expected him to come to my house knocking, but surprisingly he was here at night, and I loved every bit of it.

“What are you doing here?”

“I came to see you.”

“I don't want to see you,” that wasn't a lie. I didn't want to see him because I was hurting, but deep down, I still wanted to.

In a way, yes.

Ahh…I know I'm broken. Let's not talk about it.

“Can we talk?” He looked at me with so much care in his eyes.

Say no Mimi. Tell him to get the fuck out of here and never approach you again.

“Yeah,” I said.

“Yeah?”

“Yes, we can talk, Evans. What is it?” I folded my arms around my chest and leaned on the door.

“You won't even let me in?”

“Not a fat chance.”

He chuckled, and I almost caught myself going along with it.

“I didn't give Gloria that ring.” He paused for a moment and looked at me, waiting for me to say something.

“Gloria is, well, she's a psycho and I know I've been doing a bad job laying her off. I think the problem is me. Maybe I still can't get over her—