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Chapter 23: Old Enemies
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Anna quickly changed into her own clothes and brought the beautiful dress out and handed it to the waiting sales assistant. She stepped as far as possible away from Seline and Anthony, she did not want to get mixed up in that drama. She searched through the racks and found several other outfits that fitted her new personality. She even found a beautiful pair of Dolce and Gabanna shoes to match the dress. She took them to the counter and laid them on the pile thinking that maybe retail therapy wasn't such a bad idea. "Then go, if you don't want to be here." Seline's voice hissed loudly in the quiet of the store. "Don't be a child," Anthony said angrily as he pulled away. "You are embarrassing yourself," Anthony said with a snarl as she tried to grab his arm again. "The only reason I don't want to talk about the wedding is because I don't want to marry someone who is so cruel."Anthony's steps drew closer and Anna looked at him and smiled hesitantly. "I'm sorry for her behavior, I wi
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"Excuse me?" Anna said as she turned to Seline and stared her down "How dare you say something like that. I've never stolen anything in my life." "Right.""Miss we need to check your bag just in case." The scowling manager said with an indecisive look "There has been an accusation and I do need to check." "I'm trying to pay for all this merchandise not steal it. That's what this card is for." Anna said incredulously motioning to the card. "It's probably stolen or maxed out, that is a lot of money to spend for someone who had so little," Seline said thoughtfully."Stay out of this!" Anna said growling at Seline. "You don't know anything.""She'd pretty defensive for someone who's not done anything." "Well, I am sorry," The dark-haired manager said looking ashamed for the first time "but I have to check your bag please." Anna knew she'd done nothing wrong but she was damned if she was going to give Seline the satisfaction of her having the cops called on her. She opened her bag an
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Anna stopped outside the door and pulled John to a stop. She took his face gently in her hands and kissed him. Her mouth moved over his and she deepened the kiss running her hands through his hair not caring who saw. She pulled back breaking the kiss. John leaned in trying to follow her departing lips and she smiled as he opened his eyes and stared at her curiously."What was that for?" "Trying to be my knight in shining armor." "Well if I knew that was going to be my payment I would do more of it." He said with a smile that didn't quite reach his eyes. "Hey are you okay?" she asked smoothing her hands over his shoulders. "You look like somethings bothering you." "Nope, just some things I have to take care of.""Can I help?" "I love that you asked that," John said with a nip to her lower lip. "You constantly amaze me.""Are you sure?" "Positive, now I think there was some mention about lunch? How about the Biltmore estate?" Anna smiled and nodded as they walked away and slid ins
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John kissed Anna goodbye as she dropped him back off at his car in downtown Asheville. She was preparing to leave when the phone rang. Anna couldn't help but smile as she answered the call."Well hello again, long time no speak." "What's wrong with me calling my wife?""Nothing," Anna laughed as she sat back and watched the people walk by on the sidewalk. "Couldn't wait to hear my voice huh?""Actually I wanted to thank you for lunch and tell you how happy I am that you are coming to work at my office. ""I thought you were mad about it?" Anna admitted as she played with the zipper on her purse." You were acting weird about it at lunch."John sighed into the phone and Anna could picture him leaning back in the seat as he drove. "I didn't mean to, I just have gotten so used to being the one to rescue you that I felt funny when you wanted to work away from me." "I am a big girl John." "I know, it just goes against everything in me to not help you." "I know," Anna said with a smile "A
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Anna chocked on the coffee and cookie in her mouth and stared at him amazed. She had known him since high school and even though he had liked her it had never happened. Now here they sat as adults, one of them married and one about to be and he was bringing up the possibilities now?"Can't say I ever did." She said quietly as she met his gaze. "Not even once?" "Well there were times in high school that I might have wondered, but like I said things work out for a reason."Anthony reached over and put his hand on hers and squeezed her fingers. "I think that running into you today was a sign, we don't see each other in years and now we run into each other out of the blue just when I'm doubting everything with Seline, It seems like fate." "I think you are putting too much into this, it was nice to see you again, and it's always nice to catch up with an old friend.""An old friend? don't you remember when I kissed you senior year? I definitely felt something." Anna smiled as she remembe
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"Anthony, what are you talking about, you sound crazy." She pushed him back and slid around to the other side of the table. "Listen, I know this is out of the blue but I've heard things, mostly from Seline. She said that some pretty ugly stuff went down at your anniversary party. Something about a huge fight." Anna's head swum as the memory of the night replayed in her mind. She'd been so hurt and so upset and she had left john initially. Then she'd lived through the worst five years of her life without him and had been murdered in her apartment. She knew what it was like to lose everything and she did not want to repeat that mistake."It was a bad fight," Anna Acknowledged as she considered all she had been through and continued to go through with Melissa, May, and Isabel. It was not going to be an easy road. "Then leave it all, I promise we can be happy if you just give us a chance." "Anthony, I want my marriage to work.""I'm not sure it can work when your husband is having an
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"What if?"The thought swirled around in her head and as he walked out the door of the coffee shop. Anna hated to leave things this way but there was no other way to leave it. Yes, things had been hard with Melissa, May, and Isabel but she loved John too much to back down and walk away, no matter how many alternatives she might have."What was he thinking?" she thought to herself as threw out her coffee. "I couldn't have made myself clearer."Anna walked out of the shop and slid inside her car with her emotions swirling. She watched the people walk by on the street, enjoying the autumn air, and wondered what it would be like to have an uncomplicated normal life for once. She glanced back in her mirror and noticed a man from the coffee shop slide into the car behind her. He seemed to be looking at his phone but Anna remembered that he'd been at a table not too far away in the coffee shop. She wouldn't have noticed him except the fact that he seemed to be closely following the conversat
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Anna cringed at the look in John's eyes. His eyes burned with anger as he pushed the phone toward her. "Explain this!"Anna took the phone and stared in horror at the picture on the screen. She wanted to close her eyes but couldn't look away. She saw that it was the coffee shop from today. Sickness curled around her stomach more as each second went by. "Explain this!" john yelled again and Anna jumped. "I went to get coffee at Izzy's and Anthony was there." "No, explain why you're kissing him!" John said grabbing the phone from her hand and stalking across the living room. "He kissed me!""It doesn't look like you were fighting him off Anna." "Are you kidding me? If I wanted Anthony I could have been with him years ago. Good lord, I could have him now if I wanted. The minute after this was taken I pushed him off and reminded him I was married."John paced in front of the fireplace and raked his hands through his hair. He turned to her with an unreadable expression in his eyes. "I
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Their screams echoed on the buildings around them as they began to go over the edge. Anna mourned the loss of the life she'd wanted, the one she'd wanted so badly that she'd traveled back in time. Darkness began to swallow them as they started over the edge, but suddenly Anna was jerked back. Isabel's eyes went wide as Anna was jerked away and she lost her grip on Anna. The hand grabbing Anna's shirt was a solid link to safety and Isabel realized this as her hands slid free and she fell into darkness. Anna was pulled back and she saw John's strong hand had been the one holding her. Anna collapsed into John's arms as Isabel's screams died away into the darkness. The thud of her hitting the ground was loud despite the thunder and lightning and in that moment Anna curled into John as the horror seeped into her bones."Anna are you alright?" John panted as his arms wrapped around her as they both slid down the wall to sit in the rain. "It's you I'm worried about, seeing you laying there
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"I don't have anything else to say to you, John already said it all." Isabel laughed, "Wow you are better at pretending than even I thought, how is it not killing you that John and I were in your bed together?""You weren't "Together" John explained it all and Melissa admitted it. ""Amateurs," Isabel said with a grimace as she looked at Anna and shrugged. "I should have done it myself but I needed a little help. The biggest mistake I ever made." Anna found the pulse at John's throat and breathed a sigh of relief. He still didn't stir but she'd been feeling around his head while Isabel was gloating and the large bump behind his left ear was scary beyond belief. She had to do something."No the biggest mistake you ever made was trying to come between us. John loves me and I love him. Nothing is going to change that." Isabel laughed and stood snuffing out the lighted tip of the cigarette she was smoking. "I think I can change his mind. He is so accommodating, isn't he? Allowing me t
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Melissa paced, her heels clicking on the neutral linoleum on the floor. She viciously rubbed her arms wrinkling the expensive fabric of her shirt but she didn't seem to notice. "I'm not sure what you want me to say.""How about the truth?" I know it is a foreign concept to you but I really need you to tell her.""John is there any need? Why don't you let her go, you have Isabel now.""Mother! " John screamed "stop it, I don't "Have" Isabel, tell her the truth!" His hand slammed his hand down on the small table and it jumped and almost toppled. Melissa turned and looked at John in shock. "How dare you talk to me like that?""Easy!" John shouted, "I refuse to let your lies end the most important thing in my life."Melissa gasped as the anger in John's voice vibrated around the room. "Fine," She said in a huff as she turned to face Anna. "John doesn't "Have" Isabel." "What does that mean exactly?" Anna said as she stood and stepped toward Melissa. "Well, It means that John and Isabel
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Anna sat nervously at the gate, she'd told Bess she didn't want anyone to wait with her but now she was regretting that decision. She stood and walked over to the window watching the plains taking off and landing and felt more hopeless than ever. She had grown to love Asheville in the time she'd lived here. Even before the original timeline, she grew to love it. Now watching the skyline from the wall of windows at the airport it was as if the skyline of the city was waving goodbye. Her heart ached but she turned away. They called boarding and Anna grabbed her bag and went to wait in line. She kept her head down wanting to shut the world out. She kept to herself and didn't' talk to anyone because right now she didn't want to interact with anyone. Anna felt like she was stuck in her own world and she liked it. Heartbreak was a good companion when your world was falling apart. Anna was about to hand her ticket in when she heard her name being called."Anna!" "Anna wait!" the voice screa
