If You Come Back by Alexis Leia

Author:Alexis Leia [Leia, Alexis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-06T08:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

“Why are you making me go trick-or-treating?” Sam whined as Selene helped him get into his Halloween costume.

“Because you never did that and I want you to feel the joy of the tradition”, she explained.

“People only practice tradition when they’re too scared to abandon the old habits”, he said and left Selene with her mouth gaping.

“Are you seriously eleven years old? Or are you just an old man inside a boy’s body?”

Sam shrugged in a gesture that reminded her so much of Chris, she had to look away. It’d been five days since he left and there was no word from him, not even a text message. If he had stayed until October 30th, yesterday would’ve been the day of his and Jackson’s flight back. But Jackson still didn’t leave, because Annie talked him into staying two days longer, since she wanted to spend Halloween with him.

He spent every day at Selene’s and Annie’s house, so Selene worked longer than usual in order to come home when he and Annie were already in bed, because he had already tried to talk to her about Chris numerous times. He tried to explain that Chris didn’t leave just like that, that it was a very urgent business matter, and that he wouldn’t leave her hanging out of the blue. The first time Jacks tried to convince her, she patiently listened to him and explained she wasn’t angry, but rather disappointed. Sure, she believed there was a problem in his company that demanded his immediate presence, but he could surely find a minute to text her or call her to say something, anything. Something like: Listen, I don’t think this will work. It’s been fun while it lasted. Goodbye, have a good life. If there was one thing she hated, it was the avoidance of honesty. After that argument, Jackson had nothing to add.

Say what you mean and give a clean end to whatever relationship you have with someone without any pretensions, don’t simply disappear. No, she wasn’t angry; her pride was hurt. But maybe it was a good thing he left when he did, because if he had stayed a little longer, she would’ve fallen for him completely.

Even if he came back again and wanted to continue their little arrangement, she would probably agree to that; a simple relationship based on physical pleasure and nothing else, but she would be the one to end it once she got enough. No dinners in her home, no spending time at the lake, no long walks in the town. It was the comfortable routine she got used to again, and exactly that routine shook the emotional wall she tried so hard to keep. But that wall didn’t break, and she intended to keep it that way.

“Aren’t you going on a date?” Sam asked her, interrupting her thoughts, looking so adorable in his hobbit costume. She stood up, fake hobbit ears in her hand and pinned them on his head.

“It isn’t a date, but I do have to go, later.

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