It's Not Over (Paths To Love Book 1) by Grahame Claire

Author:Grahame Claire [Claire, Grahame]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-9974728-0-6
Published: 2018-08-03T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

Vivian

Present

I should have listened to Muriella. I’d spent the last few hours in her apartment lamenting over the conversation with Daniel. She’d been level-headed and logical when it came to him and that autopsy, whereas I’d bulldozed through it straight to the wrong conclusion. I had to try to make it right.

My feet carried me up the stairs from M’s apartment to Daniel’s door. I raised my fist to knock and then thought better of it, digging in my purse for a pen and a piece of paper. I scribbled the words ‘I’m sorry’ on it and slid the note under the door. I couldn’t stand that I’d hurt Daniel, and even if he wanted nothing to do with me, I needed to apologize.

The elevator doors opened, and Giselle stepped out. I’d have preferred being struck in the head with a blunt object.

“Vivian,” she said brightly, her smile so friendly that a wobbly one formed on my lips. “Daniel didn’t mention you were coming over for dinner. He’s not home yet, but if you’d like to come in…” Her offer was genuine. She took out a set of keys and opened the front door. “Vivian? Are you all right?”

“I have to go,” I croaked, pressing the call button for the elevator, which mercifully was still there.

I stepped inside and leaned against the side wall for support. Muriella and I were wrong. He was serious about her. She had a key to our house.

My heart beat frantically in my chest. It was hard to breathe, but somehow I pushed air in and out of my lungs. Calm down, Vivian.

“Why? Why the fuck should I calm down?” I asked out loud as the elevator came to a stop on the ground floor. The doors slid open, but my feet didn’t move, and Daniel stepped inside, starting when he saw me huddled in the corner.

He stiffened, his expression turning arctic. “I told you to be gone.”

Those words injected me with anger, and I straightened, stepping into his space. “I know what I accused—”

“Assumed,” he interjected. Our eyes warred with one another.

“Assumed earlier. For that, I understand why you’re upset with me. I’m sorry. I’m not going to stand here and feed you all the excuses for why I came to the conclusion I did. Regardless of how you feel about me now, I know that hurt you, and I can’t stand I did that,” I said, softening my tone.

Daniel said nothing, an unreadable look on his face.

“But I refuse to let you treat me as if I’m rotten garbage. You left me out of the blue. Under the circumstances, I think I’ve handled it pretty fucking well. Until you tell me exactly what happened, don’t speak to me like I’m nothing. Like we didn’t just spend nearly a decade sharing a life. Because we did. You haven’t forgotten that. You’re just really good at pretending it didn’t happen.”

Still nothing from him.

“So go on upstairs, but we both know, when you walk in that door, you’ll wish it was me on the other side.

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