Pulled by Bannister Danielle

Author:Bannister, Danielle [Bannister, Danielle]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Backward Books
Published: 2011-09-13T04:30:00+00:00

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July’s End 2000

I couldn’t see through the tears as I tried to find my way back to the Dallas airport. It poured rain outside, coming down in sheets, lightning flashing through the sky every few seconds.

“Fuck!” I screamed, punching the steering wheel. I screamed again as I rammed my head into it this time, trying to feel something other than the unbearable pain tearing through my chest. A horn blared behind me. I was stopped in the middle of the road, disoriented and unaware of anything around me.

Blindly, I pulled over to the side, curling in on myself, gasping through my tears. “Melanie, how could you? Please, God, no,” I begged. Vomit pooled in the back of my throat as images of Melanie touching another man flooded my mind. I pushed the door open and purged. Rain poured down on my head and everything spun. I felt as if I was drowning.

She’d blamed me after all.

I couldn’t remember getting back to the airport, but somehow I found myself standing at the ticket counter, handing the woman my credit card. Her lips moved, but I heard nothing she said.

I didn’t feel the plane take off or land, only being jostled into action by the man next to me, gathering his things to depart.

My parents had called relentlessly over the last twenty-four hours. My phone constantly beeped, urging me to answer. I couldn’t deal with them right now. That meant acknowledging my Melanie was gone, and I was not ready to do that yet.

I drove home, dazed, but all too soon the emotions welled up within me, ready to burst.

“You have to get home before you lose it, Daniel.” I could make it. I just had to get home. Our home.

As I pulled into the driveway and stumbled out of my car, the first wave of grief overtook me. A bitter laugh escaped my lips as I thought of her telling me this was the only home she’d ever know.

I grabbed the picture of us at my graduation and threw it against the wall, shattered glass fell to the floor. “You fucking whore!” I screamed at her as my heartbroken rage boiled over. As soon as the words left my mouth, I regretted them. I knew they were a lie. I could never blame her.

I just didn’t understand how she could do this. I knew she loved me. I had always felt it and never questioned it. I tried to hold on to that knowledge; it was the only thing I’d ever have.

Picking up the broken frame from the floor, I looked at my girl, her beautiful face filled with so much joy. I’d taken that all away.

I hadn’t slept the last two days, and I collapsed onto my bed. I pulled my pillow into me, seeking some form of comfort, imagining it was Melanie holding me.

In the other room, my phone alternated between buzzing and ringing, but I couldn’t bring myself to get out of bed to answer it. The pain was too great.

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