The Other Half of Me by Jennifer Sivec

Author:Jennifer Sivec
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Soul Sister Press, LLC

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THE END

Maggie

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I stood two steps into the doorway, frozen.

"I'm sorry, Mags," was all he said. The voice that I loved so much, that had once sent shivers through me, was strange and distant.

"I'm sorry, Mags," Sam repeated.

I stared at him, uncertain of what he meant, unsure of what to say. He turned his head and looked toward the window, refusing to make eye contact with me.

"’I'm sorry, Mags?’ What are you saying, Sam? What do you mean?" I moved toward him trying to understand his words.

"You know me. You know what I am saying to you," Sam said, still looking outside as though there was something more interesting going on out there than the explosion that was happening two feet from him.

"No! I don't," I said challenging him. "Explain this to me."

He was silent, his expression completely empty.

"Why are you doing this?" I asked, my voice rising in a near shriek. My heart felt like a heavy rock in my chest, and I could barely breathe as I gasped for air.

"I don't know, Mags. I'm sorry ... I don't know why, but something has changed. No matter what I do, I just can't make myself want to be with you again. I've tried to find it, but I just don't love you anymore. You being here in the hospital is distracting ... annoying ... and I don't want you around. I'm sorry." I barely recognized him, his voice flat but unapologetic.

Julie stood next to his hospital bed, silent, tears falling down her cheeks.

"How ..." I gasped, unable to speak. "H-h-how can you say you don't love me? How can you be so cruel? After everything that’s happened between us ... all we've said to each other. How can you just throw me away ... throw us away? How can you do this?"

"I wish it was different. I've been waiting to feel something again, but I just don't. I can't force myself to love you. Believe me, I've tried. You being here makes me nervous and uncomfortable, and I feel bad having you around and knowing you are waiting for something that may never happen. I don't know what has changed, but I want you to go."

"Sam, how can you not remember your love for me? What about our life and everything we've done together, everything we've built?" I cried, knowing I sounded desperate but not caring. My hands were shaking, and I felt numb, my face fiery hot.

He shrugged his shoulders in silence.

"No! No!" I shook my head at him, stubbornly. "I'm not leaving. I'm your fiancée. We are supposed to get married. I'm not just leaving."

"Mags ... I don't want to be with you anymore. I don't want to marry you. I don't know if I ever did. " Sam's voice was hard.

Before I could stop it, a painful moan escaped my lips as I felt the rock in my chest begin to crack.

"I don't want to marry you," Sam repeated, to make sure I heard it.

I opened my mouth but nothing came out, and everything seemed to move in slow motion.

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