The Wreck of Our Hearts by Yajna Ramnath

Author:Yajna Ramnath [Ramnath, Yajna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Aria

I felt like crap the next morning. I walked into the kitchen to find Susan sitting at the breakfast table and reading a newspaper dated 2008.

“Good morning, sunshine,” she toasted a coffee mug at me.

“Morning Susan,” I walked straight to the pot and began making my own cup.

I slid on the barstool next to her.

“Dasher is gone.”

I closed my eyes. I knew after last night he would probably leave. My heart hurt really badly at that thought. I felt the tears fall over the blurriness in my gaze. I sipped my coffee which was tinged with salt water from the tears that fell onto my lips.

“I meant that he went to get breakfast,” she smiled at me.

I looked at her stunned and confused all at the same time.

“If you love someone, Aria, you must tell them,” Susan warned me.

I shook my head. “I’m not in love with him.”

“You are attached to him,” she nodded. “You latched onto him because you needed someone to fill that void. You wanted someone to cause you the pain that you have been accustomed to.”

I stared into the distance taking whatever my schizophrenic neighbor had to say. It was amazing how much it made sense.

"You are used to having people in your life that you go above and beyond for, you are also used to people hurting you at every turn," she nodded as if she made some breakthrough herself. "You are putting yourself in these situations to feel familiar because the one person who made you feel that way is now gone."

I stared at her with amazement until she let out a loud laugh and skipped around the apartment and almost flew straight into Dasher. He gave her a roll of his eyes and stepped aside for her to leave. He took one look at me and concern colored his features.

“Why are you crying?”

“Because I feel like an idiot?” I said with a sheepish look.

“You are an idiot,” he agreed and laid a bagel on the counter for me and dug into his one. He grabbed my coffee mug and took a sip of it.

“You and I are going to take a drive today,” he said. “You surprised me last weekend with your parents. I feel like I should return the favor with something equally as important.”

“I thought you were not a fan of your family,” I said around a mouthful of bagel.

"Didn't say I was taking you to visit my parents," he said and finished up his bagel. "Dress warmly."

I watched the street signs and the buildings pass by as Dasher drove. I snuggled deeper into my leather jacket. It was cold today. Winter was making its appearance. I knew I had a lot to answer for after everything that happened last night. I didn’t exactly owe anyone an explanation. I just owed myself the courtesy of figuring out what I wanted to endure in my life.

New York was a beautiful city. Not in the touristy and television show way, but in the true grit of the city.

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