Under The Magnolia by Kelsey Soliz

Author:Kelsey Soliz [Soliz, Kelsey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-05-30T23:00:00+00:00

Constantine

I know I should be with Amelia right now, but yard work just seems like a good idea. I had to exercise my demons before I attempted to move forward with her, and luckily my Mom’s place needed some work.

She looked at me a little funny when I showed up, no doubt wondering why my face looks so unhappy when the love of my life just showed back up. I want to be happy. Would love to be happy. Cameron…Cameron was happy. He’d been downright obnoxious with his excitement and jumping on the everything-Amelia bandwagon. Already talking about getting her a ring.

Alex, the one that always held out on her previously, the one that had the hardest time admitting to himself that Amelia had enough heart to share it with all of us, he wouldn’t leave her side. He was Mr. Domesticity- cooking for her, doing dishes, watching her paint…

So why couldn’t I let go of all this anger? I knew she loved me. At a fundamental level, I knew that the person she is loves the person I am, but I couldn’t marry that with the fact that for two years, she had shut us out. For two fucking years, she didn’t bother to pick up a phone and tell her best friends what had happened. That she nearly died, and didn’t seem to care that we knew she was alright or not.

I hated that I was getting in the way of my own happiness, knew that I should probably just let it go and start my life with her- I’ve waited long enough. But then I think about her sitting in that hospital room with a stranger, moving in with a stranger…why the hell didn’t she call us? We would be in such a different place right now.

Just the way she looked at me though when we showed up at Theo’s place- I fucking hate that she can’t see me. I hate that…well, I just hate. Nearly everything about this situation. I stop the lawnmower and throw down my gloves, trying to hold everything in, but I know I’m a ticking time bomb. There’s too much to feel for me to not explode. Was she still my Amelia? Could we actually make this work?

I’m stopped short at the sound of laughter on the breeze, wanting to go punch something because I know I’m losing my mind. How many times when she was missing had I thought I saw her in a crowd? Thought I saw her long hair in a passing car? Smelled her honeysuckle scent when I was buying groceries?

Maybe that’s why I’m so angry. What if I actually had seen her, and we could have skipped all this awkward getting-to-know-you-again phase? No, that wouldn’t have worked. And from what Theo said, she pretty much doesn’t leave the house. I hate that. The Amelia I used to know loved to be outside and do stuff.

“Constantine? Are you out here?”

My blood freezes and I turn in the direction of that voice before I even understand I want to.

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