When You Come to Me by Alyse Jade

Author:Alyse, Jade [Alyse, Jade]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2011-08-10T21:00:00+00:00

By the Pond

SHE REALIZED THAT THERE was a gaping hole where her heart used to be, and it had been replaced with a series of painful, selfish, vengeful parasites that made her careless and single-minded. Or at least that’s the way she viewed herself.

She thought it best to distract Anthony with his favorite meal that night. And as she slaved over the stove, stirring a piping hot brew aimlessly, she, herself, was distracted by her plaguing dreams and her visit to the field that Brandon had taken her to that frosty night all those years ago. And as much as she knew, the dragonfly pendant had been meticulously tossed in the trash a few months ago…or at least that’s what Asha told Anthony.

Anthony startled her when he entered the apartment, calling out her name. He placed a bottle of wine on the kitchen counter and kissed her cheek.

“Baby, it’s been a long day,” he told her. “But your cooking will make it alright…”

The Reina girl that she’d seen Brandon with was only remotely pretty, so there had to have been more to her that appealed to Brandon. Maybe it was her unmatched perkiness, or the fact that they had the same hair color. Or maybe it was the fact that she seemed fun and sweet in the appropriate way, and that she didn’t give him as many problems as Natalie did.

Maybe he was actually falling for her…and maybe it was time to actually stop thinking about him…

Anthony had disappeared into her bedroom. She’d given him a drawer and enough space for his clothes in the closet. It was only a matter of time before he returned in his sweats and lounged on the couch till she got done cooking. She’d forgotten that his favorite television show came on that night – there were also a number of other things she’d forgotten about him.

But he took longer than expected, giving Natalie plenty of time to let her thoughts drift away from her coolly. And it was only a matter of time before she burned the stew that Anthony loved so much.

She turned off the burner, and just as turned around and called out his name, he stood there in the kitchen behind her. She hadn’t heard him come.

“God, you scared me,” she said, placing the pot down.

“Natalie…”

“What?”

She took notice of his face, as if he were teetering on the edge of delirium. She couldn’t decide if he was going to slap her or choke her. She instinctively took a step back anyway.

“I thought you said the dragonfly pendant was Asha’s?”

Natalie felt her heart stop, and she attempted to steady herself. She was never good at lying; especially when her emotions were being squeezed to their breaking point. She chose to remain silent. That only seemed to aggravate him further.

“You’re just not going to say anything…? You’re just going to stand there and not answer me?”

“What do you expect me to say? Shouldn’t you be asking Asha that question?”

“No,” he replied, shaking his head violently.

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