Unforgivable by Isabel Love

Author:Isabel Love [Love, Isabel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-04-23T16:00:00+00:00

After coaxing her into taking a warm shower and changing into fresh clothes, we sit at her kitchen table, sipping hot tea with a splash of bourbon.

“I’m sorry,” she whispers, staring into her drink.

“Don’t be sorry.”

She shrugs, her pretty face slack with sadness.

“Want to talk about it?” I ask quietly.

She huffs out a laugh. “Not really.”

“What Charlie said…it was harsh, Anna. He never should have talked to you like that.”

She shakes her head. “I deserved it, Wes.”

I clench my jaw, wishing I’d punched that asshole in his dimpled face when I had the chance. “No, you didn’t.”

“You don’t understand.” Her hands cover her face, brushing away a couple of stray tears.

“Are you still in love with him?” I hold my breath and keep my expression carefully blank, not really wanting to know the answer, but really wanting to know the answer.

She meets my gaze, her eyes so sad. “No, I’m not. Charlie and I…we were together so long ago; we’re strangers now. I just hate the way things ended between us. It was all my fault, and he hates me. I’m a horrible person.”

“Why do you say that?”

“I don’t want to talk about it,” she snaps.

I hold my hands up in surrender. “Okay. You don’t have to tell me anything. But nothing you did or didn’t do will make me believe you’re a bad person, Anna. I know you.”

“I made a mistake,” she admits in a small voice.

“Yeah, so did I. You must think I’m a horrible person, too, then.”

Her eyes fly up to mine. “No, I didn’t mean that. I don’t think you’re a bad person, Wes.”

“Aren’t I? I made a mistake. I made many mistakes. Working for Bryce, dealing drugs. Fuck, Anna, I went to prison for ten years because of my mistakes.”

“You’re not a bad person, Wesley Scott. I don’t care if you went to prison. I know you, too.”

I hold her gaze, wishing she could see the irony of what she’s saying here.

“What makes you so sure?”

She scoffs, at a loss for words. “One mistake doesn’t define who you are.”

Bingo.

I raise my eyebrows in triumph, pointedly looking at her. “Well said.”

She shakes her head, waving her hands in front of her in denial. “I was talking about you.”

“And I’m talking about you. I don’t know what you did, and frankly, I don’t care. If you want to tell me, I’m here to listen, not judge. But, just like you said, one mistake doesn’t define who you are, Anna. You are good, and you deserve to be happy.”

She grunts, looking back to her mug, unconvinced.

We sit in silence, though it isn’t uncomfortable. I’m dying to know what mistake she made, but I won’t push.

“Can I ask you for a favor?”

“What?”

“Can you call me when you’re upset?”

She rolls her eyes.

“I’m serious. I want to be here for you.”

“Why?”

“I abandoned my friend for ten years. I want to be here for you now.”

She shrugs noncommittally. “Okay, maybe.”

“If not me, can you call your counselor?”

“It’s probably a good idea,” she says quietly.

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