Chapter
12:
Those Sleepless Nights
Brian glanced out his window and watched as Anna fell to the
ground. She looked awful. Her hair was all tangled, mascara had run down her
face mingling with the redness of her tear stained ace. She was wearing flannel
black pants with a huge green sweater and tennis shoes to complete the outfit.
It looked like she had lost a lot of weight. Never had he seen her look this
bad.
Brian continued to stare somehow she still looked
beautiful. His heart longed to just run out there and say he was sorry. But how
could he? She had said those things, but she was trying to make up.
“What to do? This is my last chance if I want her back. I
can’t turn around again!”
Without thinking, just following his heart, Brian opened
the door. Slowly ge walked away over to Anna and knelt down beside her. He tried
to pull her in his arms but her body flinched at his touch.
“Anna, please.” Brian whispered trying again.
“Brian don’t. You’re right. I don’t deserve another
chance.”
“We’ve both been wrong. Just forget everything.
“How can I? It’s so much. Just so many years, so much of my
life.
“Don’t forget the good! Just the bad. Remember it was my
life too. We’ve both made mistakes. Just forget.”
Anna slowly and tiredly crawled into Brian’s waiting arms.
Brian held Anna tightly, scared if he let go she would really leave.
“Brian....”
Brian cut her off with a kiss. Anna relaxed, as just like
in the past, her hand ran up to the cow-lick on the side of his hair. She
twisted it slowly around her fingers.
“You haven’t changed...I knew the whole time.”
“You weren’t supposed to, yet I should have known. You know
me inside and out. So are we back to those sleepless nights?”
“Are the phones open to me, even on those busy nights?”
“Of course you need your rest. Although I think you called
most of the time so I could talk you to sleep.”
“Did you mind?”
“Never! Never ever. Just keep those phones ringing night
and day. Just never leave me again.”
“Trust me, I won’t.” Brian sighed with contentment as he
continued to hold Anna securely.
I guess we
were both wrong.
That one fateful day months ago
How does life
always have its peculiar ways
of showing us
our destiny?
Thank you for giving
me a second chance
for taking on
those many sleepless nights
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