Chapter 347\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tristan\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything comes out wrong with you lately,\u2018 she said, and the exhaustion in her voice scared me more than the anger had.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018I\u2019m tired Tristan, I\u2019m so tired of trying to prove to you that I can take care of myself and the babies. You need to know that am not Jess.\u201d her words made me pause, my hands fisted.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019m sorry, but I\u2019m tired. I too have gone through some trauma, I\u2019m scared too. But God knows I don\u2019t let it get in\u2013between us.\u201d I couldn\u2019t say anything this was the first time she was bringing up Jess in our discussion.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019d caused this, I\u2019d take whatever she saying. I\u2019ll take it all.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018I\u2019ve never questioned you, even when you had to place your life on the line. I didn\u2019t think it was the right thing to do, but I trusted you. So why can\u2019t\u00a0<\/p>\n
you trust me Tristan. Why?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI love my kids, and I\u2019m going to protect them.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She moved toward the stairs and panic seized my chest.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere are you going?\u201d I asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAway from you,\u201d she said without turning around. \u201cI need space, I need time to think, I need to not be looking at your face right now.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAthena please,\u201d I said, following her toward the stairs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She stopped and turned to face me, the look on her face made me freeze.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you want to end our relationship because I saved your life,\u201d she said slowly, each word deliberate and clear, \u201cthen I don\u2019t mind, if that\u2019s what this is really about then it\u2019s over, we\u2019re done.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The words hit me like bullets and I felt something crack in my chest, felt pain radiating through every part of me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d I said, but it came out barely more than a whisper. \u201cNo that\u2019s not what I want.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThen what do you want?\u201d she asked, and I could hear the brokenness in her voice now. \u201cBecause I can\u2019t keep doing this, I can\u2019t keep walking eggshells wondering when you\u2019re going to decide I\u2019m not good enough, when you\u2019re going to look at me like I\u2019m the enemy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re not the enemy,\u201d I said desperately.\u00a0<\/p>\n
on\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThen why do you keep treating me like one?\u201d she asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She didn\u2019t wait for an answer, just turned and walked up the stairs and I watched her go, watched her climb each step like she was carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When she reached the top she disappeared down the hallway and I heard a door close with a soft click that sounded final.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I stood there frozen, staring at the empty staircase, feeling like I\u2019d just watched my entire future walk away from me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
11:01 pm GP PP\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 347\u00a0<\/p>\n
My legs felt weak and I had to grab the banister to keep from collapsing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She said it was over.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She said we were done.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The pain in my chest intensified and I struggled to breathe around it, struggled to process what had just happened.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I turned to Orion and Sarah, looking for help, looking for anything that might tell me how to fix this.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018Please,\u201d I said, and I didn\u2019t care that my voice was shaking. \u2018Please help me,\u00a0<\/p>\n
tell me how to fix this.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Orion stood slowly and I felt a flash of hope that maybe he\u2019d intervene, maybe he\u2019d go talk to Athena and make her understand.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI tried to warn you,\u201d was all he said as he walked past me toward the stairs. \u201cI told you not to let your anger make you do something you\u2019d regret.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He climbed the stairs without looking back and I turned to Sarah desperately.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was staring at me with something that looked like disappointment and it made me feel about two inches tall.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSarah please,\u201d I started.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you don\u2019t fix whatever you broke,\u201d she said, cutting me off, \u201cI\u2019m going to make sure I support whatever decision she makes, I\u2019m not going to sit here and watch her be treated like this.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Orion raised an eyebrow at that but said nothing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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