348\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018Do you remember her last night?\u201d Sarah continued, her voice getting harder. \u201cDo you remember how she looked when you were saying all things to her? Because I do, I remember exactly how broken she looked.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She moved closer to me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018You should fix whatever you broke Tristan, and you should do it fast because my patience with you is running very thin.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She walked away toward the kitchen and I stood there alone in the middle of the living room feeling more lost than I\u2019d ever felt in my life.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I stayed frozen for a full minute, my mind racing through everything that had just happened, everything I\u2019d said and done to get to this poin\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then I moved.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I practically ran up the stairs, taking them two at a time, my heart pounding in my chest as I rushed down the hallway toward the room where had gone.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When I got there I pressed my ear against the door and heard it immediately.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Crying.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was crying on the other side of that door and it was my fault, I\u2019d made her cry again, had hurt her again, had proven that I was exactly the ! man who didn\u2019t deserve her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I pressed my forehead against the wood and closed my eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAthena,\u201d I said softly. \u201cBaby please open the door.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The crying continued but she didn\u2019t respond.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sorry,\u201d I said, speaking through the door. \u201cI\u2019m so sorry for everything I said last night, for the way I looked at you, for making you feel like you something wrong when all you did was save my life.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Still nothing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
*Please just let me in so we can talk about this,\u201d I tried again. \u2018Please give me a chance to make this right.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018Go away,\u201d her voice came through the door, thick with tears. \u201cI don\u2019t want to see you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The words hurt but I deserved them, deserved worse than that after what I\u2019d put her through.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not going anywhere,\u201d I said, settling myself against the door. \u201cI\u2019m going to stay tight here until you open this door and let me apologize properly\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThen you\u2019re going to be waiting a long time,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t care, 1 said. Till wait forever if that\u2019s what\u00a0<\/p>\n
takes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Silence fell and I waited, counting my heartbeats, listening for any sound from inside the room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
11:01 pm GP PP\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 348\u00a0<\/p>\n
Minutes passed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then an hour.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then two.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I stayed pressed against that door, occasionally trying to talk to her but mostly just sitting there letting her know I wasn\u2019t leaving, that I meant what said about waiting.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My legs were cramping and my back was sore from sitting on the hard floor but I didn\u2019t move, didn\u2019t even consider leaving because the alternative wa losing her and that wasn\u2019t an option.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Around noon I realized she hadn\u2019t eaten anything, hadn\u2019t come out of the room once since she\u2019d gone in there.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Concern overrode my determination to wait her out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAthena,\u201d I called through the door. \u201cYou need to eat something, you need to think about the babies.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
No response.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018I know you\u2019re angry at me,\u201d I continued. \u201cAnd you have every right to be, but please don\u2019t punish yourself and the twins because of me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Still nothing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fear crept into my chest, cold and insidious.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cPlease baby,\u201d I said, my voice cracking. \u201cPlease just come out and get something to eat, I\u2019ll leave if that\u2019s what you want, I\u2019ll go downstairs and stay ou of your way but please don\u2019t hurt yourself.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I waited but she didn\u2019t respond and the fear grew stronger.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018I\u2019m begging you,\u201d I said. \u201cI\u2019m begging you to take care of yourself, to eat something for the babies if not for yourself, if you don\u2019t want to see me I\u2019ll leave right now, I\u2019ll go to a hotel and give you all the space you need but please come out and eat.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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