MasukELOWEN"Did something happen?" Celeste's voice rang through the room, a reminder that I was not alone and that I had let myself be fooled by both Ryan and his cousin.I staggered up, my sobs filling the space the silence between should have but I didn't care, Celeste had been an instrument to my repeated mistake, one I never swore to remake."Elowen," she called out softy, taking a slow, deliberate step closer."Did you find him?" She asked again, her voice wavering, lowered a little bit. She paused at the doorway, watching my every movement. I ignored her, quickly folding my clothes into a box."Elowen, I'm talking to you, hey," she reached out to me, her hand barely brushing past my skin as I took a step away from her."El..." Her voice trailed, taking a step back with a look of confusion etched to her face."Just leave me alone, Celeste, I don't want to talk, I don't want you near me right now and I definitely don't need you standing there watching me like I'm some kind of science
ELOWEN"What? Go ahead, tell me I didn't hear it, that I was crazy, that maybe I had overheard the wrong conversation in your voice." I rushed out, my voice already breaking and my sight getting blurry by each blink of my eyes.I paused, watching his face, staring closely for an explanation, for a reason, for anything different, I was willing to take it whichever way he wanted to.But... Unfortunately, he hadn't said anything, he just stared at me with a mix of concern, shock and doubt in his eyes."Go ahead, tell me I'm delusional, I didn't hear you call me a payback plan for Owen, that I didn't hear you confirm all the accusations I had stood against for you." I continued, my fingers trembling as I pushed a lock of hair out of my face desperately."Gattina..." He started, his voice low but steady but instead of continuing, he held my eyes in a gaze filled with a concern I couldn't tell was real.No, I could tell... I could always tell, I just never saw a reason to–never allowed myse
RYAN"I knew you would fuck this up, I always knew from the very beginning." Owen said from behind, his voice laced with mischief and contempt.I watched Elowen disappear gradually into the night fog, her movements faster than my senses could track, my mind hazy from what had just happened."Owen," I called out, turning around slowly.My anger was starting to boil over, heat rising to my neck as I approached him."What did you do, Owen?" I started, extending my hands to his neck, grabbing the collar of his shirt in place as I pulled him towards me."What did you do?!" I repeated, my tone spiking at a crazily high speed."You are going to lose her and it is all your fault because you never could keep your mouth shut when it mattered most and now she finally knows what kind of man you really are," Owen spat out and just stood there with a sick grin on his face while I gripped his shirt so hard my fingers were starting to cramp. I wanted to wrap my hands around his throat for making he
RYAN"What's happening here?" I yelled, rushing in their direction, my vision finally losing its blurriness.I was right, I had seen Elowen and she wasn't alone, she was with Owen.And he had his hand on her, no around her, and she wasn't moving away from him which made my stomach twist into a knot because I couldn't understand why she was letting him touch her like that after everything he had done to break her heart.I could feel the air in my lungs tighten, my throat go dry and anger surge through my veins."I said," I began, my voice increasing slightly as I finally reached them and the tension in the air was overwhelming."What is going on here?" I emphasized, my voice increasing slightly as I grabbed Owen by the arm, yanking it away from Elowen's arm immediately.Owen stumbled back a step but he didn't look scared, instead he straightened his shoulders and looked me right in the eye with a look of pure disgust that made me want to swing at him right then and there."You're late,
RYAN"Elowen was my payback plan against Owen." The words slurred out of my mouth, the alcohol dulling my consciousness, my subconscious screaming at me to get a grip on my words.I looked around the room, my eyes staggering off each face I could hardly recognise before me."She was a payback plan but I had always wanted her." I said, my voice lower than I expected. Despite everything that had happened, every time Elowen had pushed me away, in my tipsy state, my subconscious, deep down knew I loved her and I always would, no matter what happened and that realization was hitting me harder than the whiskey ever could.I felt heat rise up to my neck and I suddenly felt uneasy, the air unbearable for me to inhale, it smelled like smoke and I just needed to get away from the noise and the questions.I staggered up, lowering the bottle to the table as I held the chair for support. I felt the floor shift beneath my feet for a second but I gripped the wood until my fingers went numb."I'm...
ELOWEN"Wait... Why are you here?" I asked, amidst sobs, my trembling hands desperately fighting against the wind as I tried to move my hair out of my wet face."Um... I came to get a drink here and cool off a bit..." Owen's voice trailed, his eyes running through my face, his eyebrows slightly furrowed."Did... did something happen?" He asked, extending a hand out to me which I avoided by taking a step back because the last thing I wanted was for him to touch me when my world was falling apart, even if part of me was screaming for someone to just hold me and tell me that everything was going to be fine."Um... No, I... I just... Something got into my eyes, that's all." I lied, quickly wiping my eyes with the back of my palm, trying to swallow the lump in my throat that felt like it was going to choke me, but the tears just kept coming."Are you sure you're okay?" He repeated, lifting a hand out to me again and stepping closer into my personal space, his voice dropping like he was try







