Chapter 67

Monday came and went with Brax still begging for forgiveness and a shot to redeem himself. I contemplated blocking his number for a while until I had started to come to terms with what had happened, but I decided against it. People at work could see a shift in me; the ones closest asked questions while others glazed over it.

After work on Monday instead of driving home, I found myself knocking on Abigail's door. She knew immediately without me saying a word. She wrapped me in her arms. I burst out crying, not being able to contain emotion. I explained everything to her, and she was furious. From the beginning she had always been on team Brax and had routed for us, even she could not believe what he had done. Brax was trying to call me again while I was with her. She took me outside and took the phone out of my hand and put it on the speaker phone.

“Leah, please I need to explain.”

“Brax, it’s Abigail. I need you to stop calling and stop texting my sister. You have broken her heart; you need to live with that and walk away now while you still can.”

“I just need to explain to her.”

“I think you have said everything you need to say. What you need to do now is walk away while you still can.”

“I love her Abigail.”

My heart sank even further. I couldn’t stop the tears; I had to walk away and put some distance between me and the phone.

“If you loved her, if you truly loved her, you would not have done this Brax. Leah trusted you; I trusted you; our whole family trusted you and you have broken her heart!”

“Abigail, I didn’t know I loved her until...”

She cut him off. “Until it was too late. You can’t use this as an excuse to try and get back in the door because I know my sister and I love her, but she will be foolish enough to let you back in. I can tell you now Brax, I will not let her let you back in the door. You had to go and sleep with your ex to realise after two months that Leah is the one you love and want to be with. She gave you every grace and was completely honest about Logan at the start. I cannot believe I am about to say this, but she chose wrong when she chose you, Brax.”

“I didn’t mean for any of this. I need her to believe that.”

“I know you didn’t, we can’t help our feelings sometimes, but you should have been honest with her the second your ex walked back onto the scene, and you weren’t. This is all on you.”

“I need her to know how sorry I am.”

“She knows but it doesn’t change what you have done. Please just take a step back and give her time and space.”

I couldn’t listen anymore, so I headed inside. Abigail was on the phone for another minute or so before coming back inside. I thanked her for what she did.

“Brax, won’t be calling you anymore and if he does, please just block his number.”

I agreed. We spent a little more time together until she needed to get the kids ready for bed. At that point I headed home. I wasn’t sure what to do with myself. I found myself obsessively cleaning the house as a distraction. It was 10:23pm when I next checked the time. I collapsed in bed exhausted.