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Chapter 38

Author: C. H. Dugmor
last update Last Updated: 2022-06-04 12:11:02

Present day

A tar rolled down Samanta's cheek. Those were very painful memories time seemed to never heal. She could not forgive herself for what she did. She put her hand on her womb, remembering the atrocity she allowed. At that moment, she felt even more frustrated and confused. She felt the weight of the world was on her and she needed to breathe. She needed to relax, step away from all this emotional chaos.

The only good thing that came out from her rebel days was her acquired taste for rock music, she would indulge in it now. She needed it urgently. Enjoying a nice live music show, sipping a nice cold beer, that seemed like a great idea. Being on her own, thinking and just disconnecting from the world even if just for a few hours.

She felt something in her pocket vibrating, indicating an incoming call. She looked at her phone screen and found out it was Dominik. She did not want to speak to anybody, so she shut the device off, freeing herself from any torment.

Her sister Teresa bombarded her with questions before she left home, but she dodged each and every one of them. She got into a taxi and headed for the nearest Hard Rock Café.

When she arrived, the venue was nearly empty. As you would expect for a Sunday afternoon. She sat at a table at the end of the room, sighed and let go by It’s my Life by Bon Jovi.

“That's right, it is my life. And I do whatever I want with it” she told herself and smiled.

“Evening” said a male voice. “Welcome. Can I offer you anything?” asked the waiter in shift.

Samanta glued her eyes to the menu. There wasn't much to choose from, so she ordered a beer.

“I will need to see any form of ID, please” the man in service asked, who she did not even bother to look at.

“Sure! No problem” Samanta looked around in her purse. “There” as she raised her head again and looking at the waiter, she felt her heart drop and her head spin around. “Alan?”

“Samanta?” The waiter could not believe his eyes.

“What are you doing here?” She muttered.

“I work here” he shrugged in obvious embarrassment.

Sam tried getting up and leave. The last thing she wanted was being near him.

“Please, don't go. I promise not to bother” he looked to the bar. “My boss is watching, if you leave he'll know it was because of me and I could get fired. Please, I just came back in town and this is the only decent job I could find.”

“Not interested” she said as she stood up.

“I have changed, Samanta. I swear.”

Sam looked at him from the corner of her eye, looking for a hint of the Alan she met almost 4 years back, but she could not find a trace of him.

»When I graduated High School, I was accepted into a rehab facility. I have been sober for the past 2 years. I haven't stopped thinking about that day. I'm sorry” Alan's regret was genuine. “Honestly, believe me. I am not the same.”

“I am not the same either, that doesn't mean what you did to me was ok.

“Please. I keep looking back at all those things I did to you…”

“Get me my fucking beer and leave me alone.”

“We all deserve a second chance” said Alan and leaned over slightly to gently touch Samanta's hand.

She was petrified from that gesture. Feeling the skin of the man she loved with her entire being, her first love, her first in every aspect, it was something she never expected to feel again. Actually, she hoped she never would.

Before she could react and pull her hand back, another voice managed to upset her even more.

“Samanta?”

She turned around to where that voice came from.

A pair of blue eyes looked at her in confusion and sadness.

“Dominik!” A faint whisper escaped Samanta's lips.

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