“What is it?” I exhaled out, seeming uninterested, expecting that whatever she might say was possibly just one of her random gossips, and though it does rile me up sometimes, I wasn’t in the mood for it.“I just heard Melissa is having an affair; can you believe that?” Brianna revealed as my jaw dropped, utterly shocked and somewhat interested now, until something else caught my attention.Seth is seriously leaving?“Scarlett, are you with me?” Brianna tried to bring my attention back to our conversation: “You would think that Melissa would give a damn given that you and Michael had the same issue; thank God it all turned out to be false; people will stoop so low as to get a reaction."“Mhm…” “Brianna I will be heading to your place tomorrow; we can discuss all about this then."I tried to end the conversation as soon as possible, but she still wanted to keep going.“I guess I will be seeing your sexy driver tomorrow then,” Brianna said estactically.I scrunched my nose up, glaring

A new week has just begun, and so many things have happened at a fast pace. Carmela and Leo went to camp, leaving me just by myself. I have visited so many of my friends' places in under two days, and these days Brianna comes by quite often, and I don’t object.After being deep in thought for a while, I decided to do the unthinkable, to go after the one person that at least made me angry and question a whole lot of things. It was stupid, but who cares?All I needed was his address, my keys, a ward of cash, and what was left of my self-worth.Seth address according to the GPS because I hardly knew I was heading there; it is quite a small town, and everyone here was either driving trucks, some had on straw hats, or it was more like they were ranch owners.I still had no clue where exactly his address was because I just took this out of his employee file, but I know I was on the right track.Not wanting to get lost, I stopped and asked for help in figuring out his area. “Excuse me,” I tr

“You drove all the way here, parked in front of my house, and didn’t even dare come out,” Seth said.“You saw that I was waiting?” I was confused; I could have sworn that no one did, and for as long as I stood there, I am sure he didn’t seem to be my car or me.“Mrs. Thatcher, look around you. How many people have you seen driving this sort of car since you came? I believe none." Seth pointed that out, and I understood better. I mean, it is true that I haven’t seen anybody as affluent as I am, not bragging. “I want you to leave; you are invading my privacy even though I have already quit my job as you requested."“Requested? Seth, I never wanted you to quit your job."My voice rose in defense, and Seth looked worried as he stared at the door Ruth had gone into.“We should talk outside,” Seth said before leaving the house, expecting that I would follow him, which I did.We stood at where the pile of firewood I had seen Seth cut in half yesterday was; they were all wet now. I knew I had

SCARLETT POVNothing is going right—absolutely nothing!It is all Seth’s fault—nobody else but him. I traveled all the way down here, and all he could do was make me feel embarrassed for it. I thought he understood me. What does it mean to say I need a therapist? That is so harsh to say.This is why I don’t show emotions; the moment I do, I get insulted for it. I should pray he keeps his mouth sealed.I rested my head on my steering wheel when all hope of fixing my car felt lost. I just wanted to scream and let it all out that my life was completely ruined, and I tried confiding in a complete stranger who had the audacity to refer me to a therapist. I will never forget this day.sniffsThere is no network in this damn place; how do they even survive? I should have called Michael or Brianna to figure something out; oh no, if I call, they are both definitely going to ask why I have gone all the way to town in the first place.Who cares? I can figure out how to explain later. Michael won

Though everything that has led up to this period wasn’t planned and neither did I expect it, I was willing to be patient. I waited that day expecting to leave the next day, but Seth said it would only get better the day after. I couldn’t complain; I was starting to enjoy my stay here.“Scarlett, there will be a festival today at the inn,” Seth’s mother told me, and I was excited. It wasn’t a direct invitation to this festival, and I didn’t know what would be done there, but it intrigued me.“I thought it got canceled,” I said, remembering Seth had used that to call me bad luck yesterday. “Seth’s said something like the harvest got destroyed."“He did? I wouldn’t know if it got destroyed; I was only hearing that it wouldn’t be as usual as it was done; we would all gather at the inn this time around."Ruth described it, and I was starting to get an idea, but no picture came to mind as I have never attended this sort of thing.If it wasn't a tea party, a fundraiser, a forum, or my family’s