31CHILD

The chirping of the birds isn't what woke Anna up in the morning. By the time she could hear the sounds of the birds, she had already been up for almost an hour.

The cup of coffee by her side was already cold since it had been sitting there for almost thirty minutes with nothing in it.

Her pink robe was perfectly wrapped around her body. Her chin rested on her knees as she stared outside her window.

In all the time she had stayed in that house the thing that has lived the most was the few she had from her room.

She could hear Vincenzo groaning as he woke up but she didn't stand up to go check on him. Maybe was acting like a hypocrite by being mad after what she had seen the previous night.

He had brought her to Anna's bed and proceeded to call her Anna.

"Anna",h said with a groggy voice and she urged to him look at him.

His hand was holding his head like he was supporting I

"Am here ", Anna said and tried as much as possible not to come off offers rude to him.

"When did you get back ?", he asked as she woke up from bed and walked to where Anna was.

He leaned in to kiss her cheek but she pulled away making him wonder what had had on.

"What did I do ?", he asked and Anna looked at him and wondered if he didn't know that he had asked Brianna to come by.

Had she even been saying the truth or had she lied too?

"Brianna was here, " Anna said and looked away

She didn't want to look at him. She didn't want to loointoat his eyes and know how he was telling the truth or lying.

"What was she doing here ?", he asked looking confused.

"She said that you called her d asked her to come here ", Annaa said and this time Vincenzo stood in Infront of her so that she could look at him.

"I didn't tell her anything. I remember when she called and asked if I could take her to the clinic and told her that I couldn't make it She asked if you could take her and I told her that you were not around. That's all I said ", Vincenzo said as he stared at Anna's face but there was no emotion.

There was nothing behind her eyes just a void.

"She was topless when I reached here on top of you and you were calling her Anna " Annana said and for the first time,e she didn't feel anything.

There was no pain behind her eyes She was completely fine waiting and being. he was done if letting things like those hurt her.

She did not deserve to cry herself to sleep or wake up in the morning and wonder if she was good enough for Vincenzo.

It wasn't him that was the prize All this time she had been chasing something that was not even worth it Hee was the one who was supposed to be chasing him

"I don't remember any of that ", Vincenzo said looking apologetic.

She didn't care though She was done

"I know you don't remember and honestly I don't think it matters anymore. Nothing is ever going to change it was set up for failure the moment I decided to have feelings for you", Annaa said as she stood up and left the room with Vincenzo behind him.

"What do you mean it doesn't matter anymore ?", Incenzoo asked her as they entered the kitchen.

"I mean this was supposed to be solely business I got what I wanted and you too would get that. Maybe it's time things went back to that ", Anna said and Vincenzo could feel his heart breaking into a hundred pieces.

Anna hasn't hurt this time around. She felt like she was relieved She had waited for so long to do it. She knew a long time ago that he wasn't for her.

She knew that her staying with him was hurting her but she had never cared. She had been so desperate to feel his love that he had forgotten she deserved so much more.

She did not deserve to beg for love like some starved-up kid whose parents didn't love her at home.

She looked at him and all the feelings she ever had for him come back. She could remember the days when she cried herself to sleep wondering where he was.

.She could remember the days that she had found him with other women in bed.

She had been so stupid that some part of her had continued to love him like he was the best thing that had ever happened to her.

Yes, she couldn't deny the fact that he had caused her the hurt. It had been her choice to live with him but he knew she loved him. He knew how she felt and still went ahead to hurt her times and times again.

He knew that there was nowhere she was going. She loved him and would always love him, that's what he thought.

The version of her that lived him was that of an insecure child that thought that the days he treated her nicely were to die for.

A child that hung around and waited for him to treat her nice again A child that hurt but still loved him with all his flaws.

They weren't flaws though. He did not love her and she was stupid not to see it.

It was true she was not good at the love thing but maybe that was because she had chosen the wrong man.

"Please don't leave me ", Vincenzo said and it took everything in her to run to his arms and tell him that they could still fix it.

It couldn't be fixed though. She had reached her breaking point and there was no going back.

She was no longer a child that craved love. She was a woman now that was going to know herself to be loved right by a man that was good for her.

She was no longer shrinking herself so that she could be loved properly.