HEART FELT CONFESSION

     Nora had to follow Ethan because she knew he was being irrational at the moment and might end up doing something rash and end up in jail. She had pleaded with Danny and Charlie to stay with Faith while she trail Ethan. 

      The night they had dinner at Danny and Nora's, they had discussed Noah somehow and Nora had said his address and had described his house. It was evening and Ethan wasn't sure Noah would be home but he was going to wait and make sure that bastard gets a taste of his own medicine. He drove up to his driveway and found no cars parked and drove up to the front of his house. The house looked quite outstanding and peaceful. 

     Ethan watched the house for a while. Someone like Noah was not supposed to live in a house so peaceful, so serene. Nora didn't come up the driveway with her car. She parked by the road and trekked up the driveway. Ethan got out of the car after a while and walked up to the front door. He turned the handle but it was locked. He knocked, but there was no answer. He looked inside from the glass door, watching if anyone would come down the stairs. 

      When he was convinced that Noah was not around, he started going toward the backyard. Nora watched him from a little flower bush, where she had hidden. He went to the backyard to try the back door. 

       Noah drove up to the front of his house and saw a car packed there. He had seen that scrappy car before. He remembered the owner and he huffed. He didn't want to believe that Ethan would come to his domain to look for him or maybe, that was Faith borrowing his car to come to apologize to him. He knew she would be back. He didn't even feel anything for her anymore, at least that was what he had told himself until he noticed the way Ethan looked at her and the way Faith always blushed when she was with him. 

       It pricked his ego when she turned him down because of Ethan, the guy that was not even as rich as he was. He was not going to let another man love her like that, he was too jealous to allow that and Faith should be his and his alone. If he can't have her, nobody else would have her. He would make sure he eliminates anything on their way. He would start from the bastard Ethan, then he would go over to the bitch Nora, then that bastard at the hospital. 

     He got out of his car and went over to Ethan's car, but he couldn't see if anyone was there because the car window was a dark shade. He looked around. If the bastard was in the car, he would have come out by now. He was always acting irrationally. He looked at his front door and started moving towards it. Nora watched him from her hiding place. 

       "Noah!" Ethan called from behind. 

    Noah turned and smiled. "Oh, there you are. What a pleasant visit, although I am disappointed, it isn't Faith." 

     Ethan strode over to him and stared him right in the eyes. "I forbid you from saying that name." 

      Noah looked at him and huffed, then he chuckled and then burst into laughter while Ethan watched him. He laughed for a while and kept a straight face. "Who are you to forbid me to say the name of my girlfriend?" 

       Ethan's fist clenched and his jaws set, fury burned in him and showed in his eyes which turned bloodshot. But he held himself. Noah glared at him. 

      "Come on, I know that you have not come all the way here to stand there and look at me. Hit me! There are no CCTV cameras around." 

    Ethan grabbed him by the collar. "I have come to warn you. Now, listen to me and listen very well. I don't want to see you anywhere near Faith again. The next time I will see you, I will make sure you become a dead man instantly." 

      Noah pushed him away. "Why? She is my girlfriend. Oh, I get it, you don't share?" He burst into laughter and frowned again. "Now, leave my house while I'm being nice." 

       "Make me leave." 

   Noah smirked. "I know your game. But, that woman is not worth fighting for. She is using our heads to prove that she is relevant, she is using us to prove to herself that she could be loved. How many of us are drilling her? Me, you the guy at the hospital, we don't even know the others. She is as confused as hell and a little whore at that…"

     Ethan stopped him with a heavy punch on his jaw. Noah staggered back and held his jaw. 

      "Were these what you said to her last night?!" Ethan roared and charged at him. 

       "Ethan, please stop!" Nora yelled and ran towards them. 

       Ethan halted and blinked his bloodshot eyes. He turned and was surprised to see Nora running towards them. Ethan looked away from her and went after Noah. He grabbed Noah by the collar with his left hand and raised his right hand to punch him but Nora hugged him. 

      "Enough! Enough, please," she pleaded. Ethan made to push her aside and do what he wanted to do, but she held him tight. "Do you still want to see Faith when she wakes up!" Nora yelled. 

       Noah's brows drew together in confusion. "What? Is Faith sleeping? What do you mean when she wakes up?" he asked. 

     Ethan lowered his hand and Nora pulled away from him. "Are you a fool? You are so furious and you are being irrational right now, but that would only lead you to trouble! What if you kill him? You would go to jail because all the police would see is murder, they won't know or care what he said to her to make her drink that much and get hurt! Because he didn't force her to drink. Do you want to ruin your chances of seeing Faith when she wakes up?! I thought you would want to be next to her when she wakes up?!"

      Ethan's anger started to soothe as common sense started settling in, he blinked severally as Nora talked to him. 

     "Is he worth you going to jail?! Is he? Please, I am begging you, don't break her heart when she wakes by doing what's on your mind right now." 

    Noah was confused. He moved closer to Nora. "What are you talking about? What happened to Faith?" He asked concerned. 

    Nora ignored him and kept looking at Ethan, who had come back to his senses. His chest which had swollen in anger, calmed down, his clenched fists released and his bloodshot eyes began to clear. 

     "I..." he said looking down. "I have loved Faith just the way she was. To me, she was beautiful in and out and I didn't need any makeup or sexy dresses to know that. She was the perfect woman for me. Smart, hygienic, beautiful and fun to be with. I loved her like that even with her shabby clothes and her natural face and I have never felt like that for any woman before. I accepted her the way she was even when she wasn't even sure of who she was. 

     "I tried holding her hand firmly when she was scared and tried walking every step of the way with her, that is how much I feel for her. I loved her more when I knew her and I want it to last forever. I am willing to wait until she is ready, then I will grab her hand confidently and would never let go. So, please, " He looked at Noah. "Leave her alone, let me love her right, not just because she is sexy and wears makeup, let her be happy, leave me to go with her on her journey to happiness, let her be happy for once in her life. 

      "Let her come out of her past, let her see the future and its brightness. She might have felt the light when she was with you before, reason she found it difficult to let go. But one slip and you left her hand and even pushed her down to drown. I am trying to pull her back up. Please, let me do that. I beg you. That is what I have come to say."

      Nora wiped the tears that were trekking down her cheeks. Ethan started to leave and grabbed Nora's hand, but Nora stopped him. 

     "I came with my car." 

     Noah just stood there dumbfounded and still. 

       "Let me drop you at wherever you hid your car," Ethan said and smiled at her. "Now I know why Faith loves you so much. You talk sense into her." 

      Nora smiled shyly and entered the car as Ethan held the door open for her. Ethan went over to the driver's seat, started the car and drove away from Noah's front yard in reverse. 

      "I have a proposal to make," Ethan said as he drove away. 

      "What proposal?" 

        "From today henceforth, you are also my bestie and personal advisor." 

       Nora snickered in fits of laughter. "Is that a proposal or a command?" 

       Ethan reversed the car and drove down the driveway. "It's a request." 

        "Sounds more like a command to me, but I accept your request or proposal." 

      They both laughed. 

     Noah shook his head as if recalling himself as their car receded. "That was a heartfelt confession," he said and squinted his eyes. "But, did they say Faith is in the hospital because of what I said to her? I feel so bad, let me follow them." He got into his car and drove off.