Alone Together

There was an awkward silence between Leah and Lucian. It was understandable, after all it has been six years since the last spoke to each other. The awkwardness, dragged on until Lucian cleared his throat and said,

Our daughter said we should buy some fruits for her along the street, let's go,"

She's mine'

Lucian who was about to leave, turned his head with a confused look on his face as he stared at her cold face.

What?, what did you say?,"

Roxanne, she is my daughter not yours, okay?,"

With these words, Leah brushed past him with a cold look, she took a few steps then stop suddenly,

The promise that you made inside that room, find a way to break it,"

Leah said in lethal voice, which did not suit her age. Then after a heavy sigh, she continued,

It would break her heart and her ability to trust people, but then again don't you think it's good that she would be cautious in the future and to not believe anything that comes out from a man's mouth."

After all, her mother, and her aunt has gone through that pain before,but the only difference is that one of them is dead,"

Leah, I .…..."

I don't want to talk about it, the past is in the past, I will not let it affect her future, even if it means that I would have to spend some days with your family."

Which daughter, the one you raised or the one I raised," Lucian asked.

Leah still with her back turned to him tried to blink her tears back but the just kept falling,

You know who I am talking about, I raised Anna in the same way my mom raised me and my sister, so she knows how to differentiate between hypocrites and righteous people,"

What about you, how did you raise her to the extent that she would believe whatever that comes out from that woman's mouth,"

Don't you freaking tell me that, you had no choice, you always had , you always did, and you always you, do you know what pains me the most, you never tried to help, you could have called me."

I was only one call away, I shut every news about this place so that I would not come here without being asked to,"

Leah chuckled coldy and said,

I was only one call away, but again you chose your brother over us, you kept mum while they use her like that,"

Lucian sighed and said,

It's not like that, I had plans to stop them, Leah," he called her name softly.

Leah laughed softly,

Even if you had plans, you would not do it, do you know why, it's because you love Roxanne so much that you would not let any harm come to her or her loved ones, so do not give me that sermon about your plan , I am sick of it"

That accident not only destroyed our families relationship, it also destroyed us,"

After saying her piece, Leah left, leaving Lucian in the hallway.

Lucian stared at her figure which exuded the will to live, protect her loved ones and also to hide whatever emotions that she has. He had hope, hope that after she had come back ,eventually , everything would be okay their family will go back to how they were before and he can finally have her as his bride but it looks like fate has other plans for him, am I not allowed to have happiness, every time I manage to get that hope, something would make it start crashing down, is this really what fate had in store for me, if it is then dream on, I will never let her go until my last breath.

Taking a deep breath, he followed her.

....….…..........

After what she had said in the hallway few minutes ago, he has never said anything, was I too hard, I should have tried to mellow my voice a little, after all he never liked it when I speak to him in a cold voice before. Is this what they call the calm before the storm , am I in trouble. Leah thought as she sneaked a look at the ice block of a man with a terrified expression. Am dead, but I have a lot of things to do, is he going to kill me?,

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Now, I understand why my family always tell me to keep my mouth shut every time am annoyed with someone and classic me I always fail to listen, ahhh, it looks like it would be the moon that I would see before I die,

The day my brother died, I didn't feel that much pain, do you know the pain that I felt the most?" Lucian asked.

So this a very different scenario from what I was thinking about but why is he saying this, is he feeling guilty?" These thoughts ran through Leah's mind as she tried to figure out what he is up to.

Then suddenly, a shadow covered her, anxious she raised her head and her lips grazed his chin, he gave her his coat for the weather was dropping.

You haven't answered my question,?"

What?"

On seeing the serious look on his face, Leah knew that he wanted her to answer his question.

No"

It's breaking your trust, the trust that you had in me, the faith that you had for me"

Do you know how painful it was to see that look in your face when that incident happened,"

The way your shining eyes that always had stars in them, slowly started to fade , that was the most painful part, I knew that, the light was always for me to see but it died in front of my eyes and I couldn't do anything to stop it but watch it slowly fade out"

I could have hugged you and said I was sorry but I chose her over you and.....…"

Nothing you say will fix what has already been damaged, Lucian,"

I know, I know that no matter what I say or do, you will still not forgive me,"

But I have one more thing to ask ,"

Do you still love me?"

Okay that is what I say a tricky question, how should I answer the truth or a lie, but why did he ask this question suddenly.