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• Chapter 28—
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• WHAM
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• Jake was sent flying when a fist collided with his jaw. He landed with a grunt and an outcast loomed over him.
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• “What the hell is wrong with you?!” Lian yelled. “We worked our butts off just to make her see you and you go and fuck it all up! You are so selfish! No wonder why Suzette is tired of you! All you do is complain about how she’s not with you, but you know what?! THAT’S YOUR FUCKING FAULT! You had your chance back in Calvance, but you never took action!”
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• Coughing up blood, Jake shakily sat up clutching his stomach with his head down.
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• “Lian, sweetie. That’s enough.” Alice coaxed tugging his sleeve.
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• “No, he needs to get it through his thick head that Suzette is with another man because he’s so dense! And now she’s madder than ever ‘cause he decided to bring his pathetic ass to her rehearsal dinner, unannounced, and make a scene! If you haven’t noticed Jake, she’s sensitive, especially when it comes to you! You wanna know why?! Because SHE LOVES YOU! Obviously you haven’t noticed that. Dude, look, you’re my bro and all, but....sometimes you don’t see what you want is right in front of you. Suzette....she’s only putting you off because she doesn’t want to break Cyril’s heart. Her wedding is in two days and promise me something, for her sake: don’t go to her wedding.” He hesitated, patting him on his shoulder. He took his leave after Alice pecked him on the cheek, apologizing for Lian’s outburst, and followed him out.
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• He kneeled there, panting heavily, trying to comprehend what he’d just been told.
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• ‘Because SHE LOVES YOU.....Suzette.... she’s only putting you off because she doesn’t want to break Cyril’s heart.’
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• Jake wearily stood up, wobbled a bit from the loss of energy, and made his way over to the bathroom where he stared at his pale figure in the mirror. He didn’t see one of Seattle’s hottest rich guys or the vice-president of a law firm. All he saw was a miserable, weak, pathetic, lump of flesh that was hopelessly in love with a woman who was getting married to another man. Something crawled up his stomach and to his throat, causing him to gag uncontrollably. Placing a hand over his mouth, he looked around for the toilet and jostled the lid open just as he threw up. What had gotten into him?
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• His body was burning up and he could barely stand. Sweat saturated his face and trickled down his neck and onto his chest. What was the point of getting up if he’d fall right back down?
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• In one last futile attempt to stand, he heaved himself up, placed his hand on the counter and ran it along the wall until he was out of the bathroom. He spotted a wine bottle glistening on the nightstand, taunting him with its green glass as the moon’s rays flooded into his room through the open blinds. Picking it up, he glared at his disoriented reflection. His fingers rippled on the neck, receiving a firm grip as he walked along the wall.
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• ‘I hate everything about you....’
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• Jake lowered his head to the point where a shadow was cast over his eyes. Raising the bottle horizontally, he rammed the bottom into the wall. Shards scattered everywhere as well as the wine itself. The sound of the fizz sizzling on the wall and carpet was the only noise audible.
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• He paid no mind to the throbbing coming from his hand, or the glass shrouding his feet. All he felt--all he was aware of--was the pain in his heart. Just the thought of her face or her laughter ached.
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• Two days until the wedding. 48 hours. 2880 seconds....
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• No....it was shorter than that.
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• It was only a matter of time before the woman he loved would be labeled as ‘Taken.’
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• Had he came all this way for nothing?
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• Had he failed as a lover--as a best friend?
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• Was he useless to Suzette?
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• He needed to know before the wedding....only one thing....
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• ‘Do you love me?’
• (do you notice this is similiar to another popular story of mine? ;D. hah. i didn't notice that until i after i wrote this chapter and reread it. ^-^ anyways, PLZ VOTE AND COMMENT! THAT WOULD BE SUCH A HELP! THANK YOU! MWAH!=3~Dott)