Wrong Twin, Right Love

5.

Zac.

I searched for her everywhere. I reported her missing at three different police stations. I never blinked in crowds in case I saw someone who looked like her. Everyone thought I was crazy always searching for something I couldn’t explain. Tapping on random people had become a sickening habit…

Just when I had given up, she appeared in the most unexpected place.

The hardest thing I had to do was pretend not to know her in there when all I wanted to do was hold her and hug her and never let go again. I wanted to hold her until her shoulders were less tensed and this hardened side of her would melt away completely.

I spent every day of the last five years praying for her. Praying that when we meet again, she’d have forgiven me. Even for a bit.

But it seemed my prayers were not answered.

When she said she wanted me gone again, I felt stabbed. My chest tightened that I couldn’t even breathe, or move.

I stood watching her walk away. My heart pinched harder with every step she took away from me.

But this time, I was fast enough.

I held the cab door before she entered.

“I’ve searched for you everywhere, Yetti. I was really worried.”

I saw a flicker in her eyes. A sting. As if my words hurt her physically.

“I don’t want to see you,” she quivered, “I hate that you found me. I hope we never meet again. Have a happy married life.”

The wedding’s off. I wanted to say. It never felt right from the beginning. She and I had been falling apart for months.

But her back was already turned to me and it hurt me so bad.

She never stood to see the pain. She never noticed my wet eyes. Only Kai.

“He’s divorced now,” I blurted out suddenly and she stopped. My heart clenched when she stopped, but if handing her to Kai would get her to forgive me, then it was all right. “He’s been looking for you.”

She spun at the sound of my voice.

Her eyes locked onto mine, wide, startled.

“Do me one more favor.” She said shakily.

“Anything…” I replied.

“I don’t care for any of you.” She said, “Take your twin away from this city. Take him anywhere else but here. I’d hate to bump into him more than anything else.” She sent a harsh glare and walked away.

God, I almost smiled. Almost.

Kai had always been her soft spot. His name in any conversation would make her do anything. But it seemed things had changed.

I wanted to kiss her right then. I wanted to wipe her tears and make myself her slave.

I ran after her again, this time I only walked beside her.

“Where do you live?”

“Go away, Zac.”

“I just want to take you home, Yetti.”

“It’s Yvette!!”

Her hand cracked across my face, a sting I deserved more than I wanted to admit, but it still hurt.

For a beat, time seemed to pause. The sound of the busy street faded. I couldn’t see my face, but I knew my eyes were wide with shock. “Yetti…”

“You irk me off so bad I can’t stand you. So no, don’t take me home. And don’t call me Yetti!”

She was breathing hot, yet her eyes were different.

They were filled with pain, instead of anger.

I wouldn’t even pretend to understand the kind of hurt she must have felt five years ago.

I would’ve moved on if I could… but Yetti… she was engraved in my mind, my soul, and my heart. Watching her hurt this much was enough to move my whole life to Rosehill if I had to.