Love From A Distance

Chapter 24 Discussing Everything

Millicent's POV

To be able to discuss everything like I need to for my sanity. I need to practically throw it out there at her with everything I can think of and hopefully, she will understand what I'm saying... and help me assess my sh*t show of a life and being my best friend, back me up like she always does.

I let out a deep breath and turned to look at her.. But as my mouth opens no words seem to come out.. How frustrating. I'm literally at a loss of words because of the million thoughts running through my head I can't seem to pinpoint just one to start this off.

I think she wants me to do the same and sees I'm having a hard time. So she glances over at me and then at the road. She clears her throat as she says. "Honestly, I'm just glad you're ok.. Aiden keeps calling me just wanting to confirm you're ok and safe because he said you ran away from him."

I nod at her confirming the information given is correct. I feel the car slowing down to the stop sign as she looks both ways before continuing straight.

"And what he also told me is that he promised not to bother you so you will be given time to think.. like the respectful perfect man he is," she states almost sarcastically as if she is jealous or mocking him and his loyalty to his word. Which is something I can respect wholeheartedly.

She looks my way, then back to the road just to continue. "So to ease his mind he was bothering me until he confirmed you're ok... and Wyatt was calling me since you ignored his calls, looking for you to harass you more since Aiden talked to him.. So of course I just told him to f*#k off and leave you alone. But he told me to relay a quick message to you so I reluctantly agreed.. He said that he is leaving the house for the night and said you can come home now." She declares this as I let out another deep breath, trying to ease the pressure in my lungs.

"I.. never knew that Wyatt had your number.. thanks for helping with all the calls.. But.. Hannah.. Wyatt wants to harass me because Aiden told me that he has been cheating on me.. for a while now apparently by what Aiden said." I try to explain why things are like this right now, but she automatically nods.

"Yeah I heard.. But I also heard you were part of that cheating train.. with Aiden.. you lucky b*tch.. but he has been in love with you for years, so I'm not surprised.. You get all the guys whether you're eligible or not." She spats at me for a moment.. I guess I never saw any of it like that. But with her single life of jumping from one man to the next I never thought she would be jealous of a boring life like mine.

"How is getting ignored, lied to, neglected and treated like sh*t by being cheated on lucky? I don't feel that at all.. My husband hates me so much that he is willingly cheating on me with someone almost half my age. He can't even say it's a mistake because of how long it's been going on.. And yes.. Aiden is a great guy, but he has been lying to me the whole time my husband has been cheating.. is that any better than my husband lying to me about his cheating? and in my defense, I'm not as bad as Wyatt.. I only kissed Aiden.. that's it, nothing more.. I have liked him for a while too but not enough to fully cheat on Wyatt like he already did to me apparently. But I was surprised.. I honestly never knew Aiden felt this way, so his feelings shocked me completely." I try to explain as best as I can.

"Oh come on, how could you not? he has

adored you and everything you do for so long.. and we talked about how great of a guy he is before.. so I knew you liked him back.. but sis you can tell me the truth, that you did more with him.. I won't tell Wyatt." She says making my brows come together hating the doubting of me and my honesty in this conversation so far.

"We didn't do anything else.. that's it.. just kissed.. and then I told Wyatt in the same day so it's not like I kept the secret long.. I'm trying to be remotely respectful about all of this and here he is making me feel worse about everything." I spat at the thought of those two men in my life.

"Huh.. I figured he was a great kisser and things would easily lead from one thing to another.. especially since you haven't gotten anything in so long." She declares as she turns on the blinker, turning the steering wheel in the same direction.

I huff out wanting to deny that thought but I really can't. "It was a great kiss and I wanted it to lead to more.. But I wouldn't let it.. It was wrong that I did that with Aiden while being married.. so I stopped it.. If anything is going to happen with Aiden then I want it to be done in the right way.. not like this." I say to her as she scoffs then looks my way to see I'm serious.

"Ok.. well I'm glad you were honest.. So you and Aiden are a thing now?" She asks me as I shrug my shoulders and shaking my head. "No.. we're.. I don't know.. I want to.. But no he was lying.. but he is a great guy.. ugh.. I'm still married and I need to take care of that first.. ugh.. I hate this." I say huffing out as I lean forward laying my face into my hands.

"It's going to be ok.. I'm sure it will all work out for you.. It always does." she says to me and I nod my head but I, for some reason, don't believe it.. at least just yet.

We pull up to my house and in that same moment, I can feel the dread covering me completely. I don't want to go in and stay there but I have nowhere else right now. I would ask Hannah but I know how small her studio apartment is especially with her two dogs and 3 cats. So I don't want to intrude on her little bit of space.

"Hey Milly everything is going to be ok I promise.. I know it will probably be hard going in there but this will give us a chance to pack up some of your things and you could come stay with me for a little bit.. it will be great.. Single together once again. It will be the good ol'days." I send a small smile her way as I nod. "I would like that a lot.. thanks."

I open the door quickly, almost hopping out of there, because the faster I get out of there and to her place the better. I can hear she is right behind me as I open the door and letting us in, just to quickly lock it behind me.

"So I think we should handle this whole night like pissed-off newly single girls.. I

know I'm not newly single, but I would pretend for your sake.. So let's start with his cabinet of fancy whiskey." Hannah declares to me in a sassy tone accompanied by a mischievous grin, while she wiggles her eyebrows playfully at me.

The smile that emerges on my face answers her question silently. She quickly reaches up on the top of the cabinet and pills down the little metal key. She unlocks the cabinet as if she has done it a million times. I chuckle at that sight as I say. "I never knew that's where he kept the key.. but you know me I'm not much of a drinker."

"Oh.. well, that's an obvious spot where most people hide their keys for the cabinets. I just figured since he isn't very smart that he would do the same.. and I'm right." She states holding the shining key up for me to see and she continues to wiggle her eyebrows.

My laugh gets louder with my little smile turning to a fully cheeky grin as I prance over to the glass cabinet and grab the one whiskey bottle that I always wanted to try, but he would never let me. He said there would have to be a very special occasion to celebrate, just to open this bottle with me.. and yet I never got to try it and here are tons of the whiskey missing from the bottle.. so that makes me wonder.. What is he celebrating? Or who is he celebrating with?

"Blanton's full lineup collection.. good choice." Hannah states as she passes me with a bottle in both hands. "Yeah, I guess he paid 1,500$ for this set of 6 bottles.. and since he paid that, he wouldn't ever let me have a taste." I declare again with pride that I have this in my hands.. I feel my heart racing just knowing how mad he will be but honestly I could care less.. for once this is for me.

I grab some glasses and throw ice into them, following Hannah out of the room and straight into our bedroom.

Hannah is sitting on the bed with her head thrown back and the bottle upside down as she chugs so much of that amber-colored liquid. This indicates to me that we're spending the night here and getting plastered. Just what the doctor ordered.. Not literally because he told me to be alone at the moment, but not being around any of the men creating stress in my life is just as good.. right? We will have to wait and find out I guess.

She puts the bottle down as she looks over at me licking her lips. "That was amazing." She declares, I chuckle loudly as my head shakes in a disapproving manner while I hold the glass with ice in it up. She shrugs her shoulders in response as she states. "Sorry.. got a head start."

I shake my head as I make my way to the closet to get this started with what I need because that's why we are here. "So how much should I pack?" I ask her not knowing if I should just pack for a couple of nights or everything of mine just to get the hell out of there. I just don't know if I have enough room for all my stuff in my car.

"Well, I think you should pack the stuff you want the most in a couple of easy-access bags, and then the rest can go into other big bags that we can throw in your car.. We will Tetris that s**t up to make sure it fits perfectly.. but if you need more room you can just put the rest in my car.. we will figure it all out as we go." She instructs me and I like that plan so I nod while pouring a big glass full of whiskey and coke to sip on.

"Ok then let us get this started." I command as she whistles excitedly to ignite the start of this packing session. We throw our drinks back into our throats, to really give us the proper motivation we need to do this.

I guess I will need all the motivation I can get.. But with my bestie here and a glass full of alcoholic drinks I can only assume that this is all I need in life at the moment. I'm not saying that alcohol is what I need.. but this amazing person to share this hard time with is what I need at least for the moment.

So I take my glass and quickly fill it up to make sure I really start this mission off right. The more liquid motivation for this hard time.. the better. Time to pack up my life.. as if it were that easy.