Love From A Distance

Chapter 25 Dealing With the heat

Aiden's POV

I hate seeing Milly so heartbroken. I never wanted that for her and never wanted to be someone who was involved with hurting her.. ugh I hate to say it but my mother was right.. She is somehow always right. I should have just ruined my friendship to save Milly's heart.. but hindsight is always 20/20.. and nothing I can do about it now.. since the damage is already done.

But maybe I can try my best to make it up to her and help her get on her feet after all this is said and done.. I know of a couple of apartments that my friend is trying to rent out and maybe that might help her and my friend.. hitting two birds with one stone.

I have extra furniture that I can't get rid of and she could have.. so I could set her up with her own place.. maybe that would help.

Maybe I should call Milly and just make sure that she has somewhere safe to go.. or that she has all the stuff she needs to keep warm.. or to make sure that she knows that she always has me here.. No.. she said she needed time to herself.. and I guess I should respect that.. I don't want her to think I don't respect her and her opinion, because I do. So I guess no matter how hard it might be.. I think I just need to leave her alone.

I groan out hating this so much. I wish I wouldn't have let Wyatt manipulate me and my thoughts with his stupid guilt trips.. But he has helped me so much in the past that I felt almost obligated to give in to his demands.. but look at what it did.. caused the woman I love to hate me and leave.. not wanting to be around me at all when all I wanted was to be her safe space.

I have a piece of mind just to give him a good yelling at accompanied by a punch or two.. or ten. He deserves that and so much more.. but.. sh*t.. I do have to call him because I spilled the beans about him cheating and he should probably know about it too. I grab my phone out of my pocket, looking at all the notifications I have.. and of course, I have some missed calls and texts cussing me out from Wyatt.. but they won't say why. I can just assume it's about my feelings for his wife.

I dial his number as I put the phone to my ear. "Hey, assh*le! You got me fired!" Wyatt yells into the phone not even giving me a chance to say anything. "What?!" I ask clarifying.

"The bosses saw us fighting and heard what we were fighting about, of course.. then they fired me because of it!" He yells again but the pieces aren't coming together as they should. "Why would they fire you for that?" I ask again still confused about what is happening before I get to the real reason I called.

"They saw how pissed I was at you and my cheating wife.. so when you blocked my hit and I sent you away.. I just made sure to hit her for good measure because she was being a b*tch.. and then the little c*nt ran away from me.. They declared that they didn't want someone who acts like that at their company. I tried to explain that it was just in the heat of the moment but that stupid pregnant b*tch stated that she knew I had done it to Milly before.. so that just confirmed their actions to fire me.. They said that's not the look or people they want to be associated with their company!" I scoff at his statement as I declare. "So how the hell is it my fault? You were acting like an assh*le to your wife continuously, not only in front of me but our whole company staff.. I shouldn't be blamed for your stupidity. I was defending Milly, so she wouldn't get hurt worse."

"You sound exactly like Jason when he was firing me.. He said you weren't the problem because you were defending her then I made you leave so I could hurt my wife.. so your job is safe assh*le! I'm so happy that you can have your job and my wh*re of a wife at your side.. I hope you feel f*#king fantastic!" He yells at me so loudly that I have to pull the phone away from my ear.

"I can't believe you hit her once I left! I will remember that and make sure you pay for that.. mark my words.. Besides you need to get your facts straight. She isn't with me and she isn't a wh*re.. She was your wife that you never loved the way she deserves.. so get the f*#k over it.. You f*#ked up and now you have to deal with the repercussions that life is throwing at you for your stupid actions.. that you should've known better for. You are an adult." I state with my eyebrows raised and a smirk on my face. I know I shouldn't be happy about someone's life falling apart but he deserved this and karma is a b*tch.

"F*#k you man! Hand the phone to Milly! I need to talk to her!" He demands of me as I quickly respond. "She is not here."

"Don't you f*#king lie to me.. Get me, Milly!" He commands, but that doesn't change the result, no matter how loud he gets. "She is not here!" He scoffs at my response and is talking s**t under his breath in a mumbling tone so I can't make out all that he is saying, just some cuss words here and there. But I guess it's my turn now.. better rip this bandaid off.. now is better than never.

"Wyatt... Milly came over here pretty upset mumbling about you and Lacey.. I assumed by the heartbroken look on her face accompanied by the endless crying that you had told her about your cheating." I declare as he quickly interrupts me to yelp out. "I never told her anything!"

"Yeah.. I figured that out.. Imagine my surprise when I told her unknowingly, breaking her heart and causing her to break down and then flip out on me! Saying I helped you by trying to let you tell her in your own time... as an i***t friend would." I spat with so much venom in each word trying to make sure he knows how mad I am. Plus how much this is not just hurting him with his selfish actions but so many others around him.

"Oh, I'm so f*#king sorry that my wife is mad at you so she doesn't want to sleep with you at the moment. She is old, ugly, and deprived.. I'm sure she will let you back in soon enough." He mocks me and this comment infuriates me. My face feels so heated that I wish he was standing right in front of me so I could lay him out and show him how mad I really am.

"That's not why I care, you f*#king asshole! Get that through your head! I think she is an amazing woman and I love her and want to be with her.. She is not a toy to do what you please! I just want to help her and be her support without expecting anything in return.. but she now thinks she can't trust me because I was trying to be a good friend to your dumbass when I believed that you would tell her.. But I guess that was a big mistake to give you the chance to be a respectable adult and take care of your problems in good time.. But your time is up.. I gave you a chance to be the bigger man and you threw that chance away but squandered it for as long as you could.. and now I am being punished for your childish actions." I explain with fury in my heart causing me to start pacing back and forth across the front room.

"You're not the saint you imagine yourself to be.. You're disgusting.. she is my wife that you want.. But if you truly insist.. than you can have my sloppy seconds. She doesn't look good anymore anyways.. she gave her only good years to me so you can enjoy the leftovers of gray hair and jiggling body if you want.. but it's not for me, let alone as good as you would hope.. hence why I have been going elsewhere." He explains so selfishly about his conceited thoughts.

"You're the disgusting one.. I can't believe that I once again, have to explain this to you.. Milly is a human being.. you can't just give her away! How did you get like this man? I am so disappointed in the person you are now.. you were always an assh*le, but you never were this heartless.. what the hell?" I retort back to him, but this causes him to hangs up the call without hesitation.

Good.. I don't want to deal with him anymore either. I throw my phone on the couch as I flop into it and running my hands through my hair. Red comes to me without a moment to lose and squeezes his big body into mine.. He can sense that I'm stressed so he is concerned for me. That's the amazing selflessness you will receive with dogs. This picks up my spirit a little but I wish I could talk with Milly.. That would really help me out right now.

I lay back on the couch to try to relax even if it's just for a moment.. that is until I hear a thundering of banging on my front door.. and by the aggression behind it, I can only assume it's my newly pissed-off neighbor.

I huff out just wishing I could have a moment to think about all this, but of course, that's not possible. I sling the door open as I see Wyatt glaring daggers at me, looking as if he would kill me if given the chance.

"I thought you were my friend man.. how many times have I helped you? How many times have I had your back?! I even offered to f*#k my lady with you and give you my wife to f*#k.. and yet here you are so ungrateful.. selfishly wanting what I have for yourself while leaving me with nothing.. when all I wanted to do was share my spoils with you." I huff out in disbelief. I can't believe he thinks this is a legitimate response.

"What... The... F*#k.... Is wrong with you? Holy hell.. I feel my IQ going down with this conversation.. Are you doing drugs again or drunk or something? I don't understand how you can justify any of the words coming out of your mouth right now." I spat in disbelief once again. I feel like I'm in a dream.. because this seems to ridiculous to ever be reality.. and yet here we are.

He looks shocked at my words as he shakes his head at me like I'm being ridiculous.. but clearly he is the obnoxiously ridiculous one in this conversation's entirety. He shoves past, knocking me back as Red looks completely confused because I'm sure he can feel the tension and anger in the room but he doesn't know how to react since it's my best friend that's involved.

I watch as Wyatt tromps around my house from one room to the next, until he stops right back in front of me. "Where is she?" I let out a deep breath, pinching the bridge of my nose, just showing my obvious annoyance with this conversation. "She is not here.. I already told you that.. Have you lost your mind? You need help man.. I don't know what the hell is happening with you.. but this is crazy. Please leave."

"Fine.. sure get the crazy guy to go. you make it sound like I'm out of pocket by my words.. but I don't know how that's possible right now.. because I think I'm the only one talking truthfully and yet I'm being blamed when I should be commemorated for my honesty." He declares throwing his hand to the sky as if he is proving some point to me but all he is doing is reassuring my idea that he has gone insane.

"No, you're not man.. I thought you had respect for women.. but here you are using Milly like a slave and using the other woman like a f*#k toy and when one of them says that's not ok, you retaliate with hitting and then disrespecting them in any way possible.. how can any of that seem ok to you.. now you want to harass your wife for leaving a harmful relationship.. like she should have done the first time you hit her.. and you're now calling her every name in the book while insulting every detail about her because she doesn't want you anymore.. I thought you had respect and love for her after all these years.. but I wouldn't believe you even if you said you did love her, because how could you ever justify loving someone but hurting them so much? Please just have some respect for the woman who has taken care of you and has been your partner for so many years, by leaving her alone and giving her some space." I almost beg of him at this request wanting him to leave her be.

"I'm going to find her." He declares pushing past me and right back out the way he came in. Leaving me in shock at what the hell happened as I watched him walk with determination in his step. I can tell this is not over with him.