It Will All Be Ok
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Eliana's POV
I glanced at Brooks. His eyes were a mixture of worry and anger.
What am I supposed to say? Yeah, you were right Brooks, I messed up.
I picked the wrong guy!
I should have listened!
Sigh— but it wasn't that easy.
Deep down, whether I wanted to admit it or not... Calvin's betrayal, his affair, and the broken promise we made at the altar still hurt.
And it hurt deeply.
I only pretended to be strong and put on a false mask of being okay.
And with that thought... it finally hit me again.
The feeling of loneliness. The feeling of betrayal. All the hurt, the resentment, and anger that had been building inside of me since the first sign of his affair finally caught up.
I felt the bitter and painful knot building in my throat. My chest is tightening with the sense of having failed to keep the man I loved... to keep his interest in me.
My tears stung as they welled up in my eyes, blurring my vision.
Brooks' eyes went from an angry scowl to worry.
He loosened his hands as my tears began to fall.
He was by my side in a second, embracing me tightly and making my emotions fly out the window as I began to cry like a baby.
I wrapped my hands around him tightly, allowing myself to cry just like I would when we were kids.
He held me tightly, running his hand softly over my hair just like he did as a kid.
He hushed, softly, protectively, as he did the first time I fell off a horse and I cried not because of the fall but because I was stubborn and didn't think I could ever learn to ride.
He held me, as he did on the thunderous night my friend Sasha played a cruel joke on me and had tricked me into being rude to Brooks. I didn't talk to him for days because she made me think he hated me and was only my friend because our parents had made him befriend me.
He never once held it against me for the way I was rude, for ignoring him, and giving him a bad attitude during those days.
He just waited, patiently, until I saw the truth myself.
"Oh... Eliana. Everything is going to be alright. I promise. I'm here for you. I'll always be here for you... I love you, silly girl." He said sincerely.
And I swear... I could almost hear him say it in his boyish, younger voice as I snuggled closer into his arms, allowing his warmth to ease this ache in my heart.
"He's seeing someone else, Brooks," I whispered, admitting Calvin's betrayal.
"And she's expecting his baby. She's... she has him wrapped around his finger so tight he didn't even remember I was supposed to meet him at his office while he tangled up with her right on the top of his desk." I said, letting a bitter chuckle out in disbelief.
Brooks stayed quiet. Making me sit next to him as I told him everything.
And when I say everything... I mean everything, down to the last little details, including the text messages, the videos, and pictures I had seen and she had sent to me.
The pictures of their baby's ultrasound and down to the pictures of the room they were already so hesitantly decorating.
Brooks sat there, with mixed expressions, and was silent.
He listened to me as I vented out in anger and sadness.
I don't know how long I sat there with him, but it must have been over an hour.
Shannon had snuck in and apologized to me. I know she meant well... and maybe it was the right thing to do, otherwise, I don't think I would have had the guts to tell Brooks the truth yet.
"Come on... no more crying over some deadbeat. Listen," he says as he looks at me, wiping away my tears and cupping my face.
"We came here to party, didn't we? So screw Hector. Let's get out there , and party like we have no worries in this world. Ok?" He says with a bright smile.
"Brooks is right, Eliana. Enough crying. I promise I will make sure to make him pay. I am gonna take every penny away from him for you and—"
"I don't care about his money. I don't care about his house or the cars, the clothes the luxuries.... I don't care. I just... want out. I'm tired of being the other woman."
"You're not the other woman. She is!" Shannon declared, wrinkling her nose in anger.
"No. I am... because it's her that he's having a baby with. It's her he's been spending his time and energy with... not me. I was just... anyway... it doesn't matter anymore. I just want him out of my life. For good!" I said as I trailed off.
"That's the best thing you can do, Elie. I'm here for you. We're all here for you. You're not going to do this alone." Shannon says as she hugs me around my shoulders.
"Brooks. I'm sorry. I know we haven't seen each other in a while and I'm here... venting out and ruining your shirt with my tears... I–"
"You're not ruining my shirt, Ellie. I'll always be there for you. I've told you this before. As for Steven... I can't guarantee I'll be nice to him next time I see him. I'm just... glad you finally opened up your eyes to his true colors. If there is anything, anything at all that I can help with... tell me. Whether it's, you know, have his company go bankrupt or I don't know... help you bury him or so. I can have my man pay him a visit if you want." He says making me roll my eyes.
My lips tug into a smirk, making the side of his lips rise into a smile.
"Stop it. I can handle this. Shannon and I have been working on my divorce case for a while now. I just... have been hesitant, but no more. I'm going to ask him for a divorce first thing tomorrow morning. " I say feeling determined.
"Good. And if you need me to be there... You know I'm a call away, ok?" He says, wrapping his arm around my shoulders.
His touch felt warm, protective.. it felt like... home.
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