Right In Front Of You

Chapter 25 - Why can't he Accept it's Over?

Matt's POV;

Closing the door to Suzie's room, I let my body rest back against the door as she started cleaning up the mess that I assumed Shaun had made. Drawers were lying open with cloths hanging out and on the floor, CD's and books lay askew over the room, photos lay ripped and tattered; it looked like a whirlwind had tore through the room leaving this mess in its wake.

Opting to not say anything, I watched as she sighed and continued to pick up the cloths. I was unsure as to whether she realized that I was there or not because she seemed to be wound so tightly that I couldn't imagine her sensing anything other than the wreckage of her room and belongings. Slowly sliding down the door, I left her to it because I knew how much power and concentration it took to not let anyone see how much it hurt to be betrayed in the way she had been.

Resting my elbows on my knees that were drawn to my chest, I watched her closely as she started stuffing her underwear back in to the drawer that was lying open and it was in that moment I caught her shoulders trembling until she just slumped down and broke down in to tears. Crawling across the floor until I was facing her and seeing the dam of tears spilling on to her beautiful features.

"Hey," I said softly as I moved closer and cradled her in to my arms; as if she had been waiting for it, she completely collapsed against me; her arms clinging to me as she seemed to just let it all out. "It's ok baby girl, it's going to be ok,"

"How-how do you kn-know that?" She sobbed still clinging to me tightly refusing to let go, refusing to stop now that it had started to come.

"'Cos I have been there honey, I know exactly what you are feeling..."

"You've had this?" She asked pulling back and looking around the room at the damage he had caused.

"Well not this exactly, but I have had a partner cheat on me and there is nothing anyone can say that will make that feeling better in your heart...all I can say is that; given time it will get better,"

"Why did he...why can't he just get the message that it is over? Why can't he accept that he can't just keep doing this? I am not the woman who will bend to his will, especially when there is no way that I can trust him now,"

"He is doing this because he has gone a little crazy at losing you, that is ok though honey...it just means that he is now suffering the way he made you suffer,"

"I never thought of it that way...thank you but he is just making me suffer...why can't he suffer in silence and leave me to get on with my life?" She sniffed as she let her body rest against my own, where we remained on the floor rocking gently back and forth.

"Because he is clearly unhinged," I hated having to point out the obvious but she really needed to address this before it got ten times worse.

"You're making me feel so much better Mattitude," She laughed nervously but I could see that I had hit the chord that I had been hoping for.

"Sorry honey; but you really need to start thinking about what you are going to do,"

"I don't understand what you mean," She looked up in to my eyes.

Sensing that the sobbing was over; I slowly got to my feet and helped her up, moving us towards the bed where we sat down; leaning back until we were resting against the wall.

Ever since Amy had cheated on me, I had made sure that I was always honest with the women who came in to my life, I never wanted to cause anyone the pain that it had caused me to find out that the woman I loved had been sleeping with another man.

"I mean that this is clearly escalating out of control honey, he is clearly not in his right mind and the more you throw him a bone in not doing anything about his behaviour the more out of control it is going to get,"