The Marriage Break

Part eight: The fall

Regina woke up early. She made a coffee and took it with some delicious apple and cinnamon cookies, which were her favorites. The phone rang and as a reflex act she observed the name of the caller. It was her friend Sarah who had surely come from her vacation.

"Hello". Regina said with some effort.

"Regina! I'm back baby... I hope to see you today". She knew absolutely nothing about what had happened.

She had been friends with Regina since school, and they had even gone to college together, but the blonde had decided to live in Europe for a while and do liberal studies there. So Sarah dropped out of law and dedicated herself to studying arts. There the blonde had fallen in love with what would be the love of her life and her greatest disappointment. Then, she returned to the United States, to stay close to her family and friends. Sarah had a little girl named Elsa, only two years younger than Adam.

"Regina? Are you there?" After the silence, the blonde began to hear the cry of the brunette. "Regina what happened?" She took the wheel hard, and hurried to the building where her friend lived.

"Just come please!" Regina spoke with difficulty while crying.

"I'm on my way baby... But if that wretch did something to you, I will kill him". She commented, since she did know Regina's bad relationship with Arthur.

In fact, Sarah Fisher had been responsible for Regina meeting Arthur. Sarah's mother and father had divorced when she was a child. As an adult, while she was pregnant with Elsa, her father had met Arthur's mother who was a widow, and they had married. That was how Regina had met Arthur; something that made her feel guilty in some way.

She came straight to the brunette's apartment, along with her little one asleep in her arms. She entered with her keys and saw Regina, sitting on the couch with her eyes on the horizon and clear signs of crying.

"Regina!" She whispered, laying the girl on a sofa in the next room and turning to the brunette. She stood right in front of her friend and took her by her arms. "Regina!" She shook the woman slightly.

"Sarah!" She whispered as she returned to herself. The brunette hugged her best friend tightly, trying to breathe deeply.

"What did he do to you?" Sarah spoke to her ear as she hugged and stroked her hair

"He almost died!" She confessed.

In that instant, they separated and Sarah saw Regina horrified. It was that moment that Regina told the blonde what had happened in her life the last two weeks, until she reached the central point: Arthur's state of health.

"I can't believe it". The blonde assured. "My father didn't mention anything to me".

"They just knew it, and you were coming. I think they didn't have the opportunity to tell you and maybe they preferred to give you the news at home". Regina got up from the sofa, tied her bathrobe and headed to the kitchen. "Have you already told them you're here?"

"No, I haven't done it. I'm going to write them right now". She took her cell phone and started writing.

"Harald told me that he was going to take Sonja to the hospital today. She cried the most already". The brunette was pouring another cup of coffee. "Do you want coffee?" She already knew the answer.

"Of course!" She left the phone on the coffee table, and she turned to see the brunette return to her side. She followed her with her blue eyes. "I feel guilty".

"Again with that... You didn't know that he was going to change or that I was going to fall in love with him". She smiled at her lovingly, tired of crying.