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"I should just leave right now. He doesn't deserve to know I'm starting a whole new life." I said angrily as I neatly folded my spare towels and carefully placed them in my closet.
"Okay, honey. Slow down and tell me what happened." Ava said as I turned to look at the laptop where the facetime call was.
"Amelia? That girl he cheated on me with, got pregnant, and started a family with? He's been seeing her. He's like fully committed into her life and their child's life. The girl I saw him with that night? It was her." I rambled and I could tell Avalon was pissed.
I swallowed deeply as I struggled against my words. "The same girl you warned me about months ago."
"You're joking." She said in a shock and I nodded eagerly. "That's what he wanted to tell me the day he barged into my house and Gen was here. He marched in and demanded to see me, to tell me that he's fully committed to her and there's no hope for us!" I yelled as I started pacing.
I'm slowly losing my mind and old memories reappeared in my mind in fast flashes. I was having deja vu all over the place and I just wanted to crawl under my bed covers and stay there forever.
"Well it doesn't matter because I'm leaving. I'm meant to find out today if I got the internship in London so I'll just go there already." I said as I moved to my wardrobe and lugged the largest suitcase I could find. I was clearly struggling to drag it out of my wardrobe and I could hear Ava struggling to hold in her laughter.
"It's not funny!" I yelled as I gave up and she walked off screen to control her giggles. She reappeared and took a deep breath. "Riley, honey, you can't just leave today. That's stupid and impractical and you're the most organised person I know. You won't even make it to the airport before you realise how unprepared you are and turn around to go home."
She wasn't wrong. Actually she was exactly right.
"I feel like I can't breath here anymore. Every time I try to take control of the situation, I get thrown a curveball and I can't handle it anymore. They get to decide when they want to see me and ruin my life, but according to Giovanni, I should called or texted before showing up to find out he's living w-with her."
I stopped talking to take a large breath and Avalon sat patiently and listened.
"I-It's like he has me in some sort of hold and I can't escape him and he doesn't want me to. Ava, if you saw the look in his eyes when I cried, he was hurt but he wanted to see me hurt. A-And that hurt even more. And I know I said hurt three times but I don't care c-cause that's how much it hurt and now I'm panicking-"
I took deep breaths as I count to 10 in my head and walked continuously in circles. "Ri? You okay? You need a minute?" She asked and she looked worried from the other side of the screen.
"I-I just need a second," I mumbled as I eventually calmed down. "I think I'm done talking." I sighed as I sat on my floor. I pulled my laptop onto my lap and Avalon started rambling about her show.
It was in less than a week and she was really excited about it. After applying, I got a response and they took me through a process of forms and skills tests just to whittle down the numbers of applicants. If I do get it, then I'll miss opening night but I'll come to see her perform.
"...And then the director went ballistic because Harry's underwear found its way to one of the lighting cables so it was basically hanging from the air..."
My laptop pinged and I got an email notification. I moved Avalon's call to the side and pressed on it. My eyes widened as I re-read the email over and over again and Avalon stopped talking as she noticed.
"What's going on? What happened?" She asked curiously and I didn't respond for a while, which resulted in her panicking.
"I got it." I whispered.
"Got what? Ohhhh. Oh! OH MY GOD YOU GOT IT?!"
"I GOT IT!!" I yelled in response as a smile broke out on my face and Avalon screamed.
"I got the internship! I'm going to London!" I repeated and happy tears streamed from my eyes.
The weight lifted from my shoulders as I pictured my new life that was about to begin.
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The Recipe of Us.
Short Story[COMPLETED] Riley Maddox and Giovanni Russo meet unexpectedly and fall hopelessly in love. Then it ends. This story follows their journey as Riley lives through her own bittersweet memories, from the beginning, until their last moments together.
