🍁BITTERSWEET

CHAPTER 94

Two days have passed and there is still no change. I'm either lying on the floor counting the tiles and Vallys reading magazines.

We had agreed to stay away from each other's way and it is working. Some days it gets tough and we would catch each other staring which will then result into us arguing for hours.

The door opens and in comes Mike with a tray of food. "Supper is ready" Mike puts it down on the table.

Finally, after years of hunger. I get up and take the bowl but the smell of bacon makes me cringe. "She doesn't eat bacon" Vally says before I could open my mouth.

Me and Mike both impressed turn and face him. He still remembers how I hate bacon. Even in the mornings he never made me bacon or even bought when we went grocery shopping.

Embarrassed by what happened he gets up and walks to the bathroom. "That was a romantic moment" Mike says to himself.

"It's normal Mike. I'm sure you seen my face expression" I say taking the bowl with fruits rather and sitting down on the bed.

He shakes his head and I hide my smile. "I got a message for you. Just promise you won't break the rules" He says rocking back and forth on his boots.

I look up at him in wonder. "Who?" I ask him putting a grape in my mouth and enjoying it's freshness on my tongue.

"Here you go. Just don't call anyone" he takes out my phone from the back of his jeans pocket and hands it to me.

I put the bowl on the side of the bed and take my phone. I unlock the screen and read the message my mother sent me. She arrived safely in Italy and wants me to take care of myself.

I miss her already. I wish I had also went with them instead of me being locked up with Vally. I just send her a heart that would be enough to show her I'm fine.

I look to his other pockets but there's nothing else. "Vallys got no messages" he says and I look at him. Was I that obvious?.

"His mother or Lorraine. Don't they miss him?.... Or even anyone else" I put my hand on my arm and rub it while looking down.

That anyone else could mean anybody except his family or even his new girlfriend. "Nope. He doesn't even have a phone" he says shrugging his shoulder.

"Why?" I ask him.

He sits down with me on the bed. He puts his hand over his head as if his in pain. "Brittney, Vally has been miserable lately... after everything he lost the touch of earth" he says looking down.

"He broke his phone cause he would wait for your call but nothing. He would have sleepless nights and it was just bad"

"Lorraine is upset cause he was drunk and broke off her engagement. His father is a drunkard as usual and his mother left for Rome...so he has nobody" he looks at me.

I look away feeling bad. "I won't say give him a chance but he suffered in a way that he won't ever do that again" he tells me.

"He can't live without you and so he was on his way to Rome but I stopped him by kidnapping him"  He laughs a little. The kidnapping is hilarious but it worked.

What would have happened to me if he were to leave for good. I would have lost it completely. My heart wouldn't take the pain of losing him just like that. Without us trying to work things out.

"But now I'm going to let him go. Tomorrow when I let you'll go, he'll be on his way to Rome" he says and I look at him angrily.

"Why? He belongs here. His life is here. Why send him away?" I ask him.