𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨

Act 28

Chip's face started to descend. Cathy was yelling at him from across the room. I should have never had said that.

"Why can't you just be normal? Is this why you ran away? You've had girlfriends before, you've never even shown interest in guys! Why didn't you tell us?"

"Because I didn't think it would matter!" Chip exclaimed. 

Tears came to my eyes. I was not going to let them start stuff on my day. 

"Stop it! Cathy I'm tired of you being manipulative to us! If you don't like the way we're living, then it's not your place to tell us to change it. I'm so proud that Chip had the confidence to dare to tell him he loved him when you try to dictate everything we do. You can either be nice, or you can leave. This is my wedding, and I get to choose whether or not you're worth celebrating with," I demanded. 

Todd and Cathy blankly stared at us. 

"Oh come on! Dice is bisexual! Chip is bisexual! You're going to block us out because of that?" I inquire. 

Dice puts his hand on my shoulder. 

"If you both really don't support their relationship, ya'll can leave," I solemnly declare. 

Todd gets up from his seat and walks out the door. Chip hides his face in his arms on the table. On her way out, Cathy grabs Tommy and Beth by the arms and drags them out. I drop to my knees and start sobbing. One of my first moments being married, and I was already getting hit with more shit from my family. Dabbing my face with a napkin, Dice was kneeled down beside me. More of the casino staff that was sitting on the sidelines rushed beside me. 

"Girl, it's ok! You don't need them anyway! You want Piri to play your favorite song? We can do that instead!" Pip and Ginette comforted. 

What made me really feel better was when both Chip and Wheezy knelt down in front of me.

"We want to thank you for sticking up for us. I don't know exactly what I would say to Cathy if she kept yelling at me. You didn't have to do that, especially because you should be focused on Dice. Don't worry about you bringing it up either. I planned on telling them when the night was over anyways. Let's just enjoy the night. James, Giana, and Jason are all still here. You deserve a night to be happy," Chip says. 

"Stop the tears. You didn't spend the last 4 months with this man to have tears about someone who doesn't care. If anything, cry for him. But also don't cry." Wheezy laughs, helping me get up.

"Actually, if ya'll don't mind, I'd just like a bit of alone time with Dice. I need to calm down. We've always got tomorrow night, though," I smile, hiding my tears.  

I hug everyone in the room, then finally take Dice's hand. We had a lot we needed to talk about. Especially the fact that Chip and Wheezy want to act like they didn't just hate us for the whole time I was here. We walked out of the ballroom, hand in hand. Devil was standing outside the door. 

"Ah, Dice, before you two have your little fun, I'd like to see you in my room please~"

Dice shook his head, then looked at me. My worried face made him sigh. He kissed my hand, then walked away with the Devil.

"I'll be right back, you can go ahead and go home. I love you," Dice reassured. 

I walked the long hallways alone, thinking about him. Just how much I'm scared to live without him now. Will I even go to heaven anymore? I don't have much longer to live. I know that without a doctor telling me. How will he live without me? Do I really want to pressure him with leaving our kid behind? It's an awful feeling, knowing that I have such limited time with him. Time gives me no mercy, it never has. I don't want to imagine going to hell. With as much pain as I've caused Devil, he probably has special torture methods for me. There's going to be so many things that I'll never get done. 

My heels catch a wave it the carpet. I fall to my knees, urgent to get back up. At this point, my legs are wavering from the pressure of the dress. I get sick to my stomach. My lungs rattle with fear. Every moment makes me wonder, is this where I die? I cough so much and so loud that a whole hospital couldn't cough as many times as me. Blood and saliva splattered on my white gloves and white dress. 

I slowly walked the whole way back to my room. Every bone in my body felt like it could snap at that moment, just ready to break. The problem was I knew Dice wasn't going to be home for a long time. The only thing I could do was lay in my blood stained clothes. I tried to get on the bed, but it was too high up. I passed out on the floor, shivering from the cold. 

6 months left