Betrayal

Broken But Brave

{Maeve POV}

I can't believe me. A single can of beer is giving me a headache this bad? I couldn't just get out of my bed until Zane brought me a cup of coffee. 

"Thank you Zane I needed this. And sorry...for...last night. I feel so embarrassed."

"Don't be."

"I think its better for me to stop drinking." 

"Yes its better to avoid drinking outside. But when both of us are alone, I don't mind buying you a couple of drinks."

"I can agree to that."

"And do you want to talk about yesterday. I had no idea how to console you yesterday. But later I realised that I just wanted to listen to you. So if you want to talk, I'm all yours.

"Thanks again. But right now what I need is a bath."

"Yes sure. Your breakfast will be ready once you are out of the shower."

I think it was a mistake to ask Zane to fix the shower. He is being trying on it from the morning. And seeing the way he is dealing with it, I don't think he knows anything about it. But he is trying something and making it worse. He got completely drained trying to fix it. I couldn't control my laughter looking at him. He is so careless and messes things up. I can't take my eyes off him when he does such things. One night he even fell from his sofa. And that turned out to be so hilarious. Once he accidentally poured a whole container of wheat flour on himself. And after that, I haven't let him enter the kitchen.

"Maeve stop laughing at me. Its a really tough job I'm doing right now."

"That's why I asked you to call a plumber."

"But I wanted to try this myself."

"Ok fix it then" I said with a teasing smile.

"Wait there, do you want to get drained too."

"Ok you are pouring water in the wrong direction, and I am leaving for the office. Bye Zane."

"Hey, it will be fun." He was screaming from the bathroom as I walked out of the home.

"Bye Zane. Enjoy yourself. See you in the evening."

Today the office felt kind of suffocating. So I left office early. Usually, Zane comes to my office after the practice sections, so we can go home together. Sine I can't find him today, I'm worried whether he's still in the bathroom trying to repair the shower. 

We hang out a little before going home. Sometimes we go to the park we first met and tease me with my guitar-breaking act or we go to a random café and try out new food. Sometimes we try out new roads and get lost as Zane is so good at remembering ways. He never remembers routes and always argues that he is right. 

Reaching home, I found Zane with his guitar in the balcony. "Hey, can we talk?"

"You are back? I didn't hear any noise."

"I was back like 30 minutes ago. I can see that the shower is repaired. You did that?"

"Well I was so close, but had to call a plumber at the end."

I couldn't help but break into laughter. "Finally you had to take my advise."

"Yaaa...you said you had to talk" 

I sat next to him. "I...Aman...I don't understand. In a way I am relieved. I am glad that I showed the courage to...but the other part of me hurts...real bad. I want to forget about him and move on with my life. But sometimes it is hard to pull myself together. I still wish all these to turn into a dream and I wake up close to him. Even after all these, I can't I let go of him? I don't want to be weak. But I can't"

"You are not weak Maeve. It takes courage to do what you are doing right now. I know this is breaking your heart. But take it as the first step of moving away from him. I need you to trust in yourself, like I trust you. You got this." That words were a relief.

Next day I reached the office late. When I reached, I saw Aman waiting inside. My heart did skip a beat when I saw him. I couldn't face him. So I avoided him and walked straight to my cabin. "Maeve...Maeve" Mission failed. He saw me.

"I don't even want to know why you are here. Just get out of here.

"Maeve 2 minutes only I need." I walked forward without listening to him. And he started to follow me. "I received the divorce papers yesterday. "

"Oh you got it faster than I expected. Anyway its good. So sign it as fast as you can and lets wrap it up."

"No what you have written about the house..."

"Ok that's why you are here. The house, the car, everything belongs to me, since I'm the one who bought them. So it should come to me right.

"Not possible."

"I'm glad I...And that was so sudden. He pushed me against the wall and started to chock me.

"Who do you think you are? I am not going anywhere. And you are going to leave. U understand."

"Aman...I can't breathe."

"Die then." He sounded as if he really wanted me to die. And he started to choke me harder. I tried to grab his arm and push him away. But that didn't work. He was staring at me with so much rage that it felt like he won't let me go. I hit him hard in his groin. He screamed but didn't leave my neck. I hit him harder this time and he left me. It took me two minutes to catch my breath. But then he was gone.