Always Mine {Book 3}| Completed

Chapter 37

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Two Months Later.

    It's been two months since the cabin. And I feel like everything is anything but perfect. I can say that I have been in going to nursing classes, facing Oliver isn't really a challenge anymore. Lately, he's been ignoring me like he's bored or he's just maturing now. And Christopher stopped working at the pharmacy and he's now working at an actual sit down restaurant. He likes it more because the pay is good and it works perfectly with his classes. Christopher has spent more time with Leah than anything lately, and it actually makes me feel happy he's not cooped up with me only. I can get the time to go to classes, get a few hours at Joe's Slice, and I make just enough money but sadly Christopher makes more money than I do. But I'm not gonna complain.

   Christopher sometimes doesn't come home right after work or from classes because he spends time with Leah. And I usually hangout with Victoria and Mandy because I invite them over the house when Christopher is hanging with Leah. The funny thing is how he ends up leaving for classes and then returns home while I'm busy working and he then goes to work and then he goes back out to hang with Leah. He usually shouts me out a text. But other times, it's radio silence from him. And he begins to actually seem like he wants nothing to do with me. But I know Leah and him are like friends. So I'm not upset, I just wish he spare sometime for me when he actually can.

Christopher hasn't seen Ty in weeks. Ty is actually busy with being a full time parent and husband and working as well. I think Ty texts Christopher but they don't hang out like they used to. It's because both of their schedules have been busy. And I know they say when you become a parent, everything in your life changes. And of course, I'm just a little confused.

I'm sure your wondering about Mandy. It turns out Mandy is not as bad as she was and she actually thinks she hallucinated my dad and she admits she took the drugs herself due to having a rough day and she wanted to feel better. And apparently, Mandy is pregnant and I don't know what she is going to do now that she's actually expecting. Aaron and Mandy are engaged and their planning this nice wedding in January because it's the best time for them to get married and also, Mandy's birthday is in January. So she thought it was the best idea. And I'm actually not looking forward to delivering another baby again. And especially not any of my boyfriend's friend's baby that's for sure. And I haven't seen Ty or heard from him myself.

    But lately, I have gone around fixing up our house with the loveliest Christmas decor for the holiday. I had gotten the best Christmas tree, and the best ornaments and of course, I expected Christopher to be happy and to compliment by how good everything looked. I even went to baking an apple pie, chocolate chip cookies and even making a gingerbread house. And Christopher came home not in the mood. It was like I did nothing to satisfy him. He now wants to be alone all the time. I ask to talk to him and he looks agitated to even hear me speak. And I wonder if something is stressing him out. And the worst part is he can't even ask me for support.

    I admit that when he abandoned me at the cabin with Lara Jean, I was overly angry. But it took me time to get over it and actually forgive him. We had lots of make sex to do. But this is an entirely different situation. Christopher barely says one or two words. When he kissed me, it's not even passionate or exciting.

   I'm in our house on a Saturday night, I'm cooking and baking. I got on Christmas oldies and I'm wearing my best white dress that is so Christmas looking. My hair put half up and half down. And I'm actually enjoying the music I'm listening to. I hear Santa Baby flow through the house. And then I start to check the temperature on the cookies I had put in the oven. Marshmallow is lying on the sitting room floor on his dog bed and he's completely calm. And of course, I had thought about Christopher showing up any minute now. He usually gets home no later than ten thirty. And I know that he won't enjoy doing anything. Not even civil conversation about anything. And of course, I was willing to dance the night away. I had took my phone out and I looked at photos of us. The last photo we took together was on November 29th, Ty's birthday party which was last month. It's the last time Christopher was ever truly happy. And now he is looking miserable and lonely all the time. And I'm sure it has to do with Leah. I know her story. And maybe he's connecting with her and he's got this problem of feeling her pain and wants to help her through something awful. After all her sister was murdered by her father.