Broken Rings

Chapter 29

3 weeks later

Damian POV:

It's down to the last minute, Autumn should be out of the courthouse by now.

Over the course of three weeks, the process for the restraining order against Matthew Knight has gone by pretty fast and before we knew it, it's the day of the hearing. Autumn was pacing around every morning for a week because of this.

I know this because she calls me every morning, making up scenarios of how it will turn out, while in the background, I hear her feet stomping throughout her apartment. And with every phone call, I have reassured her that she doesn't need to think about the outcome very much, and doesn't need to stress over it.

That manages her to calm down, until the next morning. Which I'm always expecting in a silent greed.

Also during these three weeks, Evan and I somehow started talking again. I don't know it started but, secretly, I'm glad it did. Even though I hated him for what he did to our mother, just leaving without a word, inside, against my better judgment, I still love him, and I missed him.

We talked about what had happened during the years with our parents, how our dad just left like that, with no texts or phone call, or a fucking warning, all three of us were just confused, but also deeply sad.

Our mom started to become depressed and she lost her passion for the things she loves, Evan started to distance himself and became a stranger, and I just became a work-alcoholic, I wanted to give my mom the best life that she could possibly have. I wanted to take care of her.

Evan said that after dad left, he just became lost in the world, he believed that everyone is out for themselves, and that's why he distanced himself, because he thought that me and mom would eventually leave him too.

He also apologized for the way he acted with Autumn, and that he truly felt sorry for trying to sabotage my relationship. I said it would take time for me to forgive him, but I want him back in my life.

This now broken bond that we used to have is going to take time to heal, but I informed him that our mom would love to hear from him again, she truly misses him the most.

As I thought about the last three weeks, Mel suddenly jumps up, and I automatically look towards the doors. Autumn's coming out the double doors with a big smile on her face, once she sees me and Mel standing outside, she beams, like her face lights up.

Also the main reason that me and Mel are standing outside is that Autumn didn't want me to punch that motherfucker again, which is a hundred percent possible that I would do again, and Autumn feared that Mel would curse Matthew out in front of the judge, so we agree that we would wait outside for her.

Autumn first hugs her lawyer, squeezing her tightly. She then turns to us, and then runs towards us, she extended her arms and hugged us both, making our faces pressed up against her cheeks.

Releasing us, Mel and Autumn hold hands as they jump up and down together with bright smiles on their faces, laughing together.

Autumn then turns to me and I pull the flowers I had behind my back, Carnations, her favorite types of flowers, (with the help of Mel), Autumn gasps as she takes them from my hands and inspects them, touching every single flower and smelling them.

Still holding the flowers, she embraced me tightly, and I had only a moment to react before I did the same thing, resting my chin on her head as she rest her head on my chest, I closed my eyes, enjoying the feeling

"Mel, stop" Autumn suddenly says after a few minutes of hugging.

I opened my eyes to Mel holding her phone out, aiming it towards us, while smirking behind her phone.