The Best of Me

This Woman's Work

Christina

"Why doesn't he understand that I don't want to be with him anymore!?"

"Well sometimes a first love is hard to let go, let alone find that person with another," the cop said.

I thought about it more until I heard static coming from the cops walkie-talkie.

"Yeah, ok I'm on it. I have to go, there's an emergency downtown that needs my attention. You have a good day Miss. Harris."

"Yeah, you too."

He smiled and turned to leave. I sighed and twisted the doorknob to Abel's room. I smiled at Abel when I saw that he was awake. I sat down in the chair next to his bed and held his hand.

"Hey baby. How are you feeling?"

He looked in my eyes and I saw something that I have never seen before. It looked like pain. I knew Abel was in a lot of bad relationships before he met me. That's why I wanted to do something different, so he wouldn't be hurting because of me. Well, I can honestly say that my plan did not work. Because of me, he's in a goddamn hospital.

"I feel a little better. So what did the cop say?"

I let go of his hand and ran my fingers through my hair. I tried to think of a way to say, "My ex is trying to kill you for being with me, and he hired a hitman to do it because he's in jail. But other than that, how's the food?"

"Umm...well he said...that...they don't know who crashed into you, but they might know who would want to."

"Who?"

I hesitated for a while, looking all around the room until I saw the TV. I guess when he woke up he found Cartoon Network and started watching it.

"Hey is that Adventure Time? Oh man, I love that show. So cool. My favorite character is Jake cuz he can change into all these different things. Also he-"

"Christina, I know you're stalling."

I pretended to have a dumb look on my face.

"Stalling...me...I wasn't stalling at all."

"There's something you're not telling me."

I sighed, "Fine. Ok how can put this in a comfortable way? Abel...my ex from a few years ago...is trying to kill you."

Abel

"What?"

"Yeah, the police believe that he had something to do with the car crash because of this."

She pulled out a black box with a heart on it.

"It was an engagement ring he gave me two years ago, back when we weren't talking. I tried to break up with him, but he was just so...obsessed with me. I didn't want him to hurt anyone I knew, so I married him. It was hell living with him. I filed for divorce three months later and have been filling restraining orders after the divorce. Turns out I didn't really need them because he raped two girl, one minor and the other one was eighteen."

I felt her sadness as she was telling me this. I never knew she had two fucked up fiancées.

"And the cop also said that...he thinks my other ex-fiancé would be helping him."

She came and sat on the bed and laid down on my chest. I heard her crying under me, and I started to stroke her hair to calm her down.

"Abel, I'm so sorry I got you in this mess. It all my fault."

"Hey...," I lifted her chin up and kissed her. I could taste her tears but I didn't care. Moments like this, when we're not arguing or she's not having an episode, that I like. I broke the kiss and wiped her tears from her eyes.

"None of this is your fault. You hear me. None of it."

I held her in my arms, only listening to the TV and her breathing. Yes, this girl in my arms may have problems, but she makes up for it by just being there with me and for me. That's all I ever wanted it to be.

Anonymous

Sources say that Mr. Tesfaye is doing just fine and that he will be back on his feet in two days...

I looked at the screen to see Abel and Christina posing happily together at some party. Disgusting. I went back to my work until I heard a phone call. I picked it up to see who it was, then answered it.

"Hello? You fucking idiot. Don't ask me why I'm calling you that. Raise your voice at me one more time...You didn't do what I asked. You killed the wrong person."

IM DOOOOONNNNNNEEEEEE!!!! FINALLY ANOTHER CHAPTER IS DONE. NOW U CAN READ PEACEFULLY KNOWING THAT ANOTHER CHAPTER IS UP AND READY.

BAE AT THE AMAS THO😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 IM SOOOO PROUD OF HIM. AND THE FACT THAT HE GOT HIS FIRST AWARD FROM ONE OF HIS INSPIRATIONS IS AWESOME!!! HIS PERFORMANCE WAS SO DOPE.

I WAS LIKE SO CONFUSED WHEN THIS "SAM HUNT" CHARACTER WON THAT NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR AWARD INSTEAD OF ABEL, LET ALONE FETTY WAP. MY MOM STARTED SCREAMING, "WHO THE HELL IS SAM HUNT, AND WHY DIDNT ABEL WIN?!!??" AND I WAS LIKE SAME MOM SAME. BUT ITS ALMOST GRAMMY SEASON, SO IM HOPING THAT HE IS AT LEAST NOMINATED. IF HE DOESNT HAVE AT LEAST ONE NOMINATION, ILL WRITE A VERY LONG PARAGRAPH ABOUT HOW THEY SHOULD NOMINATE PEOPLE WITH ACTUAL TALENT(LIKE ABEL) INSTEAD OF NOMINATING PEOPLE WHO ARE POPULAR ON THE RADIO*COUGH* JUSTIN BIEBER *COUGH* ONE DIRECTION *COUGH* TAYLOR SWIFT *COUGH*COUGH*

VOTE/COMMENT/SUGGEST
XO