Not sure if people still read this but here's the second part to our story hope you all enjoy and be on the lookout for the wedding!! 😜
3 months of absolute silence was what my relationship to Anthony was all about.
No one had any idea that I was waiting like the rest of them, but on my own.
"Hey did you hear about coach V?" Zachary decides to pay me a visit.
"Oh no.. What happened?" I finally focus on him.
"He passed away last night." Zachary takes my my hand in his and suddenly all thoughts of Anthony vanish from my mind.
The next few days were a blur.
The day of his funeral I couldn't help but wish Anthony was there with me but some things just weren't meant to be.
I may have realized than and there that me and Anthony were one of those things.
I was called to the podium and felt my nerves sink in.
"I was a freshman the very first time I met Coach V. Like many others we all have our own demons, and our own problems. Coach Velasquez became a friend when I had none, a father when mine abandoned me. And a true savior when I needed saving. He battled cancer but by looking at him you would have never guessed. He was always up for adventure and whenever someone needed him he was there. (The tears wanted to fall but I didn't let them.) Even though Coach V has left us he will always live in our hearts. Speak in the wind that travels through the trees at the creek behind our school where he loved teaching on beautiful days. And he will always be a friend who left us with beautiful memories. (I turned and walked to face the casket holding my Southwest Baseball Cap I placed it in his hands and recited a line from our Senior song.) I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you."
"What was your senior song?" Alex asks.
"Long live By Taylor Swift. We're home of the dragons and we were also the largest graduating class Southwest has ever had. So it kind of fit. Plus it was the year he retired." I say trying to hold myself together.
So the funeral comes to an end and were making our way to the cemetery.
I'm standing there and the casket begins to drop and I look over to a car pulling in and I know I should be paying attention to the man I'm never gonna see again but the car is calling me.
So I take off to the car and when I'm about to get there he steps out.
Anthony steps out and I think he's here for me, he came this way for me.
When he sees me though his face drops and he gets really pale and than there's a beautiful woman who comes and stands beside him.
Than I see it a ring.
She stays watching us.
Does she know? I doubt it.
Would she be okay knowing that she was with someone else's boyfriend?
Or was I with someone else's husband?
I guess I had my answer when he didn't answer me.
What do I do?
Do I call him out?
Do I start a scene?
Instead I turned my back on him.
I was done...
Than it hit me hard and fast.
I remember seeing darkness and than nothing at all.
I hear mumbled voices around me.
My eyes open and I see Anthony's beautiful face looking at me.
"What happened?" I ask.
"You fainted." He coos to me while rubbing my head.
The silence fills the room between us and I'm at a lost with what to say.
I figure just lay it all out on the table.
"Is she your wife?" I blurt out.
I don't want to know the answer but I need to.
"Yes."
The tears are there they want to come out but I don't want to let them.
"How long?" I whisper.
"No you know what? It doesn't matter. ( I quickly get up and begin to search for my clothes.) You may be married but I am done."
"Quinn please wait." He tried to grab me but I'm too quick.
"No I am done with you. (I stop because here and now I'm not holding back.) I am done trying to save our relationship from something you did. Do you have any idea how low you make me feel?" I shout at him with all I've got and the tears are coming out full force.
"Stay away from me don't think about me, don't ever have any form of contact with me. If you ever had an ounce of love for me let me be. Because I never want to see you again. This will be the last time you ever see me and the last time you ever see me cry."
He looked hurt.
He looked like he lost something that day.
Or maybe someone.
He didn't say anything. He simply turned around and left me alone like I asked.
That was the last time I ever saw him until the day at the restaurant when I first started working with y'all.
They sit there gaping at me looking for something to say.
Than Seth stands up and leaves the room.
What's eating him?
He was the one who asked to know.
So now here I am waiting again.
