You Can't Stop Love (BOOK1)

Chapter 23 - I broke my loves heart✔

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Ethan

I stared at my dad's tombstone. My mother crying behind me while Marcus was stood by me. Zara didn't come. She didn't want to come to her father's funeral who threatened to kill her before she was even born. I crouched down and let the tip of my fingers gently touch the word's marked on his tombstone.

In memory of
Gerald Rodrick Gates
1950-2015
Caring husband and loving father

Loving father my ass. He ruined my fucking childhood. I hated him and I can't even force myself to cry for him I hate him so much. I turned my head around to look at my mother who was crying.

Why mom? Why are you crying for a bastard like him? He hurt you.

I stood up and looked at Marcus, he felt a little sad but he wasn't crying.

I walked away from my mom and Marcus and felt Marcus's eyes on me. I walked to the closest bench and sat down. I stared up at the sky and watched the clouds go by.

How much I miss Jenni right now.

I've been in New York for only two days now and the last time I spoke to her was last night. I haven't checked up on her since I've been busy and I just miss her gentle voice.

Marcus sat down by me and stared at me while I continued to stare at the sky "What?" I asked him.

He took a deep breath and his eyes left me "One thing for sure, you don't care about this funeral and secondly I can see you miss Jenni,"

The cornor of my lips tugged and I nodded. It is really evil for me to not really care about this funeral but it's my dad's fault, not mine. If he didn't make me hate him I would be crying with my mom. But I'm not.

"How long have you guys been together?" He asked me and I looked away from the sky and stared at him.

"Almost 5 months. It's weird. It feels.. longer," I told him and he chuckled.

"You know, I wish I was in love like you and Zara. Living a happy life with a woman and Willow. But that'll never happen to me. Ladies these days will chase for such older men for their money or they won't really be in love with you, just use you for sex. You're lucky to have found a girl like Jenni, she's a charmer," Me and Marcus look exactly alike, he will eventually find that special girl.

"God Willow's already four," He whispered to himself but I still managed to hear.

"I remember when you found out you were going to be a father. God how shocked you were and how angry mom was," I said and started to laugh by the memory.

"I still feel like mom hasn't accepted me for my mistake. I mean we still speak and all, but we aren't as close as we used to be. I hate it," Marcus and mom were really close, but after he got that call and told mom two weeks after, she threw him out and a month later she called him while crying and saying for him to come back home.

I was still living with mom and Zara then, and I hated the fact that my big brother wasn't there for me. It was the summer before my first year of college and I had to go through it without help from him.

Mom started to walk towards us and we quickly got up from the bench.

I stared at Marcus "Everything is going to be okay," I whispered and he smiled.

"Ready to go?" Marcus asked Mom and she nodded. We walked out of the cemetery in silence.

Mom had rented a car for us since we'd be in New York for a week, but I secretly booked my ticket to stay here for two days only. I don't care what my mom will think, but I'm not gonna stay stuck in my hotel room crying my eyes out for a shit head.