Our Love Goes On and On

What Chase Is Going To Do

"Eat." Phil sat a plate full of food in front of me, "Eat, Chase, you haven't eaten in three days."

"I'm not hungry."

"I don't care, you need to eat." he pushed the plate towards me a little more. It looked good, really good, but I couldn't find the energy to eat anything. "I'm giving you the chance to eat it yourself before I have to feed you like a baby."

I sighed and grabbed the fork and shoved some mash potatoes into my mouth, just to make him shut up about it. "Okay, okay, I'm eating."

"Are the kids okay?"

"I know how to pull it together enough to take care of my kids, Phil."

"I'm just asking do you need some help...I can take them--"

"No, they'll be fine right here with me." I snapped, "I'm fine, Phil, really, I'm fine!"

"You're not fine! The minute you realize that, everything will start to get better!"

My lip quivered as I looked across the table at him, "I don't have anybody."

"You have me...and Ada."

"Yeah, but you guys have people that love you and don't..." I couldn't bring myself to say it. "You have Amy, and Ada has Dean, and I'm stuck here crying in my condo wondering what I'm going to do."

"You're not going to do anything right now, okay? Just breathe."

"I can't breathe, Phil, I just can't!" I stormed away from the table and went into my room and slammed the door.

"Can you open the door so we can talk?"

"I don't want to talk...I want my husband."

"I know you do..."

I opened the door and he opened his arms for a hug, "I miss him already."

"I bet you do..."

"How could he do that to me?"

"I can't answer that because I'm not him, but what I can say is that you're an amazing woman, and he's stupid for this."

I stood there and cried. Over the last few days, that's all I had done.

Just like Phil said, he came by, and he stayed out in the hallway for a couple hours before he left. Then he came back the next day, and left a few hours after I refused to open the door.

I wanted to answer it, I really did, but the sight of his face through the peephole made me cry. I knew I couldn't face him...not yet.

There was a knock on the door and I detached from Phil to go see who it was.

I opened the door when I saw that it was just Ada, "Hey."

"Seth asked Roman, and then he told Dean, and then Dean told me." she sighed, "How are you holding up? You look like you've been crying. I'm here for you, okay?"

I nodded and soon Phil was next to me, probably thinking it was Roman at the door. "Oh, hey, Ada."

"Phil?" He smiled at her and I opened the door up a little more for her to come in. "You're seeing him now?"

"No." I snapped my head to her. "My husband cheated on me, Adaline, I wouldn't be with another man this soon."

"Sorry, I just--"

"He's my friend. My best friend. And for the last three days he's been the only person I could talk to, so please just stop with your accusations."