Vinchelle

Chapter 4

After he left Michelle's house, Vin couldn't just go home. He had to process what happened before he could talk about it. He swore to Paloma he would explain why he left in the middle of the night. He's gonna have a lot to explain because when he got home the day before, she was already asleep so hadn't had time to tell her what happened with Michelle, and now he also had to tell her what happened since and it won't be easy. He knew he screwed up, he shouldn't have kissed Michelle but now he had to be honest and apologize.

He was lost, he didn't really knew where to go, usually when something was wrong, he went to Michelle or Paul. Now he felt like he had no one to go to. He decided to drove off to the office to check up with Samantha about the current productions. Once he got there, as usual, he greeted everyone warmly with a big smile on his face even though he didn't felt at all like smiling.

He thought that he should go to his office first to check up on his emails then he'll go to check up on Samantha. He sat at his desk, started his computer and as he waited for it to fired up he looked at the pictures on the walls and on his desk. There was a picture of him and Paul from 2001 that caught his attention.

"Miss you so much bro. I really could use your wise advices right now. I messed up so much. Don't know what to do. Michelle and I..."

As he was talking, Samantha knocked on the door and entered without waiting for an answer, cutting him off.

"We have a problem with the studio reservation for Riddick."

"Good morning to you too" He said as he got up to hug her.

"Yeah. Yeah. It's not a good morning. Didn't you heard what I said ? I've been fighting with the studio all morning."

"I'm sorry Sam but I can't deal with that right now. Can you handle it?"

"Of course, that's what I've already been doing." She looked at her brother a little more closely and noticed that he was still wearing yesterday's clothes, he hasn't shaved and his features were twisted by some worries and sadness which was reflecting in his eyes. "Are you ok ? What's wrong with you ?"

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

"No, you're not. Look at you. So tell me. You know I'm gonna bug you until you tell me."

"Something happened with Michelle last night and I'm just a little off today. I need a quiet place and a moment alone to think before I go home to talk to Paloma."

"Mark, what happened ? What did you do ?"

"No offense sis, but I can't speak to you about it before I spoke to Paloma."

She took a minute to think and said. "Okay, I'll handle the problem with the studio, don't worry about that. Take care of your problem. I'm here for you if you need me."

"I know, thank you;"

He kissed her cheek and Samantha left him alone as he requested.

He sat back at his desk and looked back at the picture.

"You knew it, didn't you ?" He asked out load.

"She must have told you she still loved me, you two were so closed, too close for my taste sometimes. You understood her in a way I couldn't. But you were my brother too, why didn't you told me ? You were supposed to have my back, Paul." He said archly.

"I'm sorry, that's stupid I know, you wouldn't have broken the secrecy of her confidence. I'm so lost Paul. I was over her. I love Paloma, we have a wonderful family. But what happened yesterday just send a bomb in my head, in my entire soul."