Gone Too Soon (Police Officer/Delinquent Relationship) BOOK 2

Chapter 19

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"Loving you was a sacrifice, you know. I gave you the power to destroy me, and that's exactly what you did." -a.k.

The pain of betrayal clawed at my heart. It hurt...like a sharpened dagger stabbed into my heart, tearing it in two.

---it was like a brick to my face

Everything within me twisted and dropped.

He said he would never leave me, you remember that?

---and here he was, still alive, he left me alone; his own choice!

I kept blinking to stop myself from crying.

My heart tore the moment they said he was dead.

I've been in the dark for months, trying to put the pieces back together.

I was looking for a glimmer of hope so I could make something out of myself.

----It was all a lie!

Why would he hurt me this way?

This is not how you treat someone you supposedly love.

This is why I never wanted to fall in love with someone.

----Couldn't he have just pretended to love me instead of running away?

There was a long uncomfortable silence.

I stared at Levi and he stared right back.

There he was, standing in the doorway.

He was alive.

He lied!

I didn't recognize the man standing there.

I remembered those brown eyes and the way he made me feel when his hand touched mine.

I know how incredibly safe he made me feel and the countless sacrifices he made to keep his promises to me.

---But this man was different.

His eyes distant.

---Bags hung under his eyes.

---His hair disheveled and now almost black in color. He dyed it.