She left him in a way couldn't forget. He just couldn't get it out of his system.
The guilt.
Her absence.
And it was all because of him.
4 years without her and counting, sometimes he wonders, how many more left until he can go back to wherever she...
There was a pin drop silence in the car as the driver drove us all to the party venue. Nobody spoke anything at all after they picked me up.
Ava did not look my way even once and kept staring out of the window. But thankfully dad decided to speak up.
"Mr. Hill called before we left home..." He said to gain my attention.
"Said that they're out of town so Valerie will be attending by herself. The way they called up, I don't think she has told them about anything" He said and I sighed and nodded.
We reached the venue in about twenty minutes The moment we stepped in a couple people greeted us and Mom and Dad soon got busy talking, leaving me and Ava alone.
"So how long are we gonna stay quiet like this?" I asked her and she looked up at me.
"So you're n-not mad at me anymore?" She said and I shrugged.
"I guess, I mean, its not like staying mad you will undo whatever happened right?" I said and she paused for a good minute before speaking again.
"Look Justin, if you should be mad at anyone then its me and only me and not Valerie at all. Trust me when I say that she did not do anything out of pity, she knew nothing about Eve! She had no wrong intentions Justin" She said and I huffed.
"Please Justin, she does not deserve this" She said.
"I...I'll talk to her" I said and her eyes widened with surprise.
"You would!?" She said and I nodded.
"Thank you....but please don't you know....don't get to angry" She said and I nodded.
"Yeah" I mumbled.
We sat in comfortable silence after that.
"Oh, there she is!" Ava said and my eyes followed to where she was pointing to see Valerie come in.
My breath got trapped in my throat when my eyes could see how mesmerizing she looked in her white dress.
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She seemed quiet lost as her eyes searched for something around the room and I almost gasped when I saw her trip and stumble but she got her balance back before she fell down.
Some people greeted her when they saw her and she smiled back at them.
Mom and dad now realized that she was here too but didn't say a word.
"Valerie!" Ava called out and she finally looked at us.
Ava waved at her and she mustered up a smile and waved back before slowly making her way to us.
"You look amazing as always sweetie" Mom said to her and she smiled but never looked at me even once.
"Mom and dad are out of town, so they couldn't make it" She said.
