Surviving The Devil

12. Running away

So, I wrote this in one go so please mind the errors.
I had to post it today as you all were giving me anxious reactions. :p

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12. Running away

I ran as fast as I could. I didn’t know why I was doing so but I just kept on running. I didn’t know from what I was running from but I couldn’t stop myself. I ran anywhere, not knowing where I was going and what I was going to do next, but at that moment, the only thing to do was to run away. Because when you’re in a situation where you have no idea what do to, it seems the best option, to escape from your problems so that at least for that duration, we’ll be away from everything and everyone who could harm us.

My breathing was heavy, my chest was getting tight and the pain was emerging with every step that I took but in that moment, I wasn’t paying attention to anything, my only motive was to run away so that no one could find me, so that no one could remind me about him.

How could he do that again?
Didn’t he promise me to never leave me alone? To never lie to me?
Didn’t he trust me at all after so many days of being together?

Due to being too much involved in my thoughts, I didn’t notice the rock which came on my way and resulted in tripping over it. A thump sound filled the silent surrounding of the place where I was. I managed to get up from the cold ground and dragged myself to toward the bench on the side of the road, surrounded my green plants.

I raised my head and began to stare at the twinkling stars.
Some people enter in your life like wind, you won’t really notice their existence and their importance but slowly, they affect your entire life with their presence. Because that someone is like a shooting star to you, everything you could ever wish for is everything they are.
Ryan was the same person for me a few months ago. I loved him a lot and I guess I still do. But if there isn’t trust in your relationship, it’s ought to break into pieces one day or the other. It’s well said that a relationship can’t be built on a lie. Even if that lie was spoken for your own good.

All the bottled up feelings were ought to come out one day and today was that day. The day when all I wanted was to cry and damn that jerk for lying to me, for pushing me away again. But I controlled myself from crying.
I had toughen up myself to never cry over him and I didn’t do it even after the day he left but today, Ashton’s words brought back the feelings again.

.
No matter how much I wanted Ashton’s words to be a lie, but I knew they weren’t. It was all true.

He parked the car near a park and we went inside to sit on a free bench. It was already dark so no kid was playing there, only silence occupied the whole surrounding.
“So, from where should I start?” Ashton spoke, taking a long breath like he was getting ready to open up a long story in front of me.
“Wherever it began from.”
He looked at me and finally sat down. “Look Jade, I know I am not the person to explain it all to you but I can’t take it anymore. The two of you having a tough time, especially you because you have to go through this when you didn’t even do anything. You’re like my little sister, I would never lie to you and just because Ryan’s my friend doesn’t mean that I’ll misguide you about him, take his side or portray him as the nicer person in this situation. So promise me you will hear me out without any interruptions or sarcastic comments.”

I nodded my head, ready to hear him out.

“Okay so, first thing first, about why he broke up with you.” he spoke, wiping the sweat away from his head. It was a cold evening and he was still sweating because of the tension increasing.
“He didn’t break up, he cheated on me.” I corrected nonchalantly.
He glared at me like earlier and spoke,”You just promised me something.”
“Okay, fine.” I groaned.