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Chapter 30 Hanging up on you

KelseyTaylor5: Could this week get any better? The love of my life surprised me with songs he wrote just for me and asking me to move in together! Of course, I said yes! Dreams do come true.

#feelslikeafairytale #truelove #movingin #loveyoubaby

Posted November 9th, 7:45 AM (MT) 

Anothertorturedsoul: Can't wait. Love you more than we need the bees <3

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Maria clutched her laptop, hoping if she hurled it, it would travel far enough to smash the window of the apartment Adrian now shared with the woman he loved. Why would he promise Maria a break-up then move in with that bitch? Was everything he told her complete and utter lies? The picture of the cheaters holding each other on the couch Kathy had given Maria and Adrian when they'd moved in twisted the knife they lodged in her chest months ago.

"Lying bastard!" Maria shouted and dropped the laptop on the bed.

The air grew too heavy to breathe and the walls too suffocating. After stomping to the door, Maria flung it open to the stuffy hallway. Breathing deeply, she stared at the city lights and traffic through the large rectangular windows. The pressure in her chest dissolved until she could breathe normally again, although the stabbing sensation was still present.

When something behind her clicked, she turned to find Mitch checking her out with a smirk. Couldn't she have a minute to process her pain without being someone's eye candy?

She scowled. "Of course, you're here."

"And I brought rum!" He grinned, waving the bottle, then sat at the wooden table.

Sighing, Maria joined him while he poured her some and started on his own. Her hand trembled as she reached for the old-fashioned glass. The harsh liquor burned away only a fraction of the pain and stress Adrian had caused. After pouring his drink, he mixed her another.

"You were right," she muttered.

Her chest ached. Once a cheater, always a cheater, but she'd made every exception for that asshole. No longer would she buy his crap. She downed the next glass as quickly as the first.

"What are you going to do?" Mitch asked.

As she slammed the glass down, the table wobbled. She rushed forward, gripping the window ledge until plaster dug into her palms. She flung the window open for some fresh air that cooled her scorching skin. "I should have burned his guitars."

"Good start."

She felt lighter imagining his panic. "I could send Kelsey the new love songs he wrote about me, so she'd see how amazing her 'love-of-her-life' roommate is!" she yelled into the dark night.

"What else?"

When she looked at Mitch, his expression changed from amused to serious.

"I want to scream at him for being such a lying piece of shit."

Mitch pulled out his phone. "What's his number?"

"Don't waste your minutes on an international call. This is my mess."

"Trust me, this is worth it. What's his number?"

As she rhymed off the ten-digits far too fluently, he typed it in. Her heart fluttered like a butterfly with damaged wings with each ring.

"Hello?" Adrian's voice echoed on speakerphone.

Maria froze, and her gem of an ex repeated himself in a gruffer tone. After Kelsey asked who was calling in the background, Maria snatched the phone and held it in front of her.