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I frankly had no idea what I was going to do. I just felt it was the right thing to do. So I left a little note with a rose that evening on the bed telling Alex to meet me at the Palm resort at 9. I had booked the entire place for us. Then I went shopping and bought the closest dress I could find to what Angela was wearing in the picture, a mini skater white dress with long boots. To complete the look, I put on a red wig that matched Angela’s natural curls. I sat in the garden in sheer darkness, waiting nervously for Alex.
I heard his footsteps from the other side of the garden. I felt him walking up to me, my heart sinking with every step as he approached me. “Did you plan all this, love?” He spoke in his husky, musical voice, standing behind me, his arms resting on my shoulder. What the heck was I was doing? I was about to break every bit of my perfect world. I felt a grueling pain inside my stomach. “Yeah. Come sit.” He sat in front of me on the other side of the table. “By the way, no lights? I can’t see you.”
“I’ve got a surprise for you.” Or rather, a shock.
“Me too. Let’s reveal our surprises on the count of three. One…..two……three!”
I shut my eyes and turned on the lights. I heard a gasp. As I opened my eyes, I saw Alex in a tux, with a ring in his one hand and a bouquet of red roses in the other. Wait, was he going to propose? I felt tears swelling up in my eyes as I felt taken aback. I looked up to see his reaction. He stared at me blankly. There was neither surprise, nor anger. He did not bat a lid. With every passing second, I felt more and more worried. This was not what I had expected. “Alex?” I said through my tears.
“Angie..” He said before he collapsed on the table.
I rushed him to the hospital, never leaving his hand. The docs put him on medicine and said he had suffered a sudden trauma, due to which he could even collapse into an endless coma. I wanted to kill myself. This is not what I had intended for. I just wanted to bring out the truth. I called Jane up and she immediately came to see Alex. It was 2:00 AM. Jane stormed into the ward. “I’m sorry, Jane.” I said through uncontrollable tears and hugged her.
“Katy, I told you clearly not to do this. How could you play with my brother like this? Just leave him alone for now.” I looked at Jane, shocked. She didn’t want me here. Her expression was of ridicule. Of course, what should I have expected? Her brother was stuck between life and death because of my stupidity.
“You’re right. It’s entirely my fault. But I’m not leaving Alex, not until he gets better. I’ll go when he wants me to.” Jane knew I was adamant. So she did not persist. She had to leave as David needed her. I sat beside Alex and kissed his hand. “Please come back, I can’t lose you. You can punish me in any way you want but just come back.” I whispered into his ear.
His fingers twitched. He responded. He can hear me. I thought to myself. “Hey, I know you’re in there.” I smiled.
“Angie……Angela……..” He muttered. I felt my heart break a little inside but I hid my pain and responded. If Angela was what it took to bring him back, I was ready. “Yeah, I’m here.” He pulled me gently to hug me. “I’ve missed you.” He said.
“Me too.” I choked. I couldn’t speak anymore. I rested my face on his shoulder and cried uncontrollably. Even though our bodies were only inches apart, I felt so distant from him. I could feel I had lost him although he was never mine. He belonged with Angela and he still loved her.
Alex went to sleep afterwards and I finally went to change into my old self and fell asleep on the couch in the waiting room. The next morning when I woke up, Alex was not there. The doctor told me he had got himself discharged early that morning and had left me a note. With trembling fingers, I opened the note.
“Dear Katy,
This morning when I woke up, everything appeared crystal clear to me. Now that I remember everything, I question myself if I really loved you or because you reminded me of Angela. Honestly I really don’t know. But this is too much to take in. I have not gotten over Angela, nor do I know if I ever will. I’m sorry if I broke your heart yesterday by referring to you as Angela; I was not in my senses. So I’m leaving. I don’t know where I’m going or if I will ever return. I don’t ask you to wait for me. Waiting for me is like waiting for rain in a drought. Useless and disappointing. All I ask of you is to live your life and promise you won’t give up. Forget me if you can. I’m sorry.
Goodbye Katherine Marie Hayden.
Yours,
Alex.”
Is this the end or a new beginning for Katy? Will Alex ever return? What will she do? Find out in the next chapter!
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