The Widow

Scene 12 - Forever too late

Scene 12 – Forever too late

Ralphe jumped off the bed, walked toward the chair at the fireplace, he grabbed the bottle of scotch on the table and took a swig. He had drunk one of two many but he wasn’t still drunk, he was still sober enough to feel.

He stared at the woman lying in his bed naked and passed out while he took another swig at his scotch, being lost in the oblivion of sex and alcohol helped him forget but damn it did it made him feel more dissatisfied the moment the orgasm and alcohol wore off.

He felt nothing. He only had sex because he needed release and he was damned because every time he closed his eyes, he wasn’t hearing the woman’s moan and feeling her body joined with his, no, it was Clara he was thinking of. Every damn time, it was Clara he wished was with him.

He knew something was wrong with him. Damn it, the moment she left, something went missing, something was forever lost.

He really needed to find out where she was. It was just every trail was a dead end. He knew when he asked Cassandra that she was telling the truth, Clara didn’t tell her where she was going because she knew, he’d come asking Cassandra. Emma wasn’t much help, she didn’t find her. His PI, the one who he was paying a hefty amount of money couldn't find traces of her.

His only choice was Ian. Ian who refused. Damn it. He needed to know where she was, he needed to see her because he was fucking going crazy without her.

He stood from the chair, fuck it all, if Ian couldn’t be asked nicely then he’d beat the hell out of the man to get the answer he desperately needed. He grabbed his keys and phone on the table and left the hotel room.

He didn’t bother leaving a note, Serena would understand, it wasn’t like she was hoping for something more.

He drove to the Dark Alley, he knew Ian would be there, that man was always drinking, even their mutual friend Ethan worried.

Saktong pagpark niya sa Dark Alley ay naglalakad si Ian sa parking lot. Bumaba siya ng kotse niya at dumiretso kay Ian, nang napansin siya nito ay huminto ito.

“I knew you’d never last, here to beg Mendez? Did you bring me another useless treats of yours?”

Susubukan niya muna yung plano na makipag-usap ng seryoso kay Ian bago yung suntukan na gusto niya talagang gawin. “I can sneak you to Buckingham Palace.”

Ian laughed, “Do you think I’d do that to the woman I love? Sneak in and what? Ruin her happiness with the man she married?” he said glaring at Ralphe, “I knew you were an idiot. I’d never ruin Elena’s happiness.”

“Then what the hell do you want, Areballo? Ayaw mo lahat ng binibigay ko sayo pero nandito ka patuloy na umiinom!” he snapped, “Ano bang gusto mo? Ano pa ba ang kailangan mo Areballo para ibigay mo sa akin si Clara?”

“Nothing, Mendez. The thing is you’re never going find her.”