A Stoic Heart (Completed)

Chapter 36:

Liana Fair

"Liana!"

Fabio strode toward me and I swear if he touched me or ask me if I'm alright I will break down again.

When he's near I looked at his eyes and he looked at me with full sincerity.

He knows, he understands.

"Where do you want to eat? it's 10 PM you should have a decent dinner, especially to celebrate..." Fabio stuttered again and again and I can't help but smile at his reaction.

I called him because he's the first number that I saw when I scanned my planner and for some divine intervention he picks up on the first ring and arrived in less than five minutes after dropping the call.

"Celebrate for what?" I challenged him, I'm glad that he passed the questioning of my swollen eyes and baggage in hand.

"You won...I mean the contest. You didn't come to school yesterday you know, I was about to drop the bomb in your class"

He smirked, and it hurts again, why do I always have to compare him to Euro

"I did!?" and for a minute my mind was somewhere else, Fabio made me laugh the entire night and when my mind starts to drift again he would pull me back.

"Would you fight for someone that was never yours?" I asked him out of nowhere

Fabio was taken aback with my question

"Maybe, I'll give it a shot. Chances don't come often" he said as he stuff his mouth with fries.

"You think so?" I asked again.

"But if not fighting back means the happiness of the person then I would surrender" and there he said it, so perfectly. The words I so much wanted to say.

For a moments while I want to march to wherever Euro was now, and tell him everything. Every single thing I wasn't able to tell him, I will remind him of everything we had and we shared but what's the point? if he'll be less happy with me I will never live with that, when you love someone, you would always put their happiness above everything.

As my mother said, 'A woman will not surrender a battle that isn't over yet' and with this case, I know I have nothing to fight for.

Fabio waved a hand in front of me and pinched my cheeks so hard that I almost slapped him.

"Come with me" he suggested ever so sincerely, "Live your dreams in Costa Rica, become the painter you badly want to be...you can continue your Art studies there and work at the same time" he smiled at me.

If guardian angels were to be caught I know Fabio would be one of them, he's genuinely kind and I see no hint of anything in his eyes. He's just kind.

"Costa rica" the place sounded foreign in my lips.

I've been flying to places lately and I'm afraid with every place I visit a part of me was left there. The biggest chunk of me was left somewhere, in Euro's home, in Euro's place, in Euro's arms.

A lump started forming in my throat.

"I think the world was always against me, because every time something good happens it would be taken back instantly" I opened to Fabio

"I thought back then that I have the most fucked up life in the whole universe" I wanted to tell him about my past, about Harkins and Euro but for Fabio's hearts sake I will spare him of the details

"But when I was with him, I realized there are too many stories left untold. We can't compare one's story to others, we are unique in our own world, in our own story. He made me see that there is life beyond the fucked up state I'm in, he provided me security, he was annoying as hell but that made me love him even more because he loves deep and intense. He cares extremely because he's been used to people leaving him"

"I couldn't even say a proper thank you to him, but if I could I would tell him that he should not be worried about me, not at all and that years from now if he'll be married I'll gladly accept his invitation because I know I was once a part of that beautiful story of him"

"I love him...so much but it's time to let go and build myself" I smiled to Fabio

"You're so pure, so damn kind" Fabio said as he tap my head.

"I'll come to Costa Rica with you, but I want you to know that I'm not doing this to leave everything behind but because this time I want to discover who I am, what I wanted and who I wanted to be" I sealed my speech and smiled at Fabio.

It still hurts knowing that I will leave everything behind but leaving is always part of growing up. For a moment I was brought back to that time when we were walking down the aisle, hand in hand, and when he kissed me...I could always repeat that scene and smile over and over again. Euro will always be the last thing on my mind, I know that for sure and no matter where I'll go, even If I cross the globe or where I'll run or hide to it will always be him that I love.

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