LearNing To LoVe

CHAPTER 12

"I beg your pardon, what did you just say?" asked Melissa as she got out of the bed she shared with her husband.

"Michelle was Seth's wife?"

"Yes, Melissa," he answered looking at the picture in his hand as it shook.

Michelle was beautiful but not as beautiful as her baby sister. She had the same dirty blonde hair as Melissa, it fell to her waist, her lips were a soft strawberry red and they were pouty much like Melissa's.

Her eyes were a green while Melissa's were a bright crystal blue but they both had olive skin. Melissa's features were more defined, more perfected while Michelle's were a little less.

Melissa was a rare beauty and no one was able to compare in Roman's eyes except Michelle but she would never beat Melissa out in the beauty department. Their personalities were night and day.

Michelle was more outgoing, more adventurous sometimes even devious as she stepped out to sleep with another man behind her husband's back and she was a little more educated than Melissa while Melissa had an innocence about her despite the hell her father put her through growing up, she still held onto the innocence of falling in love and loving someone.

She was timid and shy, more reserved and less educated than her older sister. The painful memories of Michelle came flooding back to Roman as he looked at the picture of Michelle sitting in her bedroom running a brush through her blonde hair. He remembered every inch of her body, every kiss she had given him.

Michelle was the only other woman Roman came close to loving but he could never bring himself to love her completely.

"I remember her," he said.

Tears burned Melissa's blue eyes and she swallowed back a painful lump in her throat.

"Roman," she said as her voice cracked.

"You knew Michelle?"

"In the bedroom," he said honestly,

"and maybe a little bit here and there."

"Michelle is the woman you destroyed?"

"I had no idea that she was your older sister nor did I have any idea that you and I would be married one day and having a child."

"Roman," she said,

"she was my sister."

"I'm sorry, Melissa," he said as he laid the picture down on the dresser.

"I'm sorry. You probably think I am some type of monster don't you? Some scoundrel that killed your sister?"

"I don't think you're a monster," she said honestly.

"You're not a monster, Roman. I never thought you were a monster not for one second. You may not believe me and you may not agree with me but I see you as a sweet man. Of course I know you have a rough side around your crew and your enemies but I know the REAL you. I know what's in here," she placed her hand on his heart.

"I know you would never intentionally cause anyone to kill themselves and I know you would never intentionally hurt someone that you cared about," she said.

"Cared about?" he asked.

"Roman, when you look at me I see how much you care about me in your eyes, I see how much you love me even if you don't want to admit it to yourself but I see that same look when you look at my sister. I know you loved her and I can't imagine how hard it was for you to send her back to Seth and allow her to lie with your brother in his bed while she was carrying your child."