The Lives We Live

Chapter 24

"There's no need," He said as he took his phone out of his pocket and showed it to his wife. "Do you need anything?" He said leaning to kiss her but she pulled raised his hands in defense and shook his head, leaving the house.

Cheryl stood there dumbfounded at what just happened, she couldn't believe Reggie would do such a thing. She took a couple of deep breaths and looked at her phone to find a text from Toni.

[From Toni Topaz] Don't pass by the office, I'm at the mountain house, waiting for you.

[To Toni Topaz] I'll get dressed and be on my way. Love you...

She smiled and started to get dressed, she wore a simple white shirt with blue skinny jeans, she also fixed her hair and makeup. The redhead grabbed her keys and ran to her as she couldn't wait to see the brunette. She drove as fast as she could because she needed to be in the brunette's arms, she couldn't describe the feeling of need she felt for the newspaper owner, also the redhead couldn't understand why she felt this way to the brunette.

About an hour later, she parked her car beside Toni's car and found the newspaper owner waiting for her by the door with a smile. She quickly locked the car and ran to hug the brunette.

Toni ushered the redhead to the backyard and sat on one of the lounges, they started to have breakfast and Toni was insisting on feeding Cheryl.

"I found a solution for you not to close the company," Cheryl said as took a sip from her drink.

The newspaper owner laughed, "I've been looking for a solution for years, and in one weekend you found one?"

The redhead glared playfully. "Are you making fun of me Toni Topaz?"

"Of course not, I have no doubt in your cleverness, but what's the solution?"

"The future is for internet and technology, why won't you put registration fees on whoever wants to read our newspaper?"

Toni nodded, "I thought about it, it wouldn't work because anyone who wants to pay for our website will find it somewhere else free,"

The redhead huffed and laid her head on Toni's shoulder. The newspaper owner continued to feed the redhead and herself, and as soon as they were done they went back into the living room. Toni had one leg spread on the sofa and the other was on the floor while Cheryl had her back rested on the brunette's chest. Toni kissed the redhead's temple as she wrapped her arms around her waist. "TT, we can't keep doing this, we are both not attending work together, someone will notice."

"Everyone knows your sick, besides Veronica is doing all the work."

"Okay, let's say I am sick, what about you?"

Toni thought about it for a few seconds, "I'm also sick, aren't I allowed to be sick?" Cheryl giggled. "I am sick and you are my illness, but Cher, we need to find a solution. I can't live like this anymore."

"A solution to what?" The redhead asked softly as she played with Toni's hand.

"Love doesn't last, love, dies, just state the fact that you don't love him anymore. Leave him."

"After that?"

"You'll live with your kids here."

"You just said love dies, what if we lived together and love just died between us?"

"You'll walk away," Toni's said simply, Cheryl's eyes went wide with shock. "Don't look at me like that, you'll walk away and search for love some place else, but at least we lived that love."

"Walk away? If that's the case then a person would walk his entire life."

Toni shrugged, "So what? Isn't it better dying if he stayed?"