"You know when we first started working together, what was it? Five years ago?"
"Six."
"The world was an old movie, it was all black and white, and thai nude. I was, Gary Cooper, ha. I was absolutely sure..absolutely. Who were the good guys, who were the bad guys..and then you. You started to weasel your way into my world, and the black and white became different shades of gray. Don't say it. Before I knew it, there were blues and greens..and yellows..and reds. I'm you now, Liv. You opened my heart, and I thank you for it."
"...And."
"...I've got to move on.."
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That was the last thing I said to her. Leaving her standing alone in front of that courthouse, a place that I was afraid of, and ended up running away from the only person I ever loved. Now, a year later, I'm walking down the sidewalk on my way to Mathew's Place. I couldn't believe that I was back in Manhattan, a place where I thought I would never come back too. Remembering that traumatic day where I was first named, "the baby killer", and that was the last time I would ever let my judgement get the best of me. Comminting a justified homicide, wasn't really a crime I planned out to have on my record, in my career of being an attorney. The only good thing that came out of it all, was that the child was finally at rest, and that I did what I thought was right.
I took a seat at the bar, ready to have a small drink before heading back to Brooklyn tomorrow, and back to work. I've been here for three weeks helping a buddy move, and also was the best man at my cousin's wedding. The whole time I've been here, I haven't had not a single taste of scotch. I've been waiting to unwind, and just drown in my sorrows. Scanning the bar for any familiar faces, and just right across the bartender aisle, was burnette beauty. For once, after a year I almost thought...I would never see the person that I've been secretly in love with for six years, appear in the exact same bar on this very night.
Her hair was pulled up into a messy bun, exposing her smooth, slender neck that was accompanied by a golden necklace. The only part of her outfit I could see was a forest green collared blouse, which the natural color did complement her skin very well. She was literally glowing in the dim bar as she continued to swirl her wine glass with her dampened finger, I just couldn't look away. Sigh
