His Love His Hate

Chapter 21

 

 Olivia was discharged from the hospital. It still marveled her that Joseph was alive. She was scared to go talk to him because she knew he would be disappointed in her.

'Who wouldn't be' she thought to herself, but she had to convince herself that she needed to explain everything to him.

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Olivia tried talking to Joseph on different occasions but he was still mad and didn't want to see her, that hurt her a lot but she wouldn't give up on trying to talk to him. Olivia kept on persisting and even got help from Rachel, who had told her she would call so she could come over when she was certain that Joseph was home.

Olivia knocked on the door of Joseph's room, already nervous about seeing him again not to mention his reaction. Joseph opened the door and was surprised to see Olivia in his home. He wanted to close the door but Olivia stopped him making him angry and turned his back to her. Olivia nervously walked into the room, closing the door behind her. She had no idea where to begin with but she knew that she had to start from somewhere and not waste both their time.

"Joseph, please look at me," she begged.

Joseph was already infuriated having Olivia in his room. He didn't want to look at her and have old memories flooding back, he just wanted her out of his life.

Olivia was already in tears knowing that Joseph hated her.

"Joseph, please... You need to know the truth."

"What truth?!" He yelled. Olivia was taken aback by his fury.

"You want me to know how you got together with my brother after getting tired of waiting for my return?" He spat.

Olivia was surprised at Joseph's statement. She wondered where he had gotten that version from.

"No, Joseph. That's not true," she said in defense.

"Oh please, Olivia, save us both the stress of listening to your lies and just get out."

Olivia had never in her life seen Joseph this mad.

"I can never lie to you Joseph, you know it. Jordan ra-"

"Get out, Olivia! I don't want to hear a word from you!" He angrily yelled at her.

Olivia left the room more hurt than she was when she came. She couldn't believe Joseph called her a liar. She had only kept things away from him for his own good but she would never lie to him.

"Olivia, what happened in there?" Rachel asked as soon as she saw Olivia walk into the living room.

"He di-didn't want to li-listen to me," Olivia replied with a hiccup.

Rachel hugged her and asked her to sit down for a while so she would catch her breath and offered her a glass of water.

"Don't worry dear, I'll try to talk to him."

"It's useless, Rachel. I'm sure he won't listen to you too." Olivia replied handing Rachel back the glass of water she had offered her.

"Thanks, Rachel. I feel better now. I should be heading home." She said scared of Joseph coming out of his room to still find her in their house.

"Are you going to be okay? I can drop you off if you like?" Rachel offered.

"No please, don't bother yourself. I'll be fine." Olivia quickly said.

Rachel was worried about Olivia's present state but she didn't want to insist so she just accompanied her to the door and bade her goodbye.