Till There Was You (George Harrison Story)

Chapter 53

"Is she here?" I sat in what was once my bedroom with Zuri's playpen facing me. She was occupied by her toys, and I was occupied with what was happening downstairs.

"I just need to talk to 'er." Hearing his voice made me cringe, and I bit my lip softly. As much as I'd hate to admit it, I didn't hate him. I couldn't hate him. My heart wouldn't allow me to. I hated what he did to me, but I didn't hate him.

"How do you know if she's here or not?" Jace asked. "I don't know. I tried talking to Ringo, but y'know, he's not exactly talking to me right now." His soft, velvety voice made me secretly hate myself for loving it. "Well this is all your fault. Everything that's happening is because of what you and Maureen did." "I know! And I regret it. I know Brielle is here. Just let me talk to 'er." He pleaded, but they wouldn't budge.

"She isn't anywhere else. I've been looking for 'er and Zo for the last couple of days. I know she might've come 'ere, and I just want to apologize. I know she's 'ere. I can feel it." I stood up and opened my bedroom door, and walked over to the staircase. Everyone looked up at me, including George. "Can we talk?" He asked, and my three greatest friends looked at me, and I could tell that they were mentally asking me if I wanted him to come in.

I tried to talk, but words didn't come out. "I-" I began to stutter, and before I even noticed, I was running back to my room crying, and slamming the door shut behind me.

"Just go home." Ruth said, slamming the door in George's face.

Zuri pulled herself up on the side of the playpen, and noticed that I was crying. Then she began to cry. "Aww don't cry, love." I picked her up and rocked her softly. I stroked her cheek and she held my finger. "We are going to be alright." As she held my finger, I noticed my wedding ring as it brought itself into my view.

"Promise me ye won't ever take it off..." George's voice ran through my head from a while ago. "I promise..." I thought about my response and mentally cursed myself for being so mentally weak.

As Zuri calmed down and went back to playing, my phone rang. "Hello?" "Hey. I just wanted to see how yer holdin' up." Ringo said, and his voice made me smile. "Thanks, Ritchie. I'm... I'll get better. And you? How are things with you and Maureen?" He grumbled something under his breath and replied angrily. "I filed for divorce." I gasped in shock. Divorce? I wasn't going to divorce George. I didn't want to, as much as he hurt me. I promised myself that I would never want my child to grow up with divorced parents. We would just have to work out or differences. Or maybe just live separately. I didn't know what I wanted to do at that point.

"I'm so sorry, Ritch." He sighed softly. "You shouldn't be apologizing." We talked a bit more about what we were planning to do from now on, and then we bid our farewells and hung up. "Hey, Bri? Are you hungry?" Mimi said, peeking her head into my room. "Um yeah sure. It's time for lunch!" I said in my baby voice as I picked Zuri up and took her to the kitchen.

We were all eating dinner and talking about going to a party. But I heard my phone ringing constantly throughout dinner. I knew it was George. It then stopped, and I continued to enjoy my lunch. Once I finished, it started ringing again. "Do you want me to take care of it?" Jace asked, and I shook my head. "I got it. Just watch Zuri for me." I went back to my room and answered the phone.

"Yes?"

"Do ye want a divorce?" George asked, and my heart skipped a beat.

"W-What?" I said and tears filled my eyes and my bottom lip began to quiver.

"I don't want ye to feel as if I'm forcing ye to stay married me. If ye want me out of yer life, just say the words." George's voice cracked as he talked.

"Y-you're not forcing me. I don't hate you, I'm just really hurt from what you did. You made me deny my gut feelings of you cheating, when you obviously knew you were! And maybe I got the person wrong and thought it was Jo, but it was Maureen! Maureen, George! One of your best friend's wife! Is that something you do? Sleep with all of your friend's wives?" I sighed and took a deep breath in between my rant. "I should've know you were trouble from the very beginning. You've hurt me and I stayed by you and came back to you because I LOVE YOU! I really don't want a divorce, but if I feel like it would benefit me, then it's going to happen."

George's sniffles and soft sobs were audible and it made me feel horrible, but I knew he deserved it. "When I've made my decision, I will let you know." I hung up and sat on my bed, shaking a bit as I began to cry again. "This isn't fair to me, George..." I said to myself as I cried.

Jace heard my cries and came into my room. "Aww Bri, I'm so sorry. This Shouldn't be happening to you. George is a f*cking twat, I tell you!" He said, laying next to me and placing his arms around me. "T-Thank you, Jace." He rubbed my back softly, which helped me calm down.

"That's it." He stood up and went into my packed bags and took some clothes out. "I'm taking you out. I hate seeing you like this." He went to the bathroom and got a wet cloth and wiped my tears. "We are leaving in a couple of hours. You better be ready." I looked at the outfit he chose and shrugged. "I guess this couldn't hurt."