Attempts

Chapter 9

Sadly to say that last week was one of the hardest week ever.

Dodging Michael is not an easy work. Not answering his phones calls, not coming out when he is in the apartment, if he stayed for a long time I have to find another place to stay it is just too hard but finally it passed and here I am preparing for my trip to Spain for my cousin Patrik's wedding. The time couldn't be more perfect. I really don't know whats to worry about more Michael or seeing my parents.

"So I heard you are traveling tomorrow" I turned with a start upon hearing Michaels voice.

" Yea, have to go to Spain"

"So finally Patrik is tying the knot" I heard his voice nearer now with a hint of amusement in it.

"Isabella is a good girl. She was the only one that entered his heart" Thats the truth. A lot of girls were Patrik's girlfriends they all come and go but not Bella. After he saw her in the book club he became addicted.

"What about you?" He asked causing me to come out of my thoughts

"What about me?"

"Any special one?"

"No, no one got my heart yet" I said with a small smile

"Emma" he said trying to get my attention

"hmm"

" I really have to talk to you" he said making me turn to face him forgetting about packing.

"Sure, whats up?" I tried to use myself by folding the clothes.

"I owe you an explanation about what happened 7 years ago" he said looking at me

"Michael you don't ha-"

"yes, I have to tell you" he interrupted "on that day I got ready and wore my tuxedo, drove all the way to Raul's to get you a green corsage as I know that its your favourite color and that you will choose to wear green for the ball. On my way to your house, my phone rang plastering my dad's name. I answered him thinking that he was going to tell me that he cut his business trip short, only to find someone's else voice asking if I am his son after I confirmed she told me that my father had gone into an accident and that he is in the hospital" Michael said making me gasp

He continued "I ended the call and called my mother telling her the news she told me to come quickly and that we will take the first plane to New York and thats what I did. I returned home, changed and just took the essentials then we headed to the airport, booked the plane which had one and half hour to depart. When we settled in the plane thats when I realized that I didn't text you. I really meant to text you and tell you but it just slipped my mind at the moment" he said looking at me

"when we arrived to the hospital my father was in surgery and we waited for few hours just to get any info about his wellbeing. And when he finally got out from the surgery he was in coma that took him 4 days to recover"

"why didn't you call me and tell me. I would have come to support you and be with you" I said with tears in my eyes and pain in my heart that I felt sensing the sorrow that he felt.

"At that time, my whole concentration had been on my father's recovery and my mum sadness. There was nothing else that I wished for than to have you with me but I couldn't have asked you to come and leave your studies behind. He got an injury in the spinal cord which required full time attention and physiotherapy, when I finally got the courage to open my phone after closing it hiding from the press , It was late to call you. 3 months had passed and I saw that Instagram photo of you looking happy and out with your friends that I didn't want to take you from them and with mum deciding that we will move to New York to stay with dad. I didn't know what to say to you"

This photo was the first one to be taken after I finally decided to move on . My friends had all made me go out with them to a party where we all danced and did some karaoke. To think now that this is the reason that made him not to call me made me cry more.

"I am just telling you as I don't want you to hate me and that I will really love for you to give me another chance to start all over" he looked at me hopefully while holding both my hands.

"I had been trying not to love you again for the past few years. Even though I know now that it wasn't your fault and I am not blaming you for anything, I need time to think about all of this before giving you an answer."

"Of course take all the time that you need. Its your right." He said getting up. "I wish you a safe flight and for you to have fun in the wedding" with that he got out of the room and the house but not before giving me a small kiss on the check.