Shadow

Chapter 24

I look over to where Tilly and Zach are standing, they look at me and I watch a tear slide down Tilly's face before she pushes Zach over to me, "go ahead and tell her."

Zach looks back at Tilly for a moment before coming over to me, "Zillah... the engagement is off and you will never see me again."

I scan his face as I feel my heart breaking a little, "what?"

He moves his jaw and looks away from me, "I am breaking off the engagement and you will never see me again. I have to leave and I cannot... I cannot marry you."

A tear slides down my cheek, "stop lying."

He looks at me, "I'm not. Zillah-"

"Get out."

"Leyla."

"Get out!"

When Zach doesn't move I look at him before grabbing the pillow that is on the side of the bed and throwing it at him. It hits him as I let out a cry in pain and he just stares at me and leans over, putting something on the table next to the bed. He turns around and walks out, Nyx watching him walk away. My heartbreaking even more. I know I told him to get out but I didn't want him to. I don't want him to leave me, he never leaves me when I tell him to, if he does then he always comes back after I calm down a bit.

"You son of a bitch, come back here and tell her everything! You coward!"

A sob escapes my lips and Tilly shuts the door, coming over to me while Nyx goes after Zach. She wraps her arms around me as I start to cry, not able to stop even though it hurts. When I finally stop crying she moves and looks at me. I look at the ring that is sitting on the table. It serves as a cruel reminder of what he did. He broke my heart and left. He left me alone.

I look at Tilly, "what didn't he tell me?"

"What?"

"What didn't he tell me?"

"Leyla... please."

I bite my lip to hold back a sob, "the-"

Nyx comes in and their silence answers my question and I stare at the ring. Tilly goes to take a step towards me and I shout at her. Nyx doesn't move and I watch a tear slide down her face as she looks at me. For the first time in a while, I am completely vulnerable, everything I am feeling at the moment clear on my face. After a while, I manage to get them to leave and I turn over. Trying to go to sleep so I don't cry anymore. Praying that I fall asleep before I lose it again. In a matter of hours, I have lost the love of my life and our child... what a horrible day this had turned out to be.

Nyx and Tilly try to get me to cheer up but it doesn't work. I don't touch the cookies that they brought to me. I barely eat my food, not really hungry. I just sit in the bed, looking out the window hoping that this is all a nightmare that I will wake up from. Even if I wake up in that stupid room with Shasha. I don't care where I wake up at, I just don't want this to all be real.

At the first chance I get, I go back to the apartment, declining Nyx's offer to stay with her. I walk in and stop, finding everything how I left it. Tilly walks into the small kitchen area to get some dinner made and I walk into the bedroom. I throw my bag to the corner, I will take care of it later. I walk over to the dresser and stop when I look at the picture. A tear slides down my face before I grab it and drop it on the floor. I end up going through all of my stuff and throwing Zach's stuff on the floor. He didn't even take his stuff with him, was he planning on coming back or did he just forget to take his stuff?

I sink to the floor and cry again. Tilly comes in and sits on the floor, my head on her lap as I cry. When I finally stop she plays with my hair for a bit, "we should burn all of this stuff... it would be so much fun."