"I come here with no expectations, only to profess, now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is and always will be...yours." ― Jane Austen, Persuasion
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Ömer
He got home from Sinan's house to find his aunt next to his other car. Of course, she would push him, it was what she did.
'I know I broke your heart. I hurt you and your whole life fell to pieces. I am well aware that it was all my fault,' it hurt to see his aunt still didn't get it.
'See? A whole year has passed and I see you referring only to 'my life'? Do you think I am the only victim in this story, aunt? I still can't believe you were able to do it. How you guys threw a girl you barely knew that had her own life into the fire like this, with eyes wide open, knowing exactly what you were doing. I am, to this day, still unable to understand it.'
'Of course, there was Defne's life too, son. I know, it was all my fault. I did you both a great injustice.'
He thought of his son and he saw red again... he was shaking so much he couldn't look her in the eye. 'I can't even look at you, I think of everything we went through, all those separations... we've fallen into pieces, she on one side and I on the other.'
'Ömer, this was not part of the plan! How was I supposed to know you were going to fall in love the way you did?' Her tears didn't do much for him, not anymore.
'You still had no right to do what you did, no right. No right. You could have left her off the hook, you could have left us alone. You just chose not to do it.' God, he could have been by Defne's side during her whole pregnancy...
'I couldn't do it,' he turned her back on her.
'You could.' He knew she was not the only guilty person in this story, but he was happy to let her take the blame for a lot of this mess.
'I was afraid! I was so scared that I would lose you for good, that you would turn your back and leave.'
'Please, don't tell me you didn't know what was going to happen. You know me, aunt.'
'Yes, I knew. So what, you won't ever forgive me?'
'Are you asking for forgiveness? I didn't hear you ask.'
She paused, 'it's hard to ask for something I can see you're not ready to give.'
'You're right. Maybe, over time, I'll be able to forgive you. I can't forgive you now, I can tell you this much. As it is, I can barely stand to look you in the face, and I'm sorry for that, for all these separations, all this time that was lost.'
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