Vance’s Secret Thoughts
‘You can’t have everything you want, but you can have the things that really matter to you.’
– Vance’s Secret Thoughts.
Vance
I growled at the woman who was still in my bed after I got out of the shower.
“Are you fucking kidding me?” I said low.
Menace laced every word.
“I thought I could stay. Show you how I can really work my mouth,” she teased as she circled one of her nipples with her finger.
“Bitch. I had to think of another woman to get off. So, what does that tell you?”
***
In the shadows, I watched as Willow Mason giggled at her boyfriend.
Fucker didn’t deserve her.
Not after what he did.
I wanted to tell her.
So many goddamned times.
But taking that light out of her eyes, she had fought like hell to keep hold of?
That I couldn’t do.
No... I just had to bide my time in hopes that she would see the man he really was.
***
And when I heard the news... Bobby asked her to marry him...
And. She. Said. Yes.
***
Not no.
But hell to the fucking no.
I. Didn’t. Fucking. Think. So.
Willow
I placed the purple flowers on my Mom’s grave and then sat down on the blanket I had brought.
“Hey, Mama. Guess what? Bobby asked me to marry him, and I said yes.” I told my mom as I fingered the diamond on my ring finger.
“Dad said I could wear your gown. I hope I do it justice. I miss you.” I told her.
“When you meet the one, it’ll feel like you’ve known them your whole life.” Those were some of her last words to me before she left this world.
I should have taken them to heart before I said ‘yes’.