ANASTASIA

My chest heaved up and down as I watched Dennis grip his hair, his eyes squeezed shut.

He finally turned to face me. He exhaled loudly. "I am sorry."

He shook his head and repeated, "I am really sorry, babe. I'm sorry for driving off that night."

My heart squeezed in my chest as I saw his eyes water. I could tell that he felt bad; that he didn't do all that he did intentionally. Or simply because he was mad at me or the situation we were in.

I wanted to go to him and wrap my arms around him but I remained seated on the bed and just watched him.

"I'm sorry for not picking up your calls or returning them when I later saw them."

He took a step closer and I didn't stop him like I would have a couple of minutes ago.

He hesitated for a while, seeming to guage my reaction while he said, "There's no excuse for me to be such a jerk to you, especially with everything going on."

He closed the space between us. He lowered himself into a squat and took my hands in his. "I'm sorry, Ana. I swear, I didn't mean to behave the way I did."

I sighed and closed my fingers around his hands.

I noticed the fall of his shoulders as he seemed to to relax. "Thank you so much for not giving up on me," he said but I said nothing in return.

I knew I couldn't leave things just like that.

"I can tell that you're sorry, Dennis but this isn't really you. What is really going on?"

He rubbed his hand over his face.

"I recently met Cole again."

my

He's an old friend. You probably know him

what has Cole got to do

and started talking again. He told me about an investment and

We put most of what we had into it for higher returns. I even sold some of my properties." I nodded slowly, recalling the document I saw in his drawer the other

drawled, "I think I saw a file like that in your

babe," even as he said those words now, I could hear the fear in his voice,

how devastated he must have been. I didn't even want to hear how much he invested because if he had to sell some of

shook his head and blew out his cheeks. "Thank you. It's just... I couldn't think straight. I- I didn't know what to do or how to

okay." I pulled him

telling

get

know I'd never, that money back." He threw his head back and blew out his cheeks

wet into that money isn't a joke. My team

tightened my arms around him and just let him say everything he wanted

fine," I carressed his head after he finished talking. "Everything will be fine, Dennis. I

first time. "Thank you for listening to

matter what, you're still

in family because they will always have your back

chose to keep it

family so you shouldn't keep things from me. Things may seem hard but instead

these. I mean you just gave birth to a whole baby. I should stop being a baby and let

his smile widened as

come

scooted over for him and let him sit beside

was the operation?" He asked after we were snuggly sitting close

to narrate

ordeal. The time where I felt like the pain was my end, right to the part where everything felt numb and I could not feel what

to the time when

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