No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

"I'll make it right for what my dad did."

My heart felt as if it had been struck by a blunt instrument.

I turned to him, asking, "Ernest, are you accepting that verdict then? You've been digging into this, haven't you? Your investigation led you to believe your dad messed with the brakes, causing my parents' accident?"

We'd suspected as much before, and he'd promised to get to the bottom of it and give me closure.

But now, without any closure, he seemed to accept a conclusion not even the police could firmly make.

What was this? A brush-off, or did he actually want me to resent him because of his father's actions?

Ernest wouldn't meet my gaze, staying silent.

Thinking about his decision to end things, my chest tightened, "Ernest, did you know this all along? Is that why you broke up with me"

"No," his response was firm.

My heart fluttered as he looked down at the raindrops hitting the ground, "Felicia, I'll keep investigating my father's case. If I find anything, you'll be the first to know. But as it stands, my dad is the prime suspect."

made it hard for me to breathe. I pressed, "If it weren't for the Houston incident, facing this evidence

at me, a deep sadness in his eyes. "I

does that mean?"

want you feeling guilty about your parents, either." Ernest's voice broke a

So much for fate.

you don't need to make excuses or use my name as a shield," I said, looking

going from familiarity to strangeness only takes

I won't cling to you. If

our parents' feud, even if your father is guilty, I

taught me that

resented their parents for abandoning them, making

allowed them to experience life in an orphanage, a life 95% of children never

of that they met each other and had me, their little

but still chose to be with you," I smiled slightly, "In loving you, I was determined, never

twitched, clearly affected by

but his