One More Chance by Jaycelle Rodriguez

Chapter 88: What right do I have?

~~~Give us this chance to start over again, darling, I'm coming home to stay. It's been a long long while, I know I've caused you pain. Living without you it's not quite the same, can't we start over again? I played around too long, running from end to end. Took you for granted I've been such a fool, can't we start over again?~~~

-Jose Mari Chan-

I suddenly lost all my strength when they finally got inside. I took a deep breath and leaned against my seat. How did I lose her? How did I lose someone like her?

After a few minutes of contemplating whether to wait for them and follow where they were going to go all day or leave and report to the office, I chose the latter.

I started the engine and made my way to the office. I don't know how many days he would stay in San Francisco because from what I heard from Jack's story, he's a surgeon and he couldn't stay away from his job for too long. That's what I put in mind to calm myself and distract me from thinking of whatever they were doing at the moment.

"Whoa! Boss, I thought you said you're not going to work today?" Patrick asked me in surprise the moment he walked into my office and saw me sitting on my desk.

"I've changed my mind." I simply said without looking at him.

But just what I thought, he won't stop and just shut his mouth until he finds out the truth.

"Ohh... really? You've changed your mind or something has happened that made you change your mind?" And with an annoying smile playing on his face, he walked over to my desk and slumped himself on the couch.

But not even a second passed that his butt touched the couch when he saw the flowers and cake over the shelves.

"Oops! Let me guess--- she didn't take the flowers and told you to throw them, but you couldn't do it because you thought they're expensive, so you just decided to bring them here, am I right?"

-'Haist!'- I sighed, scratching the back of my neck and wishing the ground could open and swallow this man, so his mouth turns shut.

"Come on, boss. Hmm... or maybe her boyfriend came to visit her, so you have no choice but to disappear and bring your presents here rather than throw them on the way, so which one?"

I straightened my sit as my mouth slightly opened when I heard his last question.

"How did you know that?" I asked him, frowning.

"Huh? How did I know what?" He asked me back, confused and that deepened my frown.

you know her boyfriend

So it's true that your wife's boyfriend came

how did you know about that?" My voice rose a

just asking some random questions to get you to speak,

"Are you sure, Patrick?"

her boyfriend? It's as if I'm close to them or something. I only saw your wife at your daughter's party and haven't seen her since then. And I've only heard stories

true? I mean,

I nodded.

"Oh, shoot!"

he just shook his head and stared at me, but deep in his mind, he screamed 'Now you realized how stupid you have been, Mr Williams? You already had the most precious gem

was about to visit them when I saw Sam's car heading out the gate." I opened my eyes and sighed for I don't remember how many as I've already lost count since this morning. "David was the one driving the car and my family was there, happy and

you never

I added, my voice filled with

of a dream... of your selfish

but he never once turned his eyes

gotten brave and chased her. I wish I had

me you loved her, you regretted what

time

and the wrong decisions I made and it terrified me to run after her. I lost all my strength when she left. I thought I had lost even a single right to ask her forgiveness and ask her to give me a chance and love

with Stacey in

left and found her life again, what right do I have to bring her back into my life when I know the only things I gave her were heartache and pain?" "Ohh... so how about now? What right do you think you have right now to show yourself in front of her when in those four years you just stayed in your seat, banging your ex?"

wrong with the question,

he

change my

right do you have right now to chase her, to dream that your family becomes whole again and ask her forgiveness when you knew---and the exact words

"It's because we're married!"

u

to her until now! What I was asking is that where were your balls? Don't tell me that after four years you suddenly got your

chance to continue what he was saying as I threw my pen

It hurts, you know. I'm going to tell this to my mom, huh!" he acted like a five-year-old kid and rolled