One More Chance by Jaycelle Rodriguez

Chapter 124: The last kiss

~~~How I wish that I could tell you it's all in the past, but I was never good at lying. If I held you in my arms you know I'll never let you go, but this ain't the time and place to get emotional. I don't want to hear that song again from the night we first met. I don't want to hear you whispering things I'd rather forget. I don't want to look into your eyes 'cause you know what happens next, we'll be making love and then, I'd fall all over again~~~

-Dan Hill-

"I'm sorry, Sam, I wish I could bring back the past and changed what I did, but I couldn't."

And suddenly a bitter laugh escaped my lips as I remembered it was the same phrase I muttered to myself the time I found out I was pregnant.

"Do you know what's funny about what you said? I already mentioned that line a few years ago when I found out I was pregnant and you were pushing me away because you said the baby inside me was only created by mistake and that time, I wished to turn the hands of time and change the mistake I made, but the same as yours, I couldn't." I said shaking my head.

And we were enveloped in a sudden silence, but it was he who opened his mouth first.

"Sam, can't you give another chance--- even one last chance?"

He tried to take my hand again that was resting on the table, but I was quick to pull it away. Shock and pain immediately registered in his eyes, but I ignored it and avoided his gaze by wiping away my tears.

"Do we really have no chance?"

"Luke,"

"I will be a better man, a better husband---"

"You already said that."

"I will be a better father to Cali---"

"I have no questions about you being a good father to our daughter, Luke because I know you have been. You became a good father to Cali, but that's not the problem and I know it will never be a problem even in the future, it's you being a husband." "That's why I'm asking for a second chance, a last chance. Please, love me again, Sam?" He pleaded, his eyes full of unshed tears.

"I can't. "I shook my head, biting my bottom lip to stop it from quivering. "I can't, Luke."

let his tears flow down his cheeks. He lowered his

when he looked at me and when I

free yourself from being a father to Cali, but

my gaze and continued to wipe away his

try again, Luke. I wanted to love you again, I mean, I wanted to be with you again and be a whole family, you, me and Cali,

my throat while he waited

painful headache that invades me even in my sleep. Believe me, I really wanted to love you again, I wanted to hug you, but

you if that's one of

anything again, I opened my bag and took the brown envelope. He watched me take the papers out of the envelope and looked at me with

after so many years and I promise this will be the last," I said placing the divorce papers in

his head. He didn't even read the papers. "I can't let you

deep breath, I wiped my

quick to grab my hand and I looked at

For sure this isn't our last meeting. Our paths will cross again and again in the future because somehow there's a thing that unites us and that is Cali. We are both her parents and we can't avoid Seeing each other when she needs us or every time she will need our presence. And who knows that at that point, when I find myself again and

that, he slowly let go of

Luke." I patted him on the shoulder

started running towards the shore with tears flowing freely down my cheeks. I don't care if those tears blurring my vision or if other people looked at me with different

I can see that, but it's also hard to forget

leave right away even though the sunlight was becoming painful to my skin, I chose to stay a little longer and watched the people enjoying the water.

earlier, I was enjoying the view when I heard Luke's voice calling my name. My head snapped from where his voice was coming from and my mouth dropped open when I saw him running in my direction. Then

by his actions and thought it would be the last, I just let

run my cheeks again when I

"I-I love you, Sam."

bit my bottom lip so hard to refrained myself from saying the words 'I love you too.' Those words that I dreamed

his forehead against mine when he

of waiting for you, but I realized it could never be enough compared to those

something I should have returned to him before filing for divorce. I took the little purse in my bag and took out our wedding ring,

He asked me confused as I placed the gold ring in