My heart slammed into my chest when he called her babe. She tried to smile at him. When she glanced at me, I smiled. If looks could kill, I would have been on the floor in two seconds flat.
Then she looked back at Josh.
“I had a dream. You left me…” She glared back at me.
Oh. My. God. She knows. Somehow, she knew Josh and I had been together.
“What?” Josh asked.
“I had a dream on the plane on our way back. I woke up in a panic, so when we landed, I ran to my car to try to get to you right away. ” She started to cry or at least attempted to cry and then she called out in pain because of her ribs.
Oh, she’s good.
“Lynda, please don’t be upset. ”
“I was trying to get to you when I had the accident. Please don’t ever leave, Josh. Please don’t ever leave me. ”
Josh put his head down on the hospital bed, and Lynda looked up at me. The look she gave me showed me exactly what type of person she was. She knew exactly what she was doing.
Then, she gave me a smirk.
“Heather, can I talk to Josh alone, please?”
“Oh, um… Yeah. . . sure. ”
I left and sat in the waiting room. About fifteen minutes later, Josh came walking out, looking white as a ghost. He sat down next me and put his head in his hands.
“Motherfu
cker. ”
“Josh, you have to know she’s trying to make you feel guilty. She knows we’ve been together. ”
“I can’t leave her right now, Heather. ”
“What?”
“I just can’t walk away from her. You heard how upset she is. She’ll be devastated. ”
“Oh my god Josh, can you not see she just came up with that stupid story because you walked into that room holding my hand? She’s playing you and you’re falling for it. Can I just call a Rebecca here?”
“Heather, stop. She’s in such bad shape. How could she come up with a story that fast?”
Michelle clearly saw our conversation was not one to interrupt because she turned away and walked the other direction.
“I just need more time. I need to help her heal and get in a good place mentally before I just leave her. ”
I shook my head and stood up.
“I knew this was going to happen. I knew there would be some reason why you wouldn’t leave her. I knew it was stupid to be with you while you were still with her. ” I tried not to cry, but I felt a tear slowly slide down my face. I turned away and started to walk to the elevator.
Josh called out for me, but I didn’t stop. I hit the down button and thanked God the doors opened immediately. I could hear Josh telling Michelle that he would be right back. I got in the elevator and tried to hit the main floor button as fast as I could. Then, I saw him as he started running toward the elevator.
Shit! Close, you damn doors. They started to close, but Josh stuck his arm between the doors and they opened back up.
He got in, reached over, and hit the button to close the doors. As the elevator started to descend, I backed away from him, but he came at me and kissed me. I pushed him off of me.
“Stop. You can’t do this to me, Josh! You can’t. ”