You know the drill, the || mean that Chloe is singing. Some of the songs are from after 2013 but I love them too much and some of them are with me since the very beginning of this story, inspiring me when it was just a little story I was telling in my head when I felt bored or sad.
This didn't turn out as good as I wanted to, but I'm kinda stuck with it and I really want to move on with the story.
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"You ever been to New York?
-Yeah.
-Doesn't sound like a pleasant memory.
-No, not really."
His eyes are lost in the void. His mind is back in the dark hallway, his trembling hand knocking on the door, long minutes of waiting. Screams. Chloe's hand on his arm brings him back to reality. He turns his head towards his lover, lying at his side. His first instinct would be to shut up, to keep everything to himself. But she has revealed so much to him about her life, he feels he should confide a little too.
"My ex-wife. I told you she left without a trace. But one day, I received papers. She was asking for divorce. She didn't even write a note, just cold legal papers from a lawyer in New-York. I went to her mother and convinced her to give me her address in the city.
-What happened?
-I went there. Not to get her back, I knew we weren't made to be together. But for Sarah."
He turns his head away again. He remembers every sound, every word hurting like daggers. Go away. I don't have a daughter. Leave me alone. They had violent arguments when they were still a couple, but nothing like this. In the end, their marriage was more like a forced union to repair a teenage mistake than a love story. He swallows hard before answering the young woman.
"She didn't open the door. She even threatened to call the cops, as if I were an abusive husband who had stalked her across the country. I just wanted answers. For my daughter. But I didn't get a single one. So, I went to her lawyer, sign the goddamn papers, and went home to Sarah. After that, we never heard from her again. "
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ABBA – The winner takes it all
|I was in your arms
Thinking I belonged there|
Her eyes fixed on an invisible spot at the back of the bar, she sings again. She didn't want to, but Molly had insisted so much for them to come back on stage that she finally gave in. Now she stands in front of all these people who have come to listen to them sing their sad love songs.
| But tell me does she kiss
Like I used to kiss you
Does it feel the same
When she calls your name |
She knows Joel's there. She just saw him come in, although she acted like she didn't. She doesn't want for the others to make things up now that they've all dropped the rumors of a relationship between them. Her gaze meets Maria's. She disapproves of their song choices tonight, no doubt. But her expression says something else, something Chloe can't quite read.
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"Let it go Maria. We've hardly seen each other since he came back. No need to play the watchdogs.
-I don't play watchdogs.
-Why all these questions then?
-I just want you to be happy Chloe.
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