Indulgence ( PATIENCE #2)

1. Boston

***Trigger Warning ***

Tessa( present day)

"Hardin..." I call him again...

He doesn't stop though, again....

He keeps walking towards the exit, again....

But then he stops and turns.....

" I am leaving..." he says, again.

" Leaving??" I say with trembling lips and start running towards him, again.

"I am breaking up with you" he informs heartlessly again and again...

At that I stop just a metre away from him, breaking again... For a a thousand times...

"Nohhh.... Please.. " I fall on my knees, exhausted..

"You cannot fit in..." He declares. His face contorted in disgust, prodding the word spear up my heart again...

" No please... No, please.... " I clamp up my ears, shut my eyes and shake my head violently, again.

"I don't need you" I hear him spit out.... Through my clamped ears..Again....

"No no no... Christ nooo.... " I screams but he remains unbothered of my pleas again....

" Tessa"

"Don't leave.... Please... No..." He doesn't even spare me a look.

" Tessie" Tessie? He never calls me that!!

" No...." I suddenly feel everything disappearing like the Penthouse Hardin and the screams and I feel darkness around me....

" Tessie wake up.. "

My eyes fly open at a violent shake on my shoulders. I see Ray, my brother hovering over me with a worried frown...

Oh.

" Ray?" I manage to whisper through my dry, choked throat then swallow forcefully. My heart beating in my ears, almost bursting the eardrums. Sweat and tears rolling down my temples pooling at the base og my neck....

" Yeh...Get up... " He smiles at in encouragement , forcing me to sit up straight while I keep heaving to bring my breathing under control..."Here drink this...." He says passing me a small bottle of water, uncapped.... By the look on his face I know that he wants to ask me if I am fine. But he just remains silent like always, giving me my space to recuperate.

"Thanks" I say and gulp down the content in haste and place the bottle on the bed stand.

I am sweating like a pig in the middle of December, so I swipe my hands on my face to wipe off some momentarily.

"It's umm... already seven... You wanna go back to sleep." Ray speaks after a moment of me tethering back into reality...

I suddenly feel extremely exhausted even though I did have a full night of sleep. Yet I deny shaking my head, while raising my eyes to look at him properly. He is still in his running gears, soaking. He probably just returned from his early morning routine .