the ruination and redemption of a girl that realizes her worth before it was too late.
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Florence quickly helped me pack, taking my clothes and packing them into luggage's.
It only took thirty minutes. "Alright, Ava! Just grab Kona and her kitty things I'll be outside!" Florence called out to me, walking out the door.
I appreciated this woman so much. I loved her like a mother, even with the short time we've known each other, she cared for me like I was apart of her family.
I sighed, picking up Kona and kissing her head. "I'm so sorry I scared you like that Ko. Thank god Mathis was kind enough to visit you. I'm so sorry baby. Lets-" I felt my heart drop in my stomach as I heard the door open.
And I just knew, I knew it wasn't Florence. "Angel! I'm home!" I felt my knees wobble.
I held it in, Jude's little face flashing in my mind. The blood, the pain. My baby's future...
"A cat? Well, I guess you do need some company...I hope this is the reason why you haven't been answering my calls." I didn't look up at his face. I couldn't look him in the eyes.
But, of course, he somehow made it happen. Kona gracefully jumped out of my arms, almost sensing what was brewing. Dante cupped my jaw, and I instantly met his eyes with my own. He grinned at me, he looked tired but happy. He pressed his lips to mine, it still left me breathless.
There was one thing I can't deny. I cant deny that I loved this man. I'd be crazy and I'd be lying to myself. He furrowed his brows as he noticed my behavior. "Angel?" I quickly pulled him into a tight hug. He slowly started to relax, kissing the top of my head. "I missed you. It was crazy in Japan...Havana I should just tell you this now. But Kiki is pregnant, she's actually seven months already. The Ayami's want to have the baby born in their hometown so-" I started crying.
Crying because I was relieved. Crying because I love this man but he's not good for my son or me. Crying because I wish I could've given my baby a healthy birth too.
"Baby, I'm sorry. I'm sorry-" I shook my head. Grinning at Dante, I cupped his face. His face that looked hurt for me, and I cried harder. I wasn't crying from jealousy, it didn't really hurt me for him to say Kiki was pregnant with his child like I thought it would.
"No, no. These are happy tears, really, Dante. Listen," I said pulling myself together. "You have to be good to that baby okay? You have to love the baby a lot." He slowly nodded, his grip tightening on me. As if he knew.
And I think he did.
Not that I was leaving this moment, but maybe he thought someday. He knew I'd be leaving just not today. He stared at me, his jaw clenched as he searched my face for something. Something to set him off.
"I found a new apartment for us in Japan. You're going to love it, Havana." He told me pulling me closer to him. I wrapped my arms around him, burying my face in his neck as I breathed him in. "I love you." He told me desperate. "I love you, Havana."
I hiccuped, "I love you too. I love you so much, Dante Moreau." He shook his head.
"I'll stay here with you for a month-" I pulled away from him.
"No Dante. You have to be with Kiki. I need you to do that, for me. You're gonna be a great papa." I said smiling, kissing his cheek as I stood on my toes. Tears kept flowing down my face, Dante trying to keep up as he wiped them away with his fingers. He quickly grabbed my hand with the ring on it and I began to sob, he kissed my finger.
Please, please don't make it hard. Because no matter what I chose him. I'll always chose him.
"I love you." He told me with complete seriousness. "I loved you the moment I saw you."
And it was the same for me. When I saw you and when I saw our son.
"I'll make us some dinner when I get back, we're leaving the day after tomorrow for Japan so get packing." He said with a smirk, but there was something in his eyes. Anxiousness. I stopped him before he got out the door, pulling him into a deep kiss.
We held onto each other, clinging to each other. I pulled away, smiling as I see a little smirk on his face. "I love you, Dante." I whispered to him. I kissed him again, and again, and again. Everywhere on his face.
He groaned, "You do that and it makes me never wanna leave." I smiled, tears in my eyes.
"Yeah...come back safe." I watched him as he walked to his car, the tinted black car. Slipping in, and closing the door. With the windows up I could still feel his stare, until he finally drove off.
I leaned against the door, letting out my heavy tears as I gathered Kona. I stare at the pictures on the walls and along the coffee table of me and Dante. Pictures he had taken of us.
"I've always loved camera, and film. It's always been a vice of mine." Dante said as he held his camera, snapping a quick picture of me as I grinned at him.
"A vice?! A vice is something bad that you do. I think being a photographer suits you better than a heir to a billion dollar company anyhow." I said climbing on top of him and sitting down on his stomach.
"Well, to my family having such a hobby shouldn't even be considered a hobby since it took me off track of my destiny. So, hence becoming a vice." He tells me, snapping another picture of me.
I rolled my eyes, "No matter what, whether you'd be a photographer, or a director, even a dumpster diver, I'd love you and support your dreams." I told him, pushing away his camera and kissing him senselessly.
Dante quickly discarded his camera, "What about a man who's completely obsessed with one girl. Who'd follow her to the ends of the earth, to the end of this very universe? Who's only been in love once, and it was with this girl?" I smirked, wrapping my legs around his waist.
"I'd say...poor girl!" I shrieked as Dante flopped on top of me, and started tickling my sides.
He took all these pictures of us. The ones I had...were in the picture book that was already in the luggage. I stare at them, and decide to take them as well.
I wanted no trace of me, or us in this apartment anymore. I didn't want to drive him even more insane than this.
He'll understand. Once he and Kiki have that child, he'll understand why I did it.
If he ever finds out about Jude, that is.
I slipped off my ring, my entire being trembling. I place it on the coffee table. I picked up Kona, and the pictures and I walked out the door. Closing it behind my back.
And I never looked back.
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