❧R E M O R S E ❧ [the sequel]

❧twenty seven ❧

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"So you just weren't gonna tell me how you and Mattia met last night?" Michelle laughed a bit as she sat down in front of Dawn at the kitchen table.

Dawn lifted her gaze and locked eyes with her friend. "Did I have to tell you?"

"Yes because I wanna know the details" she smiled widely. "Looks like leaving you two alone at the carnival was a good idea"

Dawn shook her head. "You shouldn't have done that. I specifically told you I didn't want to talk to him after Torvas died"

"Why? You two are talking again; that's good news"

Dawn sighed and stared down at the plate of food in front of her which indicated to Michelle that something was definitely going on

"Was everything okay last night?"

The woman shook her head and Michelle frowned painfully. "What happened now"

"If I just avoided him the first time I saw him then I could've saved myself this endless, annoying shit"

"Saved yourself this annoying shit? Do you hear yourself? Your daughter finally met her father. For the first time in years-"

"I could've found a better one for her" Dawn cut her off and stared into her eyes coldly.

"You can't find another father for her. It doesn't work that way. And you won't find anyone who cares about you as much as Mattia"

"He doesn't understand that I have stress and am overwhelmed. He just wants to rush things"

"Rush things how"

Dawn shook her head and spun her fork along the glass plate. "He told me he wanted to marry me. And I told him I didn't want to think about that"

"Oh my god" her friend's eyes lit up. "How is that bad that he wants to marry you"

"Because it's like he just wouldn't shut up about it. He told me he wanted a big family and then he asked me when I would be ready for marriage and I told him I didn't know and then he just got mad"

"Are you sure he's mad"

"He wasn't really mad he was just getting impatient and then said the problem with me is that I don't care enough to be with him"

"Look I'm not gonna lie to you but you're really playing with fire here. You need to make up your mind. And I'm not gonna sugar coat it but you're wasting his time. You could do coparenting. If that's what you want then just tell him instead of giving him false hope"

"He told me Ava went over to his house randomly and said she wanted to be with him. And then when he started talking about marriage he brought her name up and said she was ready to be with him yet I wasn't"

"And you said what?" She brought the cup of tea to her lips

"I told him to marry her"

Michelle immediately pulled the cup away from her mouth and scoffed. "Are fucking you serious?"

"Yes I'm serious why would I not be"