CHAPTER 119

CARMEN

My hands flew to cover my mouth as I read the question that all the lights on the ground had formed, over and over until my eyes watered and everything was too blurry to read.

“Dave…” I whispered.

“I know, I know,” he laughed nervously as he reached up to his neck and started to rub it. “This isn’t me rushing you into anything that you might not feel like doing, anyway. I just wanted to wait for you to get the divorce finalized before making any move on this.”

That was why he had not been picking up my calls or replying to my texts – he had been planning this the whole time.

“You’re very quiet,” he added. “I don’t think I’ve ever met you this quiet over something like this. You’re starting to scare me.”

“No, no,” I said, shaking my head and wiping my fallen tears. “I was just surprised, that’s all. You… I didn’t think you would do this. When you called me and told me to come, I thought you wanted to end everything with me.”

“That’s the last thing I would do,” he laughed at me a