"Are you going to lie to me?" She asks when I hesitate to.
"I can't" I say honestly and she sucks in her teeth.
"Seeing you love her makes me hate her so much." She says giving me her dose of honesty. "I know it's not her fault but I hate her." She adds and I move uncomfortably in my chair.
"It's my fault. She doesn't deserve the hate." I say and she rolls her eyes at me. "I'm the one that broke promises I made to you." I say and she stares at me. Then she smiles.
"I loved you." She says blinking at me a few times. "I still love you." She says and my heart s
"I came to tell you that I moved to Joburg." She says and I stare at her confused. Why did she do that? She loves being in Cape Town, I didn't think she would move fo far from her parents. Especially when she hasn't been back home that long. "Idin'twant it to be weird when we run into each other at the hospital." She says and I nod.I don't think it would have been weird but I get why she wanted to give me a warning. She didn't want to come to work unprepared."What did your mother say about you moving this side?" I ask and she smiles a little."She hates it." She says and I nod already imagining the conversation they had. "She thinks I'm doing this because I want to convince you to tak
"I think I'm done with meetingexes." I say as I walk into our bedroom. Shalom is lying in bed lookinga sobeautiful."I take it the meeting didn't go well." She says and I shake my head in answer."She hatesme." I say and she makes aface likeinreaction."I'm sorry." She says and I sigh. I feel drained and guilty.
"Shalom it's so good to seeyou." Farrow says when I walk in through her front door. She smiles and we hug"It's good to see youtoo." I say when we break the hug,"Is this one taking care of you?" She asks hugging Kane as they greet each other."He doesalright." I say smiling at Jay as he comes to the door to welcome us."Just alright?" He Jay asks hugging Kane too. "You need to do better brother." He adds and Kane laughs.
You need to come back now.Farrow said as soon as I answered the phone. My heart jumped into my throat because the first thing I thought was that something very terrible happened to Shalom. I had all types ofsceneriosgoing on in my head.What's wrong?Iwaskedtrying to remain as calm as possible. I can't let my emotions make me lose my cool. I needed to listen to her and absorb whatever she had to tell me. She needs me to be calm as well.Olive is here and I don't think she came in peace.
Farrow comes back with three glasses of wine. An open wine bottle and another bottle of Alcohol-Free Sparkling Chardonnay, She places the bottles on the table and hands each of us a glass. She sits on the chair next to mine and she makes a sound that makes me look at her for a second."Thank you somuch." Olive says her voice a little toohigh pitched. I take a deep breath and thank Farrow as well. I take the Chardonnay bottle and pour myself a glass. I take a sip and smile at the taste. It's cold andtasteperfect. "You're drinking?" Olive says and the joy I felt for a second disappears instantly. "I guess you're not breastfee
"Hi, guys," Caroline says looking from me to Olive. She smiles at me sympathetically and I smile back in response. Olive gets up a huge smile on her face and she hugs Caroline."Hi,girl." Olie says to Caroline cheerfully.Are you okay?Caroline mouths to me as Olive hugs her."Wow!" Mathew exclaims as he walks into the room and he sees me sitting there and his cousin's ex-fiance hugging his wife."What's going on here?" He asks looking at Farrow. He walks to me and he hugs me hello. "Are you okay?" He asks concerned. I nod and he frowns."I came to hang out with the gang. I live in Joburg now." Olive say
30 Minutes LaterI walk through Jay's front door my heart in my throat. I don't know what Olive's deal is but she shouldn't be here. Neither JayorFarrow invited her so she has to be some stupid game. I shouldn't have left Shalom here. I bet she's pissed at me. And I don't blame her."There heis." Olive says when I enter the living room. There are about 10 of Farrow and Jay's friends and family in the house, andeveryone is talking at the same time. Music&nbs
Mathew pulls me aside when we're alone."You're going to tell her to leave right?" He asks when he's sure no one can hear us."I was thinking Shalom and I should leave. I can't throw her out of the party, she's going to cause a scene." I say and Mathew looks at me like I'm crazy.You can't leave." Jay says coming into the room."But we can't stay I don't want to put Shalom through anymore stress." I say and the both of them shakes their heads at me disapproving."I want you here not her. I'll ask her to leave." Jay says and he starts walking back to where Olive is. I grab his arm quickly to stop him."I don't want to create drama and I know Olive is going to act a fool once you ask her to leave." I say and he frowns."I don't see what we have to spare her feelings. The two of you are not together and she wasn't invited so she shouldn't be here." Jay says all of it tru but I feel bad for Olive. I c