Filed to story: The Lingering Kiss of Farewell Novel
Then, just two weeks ago, she’d seen him with Wil, leaving the head office and stated,
“Wil, we’re not having dinner with Calvin, I’m not ready for that, he might just get a beating from me still.”
Wil had been caught between a rock and a hard place and Calvin had stated
“Anabell, I have apologised, the charges were all dropped.”
Trying to placate her himself.
“I don’t think you understand the ramifications.”
She’d shot right back at him, and Wil had hurried over to her and shaken his head at her and told her to stop it, it was enough.
Calvin had never seen them argue in public before, never really seen them fight at all, bicker over small things but not get angry like she was now, and he didn’t want to be the reason why they would fight.
“Go.”
He’d told Wil.
“I’ll eat at home.”
And he’d done just that returned to his empty apartment, there was nothing more he could do.
He was not going to come between his best friend and the man’s wife. It had been hard to watch them be so happy after losing Marrin and to be there when they’d gotten married, stand next to Wil as his best man and smile. It was still hard to see just how happy they were with each other at times. Annoyed him greatly, and he knew it was because he’d screwed up his own life. He could have had what they had, if only he’d listened to Wil in the first place.
Calvin let his memories go and headed for his favourite bar, sat down and ordered a drink, swirled the liquid In the glass, his phone in his other hand, as he typed in Marilyn Riddley author into the search bar. There was no new news about her, just what he’d previously read. She’d gone back to her very quiet, unassuming life where no one seemed to know anything about her at all.
He got a message from Anabell
“What did you want Calvin? was all it read.
‘Looking for Wil: He typed back.
‘Out of town on personal business, he’ll be back in the office tomorrow.’ She replied to him.
Thank you.”
he sent back and put his phone down to sip his drink. He always tried to be polite with Anabell, trying, and he knew it to win her over once again. She’d liked him prior to all of this, and now she was annoyed and distant with him all the time.
He sat and drank his drink little by little as he accessed his emails. He might as well get a heads??p on his schedule for tomorrow and see what was needed of him. A body sat down in the chair next to him sometime later, and he looked to see it was Wil.
“Where have you been? Calvin asked him and turned his eyes back to his phone.
“Nice to see you to Calvin,”
Wil stated, and ordered his favourite beer.
“To answer your question, I’ve been in mediation with Liam Stevens and Marilyn Riddley”
That drew his attention right back to Wil.
“What?”
he asked.
“Mm, you can’t be there, so I went on my own and, no, I didn’t tell you because… well, you know the reason why.”
Wil stated flatly and nodded his thanks to the bar tender as his beer was put in front of him.
“And?”
Calvin asked, wanting to know what it had been about..
“And all her casts are off, she’s not allowed to drive at all, for six to twelve months part of her recovery restrictions due to still having dizzy spells. I saw her get dizzy myself and her lawyer too.”
Wil sighed.
“From my understanding, she is having to pay for a driver, or call a cab to go everywhere. Even getting her children. to and from school.”
He shook his head.
Calvin sighed heavily himself.
“Did you tell them I’ll pay for that?”
he murmured. He hated knowing she might not ever recover from that fall properly.
“Of course I did. Liam even agreed to send me her latest neurological report, as well as the restrictions that are placed on her, and what constraints are affecting her day??o??ay life, so it can all be accounted for,”
Wil nodded.
“You actually saw Marilyn?”
