Chapter Twenty-One - The letter

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“What’s it say?” I asked curiously
“Um… do you want to read it yourself?”
“Ah, yeah… I’ll read it when we come back…” I suggested “What else is in there?”
“Your engagement ring…”
“Wow… alright… let’s go?”
“Are you okay?”
“Yeah… let’s go.”
“Are you sure you don’t want to read it now?”
“I’m sure.”
“Let’s go.”

We went outside and started walking.

“So Mary…”
“Yeah?”
“Do you still love Marcel?”
“Of course I do…”
“Do you really, even after what he did?”
“Well yeah…”
“That’s strange…”
“I wouldn’t say strange… just… hard you know? You can’t just fall out of love with someone…”
“That’s for sure…”

I looked at Edward…

“What do you mean…? Have you been in love before?”
“Sure. I’m in love right now.”
“Really? With who? Do I know her?”
“No, you don’t know her…”
“Hmm. Um, hey did you notice how Marcel was dressed?”
“Like Harry? Yeah, I saw that.”
“Do you think Ester has anything to do with it?”
“Of course it’s her! She’s a HUGE One Direction fan. It’s weird how she has posters of Harry put up on her walls.”
“Just Harry?”
“Well, she’s got the other boys too of course, but it’s just weird.”
“What does Marcel even see in her?”
“I have no idea. The girl’s crazy… and well… she was his first girlfriend… I guess maybe that has something to do with it.”
“Oh I see…”

We finally got to the coffee shop after walking for a half an hour. We took our drinks to go and walked to a nearby park, it was cold outside but my coat kept me warm.

“Come on!”

Edward grabbed my wrist and pulled me towards something that got his attention. We got close and kneeled down behind some bushes…

“See that guy over there?” he whispered
“Yeah, what about him?”
“That’s the guy that beat up Marcel”
“Really?”
“Yeah, him and some other guy…”
“What an ass.” I said
“Wait here.”
“No, Edward what are you doing?!”

He got up and walked towards the guy. I stared from behind the bushes and waited for what was about to happen. I listened carefully as he approached him…

“Hey man. What the hell do you want?” Yelled the man

Edward didn’t say one word before punching him in the face… I watched as the two of them went at it… but I didn’t want it to get uglier than it already was, I didn’t want Edward to get hurt…

“STOP!” I said as I ran out of the bushes and jogged towards them

The guy looked at me and paused

“Who’s this mate? Your girlfriend?” he laughed
“No cockface, she’s Marcels.” Said Edward as he wiped his mouth with his hand

I didn’t say anything. I knew what Edward was doing and I went along with it

“Her? Nahh…” He panted "Marcel's gay!"
“Edward, come on!” I pleaded
“Fine…”
"Hey, you better watch out man! I'm coming for you!"
"Fuck off Will."

We walked back, Edward went home to put some ice on his black eye. I found the box still on the counter and got suspicious of what was inside of it… so I opened it, and read the letter inside…

Mary 

       I’ll always love you. You mean the absolute world to me and you know it. I shouldn’t have lied to you, I’ll regret that forever. I was just too afraid of losing you. I suppose you hate me now... I’m going to have to try and move on. I want you to do so as well… and even though it pains me to think of you falling in love with another man, I’m going to have to live with it, just like I’ll have to live with the mistake I’ve made. I hope that in the future you’ll be able to look at me again, and remember how we both fell so deeply in love with one another so quickly… I hope we can still be friends… The ring is yours. It’ll will always belong to you, just like my heart…                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Marcel Styles

Marcel was so cheesy, but I read, and I wept. Remembering the feeling I had when I first saw Marcel. I don’t understand how he got back together with Ester so quickly after I broke up with him. It’s all so confusing right now…  

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