A Second Chance

Chapter 42

I had just gotten out of the shower when I heard my phone ring. Who in the world could call this late? I thought as I dried myself and came out of the bathroom, wrapping a towel around my waist.

I checked the caller Id as I picked it up, but it was from an unknown number.

"Hello?"

"Hey douchebag,  Simon Gilliard here," said an arrogant voice from the other end. Mature, I thought with annoyance as I rolled my eyes and went inside my closet to find something to wear.

"Do you know what time it is, Gilliard? Why the hell are you calling me even?" I asked him, not bothering with my manners as well.

"Why else would I call you?" He asked in a duh tone, irritating me further.

"Nicola? What about her?" I asked, pulling on a pair of shorts and walking out of the closet.

Suddenly, I thought of something, making me stop short. "Wait, why are you calling me so late to talk about Nicola? Did something happen to her? Is she ok? " I asked worriedly. I felt my heart rate speed up and my palms getting sweaty as I felt myself panick. And the damned guy was taking too long to answer.

"What do you think?" He finally hissed out, pissing me off.

"Don't fuck with me right now Gilliard! What happened to her!" I burst out, loosing my patience. My mind was going wild right now with worst-case scenarios, and I didn't have time for his games.

"My my, aren't we full of concern today," came his bitter reply. I gritted my teeth, stopping myself from bursting out again. "Don't worry," he continued, making me sag with relief. " She is fine, no thanks to you. She is a tough girl. I just called you to give you some good news."

"What?" I asked him suspiciously as I sat down on my bed, waiting for him to get to the point already so that I could end this call.

"Nicola is getting married!" He announced, making my heart drop and my breath hitch in my throat.
"What?" I asked my voice barely a whisper.

"Yeah, she has been dating this guy for several months, and he called me tonight. He told me he was going to propose to her tomorrow night. He wanted to make it special, so he was asking me about her most favorite places." he continued in a chirpy voice.

I felt a dull pain in my chest as he rattled on about the guy.

Mom had told me about the guy, and I had only assumed that they were dating, but to actually be told that they were and things were this serious.

The pain in my chest had become unbearable by now, making my entire body numb.

"You don't think she would accept, do you?" I asked hopefully.

"Why wouldn't she accept? She started dating with the intention to marry, and things are going well with them." He replied. What the fuck! It was like a blow to my heart. This isn't happening. She wanted to marry him?

"But.. isn't it a bit too soon for marriage?" I asked. "I mean they would barely know each other. Why is she being stupid? Why aren't you telling her it's too soon aren't you supposed to be her best friend. What kind of friend are you if you are not talking some sense into her? Don't you know that she doesn't love the guy? I mean six months ago she told me she loved me. She couldn't have fallen out of love and fallen in love with someone else that soon and that easily! Aren't you the least bit worried for her. How could you just..." I lost my strength to go on as despair took over me. I can't bear the pain. I tried controlling myself but I was loosing the battle as I felt my heart break realising that I was truly loosing her.