Yes. I know that what Audrey and I have is something extraordinary; something really rare; a once in a lifetime kind of emotion that doesn't just go discarded. There is a part of me hoping that she still feels that way for me, in spite of what we...
I put my jacket's hood up to lessen the coldness in my body. Chicago winter is unforgiving and yet here I am, looking like a homeless street thug; prowling the streets of Lincoln Park excitedly as I get nearer the North Halstead area; the place where my family is. I have told the uber driver to stop at the corner so that I can walk. I want to feel that this is really true; that I am free at last, and can walk by myself.
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Gone are the days when there are guards around you; watching your every move.
I whispered happily to myself as I walk nonchalantly. I am finally free of Jared; there is nothing to fear anymore. That year of pretension was so damn difficult for me. Of all the things that were taken away from me, it is the separation from my family and my lads that made my life like a living hell.
But here I am now, about to reclaim what has been mine all along; about to put my life back on track, the way it should have been...my life with Audrey.
But what if she has really moved on without me? What if she and Harry had really fallen in love? I stopped short as I kicked on a piece of gravel a little too hardly, causing it to crash into a fence wall with a thud.
No, she can't be in love with someone else; she won't be. She promised me.
I love you and you know that. I will wait for you no matter how hard this is.
These were her words to me the last time I was able to talk to her; the time when I got a bad beating from Jared's men because of the sneaky phonecall. Harry is just her friend and I am, and will always be the love of her life.
I continued walking as I look at the rows of quaint houses. Audrey has mentioned to me before that if there is one city she would like to live in America, it is Chicago. She loves the city's architecture and culture, and being an art and photography enthusiast, as well as a landscape architect, I was not surprised at all with her choice.
My mum finally gave me where they live after my relentless pleading and apologies. She informed me that she is renting a modest house compound in North Halstead while Harry lives in another unit but still inside the same house compound. I also learnt that our house in Hertfordshire is gone because of a fire. My mum was quite surprised that I didn't know anything about it because She said I had even sent a check to Audrey for her to move on; something Auds had torn into pieces and thrown away upon receiving.
I know now that it was Jared who did all of it but I could not tell my mum yet. I want to tell Audrey everything first before I tell anyone else. Luckily, my mum took my bait when I evaded the subject and diverted to Audrey and the kids' location.
I turned at the block where my family lives. 542 Grant Place,North Halstead. It seems like a really simple house from the outside but I know better. The red brick facade blends smoothly with all the other houses in this block. It doesn't scream ostentatious and no one would have guessed that in it lives a One Direction's member which will now become 2. Audrey usually likes simple facades but crisp and modern interiors. I know that the red bricked wall is just a fencewall that houses a modern courtyard and stylish abode. And besides, I have seen the interior images of this house because I asked the agent for it before I bought it for a price that the former owner can't refuse. I made sure that Audrey or Harry can't ask me to go once I show myself at the doorstep.
