A Reckless Bet.

By jane_maria

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"I loved knowing she was scared of me. My insides were hurting from all the build up anger. It was all her fa... More

prologue
Ryder 1 - the graveyard
Everly 1 - the graveyard
Ryder 2 - shattered porcelain
Everly 2 - birthdaygifts
Ryder 3 - to agonize
Everly 3 - encounters
Ryder 4 - verbal fights
Everly 4 - nightmares
Ryder 5 - machinery shop
Everly 5 - new knowledge
Ryder 6 - she found out
Everly 6 - a conversation
Ryder 7 - talk it through
Everly 7 - what happened back then
drunken confessions
a new morning
Ryder 8 - a new start?
Everly 8 - a second chance?
Ryder 9 - caring
Everly 9 - doing the right thing
Ryder 10 - whatever will happen
Everly 10 - what it is
Ryder 11 - disturbing the peace
Everly 11 - crossing the line
poem I
Ryder 12 - everything was for nothing
Everly 12 - take out and problems
Ryder 13 - work it out?
Everly 13 - car ride convo's
Ryder 14 - one step ahead
Everly 14.1 - telling my story
Everly 14.2 - i'm done with us
Ryder 15 - wanting to move on
Everly 15 - learning to deal
Ryder 16 - stranger things
Everly 16 - die for you
Ryder 17 - revalidation vs. worsening
away from home
Everly 17 - dealing with past feelings
you shouldn't interfere with me anymore
Ryder 18.1 - changes
Ryder 18.2 - obsession can be overcome
Everly 18 - you have my heart
Ryder 19 - slipping away
Everly 19 - new world
i miss you doing the work
Ryder 20 - time flies, as they say
Everly 20 - we let it happen
poem II

message not delivered

13 2 0
By jane_maria

Tuesday 4.23pm

R. thanks for everything ev

E. Ryder are you okay?
E. Ryder please answer me
E. Ry?
E. You're worrying me.

*1 missed call*

R. i hope ur happy with him,
R. wish i couldve redone some stuff
between us tho

E. Ryder please don't do this.
E. What are you talking about?

R. dw ev, im okay
R. i miss you
R. im so sorry about everything
i put u through
R. i hope u know how i hate myself for the things ive caused u

*3 missed calls*

E. Ryder
E. Please answer me
E. Youre worrying me
E. I miss you too..
E. Ryder pick up the phone
E. Ry you know I forgave you a long time ago.

*5 missed calls, 2 voicemails*

E. Please answer.

*•.*

I saw the messages flooding in like the plague. Reading every single one of them, while holding the phone with my shaking hands.

I swallowed the knot in my throat as I didn't bother to reply anymore. I had said everything I wanted to say. More than I actually planned to.

Taking one last look at the conversation, I closed my phone. With one last longing look at it, I swung my phone into the water with a neat curve.

A last splash and a string of air bubbles came up, before I saw it sinking into the crystal clear water.

I turned around. Also figuratively turning my back towards this episode of my life. I was going to start over.

Without the demons of the past.

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