Hide And Seek. They All Betrayed Me Chapter 06

Hide And Seek. They All Betrayed Me Chapter 06

“Enough!”

Nathan slammed his fork on the table. Looked at Wren.

“We’re over. We’ve been over.”

“Blair leaving doesn’t mean I’m starting with you again.”

Wren’s face lost all color.

“That’s not what I meant.”

“Then stop saying ‘if‘!” Nathan stood. “The person I’m looking for now is Blair.”

Nathan couldn’t stand hearing them talk about me anymore.

But the words were familiar.

Before, when I asked why everyone thought of Wren first, that was his answer too.

I was too sensitive. Too petty.

And I believed it. I’d get over it in a few days.

Because everyone was sure I’d come back on her own.

This time, I was really angry.

Nathan went into my room. Closed the door.

Outside, they kept eating. Laughing. It grated on him.

That day, when they watched a movie inside, was this what I felt?

Outside, they were discussing what time to take Wren to the airport.

Elena called up the stairs.

“Nathan, Wren’s flight is early. Wake up on time.”

He didn’t answer.

He opened a flight app. Bought the earliest ticket to New York.

Wren was leaving tomorrow.

This time, he wasn’t going to see her off.

“Let bygones be bygones?”

“Or do you mean I should let bygones be bygones about how you treated me?”

Nathan’s face stiffened.

“That’s not what I meant. Blair, I know I was wrong.”

“That day, I shouldn’t have ignored your calls. Shouldn’t have made you pay.”

“The lucky stars. I can explain.”

“They’re old. When I gave them to you, you were the only one in my heart.”

I looked at him.

“If Wren had said yes back then, would you have given those stars to me?”

Nathan didn’t answer.

The answer was clear.

“I won’t do it again.”

“Give me one more chance. I’ll put you first.”

I couldn’t help asking.

“Why did it have to wait until I left?”

“When I couldn’t find you, you were with Wren.”

“When I cried in my room, you were all watching a movie outside.”

“When I dragged my suitcase out, you wouldn’t even get off the couch.”

“Now that I’m really gone, you say you’ll put me first.”

Nathan opened his mouth. Nothing came out.

He realized. I didn’t leave over one thing.

It was twenty years of being overlooked.

“Blair, I really love you.”

His voice started to shake.

“If I didn’t, I wouldn’t have flown to New York.”

I looked at that face I’d known for twenty years. Chapter 6

Before, if he said he loved me, I forgave everything.

Now I just felt tired.

I said, flat.

“But every time someone has to be sacrificed, you still pick me.”