away for a fling!"
"I know. You're completely justified in feeling the way that you do."
"Do not patronise me with your psycho babble!" Nicole yelled. "It’s very big of you to say that I'm justified, thank you very much!"
"I didn't mean anything by it," Paul stuttered. "I don't know what to say."
"Don't say anything Paul. I think you've said and done enough at this stage. I'm leaving. I'll send Ev up to come and get the rest of my things."
Nicole flounced past him and stormed towards the front door.
"Please don't go," Paul begged, following her down the hall. "I still love you. Please, Nicole, I know we can work this out."
He tentatively touched her shoulder as she pulled open the front door.
"Don't touch me!" she screamed at him. "I hate you, Paul. I hate what you've done to me, what you've done to us! You betrayed me!"
Nicole slammed the front door loudly behind her and ran towards the elevator. She pushed the button and jumped inside, banging at the button as if to close the doors faster.
She wanted to get away from Paul as fast as she could. It was all she could do not to break down in front of him. She was overwhelmed with emotion and her head was spinning.
She burst out of the elevator and ran towards her sister's car and flung herself into the passenger seat.
"What happened, Nic?!" Ev stared at her sister in shock. "Where are your things?"
"Oh, Ev, I don't know what to do. I feel very confused," Nicole cried, burying her face in her hands.
"You don't know what to do about what?"
"Paul says he wants me back and that he still loves me."
"Of course he wants you back!" Evette sounded outraged. "The cheek of him! Who does he think he is? Why wouldn't he still love you? You've done absolutely nothing wrong! I've a good mind to go up to the apartment and give that asshole a piece of my mind!" Evette was livid at Paul's audacity.
"Ev, you don't understand," Nicole sniffed. "I still love him."
"Oh my God, Nicole!" Evette gasped in shock. "How can you still love him after the way that he's treated you?"
"I don't know, Ev. I wish I hated him, but I don't. It's not easy to switch off the love that I felt so strongly for him. It was all I could do not to tell him that I'd come back, that we could start over again. Somehow I managed to summon the courage to get out of there. I ran out of the apartment as fast as I could. It must be some self-preservation instinct, but I knew I had to run."
"Good for you." Evette sounded proud of her sister. "You'll get through this, Nicole, I promise you. We'll get through this together. You deserve much more than Paul. I hate to say it but how could he ever have loved you if he was capable of treating you so badly?"
"I don't know," Nicole answered quietly. "Nobody's perfect. People make mistakes sometimes."
"Nobody was asking him for perfection. Sure, people make mistakes sometimes; mistakes like forgetting to put the garbage out or mow the lawn or maybe even forgetting your birthday, but dumping your fiancee on her wedding day AT THE ALTAR is a lot more serious than a mistake!" Evette's voice was getting more and more high-pitched.
"He says that they only slept together once. Anyone can make a mistake or have a slip. Should I really throw it all away for one mistake?"
Evette could tell that her sister was desperate for her to say that she should at least consider giving Paul another chance.
"Ok, so maybe it only happened once. Let's imagine for a minute that you do forgive him and decide to try again. How will you ever trust him again? If he's late home from work or has a business meeting overnight away from home you'll secretly wonder if he's telling you the truth. Don't do it to yourself, Nicole, please. Promise me that you won't take him back."
"Please, Ev, my head is spinning and my heart is racing right now! I can't promise you anything. Can you please not lecture me? The only truth I know is that I still love him and I'm finding it very difficult to let
"I know. You're completely justified in feeling the way that you do."
"Do not patronise me with your psycho babble!" Nicole yelled. "It’s very big of you to say that I'm justified, thank you very much!"
"I didn't mean anything by it," Paul stuttered. "I don't know what to say."
"Don't say anything Paul. I think you've said and done enough at this stage. I'm leaving. I'll send Ev up to come and get the rest of my things."
Nicole flounced past him and stormed towards the front door.
"Please don't go," Paul begged, following her down the hall. "I still love you. Please, Nicole, I know we can work this out."
He tentatively touched her shoulder as she pulled open the front door.
"Don't touch me!" she screamed at him. "I hate you, Paul. I hate what you've done to me, what you've done to us! You betrayed me!"
Nicole slammed the front door loudly behind her and ran towards the elevator. She pushed the button and jumped inside, banging at the button as if to close the doors faster.
She wanted to get away from Paul as fast as she could. It was all she could do not to break down in front of him. She was overwhelmed with emotion and her head was spinning.
She burst out of the elevator and ran towards her sister's car and flung herself into the passenger seat.
"What happened, Nic?!" Ev stared at her sister in shock. "Where are your things?"
"Oh, Ev, I don't know what to do. I feel very confused," Nicole cried, burying her face in her hands.
"You don't know what to do about what?"
"Paul says he wants me back and that he still loves me."
"Of course he wants you back!" Evette sounded outraged. "The cheek of him! Who does he think he is? Why wouldn't he still love you? You've done absolutely nothing wrong! I've a good mind to go up to the apartment and give that asshole a piece of my mind!" Evette was livid at Paul's audacity.
"Ev, you don't understand," Nicole sniffed. "I still love him."
"Oh my God, Nicole!" Evette gasped in shock. "How can you still love him after the way that he's treated you?"
"I don't know, Ev. I wish I hated him, but I don't. It's not easy to switch off the love that I felt so strongly for him. It was all I could do not to tell him that I'd come back, that we could start over again. Somehow I managed to summon the courage to get out of there. I ran out of the apartment as fast as I could. It must be some self-preservation instinct, but I knew I had to run."
"Good for you." Evette sounded proud of her sister. "You'll get through this, Nicole, I promise you. We'll get through this together. You deserve much more than Paul. I hate to say it but how could he ever have loved you if he was capable of treating you so badly?"
"I don't know," Nicole answered quietly. "Nobody's perfect. People make mistakes sometimes."
"Nobody was asking him for perfection. Sure, people make mistakes sometimes; mistakes like forgetting to put the garbage out or mow the lawn or maybe even forgetting your birthday, but dumping your fiancee on her wedding day AT THE ALTAR is a lot more serious than a mistake!" Evette's voice was getting more and more high-pitched.
"He says that they only slept together once. Anyone can make a mistake or have a slip. Should I really throw it all away for one mistake?"
Evette could tell that her sister was desperate for her to say that she should at least consider giving Paul another chance.
"Ok, so maybe it only happened once. Let's imagine for a minute that you do forgive him and decide to try again. How will you ever trust him again? If he's late home from work or has a business meeting overnight away from home you'll secretly wonder if he's telling you the truth. Don't do it to yourself, Nicole, please. Promise me that you won't take him back."
"Please, Ev, my head is spinning and my heart is racing right now! I can't promise you anything. Can you please not lecture me? The only truth I know is that I still love him and I'm finding it very difficult to let
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