Chapter 3: Forbidden
On the next day I brought up the forbidden topic by wondering where Louise was. She had practically moved to Nolan's house right before their wedding, but hadn't now been around.
I was standing by the kitchen counter, drinking a glass of water. Nolan came to me and put his arms around me. "Please don't do this", he whispered to my hair. "You are acting as if you had something to hide", I said harshly.
Finally Nolan released me from his bear hug. I walked slowly to the living room sofa. And waited.
Nolan leaned to the wall, with his hands crossed to his chest. "I haven't met her since the annulment", he revealed finally. I looked at him closely. "Why not?"
Nolan looked at me sadly and sighed. "It was the biggest mistake of my life. I wasn't thinking at all."
He sat next to me to the couch. "You didn't deserve that", he said as he caressed my cheek. "So, the only sane thing to do was to let that friendship go." Sane. Somehow, in my mind, that word didn't bode well with Louise Ellis.
"I don't want you to do that. I don't want to chain you up and restrict your life."
"I want you, and only you, infinity times infinity", Nolan whispered to my ear.
"Even so..." I sighed. "I don't want to choose your friends." "It's better this way", Nolan assured me.
"Why? Were you afraid you would... slip?" I asked, with the familiar bitterness in my voice again.
"You are never going to let that go, are you?" "I'm afraid I can't...", I had to admit.
"I've told you countless times that I don't sleep with everyone just because I happen to play for both teams."
I knew that, but unfortunately Louise Ellis wasn't just anybody.