Chapter 3:

5 years later

Brian's POV

I wake and instantly put my hand on his side of the bed, hoping he's there, but for the last five years again it's nothing but cold sheet.

I get up and get ready for work and head to the diner. Before I go in I put on the mask I have been paying for years, trying to hide the hurt inside from Justin leaving.

I go inside and look for Debbie. And I see her talking to a familiar bright blond head. The hair is a bit longer, body more built, and clothes all designer. Other than that, I hold my breath when he turns towards me and smiles.

I am frozen to the spot, when his blue eyes catch my hazel ones. Then the next thing I know I'm walking toward him and he's getting off the seat to give me a hug.

While he's hugging me the world freezes. Everything seems right in the world again. Then he let's go and I see everybody is acting like nothing happened. But how could they act like that? Justin is back!

He leads us over to a booth in the corner and we start talking.

"So Brian? How have you been?"

"I have been good Sunshine, how about you?" I say trying to hide my desperation.

"Been good. Moved to New York, took the art world by storm now I'm back." like I don't already know this. I had a private investigator track down Justin a week after he left. And if you look the locked drawer in my desk you'll find hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles about him. And I have had people anonymously buy his art work for me. But nevertheless I act surprise.

"Oh, wow! So how long you in town?" I say nonchalantly.

"Actually I'm moving back."

With that sentence only, I feel like someone punched me in the gut and I can't breed. But I play it off and say,

"Well if your fee tonight, I would like to take you on a date. To Babylon."

"I would be happy to join you, meet you there?"

I nod my head, then he leans over and kisses me on the cheek, then leaves.

I'm screwed.