Chapter 4….
Adam had arrived at Zoe's fully equipped with a bottle of wine and an Indian take away, as he stood and looked up at her house he felt a chill run down his spine.
He didn't understand why he felt so uncomfortable; maybe it was the breeze in the air, the howling of the wind, or perhaps it was the fact he felt like he was doing Nick's dirty work for him.
He took a deep breath and knocked on the door, a few moments later Zoe answered the in her nightgown "Adam iv been expecting you" she slurred moving aside so he could come in "oh wine, nice one" said Zoe taking the bottle from his hand and closing the door.
Upon entering the living room Adam instantly felt relaxed, he looked Zoe up and down, he didn't notice how good looking she was before.
"Zoe have you been drinking?" Adam questioned, not that he needed to ask the empty wine bottles overflowing the bin answered his question "I might have had a couple" laughed Zoe downing a glass of the newly opened bottle Adam had brought round.
They sat and ate dinner and made small talk for a while 'BEEP, BEEP'
Adam grabbed his phone 'Adam I need to see you its urgent. Nick' he rolled his eyes and placed the phone on the table "so Zoe …" he started "yes Dr Trueman" chuckled Zoe clearly drunk "I um was talking to Nick today and he …" "Adam" Zoe interrupted "I don't want to hear that name, that name will no longer darken my days, that name is a name for my pain" she continued in slurred tone.
Adam sat back in his seat and knocked back a few glasses of wine before engaging in more small talk….
Elsewhere Nick had returned to his flat, he poured himself a whisky and lay on the sofa , loosening his tie he turned on the tv.
Upon channel surfing he came across the shopping channels, he often watched these early evening when he had the time.
Relaxing himself he sipped his whisky and lay his head back, normally while he was alone he would think, but he had done enough of that to last him a lifetime.
He flicked to the music channels only to hear 'Gilbert O'Sullivan - alone again naturally' eco through the speakers "story of my life" he muttered to himself closing his eyes and drifting off to sleep….
Meanwhile Zoe and Adam had between them consumed several bottles of wine which Zoe had gladly produced; they sat at opposite ends of the sofa Zoe with her legs spread across the middle resting her elbow on the arm.
Adam with his feet up on the table, they had chatted about everything tonight apart from the one thing that Adam had gone round there for in the first place.
But in the cold light of day he didn't mind admitting this was the best evening he had had in months, this was the sort of evening he should have been spending with his estranged wife Jessica, after the death of their son Harry they just couldn't put the pieces back together, for a moment he felt great sadness come upon him, tears welled in his eyes.
Suddenly he felt Zoe's hand on his shoulder "Adam are you ok? You've gone quiet" she asked wiping a tear from his cheek, Adam turned his head and their eyes met, the open fire burned in the background filling them with warmth "yes im fine Zoe" he replied, she leaned in and kissed his forehead placing her hand on his knee, they looked into each others eyes, it was as if they were the only two people in the world and time had now stopped for them, they were freezing the moment.
Zoe could see the pain in his eyes, the memories spiralling round his head were all to clear, at that moment Zoe saw him for what he really was – just a kind, loving but lonely man with a heart of gold, he had so much love to give.
Adam too could see in Zoe's eyes she was hurting maybe because of Nick, all they both wanted to do at that moment was take the hurt and the pain away from each other.
Adam tilted his head and planted a soft kiss on Zoe's lips, within seconds they were frantically kissing passionately, all the pain and sorrow was coming out in these deep meaningless kisses "Zoe no, we cant do this" Adam panted pulling away "of course we can" was the reply as Zoe pinned him down "no Zoe what about Nick?" questioned Adam between kisses, he knew he couldn't resist her, not now, her tender kisses were driving him wild.
Its no wonder Nick's been walking around in a daze these last few months with a smile like the Cheshire cat he thought, but Nick was one of his best friends he couldn't do this to him, the reason he went round was to talk to Zoe not seduce her…..
Nick sat eating his take away pizza that had just arrived, it had taken over an hour, he wasn't even hungry now, he kept picking up his phone in the hope that Adam had texted or called - but nothing, his head was a mess, the table in front of him was littered with sheets of paper where he'd wrote down his flash back episodes.
No matter how hard he tried he couldn't fill in the missing pieces of the puzzle.
He threw the pizza to the side and grabbed his car keys, he'd had enough he was going to find Zoe no matter what it took, he had to for the sake of his own sanity.
Half an hour later he pulled onto the road where Zoe's house stood slowing the car down he saw a couple on the pavement making out "Aww" he said as he imagined himself and Zoe doing the same for the whole world to see, he could almost see the women embraced in the mans arms as Zoe, oddly the man looked a lot like Adam "hang on a moment" he muttered "that's Zoe and Adam…. the bastard!" he yelled as he watched his best friend and his girlfriend have a game of tonsil tennis in the middle of this public street.
His heart sank as he felt tears filling his eyes, anger raged inside of him, he slammed the car into reverse and drove at full speed down the one way street, causing an approaching car to swerve, but he didn't care, he didn't even stop.
Driving at full speed down the road like a maniac he couldn't hold his anger in "fucking wanking two faced bastard!" he yelled skidding round the corner then suddenly bang everything went into slow motion…
'His flat was dark, the dim moonlight shone through the window "don't do it" echoed Zoe's voice as Nick raised his hand "now your really asking for it" he yelled as his clenched fist crashed down sending Zoe flying across the room"
His body jolted violently as his car flew off the road crashing head on into a wall, his whole body was propelled forward then violently backwards, unbearable pain fired through his body, he saw flashing lights before him as he lost consciousness….
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