As the weeks went by Andi received flowers and cards from Don

As the weeks went by Andi received flowers and cards from Don. He was desperate to try to get through to her. Every card she got had an apology in it.

Andi's mom had asked her to come over for dinner one day. She pulled into the driveway and noticed a man on a ladder on the front porch. She figured her mom had someone there fixing things around the house. She went into the house through the back door and into the kitchen where her mom was standing over the stove.

"Hey, mom," she greeted as she kissed her on the cheek. "You having someone fix something on the front porch?"

"Yeah, the swing was coming down out of the ceiling."

"Who did you call?"

"I called Don."

Andi stopped cleaning vegetables and turned to look at her mom. "What?"

"Well, I don't know many young men, so I decided to call him."

"Mom, what are you trying to do?"

"He's sorry Andrea. You need to talk to him."

"You don't even know what's going on."

"You told me, Andi. He cheated on you."

"And he broke my heart, mom," she raised her voice.

"I know sweetheart, but he's sorry. You need to let it go at some time."

"Dad broke your heart and you divorced him I don't think you're an expert on this."

"I knew your father wasn't going to change that's why I did that, Andrea. This is not the same thing. That man out there still loves you, and he's remorseful for what he did. How long are you gonna make him wait?"

Andi went back to washing the vegetables then finished helping her mom with the meal. Before she started chopping the vegetables she stopped and leaned against the counter. She sighed heavily then left the kitchen and headed through the living room and out to the front porch.

"Hey," Don greeted as she came out of the house.

"Hi. What are you doing here?"

"Your mom called me and asked if I could come over and fix some stuff around the house."

"And you didn't know I was coming over?"

"No, she didn't tell me you were coming over."

She started to head back into the house then stopped. "Your cards and flowers stopped I figured you had given up."

"I did, Andi, you didn't give me any reason to keep trying." He turned and started to throw his tools into the toolbox.

She sighed. "Don, I'm sorry."

He was still looking away from her. "You don't owe me anything, Andi."

"Don, please look at me. I'm trying to apologize, something that's not easy for me."

He turned to look at her. "What I did was wrong, Andi, and I know that, but I wanted more than anything to make it right."

"And I should've given you the chance."

"I am so sorry, Andrea. I love you and I wish more than anything that I could take back what happened."

"But you can't, so we'll just have to get past it." She walked over to him and took his hands in hers. "My heart is still yours, if you want it."

He put his hand on the side of her face. "Of course I want it."