Chapter 13: Lie
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A/N: Im in a good mood cuz I just saw Beauty and the Beast (The Broadway Tour) and omg dying inside. So here take this. Also note: Great songs to read with this story? Home and If I Cant Love Her from the show. Yup ;)
Also, short chapter. Its somewhat of a transition.
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3 Months Later
Over time Mitchie and Shane had fallen into the steady pace of their relationship that echoed that of a married couple. They carried on happy, ignoring reality.
Unfortunately, their bliss was brutally interrupted by Gwen.
Mitchie and Shane had not touched the topic of telling Gwen. It was a touchy subject. Mitchie had continuously pushed Shane to tell her. Shane didnt voice his opinion of disapproval. In fact, he had purposely stayed silent knowing that the topic would cause a fight. So when Gwen called and asked to talk to her mother Shane handed the phone over to Mitchie. She looked at him confused.
"Talk to Gwen."
"Why?"
"She wants to talk to her mother." At that sentence Shane saw a flicker of anger in Mitchie's eyes. She picked up the phone as she glared at him.
"Gwen, sweetie I'm gonna have to call you back. Okay? I love you too." She put the phone down. "Why didn't you tell her?"
"What do you mean?"
"You know exactly what I mean Shane! I told you to tell her!"
"I didn't feel it was appropriate."
"Oh really?" Mitchie stood up and stared him in the eye. "So its appropriate to buy someone? Its appropriate to ask someone to impersonate your wife? Its appropriate to lie to your daughter? But its not appropriate to tell her the truth. Wow Shane."
"Mitch."
"No Shane. This speaks volumes about us also. You've got some thinking to do." She looked him in the eye, grabbed her purse and left. Shane sighed and looked at his hands. What was he supposed to do? He had entangled himself in a lie and he was so far lost he had no idea what he was going to do.
Gwen would hate him. He knew that much. She would hate Mitchie. She would hate Stacey for dying. Shane rubbed his face and debated. He had no idea what was the right thing to do.
Either tell Gwen, and have her hate him once again.
Or lose Mitchie.
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Mitchie's hands shook as she wiped away her tears. She slid against the door and let out a sob as she threw the piece of plastic at the wall. How had she gotten herself in this mess? Almost a year ago she was somewhat unhappy, but content with the life she had created for herself. Now..
Now she was in a relationship with a man who didn't really love her as much as he claimed. She buried her face in her knees as sobs racked her body. She had fallen so hard for Shane in recent months she had ignored the fact that he probably only returned a small portion of her love. She couldn't go back there.
But she had to. She sobbed again as she realized that. She wiped her eyes and looked across the room at the offending object. It was going to force her back into a loveless relationship.
Mitchie shakily pushed herself up the floor and headed to the other side of the room. She bent down and picked up the small purple object and had to hold back another sob as she looked at it.
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