I had never seen Lenore so hurt before, and I hated that I had been the cause of her pain. That night I held her in my arms while she cried, until I felt her fall asleep. When we got back home after the encounter with Clare, she told me that she had saw Clare and I kissing, and I felt so guilty. I knew I had to stay away from Clare, no matter how hard it was. No matter how much it killed me. I would sacrifice my own happiness for hers, because if it wasn't for her I wouldn't even be alive. That night I went to sleep as fast as possible, because at least in my dreams, I was with Clare.
Lenore's pov.
I kept my eyes shut pretending to be asleep, waiting for Eli to fall asleep. He fell asleep rather quickly, and I lifted his arm off of me and tip toed towards the closet. Seeing Eli and Clare kissing like that made me sick with disgust. He had never kissed me like that, and it hurt me deeper than I had ever been hurt before. I wouldn't do it, I wouldn't let Clare waltz back into Eli's life and steal him from me again. We were engaged, he was finally happy, she had know right to ruin everything I had worked so hard to build. I rummaged through the closet looking for Eli's box, it was his "Clare box." I had never asked him to get rid of it, as long as we were together it didn't matter. Now, I was rethinking that decision. I held the box in my lap, afraid of what I'd see when I opened it. No matter how much seeing what was inside may have hurt me, losing him would kill me. I needed to open it, there had to be something in the box that could help me find out where Clare had lived before she moved to New York. She had only just moved back to Canada, so hopefully she wasn't already living on her own. It was a long shot, but it was the only one I had. I needed to make her see that he was happy with me, that she wasn't wanted here. I opened the box and there were hundreds of pictures, pictures I didn't want to see. Eli was smiling in every one, and so was she. He looked a little different, with darker hair, and even eye liner on. I found movie tickets, and old school assignments they had done together, but no hint as to where Clare had lived. I was about to give up when I saw a picture of them in front of a house, I knew it wasn't Eli's, but maybe it had been hers. I took a picture of it and sent it to my friend Jenna, we had become really close since I had moved to Toronto. She quickly replied.
Why are you sending me a pic of Eli and Clare?
Ill explain later, who's house is that in the back?
Clare's, what's going on?
I promise I will explain soon, do you know where it's at? Can you send me an address?
Sure thing, but you better explain later!
Of course thanks Jenna xoxo
Jenna sent me the address, and I quietly made my way down stairs. It was now or never, I had to do what I had to do to save my relationship. I followed my GPS, and it took me to the house in the picture. I wasted no time, I went straight up to the door knocking on it hard. Someone quickly opened it, it was my lucky day, it was Clare. Her eyes were swollen and red, but I didn't feel any pity for her, because so were mine. I pushed my way passed her into her living room, she grabbed my elbow turning me around.
"What the hell are you doing here?"
"No, what the hell are you doing here in Toronto? You need to know that you can't just waltz in here and take Eli from me, we are engaged."
Clare's face softened, and she gave me a sympathetic look. "First off, I'm truly sorry for what happened tonight. Lenore, I respect the way you feel, I really do. I know better than anyone how amazing Eli is, but I'm not going to walk away from him again. I made that mistake once. I just cant."
I was livid, she wasn't going to walk away? Her polite way of telling me so only infuriated me more. I stuck out my left hand putting it in front of her face, her eyes became wide and she turned her head away from me. "This is my ring, my ENGAGEMENT ring Clare. Eli wants to MARRY me. Do you really think he gives a shit about some girl her dated in high school? About some girl who gave away their kid? He cheated on you with ME, he walked away from you tonight, with ME. So take your fantasy of getting him back and shove it up your ass! Stay away from him!" I was panting and yelling, I could feel the heat coming from my face. I had never yelled like that in my life. Clare's eyes were wide and she looked concerned, almost like she wasn't looking at me. I heard a little voice from behind me.
"Mommy, why are you guys yelin for?" Clare looked at me, and then back at the boy with panicky eyes. She walked passed, me and picked him up.
"Adam, we were just talking I'm sorry we woke you. Go back to bed ok honey." She set the boy back down at the door he came from giving him a kiss, and he closed the door shut behind him. Clare walked over to her front door opening it, "Lenore get out. You need to go, now."
I walked over to her and shut the door. I could see the panic in her eyes, she had been caught. "No, you crazy bitch. You called him Adam. His name is ADAM. You kept the baby, you lied to Eli!"
"You don't know anything! Everything I did was because I loved him, I never did anything to hurt him! That's why I cam back, so we could be a family, so Adam could know Eli!"
"No, no way in Hell. If you don't stay away from Eli I'm going to call him, and I'm going to tell him you've been hiding his son from him. What do you think he's going to do when I do that? He's going to love me for finding his son, and hate you for lying and deceiving him. Back the hell off, or I will make sure Eli knows just how vicious you are." Our faces were inches from each other, and I could see Clare's confidence unraveling.
"That isn't true though, it wasn't like that. It isn't like that. I just wanted him to be happy, you'd be painting me as a villain Lenore!" Clare's voice cracked.
"That's because you are. Take your son, and go. Eli doesn't want you anyway, the ring is on my finger, not yours." I opened the door giving Clare one last smile, the scared expression her face told me everything I needed to know. I had convinced Clare to stay away.
Side note, this is soooo Eclare. Don't worry :)
