Chapter 42
"Matt! Matt wait up!" Jeff called out as he ran after his brother. Matt paused in his haste and met his brother's eyes.
"What?"
"I'm sorry...I..."
"What are you sorry for? Sorry that I'm a jackass and I just lost the most important person in my life?"
"What...Matt you didn't lose her. She loves you. I know she did at least and I'm sure if you were back in her life she would fall in love with you all over again." Jeff said earnestly.
"It's too late Jeff. She's with someone else."
"How do you know?"
"Someone told me..."
"Who? God Matt you must know by now that you can't trust people."
"No...after this whole thing I um, hired someone. She's with someone else."
"Matt, if you let her go like this then you really do deserve to lose her. Don't give up like this." Jeff said, looking at the gloom in his brother's face. "Look...I've watched you these past few months. You're not like yourself. You're not eating right and you're not even working out as much anymore." "
"Nothing's important anymore. I never realized how trivial my life really is."
"Matt, your life is not trivial. God knows what would have happened to her if you hadn't been there to save her. Matt please..."
"No Jeff...it's too late. I can't do this anymore..." Matt interrupted him.
"But..."
"I have to go. I just...need to be alone right now. Tell Vince I'll call him when I'm ready." They both turned around when a voice called out.
"You don't have to son. Take all the time you need. But Matt, take your brother's advice...find her." Vince said.
"I can't Vince. I didn't deserve her then and I certainly don't deserve her now. She should be with someone who'd make her happy and I'm not that man." Matt said hopelessly then walked away from what he had once considered, his life.
"Matt! Matt wait up!" Jeff called out as he ran after his brother. Matt paused in his haste and met his brother's eyes.
"What?"
"I'm sorry...I..."
"What are you sorry for? Sorry that I'm a jackass and I just lost the most important person in my life?"
"What...Matt you didn't lose her. She loves you. I know she did at least and I'm sure if you were back in her life she would fall in love with you all over again." Jeff said earnestly.
"It's too late Jeff. She's with someone else."
"How do you know?"
"Someone told me..."
"Who? God Matt you must know by now that you can't trust people."
"No...after this whole thing I um, hired someone. She's with someone else."
"Matt, if you let her go like this then you really do deserve to lose her. Don't give up like this." Jeff said, looking at the gloom in his brother's face. "Look...I've watched you these past few months. You're not like yourself. You're not eating right and you're not even working out as much anymore." "
"Nothing's important anymore. I never realized how trivial my life really is."
"Matt, your life is not trivial. God knows what would have happened to her if you hadn't been there to save her. Matt please..."
"No Jeff...it's too late. I can't do this anymore..." Matt interrupted him.
"But..."
"I have to go. I just...need to be alone right now. Tell Vince I'll call him when I'm ready." They both turned around when a voice called out.
"You don't have to son. Take all the time you need. But Matt, take your brother's advice...find her." Vince said.
"I can't Vince. I didn't deserve her then and I certainly don't deserve her now. She should be with someone who'd make her happy and I'm not that man." Matt said hopelessly then walked away from what he had once considered, his life.