Neela reveled in the quiet of the roof. She had often come up here to think about life, death, and love. Right now, she found herself thinking about love and loss. "Thought I'd find you up here." Ray's voice made her jump out of her skin. "You missed a great party."

"Sorry. Didn't know there was one." She lied.

Ray nodded. He knew she was lying. He had seen her poke her head in and when she disappeared, he knew where to find her. "Wish you could have heard the silly poem that Abby, Emily, Kerry, and Sam did. Pretty silly shit, you know?"

Neela forced a smile as she looked at him. "I'm sure it was." She resumed looking at the lake.

"Talk to me, Neela." Ray leaned on the railing.

"About what?"

"Whatever you're thinking."

She sighed. "I missed the party because this is killing me." She wiped a stray tear.

"What?"

She faced him. "You getting married. It's hard for me to stand by, watching the man I love marry someone else." She gasped when said the words. She hadn't intended to tell him like that, but they just seemed to roll off her tongue.

Ray took a deep breath, trying to absorb what she just said. "Why now, Neela?"

"Better late than never, I suppose." She unsuccessfully joked.

"No, Neela. It's not always better late than never." Ray found himself angry.

"I'm sorry, Ray. I..."

"What did you hope to accomplish by telling me this now?" He saw the hurt in her eyes and he recognized the hurt look. It was the same one he gave her five years earlier as she packed up and moved out. "Did you think I would call off my wedding because you finally admitted you loved me?"

"Ray..."

"My heart is not at your disposal, Neela. I waited for two years for you after Gallant's death. Then you and Gates started dating. You never came back, Neela." He felt the anger and the hurt he'd been feeling for the past five years rise to the surface. "I gave up hope that the woman I once dreamed of building some sort of life with moved on and it wasn't with me. You made it perfectly clear you wanted no part of me and so I gave you the space you needed. I loved you, Neela. I loved you with every fiber of my being and you...you took my heart and shredded what was left of it. You think it was easy for me to watch you walk down the aisle in your golden white sari to marry a man you barely knew? You never once thought of how it affected me. That day was the hardest day I had in a long time. It wasn't easy to fake my smile or joy for you and Gallant." He looked at her as she cried. "How long did you want me to wait, Neela, before you decided to tell me you loved me? How long did you want me hanging on to hope that you and I could finally be together?"

"I...I...I...don't know." Neela blubbered.

"I found someone in Sarah that I want to spend the rest of my life with. I look forward to building that life with her. Having kids with her. Going to Disney with her. She's the soulmate I thought I had in you." He turned but she grabbed his arm. "What?"

"Don't leave me."

Anyone who knew Ray and knew him well knew he wasn't the one to ever seek revenge, but that's all he could think of at this point. Hurting her like she hurt him. He pulled his arm out of her grasp and glared at her. "How does it feel to be deserted by the one you love?"

"Ray, don't..." Neela's face was a waterfall of tears.

Ray coldly looked at her, hoping she didn't see his heart breaking at the sight of her crying. "You've made your bed with Gates, now lie in it." He walked off, knowing he had deeply hurt the one woman who taught him what love was.