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Chapter 12
Three Days Later
Lucas/New York
"PEYTON!" Lucas woke up screaming. He sat straight up in bed sweat pouring down him. Suddenly he jumped up throwing things across the room. "Peyton, NOooooooooooo. I'm sorry Peyton. I'm sorry." He screamed over and over. "I'm sorry Peyton. I'm so sorry." There were clothes and strewn all over the room the lamp was shattered on the floor. Blood was pouring from his hand. He picked up a bottle and threw it across the wall. "NooO! I didn't mean it. I didn't…. she wasn't suppose to die, he wasn't suppose to die. I'm sorry Peyton."
He slid down the wall screaming her name. "Peyton, Peyton. I
love you, I'm sorry."
He just sat there crying.
Peyton/ LA
"Stupid copier just work!" Peyton said has she hit it over and over again. Tears were rolling down her face. She was in LA on business for her label but her mind was Lucas and wishing she could understand him. Wishing they were a family again.
"It's probably just a jam, a total pain in the ass but not worth a pretty girl crying over." Said a total strange but extremely handsome man.
"Oh ok you know the last the thing I need right is some shallow egocentric hot shot music producer hitting on me." She said as she wiped tears from her eyes.
"Wow." He laughed. "Oh ok." He turned to leave and then turned back. "What if I was more of a failed guitarist turned indie movie producer type?"
Peyton just scowled at him.
"No right." He paused. "You know the best thing about a paper jam?"
"What?"She asked exasperated.
"If forces you to open up the machine and see what went wrong in the first place."
Peyton just cried more and the mysterious man left. As walked toward the conference room for the meeting she thought about the guys words. What had gone wrong in the first place? She needed to know. She really needed to know.
"Brooke! I'm going to see Lucas." Peyton yelled as she walked into the hotel sweet.
Brooke ran from the bedroom screaming. "What?"
"I have to Brooke I need to know what went wrong in the first place. I can't spend my life wondering. Wishing we had dealt with Dyaln's death differently and"… she paused and took a breath.
"I can't spend my life by this stupid book every time I see it." With that she dumped around 30 copies of Unkindness of Ravens on the floor.
"When did you start this?"
"In Florida over Christmas. Every time I saw the blasted book I would buy it whether there we two copies or ten."
"Peyton." Brooke said her voice concerned.
"I know Brooke. I know and that's why today when some random guy told me the best part about a paper jam is you get see what went wrong in the first place I knew. I knew I had to go see Lucas. I have to go Brooke."
"Are you sure Peyton?"
"I am."
"If you're sure Peyton. Just be careful I love you and I don't want to see him break your heart anymore."
"I love your for caring B. Adams. I don't want him too either."
The two hugged.
"So B. Adams what are your plans for this evening?"
"I have a business meeting with a movie producer to design clothes for his new movie."
"You don't even do that!"
"I know but it's part of some new things I want to do."
"Wow. So who is this movie producer?"
"Julian Baker."
"Now who doesn't know what she is doing?"
"Oh shut up."
Lucas/New York
Lucas had spent the whole day on the floor crying. He looked down at his hand that was covered in blood from throwing things around the room. He decided it was time to clean it up his hand and the room. After cleaning his hand he looked throw the mail and froze when he saw the package.
It was divorce papers back from Peyton. He wasn't sure if he wanted to open them. He would be looking at the end of his marriage to Peyton Sawyer. Before he could think more he opened the papers. He closed his eyes then he looked at Peyton's signature. He blinked and looked again. She hadn't signed!
In the place of her name it said 'I'll Be Seeing You.' Tears came to his eyes as he remembered the first time he said those words to her.