This chapter was inspired by the song: Here Comes Goodbye by Rascal Flatts.
Chapter 17 - Here Comes Goodbye
Leah's dark eyes watched as Paul took off into the trees and watched as Sam and Jared followed him. She watched about twenty minutes later, Sam walked out of the trees with Jared. Leah walked over, "What the hell is going on?" Sam frowned, "Paul caught Antonia making out with some guy." Leah shook her head, "That's a bunch of bullshit! Toni would never do that!" Jared growled, "We saw the images in his head Leah." Embry growled at Jared, "Watch who you're growling at Jared." Leah touched Embry's arm, "It's okay Embry. C'mon let's go find Antonia."
Leah had seen the direction Paul had come from as she headed that way, Embry followed close behind her. Embry cleared his throat, "Are we sure we want to see what's hiding in those trees?" Leah looked at Embry and he chuckled, "Okay...Okay babe. Let's go." He took her hand in his as he placed a kiss on the back of her hand while they walked into the trees that Paul had previously vacated. Leah's face softened as she smiled.
Leah looked over and gasped, she saw Antonia laying on the ground as she dropped Embry hand and ran over to her, "Embry!" Embry ran over to them both as they both squatted down by Antonia's body. Embry carefully lifted her into his arms. He carried her out to where everyone was standing around the bonfire.
Kim looked up and saw Embry carrying Antonia as she tugged on Jared's t-shirt and pointed towards Embry and Leah. Leah scoffed, "Yea Antonia looks like she'd really making out with someone else." Jared and Sam started walk towards them as Embry and Leah both growled as Leah glared, "Don't even think about it. Clearly something fuckin weird happened. She's got a knot on the back of her head and she was laying on the ground. So either Paul went all fuckin psycho on her or someone else did. I can't believe you guys or Paul would think for a second Antonia would ever do something like that."
Leah shook her head ashamed of her pack brothers. As they walked away towards the beach parking lot. Antonia slowly woke up as she was being placed in Embry's truck, "What happened?" Leah frowned, "Paul saw you kissing some guy and freaked out, yelled the engagement was off and tore off into the trees. Embry and I found you knocked out in the forest." Antonia shook her head as she touched her forehead, "One of my customers from the bookstore walked over and we were talking for a minute and started walking and talking and when we were in the trees he started trying to push himself on me. I started to scream for Paul when I heard him call my name and I don't remember anything after that." Leah growled, "Paul is such an idiot. C'mon let's get you to his place. You guys definitely need to talk. He's going to feel so stupid." They went ahead and drove Antonia to Paul's, she had been trying to call his cell phone but he wasn't answering.
Paul stared at his cell phone every time it lit up with Toni's name across the display, he wanted to answer it, but he didn't know what to say he'd ran as hard as he could until he got so tired he couldn't move a muscle anymore as he got to his house. Antonia wasn't leaving messages and chances are the tires on the vehicle he heard coming down the road were carrying Antonia.
Naturally on the way there it started to down pour. The heaven's opened up and rained on the day that went from good to bad in a matter of seconds. Antonia looked absolutely bewildered as they pulled up and she saw her clothes thrown all over the front yard of Paul's house. Leah growled, "I'm going to kill him." Toni grabbed her arm, "No it's fine. I'm going to go talk to him." She slid out of the truck and walked up the steps as she knocked on the door. Paul jerked the door open and growled deeply at her.
Antonia scowled at him, "Don't you dare growl at me buddy!" Paul sneered, "What do you want me to do jump for joy because my fiancée was making out with some guy? If you didn't want to be with me you should've just said so." Antonia sighed heavily, "So that's it? That's what our relationship is going to be based on now? Jumping to conclusions and accusations?" Paul scowled, "What accusations? I saw with my own eyes you were in a fuckin mean lip lock with that guy...He's one of your regulars at the bookstore. Now I know why he comes to see you all the time."
Toni shook her head, "I can't believe you think I would ever...you're my soul mate Paul...Why in the world would I jeopardize my life and unconditional love with you for some guy I barely know?" Paul shook his head, "I don't know but when you figure it out you let me know." "So you don't want to hear the truth you just want to keep thinking you know it all?" Paul scoffed, "I think I saw enough truth to last me a life time." Antonia rolled her eyes, "Fine if this is the way you want it. I can't believe you let your stupidity and jealousy rule out your rational side. I love you but I'm done with you."
Antonia shoved past Paul as she walked into the kitchen, Paul growled, "What the hell are you doing?" Toni rolled her eyes, "I would think it's obvious...you threw my clothes out in a yard made of grass and dirt and it's pouring down rain...I need to go pick up my clothes, cause I doubt your stupid ass is going to do it." As she grabbed a couple of garbage bags she pushed past him again as he stood on the porch with his fist clenched and watched as she, Leah and Embry picked up her sopping wet and muddy clothes and put them in the bags and tossed them into the back of Embry's truck.
Antonia's indigo eyes looked up at Paul as he stood on the porch trying to breathe deeply and control his anger. She looked down at her engagement ring, "Guess you'll be wanting this back right?" Paul just nodded as he felt the pain start in his chest and radiate to his stomach like someone was kicking him repeatedly. He watched as she ripped the beautiful ring off her finger and dropped it into the thick mud at her feet, she then stepped on it and pushed it further into the mud.
Antonia couldn't help but blink the tears out of her eyes as Leah walked over and wrapped her arm around her cousin and helped her walked back to the truck. Paul watched as both women got in the truck and Leah wrapped both her arms around Antonia and he could feel the pain as he could see Toni sobbing in Leah's arms. Maybe he was making a mistake. Maybe he should've listened to her. But he saw it. What more proof did he need? He stood there and saw them kissing. There was no hiding or denying it.
Paul walked back into the house after he went down and dug through the mud and got the ring, he cleaned it as bed as he could and put it back in the box and threw it in his top drawer. He heard the front door open as he walked back towards the living room and saw Jared sitting on the couch with his head in his hands, "What's is it man? What's wrong?" Jared looked up with a pained expression, "Kim...She went to stay with her parents." Paul quirked an eyebrow, "Why what happened?" Jared frowned, "The whole pack is divided right now. Jake, Karen, Quil, Claire, Kim, Brady and Seth think you're ridiculous for thinking Antonia would ever do that to you. While Sam, Emily, Collin, and I think what she did was fucked up and wrong. Kim said until I come to my senses she's staying with her parents."
Paul frowned, "Fuck bro I'm sorry...You just finished getting your guys house ready too...You guys were going to move in this weekend weren't you?" Jared nodded as his frown deepened, "Yea...I'm still moving us in. She's still my wife and she's still carrying my child." Jared stood up, "I'm going to...Uh...Go lay down for a while. I don't feel so good." Paul nodded, "Let me know if you need something man." Jared just nodded as he went to his room and closed the door.
Paul walked out the back door as he pulled his shirt off and started towards the woods again. He needed to run some more. Somehow he'd gone from being on top of the world, to the depths of hell. He lost his soul mate and possibly half of his brothers because of something that may or may not have been a misunderstanding. He phased and started running as fast as his silver fur covered paws would carry him. Then to make matters worse the pack was divided and his best friend was in pain, because his imprint/wife that was carrying their child walked away from him.
He couldn't think straight all he could do was run.