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Charlie stared for a long time. She could feel her heart breaking. It was worse than the day she had left Summer Bay.
She felt Leah but a comforting arm around her but Leah couldn't take away the heartache she knew her friend was suffering from.
"Who is she?" Charlie asked hoping it would be someone she didn't know.
"Someone from Mangrove river." Said Leah knowing her friend would get some comfort in knowing it wasn't someone she knew.
"How long have they been together?" she prayed it wasn't long.
"About a year and a half."
"How?"
"I don't know. She arrived one day. Later I heard Brax and his mother arguing about her but by the end of the day they were together."
"I need to talk to him." Charlie started towards him. Leah grabbed her arm.
"Are you sure that's a good idea?"
"No but I need to talk to him."
Charlie walked up to him and his new girlfriend.
"Charlie?" Brax sounded shocked.
"Hi." Suddenly his face was cold.
"What are you doing here?"
"I'm back for good."
"Um… who are you?"
"Oh yeah. Eh Melissa this is Charlie. Charlie this is my girlfriend Melissa."
The two women said hello awkwardly.
Then Melissa said "You know I might just leave the two of you to sort things out."
Brax didn't want her to leave. He still loved Charlie and knew if he was left alone with her he would reveal those feelings.
Melissa left.
"So why are you back?"
Charlie looked away. Then I noticed numerous bruises on her arms.
"Charlie what happened to you arms?" she quickly covered them with her hands.
"Nothing."
He took that answer. For the moment.
"Look Charlie what do you want?"
"Your forgiveness."
"My… forgiveness?"
"Yeah. I made a huge mistake leaving you for her. I know you probably want nothing to do with me but all I want is for you to say you forgive me…" she looked pleadingly at Brax.
"Why should I? Everything changed when you left. You can't fix any of that. You can't take away the hurt you caused Ruby. You can't change the fact that you're the reason Ruby and Casey split. You can't just waltz back in here and expect everything to be the same. Because the truth is nothing is the same."
With that he left her feeling like her heart was breaking all over again.
She walked back to Leah. Then she broke down crying.
Leah comforted her. She understood the pain Charlie felt. She hated seeing anyone this upset.
Eventually she stopped crying.
"Charlie what's that on your arms?" said Leah seeing the bruises.
"The reason I left Joey."
Next Time
Why did Charlie leave Joey?
How will Brax react when he finds out?
How will Ruby react to seeing her mum again?
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