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Chapter 2: Deacon
Of course Juliette was here. She's always here, but as I finished the song, I noticed Rayna sneak in through the back of the crowd.
Like she said, she'd always be here for me. I invited her up on stage with only one song in mind.
"No one will ever love you."
She nodded her head once at me and that nod spoke a thousand words. In that instance, I knew she understood why I needed for us to do this song. We joked around a minute before being counted off to start.
"Don't you try to tell me someone's waiting
They're not waiting for you
Oh and don't you try to tell me that you're wanted, that you're needed
Cause it's not true
I know why you're lonely
It's time you knew it to
No one will ever love you
No one will ever love you
No one will ever love you like I do."
Nothing could break us away from each other. It was like we were in a different world, like we were back all those years ago when we first wrote this song and performed it on this stage for the first time, two people madly in love.
"Why you always looking for the limelight?
Ain't you satisfied with me?
Oh, for once why don't you get down off your high heels?
You're no big deal, can't you see?"
I could remember exactly where we were when this was written, with emotions running high, low, everywhere in between.
"I know why you're lonely
It's time you knew it too
No one will ever love you
No one will ever love you
No one will ever love you like I do."
"I'm all you got."
"I'm all you'll ever need."
"I'm all you'll ever have."
She is singing this song just like the first time twenty years ago and she still looks just as beautiful. Right now, there aren't any other people in the world. Just us.
"No one will ever love you
No one will ever love you
No one will ever love you like I do
Like I do
Like I do."
Suddenly there are cheers and clapping and I remembered we weren't alone. There was a room full of people listening to us.
I bowed my head slightly and turned to Rayna again and took her hand resting on her knee. I don't know if it's to comfort her or what exactly, but I did notice Juliette had left when I looked back towards the audience.
An hour or so later, we are sitting in my car. We needed to talk, but it seemed neither of us wanted to start that conversation. Finally, Rayna spoke.
"I wish we hadn't done that song."
That wasn't what I was hoping she'd say. "Now what're we gonna do?"
She didn't reply this time, she left. Rayna James left me again. I'm sure to go home to her husband. She would or could never cheat on teddy, even if we still had something.
I'm not sure what it is we have; I just know it never went away. After all this time we are still in love.
Even though she left me again for her husband.
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