Author's Note: Remember, Jimmy told himself in the previous chapter that he was ready to let Cindy go…Happy Reading! Please leave a review, if you may :)

Guess what Cindy's job is :)

It was a breezy night and Jimmy was watching television, still feeling tired and sleepless as usual. He got out of the couch and proceeded to the kitchen counter and poured a glass of water. He was drinking from his glass when suddenly, the doorbell rang. He rarely had visitors, and it was night time, so this was unusual. He opened the door and to his surprise, she was standing there, her hair in a very neat bun, in an all-black apparel, pencil-heel black wedges. Jimmy inferred that she was supposed to go home, to wherever she was staying…But why go to their house?

As soon as he realized that it was she who was standing in front of him, his face conveyed a different expression, a vague and ambiguous one. It was plain yet so difficult to understand. Cindy Vortex felt as though he did not want to see her at all. She wanted to enter the house for it was undeniably chilly and she shivered. But she knew in an instant that he isn't planning to welcome her back to their home.

''Jimmy,'' Cindy finally spoke with an unsure tone, afraid and anxious of what Jimmy's reaction would be. Right after Jimmy decided to forget her, she showed up, and it made him feel mixed emotions. He felt angry and sad, happy but mad. How could she? After a year of not showing up, not having any contact with him, not having anything, she just suddenly shows up!

''Let me guess, you're here to persuade me so I would sign the divorce papers, right? Give it to me, so we can get this over with, I know you don't want to be here,'' Jimmy said with a bored tone. Cindy secretly hoped sincerely it's all just a façade, an act. She was dumbfounded, devastated of what Jimmy had just said that she forgot how to react.

''Jimmy,'' She didn't know what to say, if she did, it might be the wrong words to say at the moment.

''I…I''

''Spit it out, Vortex,''

Cindy smiled to herself, the man she loved is still there, she knew it, and she was sure. Jimmy's tone comforted Cindy and made her feel less confused and more at ease.

''Jimmy, I… I'm not here for the divorce papers, I'm here because…Because…'' Cindy's voice gradually muted as she lost all of her strength and thought for a second if she should just leave and never come back, but she was already there, in front of Jimmy, and she looked at him straight in the eye, and for some unknown reason, she found her strength to continue again.

''Because, honestly, honestly, I can't imagine life without you, I think we should give our…marriage another…another try, another chance, I know it will work out, this time, we will work out,''

''Seriously Cindy? After everything you've done to me? You have the nerve to go to me and ask for another chance? I was finally ready to let you go, but then, you, right before, RIGHT BEFORE I was about to forget you, you showed up! As if, as if fate doesn't want me to forget about you as if destiny led you to me and made this happen. You were the one who left, one year ago. You were the one gave up, not me. You were the one who said that we should end our marriage, not me,'' Jimmy said, with a hard tone, looking at Cindy with hinted pain and regret.

''Well you don't have to rub it in my face that it was my fault we broke up, You don't have to remind me that I'm the reason our relationship failed, it's not completely my fault! It's your fault too! For letting me go! If you just held on to me, if you stopped me from leaving, things shouldn't have been this way, I'm trying to rekindle our relationship but then…'' Cindy remembered the times they fought, it was seldom in the early years of their 10-year-old marriage then it got more frequent until it became an everyday routine.

''You do not tell me what to do!''

''You're too much!''

''You should have told me!''

''You're a mess!''

''You are so complicated I don't understand you!''

''I'm tired of this, I'm tired of all this fighting, yelling and, and, and I think we…We shouldn't be together anymore.''

At this point, Cindy sighed heavily, letting all the anger out in one breath, and she started speaking in a calm tone. She looked at Jimmy, she locked her eyes with his and started speaking again.

''If you really truly don't want me anymore, if you don't love me anymore, if there's no Cindy zone in your heart left, then fine. Fine, I'll just leave quietly and I'll disappear from your life, and promise to never show up again, so you won't be bothered and disturbed. I guess, I guess I should go,'' Cindy turned away but did not walk. It started raining and it made the mood more tensed.

Jimmy looked at her figure as she started to walk. He didn't know what he was thinking during that moment but as if his whole body had a mind of its own, he called out, ''Cindy! Cindy, wait!'' As he ran towards her and he held her wrist, Cindy looked at him. ''The façade's gone,'' Cindy thought. Jimmy started shaking his head from side to side, never breaking eye contact with Cindy.

''What,'' Cindy mouthed as the raindrops fell on her face, blurring her vision of Jimmy.

''I…I think we can work it out, my heart s-sank back there, when you decided to leave, just like last time…I felt as though my life would be a mess if you don't stay by my side, just like how it is now. Cindy please, don't go, I need you, and I love you very much, more than anything else in this world, please don't go anymore, don't go anywhere else,'' Jimmy finally spoke his feelings.

He hugged her very tightly and gently at the same time.

''Uhh, Jimmy?''

''Yeah?'' He replied as he trapped her once again in his hug.

''I think it would be better if we do this inside the house and…not…here…'' Cindy looked around them, it was raining so hard.

Jimmy realized it was raining, storming even. What happened to the calm evening? He wondered. He looked at Cindy who was still wearing a pencil skirt and heels, she should be cold struggling to keep her balance now.

''Oh my gosh, I'm sorry Cindy, I didn't realize, I was too caught in the moment, you see,'' He winked at her as they walked together towards the house.

Cindy just smiled.

Then as if nothing big happened, they were back to normal, as in ordinary, as if Cindy just went home from work, and was living with Jimmy the past year.

''Are my stuff still in our room?'' Cindy asked, obviously hoping 'yes' for an answer. They were in the living room and Jimmy never let go of Cindy.

''Why would I remove them? They're the only things that can remind me of you, especially your scent. Ahh, that sweet, sweet jasmine scent I can't take off my mind. I will be able to smell it every morning and every night again,'' Jimmy said as he closed his eyes, inhaling the scent of the evening raindrops in the house.

''Jimmy!''

''It's true!''

''Okay, so I can move here again tomorrow?'' Cindy asked.

''No! You most certainly cannot! Jimmy snapped.

''But why?''

''Because you have to move in tonight, you are not leaving tis house tonight, okay? You are not leaving this house, I don't care if you have to wear that to sleep,'' Jimmy eyed the corporate attire Cindy was wearing.

''You'' Jimmy pointed at Cindy, ''will sleep with me,'' Jimmy pointed his finger at himself.

Cindy just looked at him, not knowing how to respond at all.

Jimmy's vehement expression turned into a soft, sly one.

''But you know, you can also borrow my clothes if you get uncomfortable, but if you prefer, like I do, you can sleep without anything on, I'm most certainly fine with that…Especially if we're going to you know…'' Jimmy's arms that were resting on Cindy's shoulders travelled down and he snaked his arms in her tiny waist. He smirked.

''Jimmy! We didn't see each other together for one year, and I went here late in the night to get back together with you, and now you're thinking of crazy thoughts. Gosh! Jimmy! Please! Stop!''

Jimmy chuckled, ''I was just joking! It's just that, I really missed you so much,'' Jimmy pulled Cindy up from the sofa and went to their bedroom, he made Cindy sit down on the bed.

''But seriously, do you want to wear a blazer and a pencil skirt while sleeping? I know you don't, take off those and get a shirt from the cabinet, oh no never mind, I'll get you something to wear,'' Jimmy went to their closet and got a white shirt.

Cindy smiled at her husband's gesture, she took of her black blazer and black heels then she slipped herself under the covers, wearing a white strapless top and her black skirt. She let herself take a nap for a moment, until she finally fell asleep, she was exhausted from work.

Jimmy went out of the closet room and saw his precious wife sleeping, and so he returned the white shirt he got from his cabinet and lied down beside her. He too went under the covers and stared briefly at Cindy's face. He lightly kissed her forehead and gently pulled her closer to him as he drifted to his own slumber.

What in the world was he thinking during the time he let Cindy go?

''But never mind that, I know for sure that we'll last this time around, I know for sure''