Chapter 144: A Warning to Stay Away

Damian The flight back home was uneventful and boring. I spent the whole time trying to convince myself that there could be happiness in life without Marie. Of course, my attempts to assure and comfort myself failed woefully because I still felt the pain stabbing at my heart whenever I thought about it. Marie had moved on. She was happier now and even had a child she was happy with. She had started a family with that rascal called Charles. Although Ray had told me he wasn’t sure about the father, I just knew it was Charles. I didn’t need a seer to know it. In the end, she’d meant what she’d said when she’d told me that she didn’t want to see me ever again. I felt like an idiot for going over to see her. At the airport, Ray was worried about me. “Are you okay, man? Should I go with you because it sure looks like you need someone to keep you company?” “No, I’m fine,” I said. “I think Julie is there.” Ray raised an eyebrow at me as if that was too surprising for him to handle. “Y