page35 (1/2)
“Yes, the accident happened,” he said, his voice strained “That should have been the worst part of it, don’t you think?”
Colin set his glass down on the desk and turned around to fully face her She could see the grief on his face even now
Even if he was lying about everything else, it was clear that he loved Blanca dearly
“What could have possibly been worse?” Sabela asked
Colin rubbed his jaw “We had agreed on a time and a day She was supposed to ether We talked about it for weeks, and everything was in place We’dfor her, just as I had said I would be”
“It was just a few minutes before three,” he said, “when I looked out theand saw your brother’s car driving by, lurking like he wanted me to see the at me Trevor was He flipped me off”
Sabela sed, unco Trevor would do
Colin continued “Trevor was acting like the ass he was He gunned the car and sped into the intersection without looking to see if the traffic light was still green His car was T-boned by another car, on Blanca’s side I’ll never forget the sound of the crash”
Sabela had been told, by Trevor, that he’d been driving Blanca to Pinkie’s when the accident happened He’d meant to hit the brake but had accidentally hit the accelerator He’d overshot the restaurant and been hit in the intersection
“Were you the one who filed the witness report against him?” Sabela asked slowly
Trevor had ranted and raved about a man who had come forward and said that Trevor was responsible for the accident She never knew the witness’ name, and it had never occurred to her to find out The police had never filed any charges against his to worry about
Taking care of Trevor and getting hied fro to find a way to pay the e It was the blackest time of her life
“Yes, I saw the whole thing,” Colin said “I knohat happened that day, and so does Trevor”
So as Trevor’s story so different? Colin’s side of the story ht-lipped about the accident that all she kneere vague details
It was suspicious that he’d never irlfriend until after the accident
Could she trust Colin?
“But the worst part of that day wasn’t the betrayal or the accident,” Colin said “When I arrived at the crash, I got there just in time to see Blanca draw her last breath She passed away before ”
Sabela’s heart began to ache If she lost the love of her life that way, she’d be just as torn up about it
“And then when I got hoony, there was a letter waiting in my mailbox It was your standard ‘Dear John’ letter After everything we had ether, all I had done to secure a future for us, she didn’t have the guts to break up with me in person”
He took a drink of scotch before continuing “She wrote that she wanted to be with Trevor, and that she had never planned toaway together, and to never try to contact her again”
The words hung in the air between the and then have her reject hiether was so cruel
No ry or scared she was in that e at how cruel Blanca had been to him
“I had no idea,” she murmured
“I figured,” he replied
Colin drained his glass in one go, then wiped the back of his hand across his lips and sighed
“I didn’t even know that Trevor had anything to do with Blanca until after the accident He had never said anything towith her,” Sabela said
She was starting to put together unspoken pieces of the puzzle now, and she spoke her etting back at irlfriend”
Colin stared at her intensely, then set the elass down Sabela’s heart raced as he moved across the room to stand directly in front of her
The scent of alcohol carried on his words, the subtle note of it bearing pain and sincerity “And I’m a bastard for it Ever since the accident happened, I’ve used it as an excuse to be a bastard But then I met you”
She aze If this was an act, it was a da one
He knelt down in front of her “I wanted Trevor to pay for what he did by taking away the one thing thatthat mattered to me I would seduce you, then break your heart and send you back to Trevor unable to be his support anymore I wanted him to be as alone as I was, as alone as I’ve been all these years without Blanca”
“You did seducesex with me was just part of the plan”