Almost Lovers by Cassidy Raindance Read Free Book Online

death
but the both of us.
     
    "Stop your lies!" I said, "They will not
save you!"
     
    And then it dawned on me. She looked scared
all of a sudden. Not sure of what was happening.
     
    "It won't save you," I said, "But maybe it
will give you a moment to seek mercy," I was quiet for a
moment.
     
    "What are you going to do?" she asked. She
looked hesitant and untrusting. Not sure if she should continue to
fight or attempt to flee.
     
    "I have to take you to the Queen," I said
softly.
     
    "NO," said Lydia, "I have to kill Prussia
first!"
     
    She fought against my tight grip on her arms
and I let her loose. As she turned away from me to sprint toward
Prussia's apartment I let one swift blow land on top of Lydia's
head. Her next step was the last she took before falling to the
ground unconscious.

CHAPTER SEVEN -
Prussia
     
     
    “I don’t understand,” I said, “We were
dating but now we’re not?”
     
    “Exactly,” said Robert, “I’m glad now that
it’s just in the open, you know, and we’re adults and not upset
about it and can still be roomies….roomy!”
     
    He came around the kitchen counter and gave
me a gentle nudge on the arm. The entire world had flipped
upside-down when I had gone to sleep. I thought I was going to wake
up to explain the entire horrible thing to Robert but somehow Lydia
had completely convinced him of her own version of things. Damn
Lydia. I wanted to poke her with something sharp right about now. I
thought she would just tell him I was cheating.
     
    “Wait, that’s not what I wanted,” I said, “I
don’t want any type of open relationship, that’s just crazy
talk,”
     
    I put my hands on my head as if I could
block all the noise that didn’t make sense, meaning all of it.
Robert was quiet for a moment.
     
    “Well, I thought we needed a sort of
transition period but if that’s how you feel then I understand,” he
was a little sad looking all of a sudden.
     
    I had no idea what was going on but all of
it was wrong. I go to sleep, wake up and my entire morning was a
nightmare. Maybe I was still sleeping. I started pinching myself. I
pinched myself over and over. It hurt a lot which wasn’t
promising.
     
    “I guess that is the best way to really deal
with the end of a relationship then,” said Robert, “I am not used
to such out and dry breaks though. You’re really amazing and
honest, woman. You know that, Prussia? I think I even
underestimated you a little. I didn’t think you were going to tell
me at all cause, you know, I had no idea you were dating some
one,”
     
    I had fish-face. My mouth hung open and I
gaped at the air waiting for the words to fall out. I had no idea
what to say or where to even start. And to make matters worse,
Robert looked like he was going somewhere.
     
    “Are you leaving?” I asked.
     
    I looked for my cup of coffee and saw it was
sitting on the kitchen counter, poured but sitting. He had his
coffee in his hand and was getting ready to walk out the door.
     
    “Yeah, I’m going to meet up with Lydia
tonight and wanted to go let the club know that I need the night
off,” he said.
     
    And the bricks just kept on falling. My face
fell like the Berlin wall.
     
    “You have never taken a night off from
working at the club, not the entire time we were dating,” I
said.
     
    Robert paused a moment. It didn’t look like
he knew if he was in trouble or if I was just stating random
observations.
     
    “Sometimes you turn over new leaves!” he
said, opening the door to the apartment. How had I dated someone so
very stupid?
     
    “It’s ‘turn over a new leaf,’ not leaves,” I
said to his back.
     
    As the door opened, Robert found that he
couldn’t actually leave. He was face to face with someone who had
apparently been just about to knock on our door.
     
    “Did I come at a bad time?” the voice of the
man carried and I knew it was Sebastian before I could even see his
face. Complete mortification. If the floor would open