Chapter 62: Chapter 62

Isabella's pov;

"Sorry for troubling you in the middle of the night, I didn't know where to go. That's why I came here."

"It's fine. You can come here anytime." Harry comforted me with his words.

I came to Harry's house since he's the only person who came to my mind while I was wandering in the park.

I looked around the house and asked him, "Are you alone here? Where are the others?"

"They moved to Atlanta a year ago."

"Leaving you here?"

"I stayed behind on my own."

"Why didn't you go with them?"

"I waited. Waited for someone's return."

I'm afraid that someone wasn't me.

"Um… Can I stay here for a few days only if you let me?"

He nodded and gave me a glass of water and asked, "Can I ask?"

"I'm not in the mood to share anything. I feel so tired. Can I go to sleep?"

"Okay, Okay. Come with me, I'll show you the room."

After some days,

"Someone is here to see you." Harry said while I was organising things in the room.

"Who is it?"

"Come outside and take a look for yourself."

When I came out of the room, I saw Mr Martinez sitting beside Harry on the couch. I came back into the room and closed the door behind.

I heard Harry saying, "He came here to see you, Bella."

There was silence, and I heard knocking on the door. Following that, I heard Mr Martinez's voice behind the door, "I'm here to talk with you. Can I talk to you?"

I remained silent.

He continued, "It's fine if you don't want to talk with me. Just hear me out."

I said from inside the room, "What are you going to lie now?"

"You can decide whether it's a lie or not in the end. Yes, I lied to you. I lied to you about the phobia. I never had haphephobia in my entire life. In the beginning, I used it as an excuse to stay away from everyone I know. As days passed, I succeeded in being away from everyone even from the people I don't know. Until I saw you again in my life. I didn't want to lose you again so I used the lie. Because I wanted to keep you beside me forever so I used the lie with you which i said to others. You think we first met when you bumped into my car, didn't you? But that wasn't the first meeting for both of us. We have met before. You and I have seen each other before. But you didn't remember it. Because you were so little at that time. You were 4 years old when I first saw you and I was 11 years old. You won't probably remember me but I never forgot you all these years.

When I was ten, I came to know that my father had a mistress through my mother and father's fight. My mother took me out of the house and tried to raise me but there was an accident which killed my mother. Actually, that accident was supposed to kill us both but I got saved accidentally by my mother, she wants me to live for her. Seeing my mother dying in front of me shattered my heart into pieces. Do you know what is worse than surviving the accident? The person who survived got to live up to the person who sacrificed for them. I started living for my mother.

One day, my father came to the hospital, took me back to the house where my mother wasn't living anymore. After some months, Olivia had a son. My father lived with his mistress and his son. Leaving me to a grey area part of the world. I didn't want attention but I never liked to be isolated too.

I came to the fun centre. My father was happy with his mistress and his son while I was wandering around the fun centre being a lonely boy. I heard a crying sound behind the vending machine. I walked around the vending machine and found a girl crying. When I asked her about her parents, she showed me a couple who were fighting over something. When I asked her if it was their fight that made her cry, she said no and said that she lost her lucky coin. I searched for it and found the coin, and gave it back to her and asked not to cry since the lucky coin is back. When she looked at me, She gave me a bright smile with some years in her eyes which I haven't seen for a long time. Her smile felt like a little splash of color into my gray world. When I asked her to come with me, she took a glance at her parents and agreed to come with me. I thought of keeping her so I held her hand and tried to take her with me to the house. My father beat me and she ran away.

After 13 years, I saw her again when she bumped into my car while drunk. It took some time to realise that it's her but she didn't remember me until now. After seeing you again in my life, I didn't want to let you go. When people realise what they received about to be gone again, they will try to do everything to save it, because of greed. That's why I lied to you. I used this phobia to stay away from them but I used this phobia to be near you. I wanted to keep you forever so I lied that I have Haphephobia. You stayed with me. I realised my possessiveness towards you is more than just a possessiveness after being with you. Love. I don't know what it is. All I knew was I never liked anyone except my mother. I wanted to love you. I started loving you without my awareness. Tell me, Isabella? Now you tell me, Is it wrong to keep mine all to myself?"

I remained silent.

After some time, I didn't hear a word from him after that.

I heard Harry saying, "Alexander left, you can open the door now." I heard Harry's from outside the room.

I opened the door and looked for Mr Martinez, he really left.

Harry asked me, "How are you feeling?"

"Not good."

"If you want someone to talk to, here I am."

I asked him, "How did he come here?"

"I asked him to come."

"Why did you do that?"

"After hearing what he said… it looked like you ran away from knowing the truth, right?"

I nodded to him.

"You love him, right?"

"Huh?"

When I looked at him, his eyes were teary.

He continued, "You love him. It's obvious. You didn't have your trauma when he said he loves you. When I said that he left, you came outside and looked for him. You ran away from the house since you can't take what he did to you because you love him."

"Yes, I love him. Even though I don't remember what happened between us when we're little, I'm still holding on to this coin till now." And showed me my chain which has a coin as a locket and continued, "I don't remember the boy who gave it to me, but I remember that boy is the one who brought a smile to my face while I was crying. I never thought that the boy who made me smile would turn out to be Mr Martinez. I never knew that. How can I be so naive? He lied to me, I got hurt so I came out of the house. Why do I feel like I came a long way away from him? Why do I feel like I'm missing him? Why do I want to see him so badly?" Tears rolled down my cheeks without my knowledge and continued, "These feelings inside my heart, I never felt it before. It's different and weird but I like it. When he kissed me, I was unsure but now I know what it is. Harry, I think I love him." And let out a chuckle and said, "I love him? I love him! I love Mr Martinez."

Harry wiped my tears off my cheeks and said, "I don't have a chance, right?"

I hugged him and apologized to him.

He broke the hug and said, "Tell him. Go and tell him that you love him. Don't make him wait. Don't miss the chance." And held my cheeks together in his hands and said, "Grab it while you can, otherwise… I'm warning you, I'll take you away from him." And let out a chuckle which made me smile along with him.

I gave him a quick hug and made my way out of the house.