07| silent

Damon

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I watched as she switched she shut her laptop and shut the lights. The sounds of her footsteps were heavy and in a second I saw her body lying down on her bed and her eyes were shut. She had clearly forgotten to close the curtains to her sliding doors and I got a perfect view of her restless body that changed a position every five minutes.

Her legs hung out on one of her sheets and she tried sleeping on her belly. A groan was heard from her and I couldn't help but smile at her frustration.

She pushed the pushed away the duvet and I immediately his behind the wall and I heard her shuffling around before the sound of the sliding door opening. I watched her as she walked towards the balcony and rested her arms against the railing.

Tell moon was the only light that shone her beautiful face as she stared at something in the sky, like it was the most interesting thing.

The sound of her velvety voice engulfed my ears.

"Am I that invisible?" She asked maintaining a strong gaze with the night sky. "To the point where I'm the easiest thing one could ever avoid?" She gulped.

"Am I a burden? A nuisance? Am I annoying?" That's when I shifted and I knew she noticed because her breathe hitched.

Don't be scared of me.

I could sense the desperation in her questions and I wanted to tell her her, that she was perfect.

That she was far from invisible, that she never was a burden, neither a nuisance. That she didn't deserve to be the soon to be wife of my own brother. But I could've never lie about her being annoying. She was lovingly annoying.

If that even made sense.

But I couldn't control myself. I don't know what came over me but I felt like I needed to feed my anger. "Oh what do you think, Melinoe?" I asked.

"In fact... the hardest thing is for a person to even be in the same room is you. To breathe in the same air as you, because you are that annoying, you are a burden that I don't even know why my brother even bothered getting engaged with you," I knew that hurt her when her lips parted. Her eyes were showing me a lot of hurt and pain but I just couldn't control myself anymore. "You can keep on that big act but we both know that you can't even keep yourself happy. And you wonder why, we were never close and you wonder why, I have this against you." I paused and took a step forward.

By now my anger had already consumed me and I there was nothing that I could do to stop it. "What did I ever do to to you? What did I do to deserve this type of treatment from you?" She cried.

"You're asking me? Melinoe you're seriously asking me?"

"Yes because I want to know!" She yelled. "Really?"

"Yes."

"Because you're no different from your pathetic Fiancé and you always play the victim when you're no different from the man who's making you suffer," I said truthfully. She shook her head in disbelief.

"Mel! Melinoe?" I heard a familiar voice and turned my head into the direction and I didn't bother wasting my time on looking at him.

I watched Aaron engulf her into a hug as soon as I disappeared behind the wall.

Do I hate her? You may ask. Well the answer is no.

I've never hated her.

But I've always hated my brother for using her.

The twinkle in her eyes died down and tears clouded her orbs and she tried hiding blinking them away. "Hey honey," I heard my brother say.

Her chestnut brown eyes held so much sadness as she didn't dare closing her eyes when Aaron's lips touched hers.

Although she was crying

Her world was a happier place without me.

She was happy before I came along.

I was going to be my brothers best man.

And I had to let go.

I had to let go of my brothers future wife and let her be happy.

I had to let her go

I had to let the woman I loved, go.