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ETHAN’S P.O.V.

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“Ethan please tell me what you just did was not real? Please tell me you were rehearsing the scenarios of how to approach Quinn and that she seriously was not on that phone a minute ago?” Bryce looks at me wearily waiting for me to confirm how dumb I really am.

“What are you doing?” I ask instead not knowing how to respond to him, not believing myself what the hell I just did.

“Oh you know. I was just leaving, leaving my two older knucklehead brothers to get their lives together while I go back home and take care of my pregnant wife’s craving, my kids and the corporations.  I was just about to leave when I noticed you leaned on my car, but came to a halt as I heard you throw away whatever chance you had left with Quinn! What dumb ass would lie after being told he was already caught. What’s going on with you bro, this is not like you at all?” He says sighing in resignation and sitting on leaning on the hood of his car next to me.  

“I don’t know what to do Bryce. All I know is that Quinn is my world and I can’t live without her. She’s the one man.  Without her right now, I feel like a part of me is missing, I feel like my reason for carrying on is missing.” I explain to my little brother looking straight ahead, too afraid to meet his eyes and see the disappointment he showed for me.  

“So let me ask this of you Ethan. If you claim to need Quinn in your life, why did you cheat on her in the first place?”

“I don't know. I must have had been really drunk. I don’t remember a thing about that night with Meghan, only waking up with her. This isn't something I have done since college, I left that life style behind after I met Quinn and we got together the first time after your high school graduation.  I must have had been really out of it. And What do you and Evan mean by Quinn catching me in the act and knowing? Cara called her?”

“Cara was on Facetime with Quinn when they found you in bed with Meghan.”

I bury my face in my hand finally fully understanding the depth of the situation and what I just did.  Quinn didn't just hear of it, she saw it herself?

“Ethan why did you just lie to her? Did you think she wouldn't find out?”

“I don’t know Bryce.  I’m desperate! Desperate to get Quinn back.  I just wanted to pretend nothing ever happened and we were back in our safe bubble.  I just need her to come home.  I will do anything to get her back and at the moment it just felt like if I denied it, it would all go away.  I just called her to hear her voice, I just wanted to know if she was ok but then I panicked, panicked because I started to think what if I never get to hear her voice again because of a drunken one night stand I don’t even remember. No offense to you and Raelynn.”

“None taken, best one night stand of my life.  Raelynn was drunk but I remember every second of our first time. Oh shit man, I hope you still had sense enough to use a rubber.”

I finally looked at Bryce shaking my head. “No no not possible, she can't have my baby.  I always use a rubber, even all the times in college when I went on binge drinking and did hook ups! Always, I don’t think this time would be any different. Quinn is and has been the only exception.”

“Are you sure about that Ethan? You were drunk!”

“yeah, I’m 90% positive.”

“Well, to cover the other 10%, as soon as I get back, I will arrange an appointment for Meghan to see our private doctor and ensure all the bases have been covered and no surprises turn up later.”

“Thanks Bryce.”

“No need to thank me, we’re brothers. I Know you would do the same for me if the roles were reversed.” He pats my shoulder.

“What about Evan?” I ask.

“Evan is an ass and only cares himself. But trust me, even a good player will someday become the toy of a better player.  Every dog has it day and his is coming.” We look up in the direction of the front door as Evan limps out with a ice bag over his right cheek and eye. “Speak of the devil or should I say the Dog?” Bryce hiss before getting into his car mumbling threats along the way. I know is he deeply affected by what happened with Shantel whether or not he shows it. I am not sure how he will get past this with Evan, but that not my problem right now, they were both warned many times.  

“Ethan get in! I’m taking you to go see Quinn right now so you can make this right!” Bryce yell as he rolls his window down.

I glance at Evan and the pathetic look on his face before I got into the car with Bryce and he backed out the driveway.  

I guess Evan rode with Bryce here since Bryce is driving one of his cars that he leaves at the hanger for when he in town and wants to drive himself around.

Leaning back into the seat massaging my temple, I close my eyes trying to think What I will say to Quinn once we are face to face.

I watch Bryce’s old high school dissappear from my view as he speeds down the familiar highway.  

Ten minutes later we were turning into Quinn’s neighborhood and my nerves were shot! I mean what if this really is the end?

I physically shake my head.

“E, you ok?” Bryce asks and I can see him glancing at me through the side of his eye.

Sighs.

“No but I am trying to think positiv-.”

“What the…” Bryce trails off.  

I look at him and he had a grim look on his face looking ahead.  I sat up in my seat as the car was slowing to stop and was greeted with a sight that angered me.

Before Bryce could come to a full stop, I open my door and jump out of the car running up to the side of Quinn’s house.

They hadn’t noticed me as they were staring in each others eyes right before they started to hug.

I yank the bastard away from my woman wiping the stupid smirk off of his face. He was shock, so I used the opportunity to sock him in the eye and he staggers backwards and fell.  

That will teach him to keep his eyes and his arms off my woman. It hasn't even been a week and here she was hugging another man that isn’t me.

I turn to Quinn and she has eye hands over her mouth looking at me in shock.

“Preston No!” She then screams looking behind me but before I could turn around, I feel myself being lifted off my feet and then being slammed into the ground.

What the fuck batman!

“Arrggh” I groan feeling the weight of the guy on top of me and the wind being knocked out of me. He gets off me and I attempt to get up but to only feel heavy boots being introduced to my sides.  I hear Quinn screaming and Bryce yelling but I roll over and into a ball feeling like my ribs were just broken. He bent down and grabbed my hair yanking my head punching me in the face before he lets my head go. I spit up blood.  

That motherfucker just knocked a tooth out.

He may have won this time catching me off guard but I promise this is not the end.  I look up wondering why he just automatically stopped and saw him with Quinn standing in front of him.  She held his face in her palms talking to him softly like she was trying to calm him down. She looks at me sadly, shakes her head and looks back at him.

Well fuck my life. I really lost my wife.

But now I am feeling like I never had her since it was so easy for her to move on.

I look to the side wondering where Bryce is still hearing him yelling and saw him fighting off two other guys to let him go.  He punch the taller dark hair one and slip out of the hold of the blond hair guy and ran right up to Quinn tackling the guy she was with on the ground, now throwing punches at him. I recognize them as Quinn brother’s in the picture on her desk at work. I thought she said they were away in the military?

“Bryce! Bryce! Stop!” Quinn yell trying to pull him off but the other two guys came and threw him up against the wall restraining him. He holds his hands up.

I saw Quinn about to bend down to the guys eye level on the ground.  She didn’t seem one bit concerned about me and that hurt me more than anything else in this world.

“Q- Quinn!” I try to yell for her to come to me but I just start coughing up more blood.  She looks at me and I see the fear, and hurt in her eyes.  She moves to get up to come to me but the same asshole grabs her hand and pulls her to him.  She doesn't protest and in that moment I realize that I really lost her.

I let my head fall back in the dirt, wishing someone would bury me.  I can’t live without her.

I don’t even remember what happened but it seems that my sin was an abomination, it was so easy for her to move on and not care about me.

It’s going to hard accepting the fact that she’s never coming back.

I feel like I just purchased a one way ticket to hell.

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Quinn’s P.O.V.

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“What in the name of Moses burning bush is going on here?” I made a quick 360 at the sound of my mother’s voice.

“Chase and Cairo you will best let that young man go this moment! You are not too old for me to put you over my lap!” They both step away as fast as they could at the sound of her no nonsense tone.

Bryce huff, staring daggers at them.

Chase comes over and gives Preston a hand helping him off the ground.  

My mother walks over to Ethan and moves his head putting her purse under it, while Bryce rushes over to him.  I see red starting to run over her silver purse.

“Oh my god! Ethan, baby” I thought I was all cried out but the sight of blood coming out his nose and mouth as I tried made tear flow.  I took a step to go to him and Preston grab my hand again but I shrug him off. I only allowed him to stop me the first time because I thought Ethan hurt him really bad.  When ethan didn’t get up I just figured Preston knocked the wind out of him.  I wanted to go to him so bad but I knew if I did, I would forgive him and I just couldn’t.  So I chose the safer option and let Preston stop me.

But I was once again stopped.  Chase was holding my arms and I couldn’t shake his hold.

“Who the hell is that Quinn? I know Preston would not be fighting for no possible reason, he’s the calmest person I know. So now what are you not telling me?” He asks.

“Chas- chase p-please, not right now!” I sob.  Cairo was not with my mother and Bryce putting an unconscious looking Ethan in Bryce’s car.  Bryce then got into the driver’s side on his phone peeling out of our driveway and out of the neighborhood.

I drop to the ground.  

What the hell was Ethan thinking? I mean did he not seen these guns that Preston is packing on his arms.  I felt arms around me and the smell of sweatpea envelop me. I hug my mother back and cry for my heart, I don’t know what to do.

“Now someone explain to me why front yard have been turned into a outdoor cinema for the neighbors?” No one responded to her.

“Start talking now! You father is on his way home right now, so you best get to talking, I’m sure you won’t want to explain this to him yourselves.” She says in a calm and quiet tone, which normally means she is fed up.

“Mom, i-its all my fault.” She looks at me disappointed.

“What do you mean Quinn? This looks like something that has your brothers name written all over it. Not even a month home and they are back at it! I thought the military changed then for the better.” She mumbles but loud enough for them to hear. I see Cairo flinch at her words. “ And who is he?” She asks looking at Preston.

“Mom this is Preston, I introduced you to him several times on the video chat.” Chase speaks up, the aggressive tone he once had with me now replaced by his mama’s boy baby voice.

“Mmmhh I figured but still had to ask since the Preston that was introduced to me seemed like such a disciplined young man. So now, since none of this makes sense, Cairo get me luggage and take them inside. Everyone to the kitchen, no one leaves this house until this issue is resolved.”  

With that she took me into the kitchen with her handing some kleenex. Soon everyone was either standing and leaning on counter or fridge or sitting on the stools at the counter.

They all looked at Preston waiting for him to start and he clenches and unclenches his jaw not breaking the silence.

I clear my throat grabbing everyone’s attention. “The guy that was on the ground is ...Ethan Radley” I whisper the end remembering the blood. I need to call Bryce, I need to make sure he’s ok.

“You mean your fiance?” Chase asks. My parents are the only ones that have met Ethan.

I nod. “And the other guy is his brother, Bryce.”

“That’s the one little Rae Rae is married to, didn’t he go to high school with us before I graduated?” Cairo asks with his brows furrowed. I know he has always had a crush on Raelynn but she never saw him as anything more than a brother. He was hurt when he found out she had the triplets and was in love with someone else other than him.

I nod once more.

“So Quinn do you want to explain why Preston and Ethan, “your” fiance was fighting creating a spectacle in my yard and killing the garden?” My mother asks putting an emphasis your.

I sigh.

I wonder if Ethan is ok.

“Quinn?” I look up at my mother.

“I don’t know mom, one minute I was hugging Preston, and the next minute Ethan was pulling Preston from our hug and punching him. Then, Preston knocked him down and kicked him.” I feel like my stomach is about to fall out.  I really hope he’s ok. As much as he hurt me, I don’t want to see him hurt.

After first when Preston knocked him down I felt like “good! That’s what you get for starting fights, lying to me and breaking my heart.” but now I regret it, I feel guilty.

“Well What I don’t understand Quinn is why your fiance is laying on the ground bleeding and you look like you are fighting an internal battle of whether or not to go to him and instead tend to Preston? Something is not adding up here?” My mother ponder. Nothing gets past her.

“Is this why you are here at home? Did he hurt you? Did he put his hands on you? I will kill him!” Chase stands knocking the stool over until mom scold him and command him to sit back down.

“Ethan would never hurt me, well at least not physically.”

“Quin-”

“Mom please not now, I promise I will tell you later but right now I need to call Bryce and make sure Ethan is ok.” She didn't seem satisfied but either way dismissed me.

I ran up the stairs to my room and dialed Bryce’s number. It rang until it went to voicemail.  I tried three more times as well as Ethan’s phone. I left him a message and sent him a text.

I sat on my bed dejected not knowing what to do. I would just show up at the hospital but I have no idea which one Bryce went to, that’s even if he did. He may have gotten a private doctor to prevent the press from catching wind of what happened.  

“Hello!” Rae answers cheerily after the second ring.

“Rae.”

“Quinn Whats wrong?”

“I am so lost! What if he’s not ok?” I cry into the phone.

“Who is not ok? Do you need me to come over?” She asks.

“Ethan and I am not in New York, I am back home in South Carolina.” I tell her.

“What’s wrong with Ethan? Bryce left this morning with Evan to go help Ethan out. Whats going on and what happened to them?” It sounds like she was panicking.

“Bryce is fine, but Ethan got into a fight with my brother’s best friend. She was bleeding Rae. He has to be ok. I am hurt that he cheated on me with Meghan and I am not sure if I can get back with him but the last thing I want to see is him hurting.  In my mind hurting him is so easy, but actually seeing him hurt made me feeling terrible.” I explain to her.

“WAIT! WHAT! Ethan cheated on you? With Meghan? What a two faced conniving happy homewrecking slut, I cannot believe this. I am going to shove my foot so far up her ass when I see her.”

“Rae, if love is supposed to be so nice then please tell me why it’s hurting so much, yet people spend their entire lives looking for it.”

“Quinn I really used to think like you. But hunny, love doesn’t hurt. It’s a beautiful thing. Rejection hurts! Lies Hurt! Secrets hurt! Loneliness hurts! Losing the one you love hurts. Don’t confuse love.” She clarifies.

I start to sob all over again. “Rae I don’t know what to do, I love him, I really do but he cut me so deep, I just don’t know if I can heal.”

“Quinn time heals all wounds unless you pick at them. Now dry your tears, let me gather the kids and I will be there in a couple of hours. Just hang tight, I love you ok?”

“Thanks Rae, Love you more.”

With that we hung up.

She said time heals all wound but I think whoever said that lied.

My wound just got deeper.

I feel like I just purchased a one way ticket to guilt city.

I mean why else would I be feeling so guilty?

~~~~Author’s Note~~~~

Is Ethan wrong or right for starting the fight?

Is Preston wrong for fighting back?

Quinn Choose Preston?

Is there any hope for Quinn and Ethan?

Pathetic Evan was left at home lol