HURT AND ANGER ONLY HAS A THIN LINE BETWEEN THEM ~ Hilda Manchester

KELVIN DIAMOND
Khloe should not have done this. How could she have invited Alicia and Andy, despite knowing everything that happened.

I heard her call my name, for the first time in years. Her voice which I thought I'd never get to hear again. She looked as beautiful as ever, I bet childbirth got nothing on her.

None of this erased the fact that she hurt me, both of them. I looked up to Andy as a brother I can always rely on but what did he do with that love and trust? At the slightest opportunity, he married my girlfriend!

"You don't deserve to call my name! I've thought about it for years and all I could come up with was that I meant absolutely nothing to you. You could afford to send a mail about your marriage but couldn't send one to apologize, to mend our relationship! To end the fight you caused! You went ahead and got married right away, like you both have been waiting for me to disappear" I yelled at Alicia in anger.

Nothing could ease that pain for years and just now that everything seemed all good, they thought they could show up just like that. For what reason?

I left them standing there in anger and went upstairs to my room. Hilda walked in the moment I entered my room. Truth was, I had totally forgotten Hilda was there.

"You know all of these are in the past K, can't you just let it be?" She asked calmly.

I knew she wanted to calm me down, she wanted to help but it was hard concealing the anger and the hurt I was feeling.

"Kelvin" she called out to me as she walked over to me on my bed.

"It's past! This is the present and you have me" she told me.

"You can't get it, you won't". I told her, this time calmly.

She moved away from me, I couldn't tell if she was mad at me or hurt but it was one of the two.

"What exactly can't I get? That you still love her? That I'm like a replacement? Because right now that's what I feel like!". Her voice was rising now!

It was both!

"Talk Kelvin! You looked at those kids like they could have been yours, like you could have been the on beside her as her husband isn't it?" She asked me but the fact that she was right made me mad.

It made me mad at myself! Although she wasn't a replacement but why do I keep feeling this way? I should have been long over this, I could have acted cautiously, respected her presence but my temper always got the best of me.

Not being able to admit how right she was! How much I had for a moment thought about how those kids could have been mine and how I could have been the one she called husband. I just got up and left!

I picked my car key and stormed out of the room, aggressively walking down the stairs, I caught their attention.

"Kelvin! Kelvin!!" Khloe called after me but I just left the house, slamming the door behind me.

This time it was about me! Me being mad at myself!

KHLOE DIAMOND
I watched him slam the door behind him. My mind went straight to Hilda! This must have been hard for her.

"Maybe we shouldn't have come" Alicia said sadly.

I only sighed not knowing what to say. Hilda's footsteps caught my attention as she walked down the stairs with a traveling box.

"Hilda!" I called out in shock. Where was she going.

"I'd be back for the rest of my things" she told me.

"You two can talk this out, I know all of these must have annoyed you". I pleaded with her but she refused and left.

I felt bad for all of these. It was my fault to begin with.

"We should leave too, I'm so sorry for all of these mess" Anderson said, I only nodded as he took the kids with him.

Alicia waited behind to speak with me and told her husband she'd join him outside.

"I didn't know it would be this hard to see him again. You know I loved him so much Khloe, truth is, I still do. Seeing him again gave me an awakening, the fact I've tried to hide for years. He looks like an actual man now!" She told me.

Her words sounded odd to me, I thought she was happily in love with her husband.

"You still love him? Alicia you need to fix that! You are married". I said thinking i should remind her.

"I know but I'm not sure I can toss the feelings away this time. All of the feelings I used to have came flooding back Khloe. I still love him!".

"You husband is waiting for you. Don't allow your heart get swayed easily every time". I told her.

I made sure to lay emphasis on the word husband! How could a woman be so indecisive even after her marriage.

After she left, I started thinking about those two. Kelvin and Hilda! I was worried for them.

I picked up my phone to call Kelvin but he wouldn't pick up, Hilda too. Maybe they needed time.

So instead of thinking about them, I tried focusing on my own life and called Will who also ignored my several calls.

I sent him texts, hoping it could change his mind.

*Hi Will, I apologize for everything! I know you are very mad at me and I deserve it but can you please see me? Let's talk in person.*

After sending the message which took me several hours to compose, I ended up falling asleep in my living room. For the first time in a while, the whole house was again, empty and quiet but this time I didn't like it.
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Author's note.
Let's give comments on the chapter.
Do you think Hilda was right to get mad? And Kelvin, what do you think about his attitude?