Michael moved closer to Kelvin and asked him what he meant by that. Kelvin pushed him back a little and said, "Don't try to pretend, Michael. You and I know who is responsible for Nora's scan..." before he could say anymore, Michael covered his mouth.
"Shut the f**k up, Kelvin, just shut up."
"No, you shut up." Kelvin retorted in anger. "You..." he poked Michael's chest. "...destroyed her life and now you are here? for what exactly?"
"I want to have her back, Kev. I was a fool back then but now, I want..."
"I can't let you have her."
"I am not asking for your permission, Kev. I am letting you know what I am going to do."
"I won't let you hurt her, Mike."
Michael looked at Kelvin and asked, "Since when did you start caring about a lady?"
"Since the moment I saw what a jerk you are."
Michael smiled. "You love her, don't you?"
His question shocked Kelvin that it rendered him speechless. Michael was shocked because he knew Kelvin hardly falls in but here he is, in love with his girlfriend. He grabbed him by the collar and said, "how dare you?"
"How dare me?" Kelvin asked while pulling Michael's hand from his collar. "Are you even supposed to ask me that, Michael?"
"I am taking her back."
Kelvin scoffed. "If you think she'd be crazy enough to come back to you, think again."
"Why don't we see about that?" and with that, Michael left.
Kelvin kicked out his frustration. This wasn't how he wanted things to go. Why didn't he think about it?
Diego ran after Nora and he was glad when he caught up to her. He held her hand and Nora turned to face him. "Do not talk me out of this Diego."
"Can we talk?"
"What is there to talk about?" she asked, throwing her hands up in frustration.
"Honestly Nora, I had no idea what happened in there. I didn't know you knew Michael... I... "
"He was my ex-boyfriend." The memories of how he treated her after the video of her being half-naked were posted. She couldn't get over the words he said to her. This was someone she dated for two years and he knew absolutely nothing about her. He didn't trust her and who knows, maybe he didn't love her and she was just someone he could toil with. One thing she was grateful for was the fact that she didn't let him have sex with her.
"Nora."
Nora snapped out of her thought. "Where do you want us to talk?"
"There's a coffee shop down the lane." Diego pointed to a narrow path just in front of them. "We can talk things over there."
Nora nodded and they walked to the coffee shop in silence.
***
Sara has been calling Nora on the phone but it's saying unreachable. "Jesus Christ, Nora." She kept her phone in her bag and decided to take a stroll. It's been a while since they spent time together and she was wondering if she could sleep over at her house but there's no way to get to her. "I swear, I am going to cut her hair when I see her."
She got to a spot where she saw a familiar someone. Isn't that Michael? She asked herself only to move further and see he was the one, before she could hide from him, Michael already caught sight of her and was walking towards her. She was shocked when she felt a tap on her shoulders. "If it's not the loud-mouth best friend," Michael said sarcastically.
Sara turned around to look at him and said, "If it's not the heartbreaker boyfriend." She called him.
Michael smiled. "I see you still hate me."
"Hate? Hate is an understatement, Michael. I..." she touched her chest. "...despise, loathe and every synonym of hate conjured together."
"I see." Michael nodded his head vigorously. "What would you do if Nora and I get back together?"
Sara was shocked at the question. What does he mean by if they get back together? Are they together already? Did Nora accept him back without talking to me about it? Sara wondered. "What do you mean by that?"
"I want Nora back."
"Which Nora?" Sara asked. "The one you ridiculed? the one you called names? my best friend? is that the Nora you are talking about?"
Michael nodded.
"You must be crazy if you think she'd be stupid enough to accept you back into her life."
Michael moved closer to her and whispered into her ears. "We will just have to see about that, won't we?"
Sara watched as he walked away from her. "She doesn't love you, you lunatic. She'd never be yours... I will make sure of that." She shouted loud enough for him to hear.
After Michael had gone out of sight, Sara grabbed her phone from her bag in anger and placed a call to Nora.
***
"He shattered my heart into pieces." She said as she tried her best not to cry. "He was the first guy I have ever loved and he promised not to break my heart... I believed he wouldn't but..."
Diego placed his hand on her hand and held it tight for a while. He waited for her to get herself together before going further. "Do you still love him?"
"I..." Why couldn't she answer? She was hurt by him deeply, he shattered her heart but why couldn't she answer the question?
"If he walks up to you right now and says he wants you back, would you accept him?"
She was about to answer when she heard her phone ringing. She brought it out from her purse, looked at the caller, and found it was Sara. "It's Sara. I have to pick this." She whispered to Diego and he permitted her to leave. Nora excused herself and went to the bathroom to receive the call. "Hello."
"You reconciled with Michael and you didn't think of telling me?"
Nora froze.