Ryan's Love (18 page)

When she opened the door and stepped
back out of the way to let her visitor in. When I saw who it was I
was instantly stilled.

“
Charlie,
”
I cried out.

She smiled and ran over to me. I was
up off the bed to meet her. We hugged each other tight.

“
I
’
ve missed my partner in crime, you
know,
”
she says.

“
Me
too. How did you get here?
”

“
Well, Mrs. Callahan got a hold of me thru Facebook and told
my about my best friend getting married today. I should be mad at
you for you not telling me yourself,
”
she said, I blushed and
smiled nervously.

“
I
could never be mad at you. Plus she told me a little about
what
’
s been going on; and why you were so forgetful on
calling me.
”

I look over at her, and she was
smiling. Then I looked back at Charlie.

“
What
did she tell you,
”
I ask?

“
Oh
not to much. Only that my best friend was getting married and that
as was as pregnant as pregnant could get.
”

Good.
She didn
’
t mention Rachel and how she tried to ruin things
for Ryan and I. I don
’
t know if I could
handle that right now. Charlie has a way of putting people in their
place; and I know that if Mrs. Callahan told her about Rachel she
would hunt her down and give her a piece of her
mind.

“
Oh
and she told me about that Rachel girl. You know if I see her I
just might smack her for being so mean to you.
”

“
Oh
Charlie, please don
’
t,
”
I say.

“
You
are the most beautiful and caring woman I know. I
can
’
t imagine why anyone would ever want to hurt
you,
”
she says matter of factly.

“
You
always knew how to make me feel good. Now how is my gorgeous best
friend doing? Are you still with that one guy,
”
I asked
her?

“
Oh
no. He was such a gasbag. I got tired of him trying to have sex
with me and telling me how fat and ugly I was.
”

“
But
what was he thinking. Your body is perfect. You have perfect
thighs, waist, breast, and a flat stomach. Why would he say
that,
”
I asked still shocked that any man would think she was
anything less than amazing.

She
shrugged and said,
“
Oh I don
’
t know. Maybe its
that he was mad that I told him that I was a virgin, and he
wasn
’
t good enough for me to give him that special part of
myself to.
”

“
Really. Well I
’
m glad that you
didn
’
t sleep with him them, because you deserve to be with
someone who will treat you right.
”

“
I
’
m glad too,
”
a male voice says.

We all look up to see who it was and
see Patrick standing at the door with a nice sexy grin on his face.
I could see Charlie blushing to her roots. She is usually so strong
and unbothered by things. So it was odd but nice to see that
something or someone could have a good effect on her.

“
Patrick what are you doing in here,
”
Mrs. Callahan
asks?

He walks over to stand in front of
Charlie and I and hands me a small box with a note on
in.

“
Ryan, gave me this to give to you,
”
he said to me, handing
me the box; but never taking his eyes off of
Charlie.

“
Thank you. Now can you leave us be. I have to finish
getting dressed.
”

“
Ok.
But not before you tell me who this ravishing creature
is,
”
he said taking a few strands on Charlie
’
s hair and
bringing it up to his nose and smelling it.

I could tell that she was nervous by
what he was doing, but she also liked it.

“
This
is my best friend Charlie. She was my college roommate and she came
for the wedding.
”

“
Is
that so. Well I
’
d love it if
you
’
d save me a dance,
”
he said to Charlie then running his
hand down her arm, stopping at her hand; then grabbing it and
bringing it up to his mouth, lightly kissing her knuckles. Charlie
let out a soft sigh and I could see a shiver run down her
spine.

Patrick grinned and left out of the
room. But when he was in the hallway I could hear him talking to
someone.

“
What
are you doing here,
”
he asked?

I
couldn
’
t hear what the other person was saying, but I sure
heard his reply.

“
Look
here. How many times does it take for someone to tell you that you
are not welcome here, for you to get it.
”

The person must have answered him,
because he again replied. But he was much louder this time. He
seemed to be a lot closer to the door. because I hear shuffling
around and him yelling.

“
Don
’
t go in there. You are not welcome here.
I
’
m warning you,
”
he said as the door flew open and
none other then Rachel busted in with him storming behind
her.

“
Who
is that,
”
Charlie
asks?

“
I
’
m sure she told you who I was,
”
Rachel said as she
stood towering over me with a snarky smile on her
face.

I immediately stood up and faced
her.

“
You
’
re Rachel,
”
Charlie said inching closer to
her.

I could see that she was getting
increasingly upset. I stopped her from getting any closer to Rachel
by putting my arm out and telling her to stop.

“
Yes
I am; and I came here because I have something that I thought
little Miss Ryan here should see,
”
Rachel said as she looked down and
dug around in her purse.

Patrick spoke up and said,
“
Rachel, I think its time
for you to leave.
”

“
I
think so too,
”
Mrs.
Callahan says.

She goes to grab Rachel to lead her
from the room, but Rachel jerks away from her grasp and now has a
cell phone in her hand.

“
I
thought you
’
d like to know what
your man was doing last night,
”
she said as she thrust the cellphone
in my face.

Patrick tried grabbing it from her
hands, but I quickly grabbed it first.

Please, please Ryan. Please tell me you
didn
’
t do anything that would keep us from being
together.

“
Sunshine, don
’
t look at that.
She
’
s only trying to break you and Ryan
up,
”
Patrick said with what seemed like desperation in his
voice.

I
didn
’
t want to look at it, but I couldn
’
t not. What
if it is bad? I should know. Right.

“
I am
not. She should know what type of man she is about to
marry,
”
Rachel said.

“
Shut
you whore,
”
Charlie said as she drew back and smacked Rachel across her
face.

She smacked her so hard that she
fell back on her bottom. Her hand went up to her face and she sat
there with wide eyes.

“
Damn, woman that was so hot,
”
Patrick said as he
stood beside her holding her around her waist to keep her from
hitting Rachel anymore.

Mom,
was standing over Rachel helping her up. Even though I knew she
didn
’
t want to. The cellphone vibrated in my hand, bringing
my attention back to it. There was a message flashing on the screen
and it was from Ryan.

It
said,
“
We had a deal. Don
’
t show that picture
to Sunshine.
”

What? How could he still even be
talking to this woman, and on our wedding day at that.

So I swiped the message off the
screen and the picture she and he was referring to popped on the
screen.

The
picture was bad. It was a picture of Ryan and Rachel and she was
down on her hands and knees naked; and Ryan was behind her naked
and his hands were gripping her waist and it looked like he was
ramming himself into her. Her head was back and she had a look of
pure satisfaction on her face. He had the same look on his face. I
swiped the screen and a video popped up next. I
couldn
’
t help it I pressed play.

I wish
I wouldn
’
t have. Cause all you could hear was him and her
moan and grunting. And you could hear his body smacking into hers
and him rammed himself into her sex.

“
Yes
Ryan. Yes. Harder please.
”

Then you heard a smack as he smacked
her bottom.

“
Like that. You like when I give it to you nice and hard
like that,
”
he said and he continued to slam into her over and
over.

The phone was suddenly yanked from
my hands.

“
Hey,
”
I yelled at whoever took it from my
hands.

I looked up and Patrick had the
phone in his hands. He stopped the video, and looked up at me with
a sad look on his face.

“
I
think thats enough, Sunshine,
”
he said placing his hand on my
shoulder.

“
No.
I want to see the rest,
”
I said reaching for the phone; I was
now crying hysterically. But I didn
’
t care. I need to see
the rest.

“
Why,
”
he asked?

“
Because I want to know what he wasn
’
t getting from
me that he had to go get from her,
”
I said as I again tried to get the
phone from his hand.

“
Oh
Honey, please don
’
t. Please
don
’
t do this. Its not what you think. I
promise.
”

“
Its
not what I think. I think it looks like the man I was going to
marry fucking the shit out of Rachel. He was never like that with
me. He obviously finds her more attractive then
me,
”
I
cry, trying one last time to get the phone from
him.

But I
couldn
’
t and I sink down to the floor. I could see Rachel
standing next to Mrs. Callahan thru my tears. She was grinning from
ear to ear and Mrs. Callahan was crying and her mouth was wide
open. She was shaking her head back and forth, saying no Ryan no,
quietly; and to no one in particular. Charlie was kneeling down
beside me when Rachel made as comment that caused her to straighten
and rush over to her.

“
Now
you know he could never love someone like you. If
you
’
d watch the rest of the video you
’
d see him
saying that he didn
’
t want a black girl
like you. He wanted a snow bunny like me. You are so stupid to
think that you would ever be enough for him. Even if you marry him,
he will always seek me out and do exactly what you just saw him
doing to me,
”
she said smugly.