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women to choose from, but he only wanted her. Nevertheless, a woman from his past hadn‘t quite let go of him, and she was as obsessed with him as he was with Kay. Constantine just left her one morning without saying goodbye. He had no justifiable reason. He‘d just gotten tired of her, even though she was very good to him. She helped him through the toughest times in his life, when he lost his parents in a car accident, when he lost his older brother to cancer, and even when he had a car accident himself, and according to doctors, he had no chance of walking or doing things on his own again. It was she who helped him recover. She was the only one who supported him without asking for anything in return. She stuck by him and even when they couldn‘t make love due to Constantine‘s extreme disability, she loved him so, so much, that this didn‘t matter to her in the least. Was this how he was going to repay her, by setting her aside for a woman that wanted nothing to do with him? Not on her watch. She was ready to take action.
Starr went to Constantine‘s house that afternoon, shortly after six thirty. Constantine had just finished eating his dinner, and he was dressed in casual clothes, trying to relax after coming home from work. He had a very bad day at work because of all of the horrible things that Kay said to him. A few aspects of Kay‘s personality had changed after marrying Robinson Bennett, but her morals and values hadn‘t changed at all, and they never would. That was the one thing she wouldn‘t give up for anything or anyone. She would never do something that she knew in her heart was wrong. Besides, Robinson was the only man for her. He had everything she needed, and he would always give her what she wanted, when she wanted it, how she wanted it. Their love life was amazing, and she didn‘t need any other man. Robinson was so in love with her that he would never put his eyes on another woman. Beautiful women would pass him by all the time, and if at that moment, Kay was with him, he would only look at her. If Kay wasn‘t with him at the moment, he would ignore these women and think about her. He‘d never seen eyes like hers. To him, she was the most gorgeous woman in the world. The last person that Constantine expected to visit him was Starr, so when he opened the door and saw her, his eyes widened and he gasped, like he was looking at a monster, or the devil himself. He thought that Starr had gotten over him and found another man. Now he was getting a taste of what it felt like to be harassed.
“Hello, Constantine.”
“Starr…”
Smiling, she asked, “Aren‘t you happy to see me?” “To tell you the truth, no, I‘m not.”
“If you intended to make me feel bad, it didn‘t work.” She made her way in without his permission, and he slammed the door behind her. She sat on the sofa that she once used to watch TV with him for hours on end after coming home from work. They were happy together, until Constantine felt like he didn‘t love her anymore.
“What the hell are you doing here?”
“You left me without saying goodbye that horrible morning. I got the message and I moved out of this house, but I intended to come back someday. Well, my dear, that day has arrived.”
“I don‘t want anything to do with you. Get out, and this time, don‘t come back.” He walked a few steps to the front door and opened it for her.
“I hear you‘re in love with a married woman who feels the exact same way about you.” He shut the door once more, looking at her in disbelief. How dared she?