“Syndi stole your jewelry. Luke doesn’t know she has them,” Travis admits solemnly.
This is hurting him to tell me the truth. He’s concerned about my well-being, but he also admitted that he loves me. He’s already convinced I’d pick Luke over him anyway. By confessing this, he knows that’s a good possibility.
But what if she’s actually pregnant with his baby? Can I handle knowing that the love of my life has a baby with someone else?
How do I deal with my feelings for Travis? Even though they emerged out of a trick to separate Luke from me, Travis is still a very important part of my life.
“The pictures Luke said he received?” I ask.
“Katelyn,” Travis confirms. “She thought Luke would insist you choose between him and the tour.”
“But he didn’t do that, did he? He believed I’d betray him and didn’t believe me when I tried to explain.”
“I can’t fault him for that, Andi. I can’t say I wouldn’t believe the proof a picture shows,” Travis admits.
“Does he know that they’ve caused all of this?” I ask.
“No, he doesn’t know any of it yet. Although, I did tell Syndi she has to tell him herself,” Travis replies. “I think he’ll have a change of heart about you once he hears the truth.”
Turning to look him in the eye, I narrow my eyes at him. I can’t believe what I’m hearing. “Do you want me to go back to him?”
“Do I want you to go back to him?” Travis repeats my question as he quickly stands and stalks around the room. “Hell no, I don’t want you to go back with him. If I thought I could talk you into it, we’d be on my bike and riding off into the horizon right now. I’d take you as far away from him as physically possible.
“I don’t want to share any part of you with him. If I had my way in this, you’d be head over heels in love with me instead of him and we’d live happily ever after. But I have to face the truth.
“If Syndi hadn’t stolen the ring, if you hadn’t seen her wearing it, and if you hadn’t believed that Luke gave it to her, you wouldn’t have made love to me that night. You’d still be waiting for Luke to come to his senses. Because you love him,” Travis finishes.
“That may be, Travis. But the fact is Luke and I had been through this whole picture thing before. It all boils down to this—he doesn’t trust me. I’ve never given him any reason not to trust me. He should’ve given me the benefit of the doubt, even if for no other reason than he was wrong before and nearly destroyed us then, too,” I counter.
I want to console Travis and take his pain away.
I want to run to Luke and tell him about what Katelyn and Syndi have done to us.
I want…to figure out what I really want.
I can’t be here right now. I need to figure out which part of me will win this fight—my heart or my head. I also need to figure out where my heart really is.
“Travis, can we go back to L.A. tonight? I don’t want to wait until tomorrow.”
“We can do whatever you want, Andi,” Travis smiles.
There’s no way to get out of this whole mess without someone getting hurt.
