“The Unkept Promise) Chapter 17
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“Silas, man, what’s the point? Bethany screwed up, she’s paid the price. Are
you really that hung up on Amelia?”
“Yeah, man. It’s just one woman. You can have any woman you want.”
“She’s gone. Move on. Show her you don’t need her. That’ll bring her
crawling back.”
“Or…find someone who looks like her. Train her. Same difference.”
They didn’t understand. They’d witnessed his devotion, and they found it
pathetic. What was so special about Amelia Evans? But the question itself
betrayed their own yearning. They envied him, even as they mocked him. They
were playboys, incapable of genuine connection, long forgetting what it meant to
truly love someone. Women were disposable.
But Silas was different. And they wanted to drag him down to their level.
His affair with Bethany had been their victory. Now they couldn’t understand
his grief, his regret.
It’s just a woman. What’s the big deal?
Silas’s rage exploded. He grabbed a bottle and swung, his drunken fury
unleashed. The room erupted in chaos. He fought like a man possessed, his
blows landing with brutal precision. Anyone who tried to intervene was met
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with the same ferocity. Soon, the room was littered with groaning bodies.
you and your families. Do you hear me?”
Silence. They stared at him, wide–eyed and terrified. They’d never seen
After a long, tense silence, as Silas reached for another bottle, one of his
friends, still nursing a bruised ego, slipped out of the room.
He called the bar manager. “See this woman?” he said, showing a picture of
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