53. Another bad break up.
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Ash was talking to the race car post race -show host, Jim Barry.
He wanted to know about this apparent engagement and who that pretty girl in white was.
" You seemed to be proposing to a woman yesterday after the race? Who is she Ash. Did your brother steal her away before you could pop the question?" he pried.
Ash grinned. "My girlfriend was feeling a bit ill, my brother helped her, that's all. No drama. She is so much better... thank you." He said ending that line of questioning.
They continued the interview, satisfied with his response.
Stella got out of bed and went to get some coffee. Storm was passed out.
The race had finally caught up to him and other things made him very tired too, Stella smiled.
Her phone buzzed it was her brother David.
" I heard mom came to visit you, how did that go?" He asked.
" Fine, as expected." She said, not wanting to remember it.
" Are you going to Greece, Drake said. To see his mom Beth?"
" Well, yes, I mean I am on this side of the pond, so I was thinking of visiting Greece anyway." She smiled.
"I saw you on the news with Ash. Are you guys an item now?" He asked.
" I have been dating, yes." She said.
" Well, I was just wondering about my man, Drake, does he even have a chance with you now?" He asked.
" David, I'm not going to say never. But I can't be with a man that doesn't commit fully to just me. I have found these wonderful Palmer men, not like their cousin Drake.
He isn't very nice David, maybe if you were a girl, you would see. He is only in love with himself."
" Stella, I'm sorry you were so hurt by him. I never should have tried to get you to be with him." He said.
" I'm all good. I think I am actually very happy with Storm and Ash right here in Rome."
" What do you mean, both of them? What the hell is wrong with you?" He was angry.
" It's better than you think, I am in a relationship with Cash and Sam too. All of those sweet boys want me." She said.
" You are truly warped. People don't just f*ck all these guys and expect not to get hurt by them.
What about kids, you're going to screw them up if you should get pregnant. You were better off with Drake." He yelled.
Storm heard David yelling at Stella. She was crying now.
" I don't need your approval, not one bit. What do you think I would do after being alone most of my life?
I can't have kids, the doctor told me... after I broke up with Drake, I looked into getting on birth control, I'm sterile David, I will never get pregnant, Drake never seemed to want kids anyway.
I need a family of my own making, I deserve it, I do. Don't call me again, don't call me... do not call me again!" She cried.
Storm took the phone from her.
" It's Storm, I know, no she's fine, she's not on drugs. No she's fine, yes we both love her. We do. I will take very good care of her, goodbye David." He said.
Stella wiped her eyes. "Now everyone will judge me, hate me just for being in love. s**t!" She said angrily.
" Is it true Stella, you can't get pregnant, like ever?" He asked.
" It's true." She said looking at his eyes.
" That's something you should have told me and Ash isn't it, I mean...I want kids someday. I want your kids." He was angry at her too now.
" Well, my body is messed up. I'm sorry. Here, take your ring back, go find Jerika.
Have kids with her. Just leave me alone. You want to chastise me for something out of my control, don't you think I am in pain about this?" She yelled.
" I'm not sure...I would have proposed to you Stella, I'm sorry...this changes everything." He left the hotel.
Stella went to lay down. She was feeling a migraine coming on.
Ash came back a few hours later.
" Hey, where's Storm at?" He asked her.
" He left me, I told him about me being sterile, he flipped out and said he never would have proposed to me." She stared at him expecting the same from his twin.
He smiled, went to the kitchen and ripped the schedule up.
He advanced on her. "Now, you are all mine!" He kissed her.
" You don't mind me not having your babies?" She asked.
" Nope, I think if we want kids, one day...we will find another way.
Stella, I love you, even if you are a little messy right now, let's get that hair fixed.
We are going dancing tonight with Sven and Roxanne, my friends from the fashion house."
Stella opened a small bottle of rum. She drank it back.
" Ash... first we need to call Storm and get him back here, families don't just give up on eachother. He must be feeling all alone." She frowned.
Ash dialed his number.
" Hey bro, where you at?"
" Uh... that's not good. You sure that's a..a good idea?" He asked.
" I'm going to find Jerika and right this wrong, she is the girl for me, I can't be with Stella.
I want kids someday. Tell her, well don't tell her anything. She shouldn't have kept that from me... damn her!" He was angry.
Stella took the phone.
" I'm sorry Storm, I'm very sorry. Please don't do this. I love you." She said crying.
" Don't fake cry to me, I'm not just a toy you get to use. I'm a man. I will make my own mind up, you had me under your spell. Well... I'm not under it anymore you witch, no actually your a real b***h!" He yelled.
Stella gasped.
" That's...whoa that's a bit un called for Storm, she's not a b***h for being sterile. Your an assh*le." Ash yelled at Storm and hung up.
Stella shook her head. She took another drink.
" Let's go, he's just like all the others, they all leave me eventually." She sighed as she drank more.
" Let's get out of here, let's go party!" He said.
They got dressed up. Stella wore a gold dress with a very low cut back. Her hair was curled and wild. She looked very "Guicci "said Ash.
He wore a pair of black slacks and a black button down shirt with a leather jacket. He looked like a villain.
She loved it. He looked like Storm actually.
Stella drank some more. A woman in the bathroom was doing a line of coke.
Stella watched her. "How do I do this?" She asked.
The woman showed her. Just as Stella put a rolled up bill to her nose, Ash saw her and gently removed it from her hand.
" I need you over here." He pulled her away.
" You look so good tonight." He touched her hair.
He realized his mistake in taking her out. She was raw and wanted to be very reckless.
Ash put her on his lap and fed her some pizza. He made her drink water now. She was laughing a bit too loudly.
She was trying to be something she wasn't.
Ash got her coat and walked her to the waiting car.
" We are going to go to the fountain to make a wish." He kissed her.
They got out of the car and walked. Ash held onto her as she was very wobbly.
She kissed him. " I love you so much Ash. You are very special."
He nodded. " Make a wish."
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