Chapter 9 The Tattoo

"But the fact that I like you has never changed. Let's start dating for real, okay?" Finnegan said, resolute. My eyelashes quivered. On the way to the law firm earlier, I recalled some of what happened last night. I had a little too much to drink, and Finnegan wasn't much better too. While crying, he had poured his heart out to me, saying how desperate he had been to see me the past five years and how much he wished he could've snatched me away. At night, that urge would grow ever stronger. However, he would regain his senses during the day and continue living like a zombie. He had even told me that if Zachary and I had remained together, he had already planned to remain single for the rest of his life. After that, he even revealed the tattoo on his abdomen to me. It was a tiara. He said that was to remind him of me, Tia, his Tia. In the late nights, Finnegan had wept heartbrokenly as he lamented that his Tia had gone off with another man and disappeared. Clinging to my leg, h