Crystal waited for Nathan to reply, but he did not. She could hear him breathing on the other line, but he remained silent.

What the fuck?!?! - thought Crystal. “What do you want?” she demanded for the second time. “I’m tired, and I don’t have the energy to put up with your bullshit!”

“Don’t marry him,” Nathan finally replied.

Crystal: “Why not? We are over. You had your chance, and you blew it!”

Her words struck him like a sharp knife to the heart, and there was another ...