The Price

Seth scowled as he looked up at Marlin with a confused frown. “She does not see you Marlin,she sees what you want her to see, oh not the real you, the manipulative selfish man, who only uses people for what he wants.”

Again Marlin gave an unsmiling look, “And what about you, Seth? That is what she sees when she looks at you: a man who let his ambition tear apart his relationship with her or rather a man who no matter how hard he tries, cannot remove the mistakes that he made?”

Marlin scoffed. “You changed? No, you did not, Seth, you still believe in working more, in throwing yourself to the uncertain future. But Phoebe wants order in her life now she wants stability and you cannot offer her that.”

Seth’s gaze hardened. I have the ability to offer her love and love which you will never be capable of comprehending.

Marlin smirked. ‘Love? Is that what you are claiming it to be now? I see obsession more than anything else! You can’t bear the thought of losing her and that’s why you are mo