The Accidental Wife by Sara Islam

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"All right, start the car whenever you feel ready," Silas tells me. It tookten minutes to get myself to get into

the driver's seat. Silas kept his word as always. He showed up at noon to helpget over my fear.

When my parents learned about that, they were ecstatic that somebody managed to convinceto start

driving again. They understand that it's a slow process, but the fact that I'm now in a car behind the wheel

counts for something. We are still in our driveway, and I'm supposed to go on a ten-minute drive today, but I'm

not sure if | will be able to do it or not. "I don't think | can do this," | murmur, looking down. | don't remember

anything about the accident, but | do know that | cout of it without the last two years of my life. Part of me

is petrified that | may lose more than what | have already lost.

"I know you can do it, but if you don't feel ready now, we can postpone this little drive," he tells me, giving me

the freedom to decide. | stay silent, not knowing what | should do.

"It's been three months already. I'm supposed to start driving again." | heavily sigh, resting my head against the

back of the

seat.

"Says who? The only thing you're supposed to do is move at your own pace," he says. Silas always makes me

feel that what I'm doing is enough, but Everest always thinks that | should do more, and | don't know who is

right. | don't understand which paced should follow. Everest is the one who told| should be driving again by

now but I'm not going to tell Silas that. | don't want to give him another reason to hate him.

"Rosie, | want you to remember something. You weren't the reason behind the accident. Somebody hit you from

behind. and it was their fault. You lost control because of how strong they hit you, not because you weren't

paying attention. Let that sink in," Silas gently says. "But what if it happens again?" | ask, sounding like an idiot.

[af

"But what if it doesn't happen again?" He smartly uses my logic against me, makingsmile. "You can't hold

yourself back, from doing normal things due to others' mistakes."

| look at the start engine button and stare at it for less than a minute before finally deciding to turn the car on. |

make sure that | have my seatbelt on, and the rearview mirrors are adjusted before | start driving slowly.

My heart is about to leap out of my chest and my hands are getting slightly sweaty, but | don't feel as bad as |

thought | would feel. | thought | would wind up breaking down, unable to calm myself down, but here | am,

driving without shedding a single tear. "I'm driving!" | exclaim, letting myself enjoy the feeling of being able to do

something again after three months of not being able to do it.

‘re driving! You're doing pretty well!" Silas encouragesand my smile only grows. He sounds proud of me. |

cannot believe that I'm really doing it! "Do you think you can takefor coffee? I'm really craving Spanish

latte," he suggests. | know he's not craving

thin and only wantsto drive more, but | agree. | feel like | can do it.

I'm driving slower than usual, but I'm not as slow as a snail! | look at my hands and find them not shaking,

making relief take over my fast-beating heart.

"Do you think | should play smusic?" Silas suggests, but | shake

my head.

"I think I'm not ready yet for any distractions. We can do it later though," | tell him, and he nods.

I hear my phone ringing, but | ignore it, not wanting to focus on anything but driving. It dings with a few

notifications after

it stops ringing and for a moment, | think there's something urgent. However, | know that if it's a familial matter,

any of my parents would call Silas because they know that I'm with him. 08:16 Sat, Oct 19

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After five minutes, | reach a coffee place Silas, and | like to go to. The two of us get out of the car and | can't help

but squeal like a little kid the moment | step out.

"I did it!" 1 happily exclaim as | high-five Silas.

"| told you you could do it!" He grins,

"I wouldn't have been able to do it without you, though," | admit.

"No, you would have done it either way. You just needed sencouragement," he tells me, makingfeel

better about myself. He has always made sure to boost my self-confidence whenever | needed him to, and this is

something | absolutely adore about him. The two of us walk inside the café and Silas orders two Spanish lattes

for us. As we're waiting for our order, again. I look at my screen and find Everest calling me. "Hey Everest," | s

Say

as | answer. | don't want him to think that I'm ignoring him.

"I called you earlier, but you didn't pick up," he tells me.

"Yeah, sorry about that. | was driving." | bet he's going to be excited upon learning that.

"Driving? Did you finally do it?" Excitement fills his voice, makingsmile.

"Yes! Thank to Silas," | casually say.

"Silas." The excitement in his voice dies.

Phone rings

he offered to accompany me, and | agreed," | tell him, not knowing what the issue is. I'm not going to cut ties

with Silas for Everest's sake.

"And you didn't think you should askbefore agreeing?" He sounds angry.

"No, because Silas is my friend. He is somebody I trust." He needs to understand that.

"Is everything okay?" Silas mouths towith concern etched on his face. | give him a small nod with a smile.

"He is your ex!" he snaps.

"We were friends before we started dating and our families are close, so I'm not going to stop talking to him just

because we broke up and I'm now dating somebody else," | calmly tell him.

"| can't believe you!"

"I think we can talk when you're ready to talk without snapping at me." I'm not in the mood to fight. | don't want

him to ruin a happy moment for me.

"Whatever. Bye, Rosie." He hangs up and | shove my phone into my bag.

"What's going on?" Silas wonders, handingmy latte. | haven't even noticed that the drinks are ready.

"Everest is mad

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