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“Your brothers are going to have a lot to say about this,” her mother said.
She shouldn’t be shocked the conversation was going this way, but she was still hurt that it was.
“I know they are. And I’m going to talk to them myself when I’m done with you. You can tell Dad.”
Heather knew her father would be the least of her worries compared to the rest of them.
“There is no chance of him moving here?” her mother asked.
Yep. She was right. “There is no chance ofmemoving back home. Mom, I’ve told you this enough times. I love it here. I love my job. I don’t see anything happening there to make me move back. I like the life I have here. Why can’t you accept that?”
“When you have children of your own someday you’ll understand.”
“What I understand is that I hope I can accept the fact that if they are happy in their life it doesn’t matter where they live. The boys are there. Do you give them a hard time like you are me?”
“No,” her mother said. “They are here. That is why.”
“But you never see them. They’ve told me that before. You probably talk to me more than them.”
She didn’t talk to her mother nightly anymore, but there were at least daily texts. She was fine with that. She could answer or get back to her mother when she had time.
“It’s not the same,” her mother said. “I’m not as close to the boys as I was to you. I never had this relationship with my mother either. I wanted to make sure you and I had it.”
Heather knew that. Her grandmother had told her more than once and she often wondered if her mother was jealous of the relationship she’d had with her grandmother. The one her own mother couldn’t seem to have.
She’d never say that though. It wouldn’t be right.
“I’m sorry, Mom. I love you and always will. We talk all the time, but I’m happy here. I know I’m not what you thought I’d be in life. You wanted me to be a doctor and it wasn’t what I wanted.”
“I know,” her mother said. “A mother can dream. But you loved your job at the hospital. I just don’t understand why you changed.”
“I didn’t love it. You thought I did because it’s what you wanted for me when your first dream didn’t work out. But it’s not what I wanted for myself. I’m blending two of my loves in life. Gardening and science. I work with such wonderful people. I don’t sit in a stuffy lab all day long. I get to be outside, in the greenhouses. I go to the manufacturing plant and the retail stores and flower shop.”
“You’re wasting your education,” her mother said.
“I’m not,” she argued. “It’s only a waste because it’s not what you wanted. I’m making a lot more money here than I was at my last job. I’m not sure how you can consider that a waste either.”
“I don’t believe it,” her mother said.
“Well, I am. And money isn’t everything. I’ve known that my whole life. But I wouldn’t lie either. I’m making close to fifteen thousand dollars more here. I’ve gotten a promotion in responsibilities, but I was still making more when I was hired.”
“It doesn’t matter,” her mother said. “The point is, I expected you to do something else with your life.”
There was no getting through to her and she just had to stop. She was never going to be good enough for her mother and had to give up.
“Well, I’m not,” she said. “I’m sorry I’m such a disappointment to you.”
“Don’t play the martyr,” her mother said.
Talk about the pot calling the kettle here. “Whatever,” she said. “I just wanted to let you know about Luke and that I’d like you to meet him, but maybe it’s not wise. I don’t need you telling my boyfriend what a horrible person I am.”
“Heather! I’ve never said that about you and I never would. You’re making a bigger deal out of this. I’m sorry. I had a bad day at work. I don’t mean to take it out on you.”
“Fine,” she said. “But imagine how nice it’d be if you could say you loved your job like me.”
She hung up after that and let out a screech that the people in the condo next to her probably heard.
“I take it it didn’t go well,” Daisy said, coming into her room.
