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Mom clears her throat. “Sweetie, it’s not that I don’t want you back here, because I do. We miss you so much, but these moves are worrying.”
“Yeah,” Dad adds. “I was the one trying to change your mind about Boston, but now that you’re there, I think you should make a real go of it. Give it at least a year and see what happens.”
“I don’t think I want to give it a year. I think I’m done.”
“I know you said you didn’t want to talk about it, but what’s going on? Something must’ve happened,” Mom says.
I sigh. “Well, work isn’t as fulfilling as it used to be…then…there’s also this guy I’ve been seeing, and things have gone sour.”
I hear another look pass between them.
I don’t know what happens, but I burst into tears.
“Oh, Emma…” Mom says. “I wish I were there to give you a big hug right now.”
I continue to blubber on the phone and my parents’ voices reach me through my tears.
“Everything is going to be OK. Remember how you thought your life was going to end after Jerry? You got over that. That’s the same way you are going to get over this,” Dad says.
They both give me a few more words of comfort, and then my sobs subside.
“Sweetie, you can come home if you decide that’s what you really want to do. We will be waiting with open arms, but we do think you should try and see what happens before making any major decisions.”
“Can you just promise us you’ll think about it?” Mom asks.
I nod then say, “OK. I’ll think about it.”
We say our goodbyes, then I hang up.
I lie back in bed and I think about what I’m going to do.
Of course, the rational part of my brain knows that Sophie and my parents are right. I shouldn’t pick up and move every time things get hard. However, at the same time, I think that’s what I need right now. I don’t know that I have it in me to be in the same city as Glen.
The possibility that I could run into him is torturing me. What happens if I run into him and he’s with another woman? I think that would destroy me.
Well, I haven’t made any decisions. I will do what I promised my parents and think about it over the next few days, but as it is, I’m leaning toward running.
Chapter Fourteen
Glen
I think my divorce from Serena is one of the reasonsMed-Fieldsis as successful as it is.
Serena and I got divorced shortly after I started the company. To cope with the trauma of her taking Sophie and walking out of my life, I threw myself into my work.
I didn’t slow down to feel the emotions that accompanied the devastation.
So it isn’t surprising to me that I have done the exact same thing now that Emma has exited my life. I have been working like a lunatic; going a mile a minute, all so I don’t have an ounce of free time to reflect on the reality that Emma and I are over.
It’s so strange. One day she was here then the next she was gone. It’s almost like I have phantom Emma syndrome. Sometimes I feel her behind me, but when I turn around there’s no one there. I think I’m going insane.
I know that I can put an end to all this by simply going to her and apologizing. I know she won’t make it easy, but it’s doable. However, I haven’t been able to bring myself to do that.
I shot myself in the foot with that accusation I made against her. I guess the reason I haven’t gone to apologize to her is because I wouldn’t forgive me if I were in her position. So how can I expect her to?
Today, as a result of my new work regimen, I get back home at 11 o’clock at night.
When I drive up to my house, I can see that my living room lights are on.
