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“I know. All you have to do is ask, baby. Tell me you understand that I would never hurt you and will do whatever I can to make you happy and smile everyday.” I smile and nod my head.
“I do know that Fletch. I swear I do, but certain things just take me back there.”
We talk about therapy and then I pick myself up off the floor and step into Fletch’s private bathroom. I wash my face and hands and stare at myself in the mirror for long moments. I never liked who was looking back at me before, but I’m beginning too. I’ve always held so much of myself back, even from my family. I felt like I didn’t belong anywhere and I think I made my Mom’s life miserable, but no more. Fletcher has changed me. I want to be someone he can love just as much as I love him. I want to be happy. I want to be his in every way.
Before going back to work, I call my mom.
“Hey Mama,” I say into the phone.
“Hello, baby doll. Has work been so busy that you haven’t been able to call me?”
“Yes and no. Are you sitting down?”
“Yes. I just put Kelly and Mark on, but I can pause it. Now tell me, what’s wrong? Did Gary follow you to Houston? Your daddy had some words with him last week at the office and he hasn’t been back since.”
“No, but that’s because I’m not in Houston, Mama. I’m in West Virginia.”
“What the hell are you doing in West Virginia?”
“I got married,” I begin. When she doesn’t say anything, I continue. “He’s a nice man, the nicest Mama. I finally feel it.”
“Feel what?”
“The Jorgensen Magic.”
“Oh baby. It’s always been there. You just had to meet the right man. Nothing else matters but him.”
“I know that now. I love him. Like really love him.”
“That’s great Florence. Your daddy and I will come out to meet him real soon.”
“I also wanted to tell you I’m sorry.”
“For what? “
“For not recognizing how much you loved me. I love you, Mama.”
“How could anyone not love you? Loving you was the easiest thing I’ve ever done. The moment I saw you, even before you were mine, I loved you. I told your Daddy that too. The day I had Arvin was the best day of my life and not just because of him. I got you too.”
“I love you,” I say.
“I love you too,” she says.
“I'll call soon, okay?”
“You better and Florence?”
“Yeah, Mama?”
“I’m so happy for you.”
“Thank you.”
I hang up the phone, feeling lighter than I have in years. I finish my day and go home with my husband, exactly where I belong.
ChapterEight
Fletcher
