A Reunion to Remember by TJ Thomas

Author:TJ Thomas
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781626395350
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books, Inc.
Published: 2016-02-25T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

When Christie hadn’t heard back from Julie by Wednesday, she decided to take matters into her own hands. After the kids were in bed for the night and Peter was home to keep an eye on them, she headed to Julie’s. When Ben opened the front door, he grabbed Christie and pulled her into the house. “Thank God you’re here,” he said, desperation in his voice.

“Still bad, huh?”

“We’ve been rehashing the same stuff for two days. She can’t tell me why she’s so angry. Maybe she’ll open up to you.”

Christie held up the bottle of tequila she’d brought with her. “Hopefully, this will help. Where is she?”

“In the kitchen. I don’t even know what she’s doing. She’s just sitting at the table.”

“You’ve got the kids covered, so she has no excuses.”

“Absolutely. Good luck.”

Christie walked into the kitchen. “What are you doing here?” Julie asked with disdain. She might have even snarled a little, but maybe that was Christie’s imagination.

Christie simply held up the bottle. She opened the tequila and took down two glasses and poured healthy amounts of the gold liquid. She set one in front of Julie and sat across from her at the table. “Let’s talk.”

“Why? You’re on her side anyway.”

“Julie, I don’t know why you feel like there need to be sides. You’re upset. I get that. I care about you, and I want to understand what’s going on.”

Julie looked at her warily. “This whole thing is just wrong. I don’t understand how you can support them.”

Christie raised her glass. Julie reluctantly did the same. Then, in unison, they threw their heads back and downed a shot. The tequila burned Christie’s tongue as it went down. “Okay, then let’s talk specifics. Do you have an issue with Mom being with a woman or with her being with one our age? Or something else entirely?”

“All of it. I don’t know. It’s just weird.”

“Julie, when was the last time you saw Mom truly happy?”

Julie brushed off the question. “Mom’s always happy.”

“I know she seems that way, but didn’t you ever get the feeling something was missing? That part of her was sad or lonely?”

“I guess I hadn’t thought about it much. I mean she seemed different after Dad left, but she never seemed unhappy. So, I guess I always thought she was content with her life.”

Christie nodded, glad she had started to think things through. “Me too. It’s like this spark died when Dad left and she was never the same.”

“Right, because she missed Dad so much.”

Christie shook her head. “I don’t think so. If that was the case, Mom and Dad wouldn’t have stayed friends. She wouldn’t have been able to go to Dad and Sharon’s wedding. She didn’t seem especially sad that day. But something has been missing. I think that may be what she has found with Jo.”

“How can you say that?”

Christie sighed. “Honestly, Julie, I don’t think I would have before the other day. But when I saw them together, they are so comfortable. Mom looked alive for the first time in a long time, like she’s whole again.

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