Awkward Adventures in Dating by Elsa Kurt

Author:Elsa Kurt [Kurt, Elsa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781733753913
Publisher: Perfectly Imperfect Publishing
Published: 2019-02-18T05:00:00+00:00

There’s my girl. Stiff upper lip is how it’s done.

Back home, Keira considered calling Violet and Lola one more time but realized if she did, then Violet would worry. She’d always behaved like a miniature adult from the time she could talk. The divorce had only intensified the trait, causing her to be ultra-sensitive to both Darren and Keira’s feelings, real or perceived. The therapist they’d taken the girls to— albeit briefly— claimed it was a typical response for an older sibling. Hearing that hadn’t made it any less concerning.

The upside of Violet’s sensitivity was that it forced Darren to chill out with his underhanded stunts and nastiness. As for Keira, it forced her to keep her big girl pants on and learn how to ‘fake it till you make it.’ Only, at that moment, she was alone— except for Murphy and Silas, who greeted her happily at the door and were oblivious to her pity party sniffles. As she was about to give in to self-pity and have a good cry, her phone rang. Her heart stopped when she saw Darren’s name on the screen.

“What’s wrong? The girls okay?”

“Whoa, easy there Keir. They’re fine. Dad took them for a ride on the golf cart. I’m checking in on you, actually.”

“On me? Really? I mean, why?”

“I was— listen. Can I just say... I’m sorry. For like, everything. I was an asshole. If it weren’t for me, we’d still be a family. So, yeah. I’m sorry.”

Keira was silent for a moment, unsure what to say, how to react. Sincere Darren was not a familiar persona. Part of her wanted to yell ‘no shit, Darren’ and blast him with every single shitty rotten thing he’d ever said and done. There was plenty to choose from. The other part said, ‘remember his good qualities.’ That part wanted a peaceful life and said to accept the apology and move on. It was, after all the first time in the nearly two years post-divorce he’d ever apologized for anything.

“Wow. I, uh, wasn’t expecting this. I appreciate you saying that.”

It wasn’t exactly an acceptance More an acknowledgment. It was the best she could do.

“Keir, do you ever think about… do you wish we’d worked out?”

“Darren, have you been drinking?”

It explained this sudden sensitive version of her ex-husband. Keira wanted to like it, but it made her uncomfortable and annoyed. Did she ever wish they’d worked out? She had been blindly in love with him for most of their marriage. Of course she’d wanted them to work out. She drifted through those years like a sleepwalker, lost in a dream that was all pretend. But she woke up and saw the truth, saw him without the blinders on. She came to think of him as the ever-villain. The obnoxious jerk she tolerated for her kids’ sake. Perhaps this sweet version of him— the one that reminded her of when they first met— was legitimate. But Keira saw the other side of Darren Travis too, and she would never be so gullible again.

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