Between Hope & Tragedy by Yolanda Olson

Author:Yolanda Olson [Olson, Yolanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-02-28T00:00:00+00:00

It was two o’clock in the afternoon by the time we left Grandma’s. She sat in her chair and told us the story of her and Grandpa while we listened, drinking our tea.

Apparently, she had met him when she was fourteen years old and he was eighteen, but times were different then, as she put it. Also, she said she knew she wanted to marry him from the moment she saw him so no one could really tell her to stay away from him. I snuck glances at Garrett who had been smiling pleasantly as Grandma took us down memory lane, and I could only hope that he didn’t think it was the same with us.

I had a moment of weakness earlier today, and I honestly didn’t intend to repeat the mistake. It was what had gotten me into this clusterfuck of moving all the way to the other side of the United States to begin with.

It was also the reason I was an absentee mother, a recluse, a self-loather, and had such hatred for humanity. But as he drove me back to my hotel, I couldn’t find it in me to crush his high spirits.

“I think we should go to Phoenix,” Garrett said when he pulled into the hotel parking lot.

“For what?” I asked in confusion.

“To meet our son,” he said, giving me a pointed look.

“Oh.”

Oh! How could I forget already that he was in Phoenix?

“No,” I replied thoughtfully, running my hands through my hair. “I’ve fucked up enough lives, I don’t think it would do him any good for me to show up and shit on everything he knows. You should go, though! I think it would do you some good to meet him.”

“Zaydee, you need to stop. You didn’t fuck up anything or ruin anything that wasn’t already meant to be ruined,” he said as patiently as he could.

Truer words were never spoken, I thought with a soft chuckle.

“Let me know how he’s doing, okay?” I said softly, as I leaned over and kissed him on his cheek. I reached into the back seat and retrieved the envelopes that Grandma had given to me in her home and pushed the door open.

I hopped out of his car and practically ran to the front door of the hotel, leaving Garrett calling my name from the driver’s side window. I didn’t turn around and I didn’t stop. It would’ve made me weak enough to go with him to Phoenix and I didn’t want to go. I didn’t want to do that to an innocent kid who probably didn’t know anything about me anyway.

I walked past the front desk and took the stairs up to my room. I didn’t feel like waiting for the elevator today either. I wanted to get to my room and make a very important phone call. Even though I wouldn’t be going to actually see Scott, it didn’t mean that I couldn’t call and check on him.

When I got to my room it dawned on

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