Boy on Hold by J D Spero

Author:J D Spero [Spero, J D]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781733908535
Publisher: Immortal Works
Published: 2019-08-12T16:00:00+00:00

Marcella took Tripp to the train station the next morning after getting Hen off to school. As she drove, snow flutters dotted the gray sky as if it hadn’t made up its mind to storm. Loosened milkweed, aloof.

She and Tripp were silent en route. The silent treatment had been in effect since his outburst the night before. Still, as she’d pulled up to the train platform, she thought they’d say goodbye.

Tripp heaved his duffle from the backseat and shot out of the car without a word, pressing his cowboy hat onto his head.

She watched him go, slightly stunned. He was going to walk away? Just like that?

White dots of snow freckled his hat as he sauntered blithely, his duffle over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.

She waited. He’d turn around to wave goodbye. Any moment now.

Or not.

When he ducked into the station to buy his ticket, it hit her. She’d never talk to him again. Or see him. She gripped the wheel, fighting an urge to go to him. Make things better. Apologize.

For what? Why was she such a flimsy, desperate weed? Ugh, she disgusted herself sometimes. Besides, he was the one in the wrong. He left Tyler. Yet again. Selfish ass that he was.

It took less than ten minutes for the train to arrive. That hard nut in her chest tightened as Tripp boarded without hesitation. No wave, no look back.

“Good riddance,” she spat.

Rails squealed. The train rasped into motion. As it picked up momentum, steam shooting from its horn, Marcella felt something slip away. The train careened into a valley and disappeared into the lower Adirondacks.

Falling against her seat, she stared at the platform, now deserted. Her breath came more easily.

Then, oddly, she laughed. She laughed and laughed, feeling lighter every second. Oh, the relief! Her chest opened with it. The car windows fogged with it. She laughed until tears gathered. She wiped her eyes. A song of a sigh filled the silence. She cracked a window and the rush of cold invigorated her. Like her car had an infusion of oxygen.

She was free.

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