Broken by Annie Jocoby

Author:Annie Jocoby [Jocoby, Annie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781495239359
Amazon: 1495239357
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2014-01-15T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 28

Scotty

So, Nick had just left my apartment, and I was feeling so empty and devastated that I couldn’t even stand it. I wished that I had never gotten to know him. It was fine for me when he was the professor that I dreamed about every night before I went to sleep. But, as soon as he became a reality, it all became too terrifying to me. And, after I talked to Ryan, and I could sense that Ryan was trying very hard not to tell me how much Nick got around, I knew for sure. There was simply no way that I would allow myself to get involved with Nick more than I was. A couple of kisses, which was huge for me, would be as far as it went.

I cursed myself and my emotions as I lay on the couch. Schoolwork was piling up. I was always so diligent with it before – studying and researching in my free time, taking great care with my design projects, and just generally being a conscientious student. Now, it seemed that Nick took up all my mental energy, and I could see myself falling behind. Falling behind was something that couldn’t happen. If I was going to ever have anything in my life, I had to make sure that I got my master’s degree. I could just be happy being a really good architect, and create projects that people love around the world.

I was losing hope that I ever would have a normal relationship with a man, so my career would be the only thing that would sustain me.

So, in a way, I started to panic a little. I couldn’t have Nick, yet my mental energy was so focused upon him that there was a real chance that I would fall behind to the point where my grades would suffer. I always got straight As, and getting straight As was important to me. Yet, I worked hard for my grades. Lately, I hadn’t been working very hard at it. I might end up with some Bs and Cs, and that would devastate me even more.

I just had to put Nick out of my mind. I had to put my nose back to the grindstone and power through it. Who knows? Maybe it would help me get over my feelings for this elusive man.

Which is what I did. I turned off the television and got right to work, and, after a few hours, I was feeling better about myself again. That was, until Jack got home from his job at the bakery.

“Love, so, tell me, tell me. Have you heard from your dream man today?” he asked me as he got into the apartment and put threw his coat and hat on the sofa. “I’ll get that later,” he said, motioning to the garments that he just threw off.

I got up and took his hat and coat and hung up the coat in the coat closet and threw the hat on the rack we had in the closet.

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