Carla Krae - [My Once and Future Love Revisited 02] by Betrayed (epub)

Author:Betrayed (epub)
Format: epub
Published: 2014-02-19T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

New Year’s Eve was amazing. Jacob took Beth to a nice restaurant—she wore a dress—then they went back to the hotel and rang in 2003 in bed. Hours later, she was still deliciously sore in places she didn’t know she had before.

Morning was bittersweet. He had to fly out that day. Classes started on Monday for both of them. Like last time at LAX, they clung to each other until he was out of time. “This sucks.”

“I know. I’m going to miss you so much.”

“Don’t forget to call, okay? I know you’re gonna get busy, but—”

“I won’t, I swear. How could I forget my Bethie?” He kissed her again.

Squeezing her eyes shut tight to keep the tears in, she tried to pour the next three months into one kiss.

“I have to go, love.”

“I know. Call me when you land.”

He nodded and turned away from her to continue through security to his gate. Times like this, she hated that you couldn’t see someone off all the way to the plane anymore.

Going back to school sucked after the holiday. She settled in soon enough, though, because college was a kind of home, too, for a freak that liked school. The new classes she had for this term weren’t bad.

She only had a morning class on Fridays, so she tried calling Jacob after she got back. Answering machine. He probably had a gig. She left a message that she’d be in her room ‘til six her time, and opened books to study for a short paper due.

There was an e-mail waiting when she signed on later.

Beth,

You cheated, calling on a Friday, love. I miss you, too. Keep seeing girls with hair like yours and getting excited, then I remember it can’t be you. At least, it’s not likely to be, but I would never turn you away if you wanted to surprise me.

Gotta hit the sack.

Yours,

Jacob

Mine… She hoped he’d remember that so far away and envied Michelle and her boyfriend getting to see each other every day, touch each other, eat together, and fall asleep in each other’s arms.

She had to be some kind of masochist to enter into a long-distance relationship.

Mom had her six-month check-up the last week of the month. To say Dad and Beth were nervous was the God’s honest truth. She skipped classes that day and waited for Mom to come home.

“Well?” she asked when Mom came through the door.

“The mammogram was inconclusive.” She took off her coat. “But I was told the surgery scarring could make one harder to read.”

“And?”

“And, I see my doctor tomorrow. She didn’t have openings today.”

“Oh.” That didn’t make Beth feel any better. “But your other breast is fine?”

“Same as ever. I’m thinking of pot roast for supper.”

Beth followed her into the kitchen. “Aren’t you nervous about getting cleared?”

“Not really. I do my self-exams. If I’d felt a lump, I would say so.” She got out a piece of beef to thaw and started selecting veggies from the crisper.

Mom’s nonchalance frustrated her. Dang near pissed her off.

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