Coming to Rosemont by Barbara Hinske

Author:Barbara Hinske [Hinske, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2013-02-18T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Monday morning started with a burst of activity at Rosemont. Marc and Alex were up early, anxious to launch into their days. Maggie heard them stirring downstairs, trying not to disturb her. It had been close to midnight when everyone finally cleared out and she was able to head upstairs. She would get up to see them off and come back to bed for a few hours. She didn’t have anything scheduled before her conference call at ten.

Maggie was nestling into her pillow and thinking what a delicious treat it was to sleep in on a weekday when her cell phone rang. She groaned inwardly and was tempted to ignore it. Instead, she picked it up and saw that Susan was calling. It was five a.m. in California, and Susan was not an early riser. She swung her feet over the side of her bed and punched the answer button.

“Mom, it’s me,” Susan sobbed.

“Honey. What’s wrong?” Maggie asked, fear tracing her spine with its razor’s edge.

Susan gulped a ragged breath and continued, “Rob broke up with me last night. Said he isn’t sure he can give me what I need, isn’t ready yet. Some BS like that.”

“Oh sweetie,” was the only thing Maggie could think to say.

“I knew something was up. He’s been pulling away from me for the past several weeks. I asked him if anything was wrong, but he just kept saying no, he was busy at work and he was tired. And he’s been talking about his ex-wife and how much he loved her. I just wanted to scream at him, ‘Yep, she’s so perfect that she cheated on you and manipulates the kids against you and made your life a living hell during the divorce that she filed for.’ I listened to all of his complaints while he was going through it. And he was the one who pursued me after his divorce. I told him it was too soon. He was the one who started talking about marriage, not me.” It was clear that she was picking up steam so Maggie remained silent.

“You’d be proud of me this time, Mom. I didn’t cry—well, I did a little bit—but I didn’t argue or try to talk him out of it. All the time he was talking I kept thinking, You idiot. You’re giving me up? I’m the best thing that ever happened to you. If he’s too stupid to realize what he’s got, he doesn’t deserve me.” Maggie could picture the resolute line of her daughter’s shoulders, the confident lift of her chin.

“That’s exactly right,” Maggie agreed. “I’m so relieved to hear you talking this way. You don’t need to throw yourself at anybody. Rob is too old for this kind of adolescent indecision. He’s weak. You deserve better than this.”

“I know,” Susan huffed. “And he wanted to ‘remain friends,’ like continue to talk and go hiking and stuff. I told him I didn’t want there to be hard feelings between us but that I couldn’t see us going on as friends.

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