Coming Home to Greenleigh by Maya Walker

Author:Maya Walker [Walker, Maya Rushing]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-73251-586-4
Publisher: Apollo Grannus Books via Indie Author Project

20

“I don't know, Shawn.” Bob Stuart was shaking his head. “I’m trying. She still doesn't want to see me.” He wouldn't meet Shawn's eyes, choosing to hunch forward and fiddle with his substantial key ring instead.

“I asked Christine to call her. She might be able to get her to come around.” Shawn tapped his pencil against his desk, eraser side down. He waited for Bob to look up, but Bob concentrated on switching his key ring from hand to hand, methodically going through the keys one by one, as if mentally cataloguing them. He did not look up.

“I don't think she's going to change her mind. She’s so evasive.”

“At the very least, the two of you need to meet and talk,” Shawn argued. “You can't just throw in the towel.”

Bob finally looked up at him. In the slanted morning light of November, his face looked lined and worn. The blue in his eyes seemed pale and diffuse, and they were rimmed with the red of sleepless nights, making him look like a much older man.

Was it really November?

Shawn glanced outside. The trees were bare. The early snow had long since collapsed into hard, dirty piles, but the ground remained wet and slushy, and a thin coating of frost covered the evergreen corporate shrubbery surrounding Lawson & Lawson. Yes, it was November, and it felt like it had been November for months.

“I’m not throwing in the towel. But I think it may be too late for me to convince her. I’m at a loss. I’m afraid she just wants the divorce.”

“Are you ready for that?”

“No.” Bob was blunt. “No, I think Angela is wrong. I don't think our marriage is over. But I don't know what to do. I feel like—”

There was a long pause.

Shawn raised an eyebrow.

“I feel like I should talk to Beth,” Bob finished. “She would know what to say to get Angela to talk to me.”

Shawn stopped tapping.

Bob continued, “I know that Angela talks to Beth. And—and Beth doesn't represent Angela anymore. So there's nothing wrong with talking to Beth—is there?”

Shawn did not reply. He picked up the pencil, examined the eraser carefully, then put it down.

“I should talk to Christine, see if she managed to get Angela on the phone,” he said, not answering the question directly.

“I’ll do whatever she wants,” Bob said. “I’ll go for counseling. I'll do mediation. Whatever she wants.” He leaned forward. “Make sure Christine knows that.” He started to rise.

“Are you going to talk to Beth, then?”

Shawn's question stopped him. He sat back down, looking at first awkward, then determined.

“Shawn. I don't mean to pry.”

Shawn took a deep breath. He tried to let it out without sounding as if he were annoyed. He nodded.

“I know you and Beth must have some history.”

Shawn nodded, keeping his face impassive.

“I know there's something going on—you don't have to tell me, of course. It's none of my business.”

“I know this isn’t ideal,” Shawn admitted. "Beth works here—she's not on staff, but she does contract work—and we’ve known each other a long time.

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