Dance and Be Glad by Melissa Wardwell

Author:Melissa Wardwell
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Melissa Wardwell
Published: 2016-06-28T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

“I’ve only seen Mike look that dejected one other time, and it was my fault. What did you say to him out there?” Emma probed as she gathered the coffee pot. She gave Jill a stern look when she placed it on the hot pad on the tray with the other items to dress up one’s coffee.

“What do you mean? How was it your fault?”

Jill had only known the Daniels for a few months. Though they became fast friends, there were still some things about each other that weren’t known.

“Back in October, I met Mike in the ER. Sarah had fallen and broken her arm and he was the attending physician. Well, Mike and I became friends and he did not hide the fact that he liked me. Now keep in mind, this was when I thought Ryan was this guy named David.” Emma rolled her eyes and shook her head, “I still don’t understand myself why I didn’t put two and two together; but any way.

“It was right here at this kitchen table that I broke that poor man’s heart and told him that I had my own issues to deal with and a relationship was not a good idea. He walked out that door with the same look on his face. What did he say?”

Jill knew Emma and Ryan’s story, and boy was it a crazy one, but it hadn’t dawned on her how short the timeline really was. It hadn't’ even been a year. Then she realized what she had done. Mike had been rejected twice, in one year, by two women with the same excuses.

“I told him I wasn’t in the right place right now.”

She felt like a terrible woman but it was true. No matter how bad her heart wanted the love of another man, Jill did not see how it could be possible.

“I had a good reason. What's yours?” Emma teased.

“Not as good as yours, I suppose. I have a feeling God didn’t allow you to let go because of Ryan.”

“Right, and you have no one waiting for you. Do you?”

“No, I don’t. I’m just…” She paused as she searched for the right word; possibly one that would get her off the hook. “I’m just content with my life right now.”

“What are you girls talking about?” Tiffany chimed in as she came in from the living room. Jill looked at Emma, asking her with her eyes not to say anything. Emma complied.

“Girl talk,” Emma answered her sister-in-law while winking at Jill.

“Have you heard from Brad?” Jill asked, relieved for the attention to be on something else.

“We talked for about five minutes on the phone last night, before it became a fight. I am so tired of all of this deployment stuff.”

Doug may have been gone longer than Tiffany and Brad have been married, but she can still remember the stress of him being gone.

“Let’s talk about something else. You ladies do not want to hear my sob stories,” Tiffany interjected before anyone could respond, “I just heard the cutest thing when I walked by Sarah’s room.

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