Different by Datta Groover

Author:Datta Groover [Groover, Datta]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Deep Pacific Press
Published: 2020-01-27T02:59:15+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

From: [email protected]

Sent: December 3, 2013 3:07 AM

To: [email protected]

Subject: Thank you

Hey there, Sofia.

Thanks for your beautiful message. Sorry to take so long to get back to you. I should have put a vacation message on my phone, but I didn’t think about it. That’s pretty spaced out, isn’t it? I’ve been in Europe now for almost two months. Big surprise, right?

Of course I would forgive you, but there’s nothing to forgive. I did the wrong thing, and I assumed you didn’t want to have anything more to do with me. The same week we met for tea, April was visiting her dad and he found a couple of joints in her backpack. When he asked, she said I gave them to her. The sad part of that is I haven’t smoked in years, so how would I give weed to my twelve-year-old daughter? I don’t even drink. I don’t do any of that stuff, because it just clouds me up, you know? But I did back when Kevin and I met. He’s assumed that since I’m obviously lost without him, I went back to where I was before.

Anyway, he’s senior partner in his law firm now and gets people whatever they want, right or wrong, as long as the price is right. He went to court and asked for full custody of April. He made up other stuff about me that was very hurtful and not true. It didn’t help that I was busted for possession twice back in college. He got everything he asked for. I only get to see my daughter whenever he wants. Which is practically never. It’s been one of the saddest times of my life. I asked my parents for a loan. They’d never liked Kevin and were pretty sympathetic. I know they never expect me to pay them back, but I will when I can. So here I am traveling, which has been life-changing for me.

They say the best way to find yourself is to get lost. Have you ever heard that? It totally resonates with me. I feel so much better than I did before. If I ever write a memoir, I could call it Lost and Found. Ha!

Ten days ago in Barcelona I thought of you. At a coffee shop talking to some travelers from Scotland, we discussed Gaudi architecture and other amazing sights there, and without thinking I said, ‘My best friend grew up here.’ So there you have it.

I push people away. I don’t try, but it’s what I’ve always done. Thanks for not staying away.

With love,

Jessica

P.S. Sorry for the long email

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Frank had been trying to connect with Jason in person for weeks. They finally met at a cafe in Salem and ordered a couple of beers. After a few minutes discussing work, how much everyone at Lake Oswego Public Works missed Frank, and how much less fun his new job was, Frank explained the situation with Andrea.

“It’s like a scene right out of Fatal Attraction. And I’m Michael Douglas.

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