Falling Into Love by TC Rybicki

Author:TC Rybicki [Rybicki, TC]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Published: 2018-05-25T05:00:00+00:00

I had my phone off since dinner and there was never a reason to turn it back on, but before I turned out my light, I had to see if Dane tried to reach me. Maybe he had an apology. I intended to pout a little longer than this, but I swear if he said he was sorry for some of the things he said, I’d forgive him before going to sleep. Nothing was there from Dane, but I had a voicemail. It was Grant, wishing me a happy birthday and apologizing for being distant this summer since he was getting ready for college. Great. Fantastic. All the sentiments from Grant made me hate myself a little more. I thought I loved my new self at the beginning of the day since I partially hated my old self. But that wasn’t the case. I was making shambles of the new life quite nicely. Grant wanted me to come visit before school started. I kept saying I owed him more than a text or a phone call, so I thought of all the possible ways for me to make the journey. It was a slim chance that I’d see Grant and have a renewal of feelings for him. If I made it to Austin, it was most likely to break up face to face, but I was keeping that to myself.

The strangest thing came over me. I found myself missing Marlene Hagel, my mother, so I opened the drawer and pulled out her letters. I read them all, one by one. The first was so mother-like. She was distant, cold, and talked about herself. Something happened to her at that spa I scoffed at since she announced her new residence. Her fourth letter was the birthday card, and the enclosed letter to me was full of sentiment and regret. Also, she said she loved me and missed me. Who wrote that? Not her, not my mother.

I closed the drawer and turned off the lamp. Confusion must be carried on the genes. I never identified with one single attribute of my mother’s but after today, I was sadly convinced, I’m just like her.

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