Four Meaningful Words by A.M. Guilliams

Author:A.M. Guilliams [Guilliams, A.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: A.M. Guilliams
Published: 2019-07-30T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Austin

How did I get so lucky?

The past four days had felt like a dream that I didn’t want to wake up from.

My wife had returned in the blink of an eye.

She’d been more productive in her writing since she’d made a schedule and had stuck to it. Every morning we enjoyed breakfast and a cup of coffee together, and every night we’d eat dinner and talk. Really talk. She hadn’t brought up any other topics from the list she’d made, and I didn’t press for her to discuss them. She’d tell me in her own time.

It felt like we were back on track and a real couple again. We didn’t just exist in each other’s lives; we were both active and reconnecting with each other on a much deeper level than before. She’d confessed how heartbroken she was over the miscarriages, and I didn’t try to get her to stop for fear of her getting upset. I let her talk. I confessed to her that the reason I didn’t let her talk before was because I feared the pain I’d experience from hearing her devastation. Seeing her heartbreak was hard. Hearing it was even worse.

We laughed together. We cried together for the children we’d lost. Most importantly, we began healing together.

Today was the day of her appointment. I knew it would be hard for her to open up to a complete stranger, which was why I was shocked she’d taken the initiative to seek therapy with a psychologist.

To cheer her up, I called the local florist and had a bouquet of her favorite flowers, sunflowers, delivered to her around lunchtime. I wished I could be there to see the smile on her face when she received them.

We were on our lunchbreak from the court hearing when I opened my briefcase to review the next witnesses I’d call, and I found a brown paper bag.

Chuckling, I opened it to find my favorite sandwich from my childhood, peanut butter and grape jelly, sans crust, and a note from Liz.

You’re a rock star! I love you. Enjoy your crustless sandwich.

Xoxo,

Liz

If I had my phone, I’d text her, but we couldn’t have them inside the courthouse.

I ate the sandwich and went over my notes, making sure I tucked the note she’d left safely inside my briefcase so I could add it to the others once court adjourned.

Court ended at five o’clock, and I wished I was still in the moment, eating my peanut butter and jelly sandwich and laughing at Liz’s note. Instead, my heart hurt with the way the case was going. I’d never tried a case that was this burdensome. The mother sat on the opposite side with her attorney showing no remorse whatsoever for neglecting her child. My case was rock solid, but my anger to rose and my emotions wavered from the stoic expression I used while I was questioning witnesses, to allowing the anger to seep through as I glared over at her every time I asked a witness a question regarding her character.

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