Go West Young Man by Robbie Michaels

Author:Robbie Michaels [Michaels, Robbie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press

Chapter 16

Start of Second Quarter of Classes

THE week between Christmas and New Year’s was quieter for me. I put in some hours at the shop, and when I wasn’t working I continued reading textbooks to prepare for the next quarter. I also did something totally decadent: I bought and read a fiction book—something that was pure fluff! It was great fun, and I thoroughly loved it, which was unfortunate because that meant that I wanted to read another meaningless book. But I only allowed myself one additional extravagant luxury.

New Year’s Eve was equally as dull as Christmas Eve had been. I once again warmed up something frozen and ate while reading. One good thing did come out of my time alone over the holidays: I took up running again. Each morning, and sometimes each evening as well, I went out into the surrounding streets and jogged. Over the three weeks I was working up to a fairly hefty duration, and I was quite pleased with my stamina and the way I was starting to drop a couple of pounds I had picked up over the last six months.

On January 2 I was tremendously excited: Bill was due back that day. I was excited, I was anxious, I was full of anticipation. I went to the grocery store early and bought a bunch of things to make us a nice dinner. I even went all out and bought a bottle of champagne for us to have our delayed New Year’s toast. I went online and checked out when the various airline flights from Australia got into Los Angeles so that I would have some sense of when he might be arriving. I didn’t know if such flights got in early in the day, middle of the day, or at the very end of the day. Early part of the day seemed more common, which worked fine with me.

I washed the sheets, cleaned the apartment, prepared some food, did some more reading, and did some pacing. But no Bill. As the hours slowly ticked by, there was still no sign of him as the sun started to go down. Totally frustrated, I decided that I needed to burn off some nervous energy, so I went out for a run. I ran and ran and ran, with ultra-loud music blasting in the headphones in my ears. I ran until I thought I was going to collapse—and then I ran some more. I wanted to run myself into unconsciousness. When I finally dragged myself up the street later that evening, I was once again hopeful that I would find the lights on and Bill waiting at home for me. But no. No lights greeted me, and the house was as empty as it had been when I left. Frustrated beyond belief, I showered and collapsed into bed, exhausted.

The following day was a repeat of the previous day. Again I waited, hopeful, anxious, full of anticipation, only to once again have those hopes dashed. On

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