Intoxicated by You by KC McCormick Çiftçi

Author:KC McCormick Çiftçi [KC McCormick Çiftçi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Borderless Stories
Published: 2024-06-27T00:00:00+00:00

“We’re here,” Maya announced as she pulled up in front of Catherine’s lakeview building. It had valet parking, naturally, so she was prepared to drop Catherine off, leave the car in the capable hands of the valet, and then take a bus back to the office. Catherine, however, had other plans.

“Will you come upstairs with me, please? I think I need to talk to someone.” There was a vulnerability in her eyes Maya had never seen before. She was seeing through the armor Catherine wore every day, the battle gear that made her someone to be feared and respected, not someone who would share their feelings or even dream of shedding a tear.

“Yeah, I’ll come up.” Maya said, picking up her purse from the backseat and exiting the car with Catherine.

They rode up the elevator in silence, Catherine fidgeting with the keys in her hand while Maya said a silent prayer to whoever was listening that she’d be able to help Catherine. That she’d be able to be whoever Catherine needed her to be right now, rather than lecturing her once again about how stupid what she had done today was.

As she entered Catherine’s condo, Maya was stunned by the view of the lake through the floor to ceiling windows that greeted them. This condo must have cost a fortune, and for that view alone, Maya understood why it was worth it. She stared in awe at Lake Michigan, grounding herself in the comfort of its gray-blue water as she followed Catherine to the living space that faced it. In answer to Catherine’s gesture, she sat down next to her on the couch and waited for Catherine to speak.

Catherine was looking at her phone intently, as she had been throughout the ride home. She set it down on the couch in between them, looking up to make confident eye contact with Maya.

“I think I need to go to an AA meeting,” she announced. “Tomorrow. Will you come with me?”

Maya blinked, unsure if she had heard Catherine correctly. “Really? Why? I mean…why me?”

“I have a problem. I would never have admitted it to myself before the last week. It didn’t seem like a problem then, not really. I’d just have a glass of wine to unwind in the evening, and who doesn’t do that? But then, reconnecting with Declan, it’s like it flipped a switch. A switch I should have left unflipped. The drinking has been constant. Like I’m trying to keep up with him. Or prove that I’m as much fun as I used to be. Or… I don’t know, numb myself to the fact that he’s not who I once dreamed he was.”

Maya was silent. She nodded to show Catherine she understood what she was talking about, but she stayed quiet, encouraging her to continue to speak her piece.

“Today was rock bottom. I don’t want to go any lower than I did today. I made some really reckless decisions today, and I put everything I’ve built in my career on the line, too, showing up to work drunk like that.

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