MOTHER: A Novel by Angel Gelique

Author:Angel Gelique
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2013-02-03T21:09:00+00:00

~13~

Jane glanced up at the clock on the wall for the tenth time in the past couple of hours. She had made up her mind; she would call Eric when she got home from work. She had been nervous and anxious since then and the day seemed to be dragging on as if time were moving backward.

She wished she could just take the rest of the day off. It was such a waste being there. It wasn’t busy at all and there was no way she could concentrate on work anyway. Yet, Jane knew that she had to walk on eggshells at work. The last thing she needed was to lose her job and benefits.

Zachary had approached her a short while ago to apologize again and explain himself. Jane pretended that she was on the phone and waved him on. He could tell that she was still upset and didn’t wait around to talk to her, though he said he would stop by later.

Jane knew deep down that Zachary would never do anything to hurt her or Emma. Yet she could not stop herself from being so angry at him. She had confided in him, bared her soul—not because she wanted to disgrace Emma, only because she had been so upset and needed to vent her emotions. In return, Zachary stabbed her in the back by betraying her trust. He should have respected her enough to keep his mouth shut, not add further complications to an already volatile relationship. Jane didn’t know if she and Emma would ever survive the damage he’d done.

Amidst thoughts of Zachary’s breach of confidence, the phone rang. Jane welcomed the disruption of her atypically toxic thoughts.

“K & A Insurance Company, this is Jane speaking, how may I help you?” she asked in a professional, courteous tone.

“You can hang up and call me back like you promised to,” a man’s voice replied. It took Jane a second to realize that it was Eric. Her face turned red and hot. Butterflies fluttered in her stomach, which was usually not a bad feeling, but today only added to her existing pain.

“Eric? How did you get my work number?” Jane asked.

“Don’t you remember, you gave it to me,” Eric responded.

It took Jane a moment to remember that she had given him her business card. It contained only her work telephone number on it, not her cell phone number or home number. Maybe he had tried calling after all.

“I’m so sorry,” Jane apologized. “I should have given you my cell phone number. Can you tell I’m new at this?” she joked nervously.

“I thought maybe you were blowing me off after I tried calling you and got the voicemail for a business.”

“Not at all...to be honest, I was hoping to hear from you all day yesterday. I figured you were just taking pity on me Saturday.”

“You know, you could have called me...I distinctly remember you saying that you would,” Eric teased.

“A couple of times I almost did, I guess I chickened out,” Jane replied, feeling embarrassed.

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