Marianne Surrenders by James Marco

Author:James, Marco [James, Marco]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-11-17T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 2

It was the best night's sleep Marianne had in many years. She woke up fresh and with a clear mind. She showered, and as she did every morning, made herself a fresh cafetiere of coffee, a piece of lightly cooked toast with strawberry jam, then sat at her kitchen table while she sorted through the mail. Her cat, molly, as always, liked to sit along side her as she did this.

There was a small business matter to be taken care of; speaking to one of her suppliers about obtaining a new batch of decorative stones. Once that was out of the way, she would check her emails and then spend the rest of the afternoon designing some new concept pieces for her upcoming autumn collection.

Designing the jewellery was the part of her job that she enjoyed most. Not only did it allow her to be the most creative, she often found herself lost in her own world of thoughts – it had an almost therapeutic affect which she valued highly. Today's design session would be spent mostly dreaming about Tommy. She expected great works of art to follow considering her latest inspiration.

She thought about the years she had wasted with Michael, and how if her and Tommy had been closer in age back then, things could have been so different.

Although physically similar in build and height, Tommy was the polar opposite to Michael in terms of personality. Tommy was kind, gentle, and caring – Michael was only those things when he wanted something, his own way. If he didn't get it he could be a controlling bully, cruel even. As a young girl she had interpreted these traits as exciting, and as a sign that he must really love her to act so possessively. Eventually he sapped the energy from her. She lost her sparkle and was a shadow of the bright young girl she once was. If she knew then what she knew now, Michael would never have gotten within a whisker of her. She would never let anyone do that to her again. She would rather spend the rest of her life alone if that's what it meant.

She compared them as lovers too. For Michael, she thought, sex had always been for his own gratification, whereas Tommy seemed to want to make her happy – at least that's how it felt yesterday.

She imagined what life would have been like had she noticed Tommy sooner. Would they have married? Would they have children by now? Where would they have lived? Things could have been so much different, but it was too late to worry about these things, she couldn't change what had already gone. Instead she turned her thoughts to the future, and for the first time in a long time, she could actually see a glimmer of what it could be. No longer was it just a fog, she could see the shapes of two people, two happy people together, her and Tommy. In a few hours time she would see him again.

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