Never Another You by LeeAnn Whitaker

Author:LeeAnn Whitaker [Whitaker, LeeAnn]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-06-30T05:00:00+00:00

Starting Over

This time it wasn’t her father or Alistair calling the shots. This time, it was Nell using her own mind. Jack was spending his last night on the ward, before he would be traveling to Oxford for specialist treatment, as Nell prepared to leave her past behind her for good. For three days she played ill and had not gone into work. After that kiss, she couldn’t bear the thought of seeing him again. The guilt over the secret she kept from him was pure torture. She even had Alistair fooled, and not once had he laid a hand on her. Lady problems he thought she suffered. And Nell kept up the act until that very morning, before he left for his trip to meet his superiors. Two days he would be gone for, and so would Nell. Far away to the village of Eardisland, Herefordshire. Where she would try and start to rebuild a life for herself.

She gazed out of her bedroom window and across the river as the sun broke through the clouds. She unravelled and tied half a yard of string around Jack’s brown paper covered journal. Her intentions were to post it back to him when she got settled. She was hoping, that with her out of the picture, he wouldn’t put two and two together, and think of her as devious. He wouldn’t remember her at all. Keeping it would only plague her with guilt, and she required a clear head to start afresh.

She placed the journal on her bed, and pulled out her small brown suitcase which she packed the previous night. She was taking only the essentials, and purposely packed only the clothing she had purchased. Anything and everything that belonged to Alistair, would be left behind.

In some ways she felt sad. It wasn’t that she loved Alistair, or cared for him even. But there was a shameful streak she was still burdened with that it was all her fault, which spanned from the years of abuse. She thought, maybe if they had gone their different ways, married the right person, then they both would be completely different people. However, there was also a feeling of independence growing inside her. She was eager to find out who she really was.

Yesterday afternoon, while Alistair was at work, she met with her solicitor, Mr Harp. Of course his advice was to be expected. Do not seek to divorce. It is a lengthy, expensive, time consuming matter, which could all be resolved with sessions of marriage guidance. ‘Our country needs to stay strong and united,’ he said to her. Nell held her ground though. And for the first time, she put her foot down with a dictatorial man, and told him outright. She gave him a letter which she wanted to be hand delivered to Alistair after her departure. A formal goodbye, stating she wanted nothing from him but her freedom. He is not to try and seek her out, or contact her. He is to live his life and find happiness.

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