Perfectly Clear by Michelle LeClair & Robin Gaby Fisher

Author:Michelle LeClair & Robin Gaby Fisher
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2018-09-10T16:00:00+00:00

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At the end of May, two weeks into our divorce mediation with the Chaplain, I received word that my beloved grandfather was on his deathbed. My grandparents had helped raise me and I was devastated at the thought of losing him. I already felt guilty that I hadn’t been to see him in a few months. The divorce negotiations with the Chaplain were ongoing, but my priority was seeing my grandfather before he passed.

“I have to fly to Nevada,” I told the Chaplain. “My grandfather is dying and I must be by his side the way he was always by my side.”

“We’re not finished yet,” he said.

Yes, we are, I thought.

“I have to go,” I said. “Monica will take the kids home to California. Please keep Sean here until after I’m gone. Otherwise, he’ll try to delay me and I won’t make it to my grandfather.”

I spoke with a new certainty and the Chaplain knew there was no stopping me.

He made me sign a pledge that I would return as soon as my grandfather was gone. I scribbled my signature, agreed to write another big check to the church to secure my release, and told Sean not to be in our house when I returned to California. I’d been at Flag for six grueling weeks and left feeling adrift. One minute, the church was my savior. The next, I was a pawn in a game. I struggled to see clearly in my pursuit of the truth.

Two steps forward. One back.

Mom was already there when I arrived in Reno. My grandfather died two days later. I had made it in time and I was grateful. I stayed for the funeral and then it was time to go home. I found an excuse for not returning to Florida. I learned I was carrying twins and I was too sick to travel.

Sean moved in with his parents, and I had a huge amount of work to catch up on. My life was chaotic, but for the first time since I was very young I wasn’t afraid or worried about anything. Our home was peaceful, the kids were happy, I had twins on the way and our financial future was secure.

At my five-month checkup, my doctor informed me that I would have to start taking it easy. Most twins were delivered prematurely, he said, and I was already having mild contractions. A month later he put me on bed rest. Talk about chaos! I had to hire a team of nannies to watch my children day and night. It was all I could do to get to the bathroom, much less tend to my business. My executive team picked up the slack and Monica became the liaison between my employees and me. I tried to stay in the game by doing conference calls from my bed. Dror took up a lot of my time. Not Forgotten was in production and going to be phenomenal, he said, but he needed additional funding. He had an international distribution deal in place, which meant a major payoff for our clients.

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