Saying Good-bye to London by Julie Burtinshaw

Author:Julie Burtinshaw
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Second Story Press
Published: 2017-02-22T18:22:03+00:00

Chapter Ten

Sawyer met Jack outside the coffee shop so they could walk home together. On the way, Jack listened attentively while Sawyer described the greasy diner. “It’s called the Purple Onion. Dumb name,” she scoffed. “And you should have seen the way they looked at me when I walked in, as if they were expecting me.” She frowned. “At first I thought the lady was crazy when she insisted on reading my palm, but she knew stuff about me, stuff impossible to guess.”

“I don’t know,” Jack disagreed. “Maybe your pregnancy was just a lucky guess. And, after all, it’s fifty-fifty whether it will be a girl or a boy. It doesn’t seem like rocket science to me.”

“What about the London part? Doesn’t that seem a bit on the hocus-pocus side to you?”

“Yeah. That part’s a bit weird. But what did she mean by the two boys, the man in your past, and the mysterious males in your life?”

“That’s easy,” said Sawyer. “You and Francis are the two boys, and my dad is obviously the man. As for the others, I think she got that part wrong.”

“Yeah.” Jack flicked his hair out of his eyes. “Personally, I think it’s all a load of crap.”

Sawyer elbowed Jack playfully. “It wouldn’t hurt you to believe in a little magic once in a while.”

“Give me a reason to,” Jack replied.

Sawyer sighed and changed the subject. “Sometimes I hear a baby crying.” She looked at him with scared eyes. “Do you think it’s because I’m pregnant? Do you think the baby is mad at me because I’m not going to keep her?”

Jack stopped in the middle of the sidewalk and placed his hands on Sawyer’s shoulders. “Now, you listen to me. I don’t know much about having a baby, except that it involves a lot of barfing and not much sleep. But one thing I do know for sure is that you are doing the right thing for yours.” Jack spoke with an authority he did not feel. He walked away, his head down.

Sawyer caught up with him and cast him a knowing glance. “Know what? I do understand how important it is.”

Reminding himself that he could trust this girl more than anyone in the world, he took a deep breath. “I haven’t had a lot of luck in life. It’s taken a huge effort for me to be a good person…” He threw her a self-deprecating smile. “And as stupid as it sounds, I’ve wished my mother had found me a good home, before she left me with him.”

“Oh, Jack. I’m sorry.” She took his hand and squeezed it. “You do have a home and a family. You have us. And thank you…You always know what to say when I doubt myself.” She sidled up to him. “I wish you were straight,” she teased, and was delighted to hear his laughter.

They continued walking until they got to Sawyer’s house. As she extracted her keys from her bag, she gave him a hug. “I mean it.

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