Someone Like You by Robin Hart

Author:Robin Hart [Hart, Robin]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2013-01-12T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8: Changes

Sean left his house aware of the smell of rain, which was really the smell of wet dirt, of wet leaves, of cleanness, of clouds, of humidity, like the earth was sweating after a shower, so that the earthy smell was clean and inviting. Sean thought that maybe he should just move somewhere like Seattle at some point, where it rained more often, but then what if the rain just didn’t smell the same as it did in Cali?

Distant thunder added to his pleasure as he drove to the dojang. The rhythm of the wipers was something he could get lost in. He didn’t want the drive to end, and took an extra loop around the block, humming along to the radio because he could never remember lyrics. Then he parked, and got out and removed his bag, slung it over his shoulder, and walked inside. The sound of the rain against the glass door and windows (the whole front of the studio was glass, allowing a perfect view of the outdoors) was a good consolation prize for the loss of the rain smell, the trade for the dirty, hardworking martial arts student smell.

He moved to his desk, dropped his bag to the ground, and started sorting through the mail and fliers piled there. Bills, paid bills mailed in from students, one letter of resignation from an instructor who’d become too busy with college and left months ago. Some of the instructors weren’t much younger than him. It was weird to think of the different position he was in, one he’d been neglecting by going to the club. He dropped his face into his hands and kneaded his forehead. Being here where he was expected to have so much authority, so much responsibility, made him feel ashamed of his activities at Blue. Made him feel like an irresponsible, selfish child. What had he been thinking? He sighed. He’d graduated college with a business degree, had been teaching here since his teens and all throughout school. Taking over had been a logical step, when Master Peterson had wanted more time with his family. And with new instructors, Sean had seen an escape, a way to finally go be immature for a while. To go for what he wanted, whether or not his family approved, whether it was socially acceptable, whether it was the mature thing to do, even whether or not Nicole approved.

He sat up and turned his chair to the window, listening to the drone of the rain. Her safety, that’s what he wanted more than anything else. Was she safe with him? That was the burning question. Was he any less of a deadbeat than the other men in her life? Everything was more complex now than the situation when he’d been tricking her at the club. Somehow, emotionally, things were so much more uncertain with Nicole and he on basically equal footing, no lies, and no pretenses to keep up. So what did one do in

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