Take Flight by T. E. Price

Author:T. E. Price [T.E. Price]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
Published: 2021-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

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As I drive away from my parents’ home, I’m finally able to release the tension radiating through my body. The tension built from seeing Jonathan at my appointment this morning, the tension lingering from my tedious afternoon shift at work, and finally, the tension brought on by hearing my parents blabber over dinner about the successful marriages of the wonderful, young couples in their church. I need to talk this through. I grab my phone to call Ainsley. “Hey, are you busy? I need to vent.”

Ainsley giggles, “I just put Miles down for the night, so I was going to binge watch this new reality TV show I’ve just started, but I have some time to hear about your problems.”

I groan, “Well, I hope you have a lot of time, because I have several problems. For starters, Jonathan is now following me around town. He showed up before my counseling session trying to book the hour before I meet with Pastor Noah, probably so he could run into me every Wednesday morning, but I’m sure it’s also to prove that he’s trying to make some improvements in his own life. And what’s up with that anyway—he should be at work by then. Does he get special time off because he’s the boss? Oh, and also, I’m pretty sure there’s something going on between him and Rita. Not only did they have that strange exchange at church this past Sunday, but it had to be Rita who told him about my appointment with Pastor Noah in the first place.”

Awkward silence follows. I take the phone away from my ear and check the screen. Did I lose service? “Anything else?” Ainsley asks, her tone void of all playfulness now.

I pause, furrowing my brow for a moment, then shake my head. “Yes,” I begin again, flexing my fingers around the steering wheel. “Danny followed me around work all day, and if I hadn’t run to the locker room at just the right times, I’m pretty sure he would have asked me on a date. And just to add insult to injury, I also know it was Rita who told Danny about my split from Jonathan.”

“Oh, man,” Ainsley fumbles, but I interrupt.

“And now for the icing on the cake,” my voice raises as I turn onto the winding road that will eventually lead me to the lake house, “I just endured an excruciating dinner with my parents talking pointedly about all the happily married couples they know who attend their church.”

Ainsley slowly sucks air in before saying, “Wow, you’ve had a tough day.”

“Uh—yeah,” I say, my pulse beating against my temples. “I was supposed to stay the night at my parents’ house, but I couldn’t bring myself to stay past dinner.” With a deep sigh, I add, “Not to mention that they canceled on us for Friday night, looks like it’s just you and me for my birthday after all.”

“They canceled?”

“Yeah, they said something about a local band playing at one of their favorite restaurants.

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