The Balance Project by Susie Orman Schnall

Author:Susie Orman Schnall [Schnall, Susie Orman]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781940716664
Publisher: SparkPress
Published: 2015-04-28T07:00:00+00:00

At nine thirty I stand outside of Nobu, back in the black leather dress that I haven’t yet given back to Katherine. I feel sexy or at least I’m pretending I do. The more I thought about this as the day went on, the more I realized this is what must be done. Maybe Nick will be willing to talk to me if he sees me in person. I’m not letting him go without a fight. It’s been enough time, in my opinion. We have to talk about what happened Saturday night and figure out how we’re going to move forward.

Nick and Grant’s dinner was scheduled to start at eight, so I had figured they’d be wrapping up around nine thirty. And if they weren’t done yet, at least all the business stuff would be over and Grant would certainly invite me to sit down. We’d always gotten along fine.

I walk through the door, and I see Nick right away at a table in the middle of the restaurant. He’s dressed in a dark-grey suit with a white shirt open at the collar. And he looks amazing. I look across the table and my heart stops. That’s not Grant. Unless Grant has had a fucking sex change. Nick is sitting across from a stunning blonde also wearing a dark-grey suit (hers probably has a short skirt, but I can’t tell from where I’m standing) with a white shirt way too far open at the collar. She’s laughing and holding a pink drink in the air. A cosmo? Give me a fucking break.

I pause and tell myself not to jump to conclusions. Maybe that’s Grant’s date and he’s in the bathroom. But I can see that the table is set for only two: Nick and Cosmo Girl. Maybe, that’s Nick’s sister. I thought he said she was coming into town soon. And though my eyes aren’t perfect, I squint to see her a little more clearly and that is most definitely not Nick’s sister.

The fact still remains that whoever it is, it’s still not Grant.

I see them laughing about something and toasting, so now, I think, is an appropriate time to jump to conclusions. I start to feel sick to my stomach and realize I need some air. I go outside and walk a few feet down the block so he doesn’t turn and see me through the window, as if he’d ever turn away from gorgeous Cosmo Girl.

I can’t believe how much I messed this up. I should have said yes when Nick proposed. Here I was thinking he was at home in his sweats all week, watching basketball on his futon, drinking beers, and wallowing over the idea that he may not get to marry me, while, in fact, he was dressing up in his best grey suit to take some Cosmo Girl out to dinner. That, my friend, did not look like wallowing.

Did I honestly think I could get away with saying no, that Nick would realize he

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