The Commitment Test (The Marin Test Series Book 2) by Aksel Amanda

Author:Aksel, Amanda [Aksel, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Elephantine Publishing
Published: 2015-02-04T08:00:00+00:00

Mr. and Mrs. Kyu Cho request the honor of your presence

at the marriage of their daughter Ginger Kwan to Jonathan Joseph Cash

Saturday, the fifteenth of May at four o’clock in the afternoon

At The Westin St. Francis

San Francisco, Ca

Reception to follow

Just when I thought I couldn’t feel any worse.

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

Office Space

“Hey, did you get my wedding invitation yet?” Ginger asked on the other line.

“Yep, I’m sending in my RSVP today.”

“Awesome. Oh, I saw your pics on Facebook this weekend. You two are the cutest! Do you have any news?”

“Well, I heard he was jewelry shopping and there was this one moment when I thought the proposal was coming, but he didn’t buy a ring.”

“Did he get you something?”

“A cuff,” I said, disappointed to replay it.

“What?” she asked as if she didn’t hear me.

“A cuff bracelet,” I said into the phone.

“I heard you the first time. I’m just confused. Is it a nice bracelet?”

“Yeah, it’s gold and designed like a bandage. Kind of an inside joke between us. It’s engraved too.”

“Aw, that’s cute.”

“It was really sweet, and I don’t mean to sound ungrateful, but things have been going so well. I really thought . . .”

“I know, but you have to trust the system. It sounds like you’ve been getting great results, but you have to follow through on EVERY step.” She was referring to Step Six: Break Up to Make Up, and I was no keener on it now than I had been when I read it the first time.

“Well, I am going away this week for a conference. I’m hoping the time away will help.”

“That’s great and all, but if you want a commitment you have to commit. You can’t half ass any of the steps. Out of town for a conference is not the same as a break.”

“Yeah, but I was thinking that I wouldn’t talk to him as much, leave him wondering.”

Ginger remained firm. “If you don’t make a break, that’s only going to piss him off. You can’t be a shitty girlfriend.”

“If I was going to do it, which I’m not, I wouldn’t know what reason to give him anyway.”

“You tell him that you want something more than you think he can give you, which is true isn’t it?”

“Yeah.”

“Just think about it and call me after your trip.”

I did think about it, but the thought of a break up with James, even if I knew we were getting back together broke my heart. I’d have to take my chances without it.

The afternoon before my San Diego trip, I had one more patient to see before leaving for a few days. Felicia had been coming to me for about six months. What started as couples therapy soon became one-on-one sessions. Her marriage was built on a shaky foundation of convenience and so it crumbled.

She was well put together in her designer outfit, Prada shoes, and two hundred dollar haircut. Her ex was conveniently wealthy.

“I’ve been thinking a lot about Kevin,” she said, looking off as if she were daydreaming.

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