The Dream Life I Never Had by Terri Douglas

Author:Terri Douglas [Douglas, Terri]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Humor & Satire, Humorous, Women's Fiction, Contemporary Women, Contemporary Fiction, General Humor, Humor, Romance
Amazon: B00OAA02MM
Published: 2014-10-06T23:00:00+00:00

23

So this was it then, the beginning of the end. The ‘D’ word had been mentioned and it was just a matter of time before the ‘D’ word became a whole sentence.

The next day was a Saturday and Martin turned up at half seven in the morning for his stint at child-minding. After our conversation the previous evening it was awkward beyond belief but the practicalities of our situation meant we had no choice but to just get on with it. I contented myself with a parting shot of ‘are you sure Lenny can spare you for the whole day?’ And without waiting for an answer took myself off to work.

The last thing I felt like doing was being at work. Maybe if I’d had the sort of job where I didn’t have to think too much and where I didn’t have to be nice to everyone all day it wouldn’t have been so bad. Of course Julie and Dianne knew what was going on so they were sympathetic and supportive which was just what I needed at the moment, but it was still work.

‘So divorce then’ Julie said when I’d caught her up on last night’s events.

‘Looks like it although neither of us will be able to afford it at the moment, or for the next twenty years as far as I can see, but ultimately yes divorce’ I said morosely.

Julie gave me a hug, but much as I needed a hug it was also what broke me. I’d just about been holding it together up until that point but now I cried uncontrollably.

‘Oh Soph’ Julie said.

Then when Di came over and hugged me as well I sobbed like a baby. ‘Oh Sophie’ she said echoing Julie.

Greg wanted to know what was going on and reminded us all that the first customer was due to arrive soon but Julie told him in no uncertain terms ‘well she’ll just have to wait then won’t she’.

‘I haven’t got anyone till nine I’ll take her Soph, you go and get yourself a coffee’ Di said. ‘Alright Greg?’ She added in a voice that dared him to say otherwise.

‘And my first appointment’s not until half past eight and it’s only Mrs Mason who’s always late anyway so I’ll go with her’ Julie said.

In the face of this joint rebellion and seeing how upset I was Greg didn’t really have much choice so reluctantly agreed. Julie with her arm still round me while I carried on crying shepherded me out to the back room and rearranged the boxes of stock so I could sit down. She handed me a roll of paper towels and started making us both a cup of coffee.

‘I never thought I’d be a divorced woman’ I said sniffing and trying to stem the tide of tears that were streaming down my face.

‘No I don’t suppose any woman imagines they’ll be divorced one day, but it happens. There are probably more divorced women out there than married ones’ Julie said as she poured the boiling water into the cups.

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