The Ticket by Aidèe Jaimes

Author:Aidèe Jaimes [Jaimes, Aidèe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-09T23:00:00+00:00

I haven’t seen Owen in three days. He will not respond to any of my texts or calls or even my emails. I’m not trying to apologize for anything, and I certainly haven’t changed my mind. All I need is confirmation from him that he understands what’s happening, of where Mia will be and when I will be back.

Though I have no idea where he’s going all day, he’s definitely been home. He leaves before I wake, and comes home sometime after I go to bed. But I find his dirty clothes, those he’s been leaving for me to take care of. That along with the dirty dishes I find in the sink in the morning. Though he won’t eat anything I make. I think it’s more of a protest to my actions than him thinking I’m poisoning him or anything like that.

I get it, really I do. Unfortunately, I do. But it breaks my heart when Mia looks for him. Last night she stood at the living room window for about an hour, searching. When I asked what she was doing, she said, “Waitin’ for Daddy.”

As if that wasn’t bad enough, she squealed with joy when she saw a black truck coming down the street. It wasn’t him. Actually, I think it may have been Bo.

“Mommy, where is Daddy?” she asked.

“Working, baby,” I said pulling her away. “Working so hard so that we can have nice things. A house, food, toys. But he misses you terribly. He comes in and gives you a kiss on your forehead every night!”

“He does?”

“He sure does!”

She smiled at that and hugged me. It tore me up.

The truth is I have no idea if he goes into her room at night. It’s a terrible thing. I sent him a message telling him she misses him. No reply.

I realized if he’s this affected, I definitely need to leave Mia with my dad. Jess offered but I don’t want to involve her more than she already has been. It’s not fair to her.

So, this morning I took her to my dad’s. I decided it was time to tell him what has been going on. It was hard. I didn’t know how he would handle this. When my mom cheated on him, it broke him. He was devastated to the point where he lost everything. His job. His home. And even my brother left with her for a while. It took him almost an entire year to rebuild his life. But he did.

My dad took me completely by surprise; not only did he say nothing negative about Owen, but he said he felt sad for him and understood that he is also in pain.

He wasn’t so easy on me though, when I told him about my plans to take a trip. Of course, I said nothing about the ticket, just that Owen couldn’t watch Mia and I was going with a friend.

“Where are you going? Who are you going with? Is it another man? Cris, you know that revenge is only going to make it worse,” he said on the phone last night.

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