Thought I Knew You by Moretti Kate

Author:Moretti, Kate [Moretti, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Red Adept Publishing
Published: 2012-09-14T00:00:00+00:00

At Hannah’s insistence, we did adopt a cat from the ASPCA. He wasn’t a kitten, but he wasn’t full-grown either. He was gray-striped with small, delicate white feet. The cat really took to Hannah, following her around the house and sleeping on her bed at night, curled in a tight gray coil of fur. Hannah named him Sunshine. When I asked why, she shrugged and said, “He looks like a storm cloud, but that’s not a very happy name.” The cat seemed to be helping, at least with Hannah.

Leah was different, too, but not as much. She had always been more headstrong than Hannah. She resisted me in almost every way, simply to assert her independence. I couldn’t tell if her changes came from being parented from one perspective rather than two, or if she would have developed that way anyway. She was obstinate for the sake of being so, rather than for any real reason. Assertive to a fault, Leah fought discipline in a way that pliable Hannah never did. I roamed message boards at night, looking for disciplinary answers, when a year ago I would have bounced ideas off of Greg. Reward charts, time-outs, time-ins, and then more complicated, reverse reward charts, reverse time-outs, reverse time-ins, the suggestions made my head spin. When had raising a child gotten so complex? Or had it always been, but the complexity was divided in half, and therefore manageable?

One of those nights when I was scrolling through websites looking for help with potty training my stubborn Leah, my cell phone rang. Looking at the display, I noted a San Diego exchange, and for one crazy minute, I thought Greg. I immediately amended the thought. Will. I let it go to voicemail. My memories of our night together were precious to me. After I got back, I had considered calling him a few times, especially after a few glasses of wine in those quiet, lonely hours late at night. I didn’t do it, in part because I didn’t want to know the real Will. The Will in my mind was too perfect for any real flesh and blood human. I didn’t want more heartbreak in my life. For that reason, I also avoided Drew. Although, I convinced myself that I wasn’t actually avoiding Drew. Our conversations take hours. And with everything I have to do, I don’t have the time right now. I’ll call tomorrow.

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