Can You Mend It? Part 3: Trust (Can You Mend It? CYMI) by Billy Wood-Smith

Author:Billy Wood-Smith [Wood-Smith, Billy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-04-28T04:00:00+00:00

Child Psychology

(Tuesday, September 3rd)

“So, that’s it in a nutshell,” Joe said and released a long breath. He crossed his arms behind his head and leaned back in his chair, his eyes on Christine.

She had listened without interrupting – her expression remaining serious and unreadable (probably her professional face) throughout the entire ten minutes it had taken him to summarize what he considered important.

He had tried to be objective.

He had told Christine how Danny and he had met; he had mentioned his first bout of cold feet; he had been brutally frank about his cheating with Liz for all the wrong reasons. Finally he had tried to describe what had been going on since the grill party a few weeks ago – including the emotionally confusing telephone conversation Danny and he had just had.

“Okay,” Christine exhaled with a little nod. “Let’s see…”

Chewing on his lower lip, he waited. He couldn’t remember ever having been so frank with anyone. In a way, he already kind of regretted it. He doubted that his detailed account would lead Christine to tell him anything that he didn’t already know anyway.

To his surprise Christine suddenly chuckled. “It’s kind of nice to see that you’re not always so in control and laid back.”

“Who said I was?” he asked with some bafflement.

“No one. I just thought you were.”

“Well, I’m not,” he said flatly. “Not by far.”

Christine smiled. “Okay. I guess I don’t have to tell you that you – well – you overreacted a bit.”

“Like – when?” he asked. “On the phone?”

“No,” Christine shook her head. “I’m talking about when she told you that she didn’t want you to say you love her.”

His jaw dropped a bit. “I overreacted?” he coughed. “How would you react?”

“I don’t know, but the autopilot thing was a bit cruel.”

He dropped his gaze. “Okay. Maybe that part…” He shrugged. “But –”

“You really think she doesn’t return your feelings?” Christine gave him a firm look.

He shrugged again. “I have no idea. There’s some attraction, I guess. But… I don’t think we’ll ever get past the crap and the screw-ups from three years or four ago. Maybe she’d even like to. I mean – part of her at least. But – shit, she’s so torn apart. You should see her!” He paused for a moment. “I can’t imagine she’ll ever trust me again. And maybe she’s well-advised there anyway.”

Christine let out a sympathetic little laugh. “Okay, now. Don’t be quite so hard on yourself.”

“Well, it’s true,” he insisted a little stubbornly.

“I don’t agree,” Christine contradicted. “And, by the way, I do think you need to finally stop feeling guilty for what happened over three years ago. That’s long over. Even if you two had gone to London together, I don’t think it would have lasted. You weren’t ready and maybe she wasn’t either.”

Joe thought about this for a moment. Then he looked up. “Maybe so,” he said slowly, “but that makes my throwing myself into a relationship with Liz – moving in together included – all the more crazy.

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