Charming Falls Apart by Angela Terry

Author:Angela Terry
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781684630493
Publisher: SparkPress
Published: 2020-08-14T23:00:00+00:00

My Sunday yoga class is filled with a mix of people rather than the inquisitorial and territorial yogis I encountered during the mid-morning, midweek class. As I flow through my vinyasa, I feel much more balanced and like myself.

Afterwards, as I’m walking home with my yoga mat strapped over my shoulder, I notice that the knot between my shoulders has finally disappeared, the tension in my jaw is gone, and my mind is still. My phone rings and in my blissedout state, I answer it.

“Hi, Mom. What’s up?”

“Allison? Where are you? What’s all that noise?”

“I’m outside walking home from the gym. Where are you?”

“I’m at home.” She huffs.

“What’s wrong?”

“What’s wrong?” She parrots back, her voice rising another octave. “What’s wrong is you haven’t talked to me since last weekend.”

“O-kay.” Her voice is like an ice pick ready to chip away at my peaceful mood, and I try to defuse her. “Mom, if you were worried, you could’ve just called me.” Granted, I’m not so sure I would have picked up.

“If you haven’t noticed, I was giving you the silent treatment.”

I stop walking. “Why would you be giving me the silent treatment?”

“Because, Allison, you’re not telling me what’s going on, so I thought I’d give you the same treatment.” I can picture her putting her hand on her hip as she says this. When I don’t say anything right away, her voice softens. “Have you gone to the doctor yet?”

The doctor?

Oh! She’s not worried about me; she’s worried about my eggs.

My jaw starts to tense up again, and I feel my blood pressure rising. “I haven’t told you what’s going on because absolutely nothing is happening. Status is the same.” I pick up my pace. “I’m about to reach my building and get in the elevator so I’m going to lose you.”

“Call me when you get inside.”

“I have to shower when I get in. I’ll call you later this week.”

With that I hang up and don’t actually reach my building until five minutes later. The entire elevator ride, I fume: How dare she give me the silent treatment? It’s times like this when I wish my mother were more nurturing. Sure, she offered to pay for my treatment, but even then she had her own selfish motives.

Right now my Zen state of mind is utterly zapped and I need to get on this spa trip stat.

WHEN I GET home, my phone rings again, but this time with Jordan’s ringtone.

“Hey, I’m looking at your email now,” she says as soon as I pick up, not bothering with a hello.

“What do you think?”

“They all look amazing. You pick your favorite and I’m game. There’s just one little thing.”

“What’s that?”

“What have you done to figure out that rumor?”

“Oh, that.” I sigh. “Nothing yet.”

“I know you’re fragile, even though you’re doing a great job,” she gently reassures me. “But that’s just it: You need a job. Maybe use this trip as a deadline to make some progress on this rumor?”

“You’re right, you’re right. As soon as we get off the phone, I’ll reach out to someone at Worldwide.

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