I Do Again by Cheryl Scruggs
Author:Cheryl Scruggs
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780307446084
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Published: 2008-12-16T00:00:00+00:00
It was nearly five years into the divorce. I sat restlessly in my usual seat at Starbucks near my house. People shuffled in and out pursuing their daily caffeine addictions. Iâd gotten in the habit of coming here with my journal or my laptop, and for some reason the atmosphere comforted me. It wasnât unusual for me to get into light conversations with people, but on this day I recognized one handsome man at a nearby table, and a familiar temptation popped up.
Itâs just harmless conversationâ¦
To give you the context, the previous evening, Jeff had stayed for dinner with the girls and me. We were having a nice time, joking and laughing, and I couldnât help picturing us as the family we were always meant to be. After everyone had finished eating, I thought Iâd try to extend the fun.
âAnyone up for a board game?â
âYeah!â the girls chimed in and ran off to pick one. Jeff followed them into the other room, and soon I heard choruses of âNo, Daddy, please stay.â I could hear his low voice and soon the girls seemed happy again. I donât know what Jeff promised them, but they all came back, the girls hanging on Jeffâs arms, and headed for the front door. He glanced in my direction.
âSee you later. Letâs talk tomorrow about my business trip next week.â
I followed them toward the door. âGirls, would you run and start your baths?â After lots more hugs and kisses for Jeff, they ran off.
âDo you have to leave? Whatâs so important that you canât just stay a little bit?â
Jeff opened the door and stepped out on the porch.
âCheryl, letâs not go there again, okay? Iâm not trying to be rude. I just need to go. Iâll talk to you tomorrow.â
He turned and walked to his car without a backward glance. I felt like I was at the end of my rope with Jeff. He was friendly enough and tried hard not to hurt my feelings, but that was all. I was out of patience.
As I mentioned, patience wasnât a virtue of mine. I was always someone who could barely wait sixty seconds to warm up my leftovers in the microwave. I was being asked to continue being patient, even though Iâd already been holding out for five years.
Godâyouâre kidding me, right? I gotta tell you, itâs not that funny.
Instant resultsâthatâs what I wanted. Iâd presumed that once I was willing to make this huge commitmentâbreaking it off with Todd, believing God for the repair of my marriageâthen he would quickly come through with results. And in my timing, of course.
So sitting in that coffee shop, I was thinking how long it had been going on. And after all this time, it wasnât even going anywhere. A sickening feeling came over me. It could even go on a lot longer than this, I thought. How could I possibly keep this up?
So rewind to where I looked up from my journal and saw this man I recognized at the next table.
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